Turn out the lights, the party's over, leave your keys, at the security desk

[DainBramaged]

The president will be the president until 12 noon Tuesday, but most of his employees will be gone by the close of business Friday.

They’ll turn in their BlackBerrys, laptops, building passes and gym keys.

And by the time the weekend is out — before the new administration can reverse course on waterboarding or SCHIP or anything else — teams of painters and carpet cleaners will have wiped away any hint that they ever set foot in the White House.


Don't let the door, hit you in the ass on the way out........


“Every day, I see the inaugural stands going up and bleacher seats going in,” said Anita McBride, chief of staff to first lady Laura Bush, whose office overlooks the north grounds. “So as you’re busy packing up boxes and packing to leave, you’re seeing the physical structures there to celebrate incoming administration.”

And yet, McBride noted, it is only in the last few days that she and her staff have been afforded the chance to process the end. While the final weeks of a presidential administration are often a time for wistfulness and nostalgia, these have instead been indefatigably spent — the economic crisis and fighting in the Middle East having made it so.


The cabs are lined up by the entrance, please leave as fast as you can.......

“It’s ending almost like it began, in the sense that Election Day in 2000 almost never ended,” said former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, observing from afar.

No it's not you lying weasel, the grown ups are finally taking control of the Government


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17497.html

[gristy]

1. Turn out the lights. The party's over. Leave your keys at the security desk.

[alsame]

2. Good riddance to bad rubbish. eom

[ladjf]

3. and carefully "sweep" the White House for electronic bugs. nt

[DainBramaged]

4. I guarantee there will be no "rumors" about missing keyboard keys or damage

because the fucking Rethuglicans are babies.

[hedgehog]

7. I came on to speculate what "cute" damage the Bushies will leave behind.

My theory of Republican behavior:

1. Falsely accuse the Democrats of some kind of wrong doing ex. Nixon's conviction that the Democrats had obtained harmful info on him from Howard Hughes.

2. Use said false accusation as an excuse to engage in retaliation, but make sure that the retaliation is over-the-top compared to the supposed initial offense: ex the WaterGate Break-in


So given the Republicans falsely accused the Democrats of scuffing the floors and taking keys off the keyboards, what will they come up with to leave their mark?

[davidpdx]

5. It's interesting how the calander falls this year

With MLK Day on Monday, I guess no one will work on Tuesday morning, except butlers, maids, chefs and other people like that.

The place will be a ghost town for a few days, won't it.

[Beetwasher]

6. Man Oh Man, It's REALLY HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!

It's sort of surreal....

[Barrymores Ghost]

8. See ya, ya f*ckin' asshat.