The brand-new White House was first occupied by John Adams, our second president, in 1800. He moved in a couple weeks before his wife Abigail joined him, penning a letter to her the day after he arrived ~
I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.
It was our third president, Thomas Jefferson, who first opened the White House for tours. Since then, other than during wartime, the home of America’s head of state has remained open to the public – free of charge.
Fast forward two centuries – and the current occupant is playing petty, vindictive games; political opponents must be punished…
Sixth graders at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Waverly, Iowa, had their upcoming
visit canceled as the White House suspended all tours under across-the-board
government spending cuts in a partisan budget battle. The disappointed class
put a video on Facebook asking for the tour to be reinstated.
How pathetic. What a sorry excuse for a man, let alone a president.
Barack Hussein Obama is a classless poseur. He has no respect for the office of the presidency, none for America and her people, and certainly none for his temporary home at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Related:
White House cancels tours because there’s no money; Americans now unable to say goodbye to the $250 million the Obama administration is sending Egypt ~ Doug Powers at Michelle Malkin’s blog
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