Fox News Personalities Offer to Pay to Keep White House Tours Going
When I heard how cheap it would be to keep White House tours going — and thought about heartbroken schoolchildren losing perhaps their one chance to see the home of the President — I actually wondered if any well to do people would be willing to step up and offer the pittance necessary to keep the doors open. Lo and behold, my musing has become reality:
In a Facebook post on Thursday, anchor Eric Bolling announced that he will offer to personally pay the costs to keep the tours at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue open for a week.
During Thursday evening’s episode of “The Five,” Bolling elaborated. “I will absolutely write the check if they open the doors next week.”
“I’ll make you a deal Mr. President…Let these families take their White House tours next week and I’ll cover the added expenses. Word is it will cost around $74,000.”
Referencing White House press secretary Jay Carney, the Fox host added: “Mr Carney, you know this an offer you can’t refuse. Give me a call.”
Hannity is offering to chip in as well.
This is a big PR win for Republicans, and accordingly, John McCain took to the floor of the Senate to denounce it as “ridiculous.” (Not really, but it wouldn’t surprise me.)
First, conservatives help out Obama’s half-brother when he won’t, now, they keep open the tours of his house.
It does sound like he is cheap with his own money. He could have skipped taking all of those Senators out to dinner last night and ordered pizza instead.
Not only can’t he do a national budget, looks like he can’t do a household budget as well.
MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 3/7/2013 @ 8:11 pmThe doors will remain closed. It’s the narrative.
Kevin P. (1df29c) — 3/7/2013 @ 8:22 pmjohn mccain can suck my tootsie pop
how many licks does it take you cowardly jagoff
happyfeet (8ce051) — 3/7/2013 @ 8:29 pmThe whole reason for stopping the tours was because the French tourists kept defecating in the stairwells. (obscure reference)
SPQR (768505) — 3/7/2013 @ 8:32 pmI would not send in money for that. I would not trust Barcky to fund it. I have no doubt they would take the money.
JD (b63a52) — 3/7/2013 @ 8:33 pmObama really is a piece of sh&t.
He’s definitely living out the “dreams” of his lying, drunken, communist, sex-obsessed father.
At least Bill Clinton wanted to screw interns, rather than the country.
$18,000 a week for White House tours ?
How about cutting back on the golf lessons, the ski vacations, the calligraphy, and the fancy-schmancy dinners for your friends of the worlds of hip-hop and sports ?
Isn’t this the same as*hole who is always lecturing everyone about “taking a haircut” and “shared sacrifice” ?
What a f*&king piece of sh*t.
Elephant Stone (816b12) — 3/7/2013 @ 8:35 pmNo wonder this brain-dead idiot refuses to show his college transcripts.
The light-bearer tends to be a little mean in the sense of Zeus and lightning bolts.
Ag80 (b2c81f) — 3/7/2013 @ 8:46 pmKudos to Bolling for offering this, although I doubt the White House will accept the offer. It can never afford to make Republicans, let alone Fox News Republicans, do something good or nice.
According to Bloomberg (via Hot Air), cancellation of the White House tours is the only post-sequester cut in the White House budget.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 3/8/2013 @ 9:33 amLets go to Martha’s Vineyard!!!
JD (31065f) — 3/8/2013 @ 9:44 amThe Secret Service claims this was its decision to curtail the White House tours. This reminds me of when the Secret Service took responsibility for letting the Salahis attend a White House state dinner, even though the protocol office failed to have the customary representative at the checkpoint. It’s good politics to make the boss look good, especially when he’s pushing all government agencies (i.e., agriculture, homeland security including immigration and TSA, and the park service) to make visible cuts.
Frankly, though, cutting back isn’t Obama’s thing. As of Friday, March 8, the White House had still not made any “detailed decisions” about “how the administration would meet a projected $24 million reduction” to the White House budget. I’m sure he’ll get around to it as soon as he finishes the budget.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 3/9/2013 @ 3:13 pmAnd schedules his next round of golf.
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