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MotherPetrie

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6. Why is WH staff having to contact the tourists? The representatives' offices should do it.

Wed Mar 6, 2013, 12:59 PM

Mar 2013

I don't blame the WH staff for being pissed at having to do this. They already have enough to do without having to placate even MORE angry constituents about something over which they have no control. Plus, if the person who contacts them to cancel their tour works for the WH, the people whose tours are cut will blame the WH for it, not congress.

I think this is a really stupid penny-wise/pound-foolish mood.

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I think ending all White House tours is a big mistake [View all] cali Mar 2013 OP

I disagree. From a PR standpoint, I think this is appropriate. Laelth Mar 2013 #1

Same here. The Pres made the right call. n/t FSogol Mar 2013 #2

so you don't think that other cuts could have been made instead? cali Mar 2013 #9

Those are still jobs. This makes the Rebublicans have to answer to angry constutients. To why Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #21

they are going to shut National Parks one day per week, do you have any clue? CreekDog Mar 2013 #47

Absolutely. Daemonaquila Mar 2013 #44

Perhaps it is to focus the public's attention on the Republican recalcitrance. immoderate Mar 2013 #3

+1, n/t RKP5637 Mar 2013 #51

Do they really let Mike and Helen from Pocotello just wander around? bluedigger Mar 2013 #4

No they don't. former9thward Mar 2013 #8

Thanks. bluedigger Mar 2013 #15

They didn't exempt themselves B2G Mar 2013 #25

good. Hope it doesn't affect their taxpayer-funded leisure time at the Capitol gym bigtree Mar 2013 #46

Lol. Ditto. n/t B2G Mar 2013 #55

Symbolically it's the right call. JaneyVee Mar 2013 #5

It's the wrong call. cali Mar 2013 #10

Why is WH staff having to contact the tourists? The representatives' offices should do it. MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #6

naw....right call. spanone Mar 2013 #7

Yeah that will really work out. former9thward Mar 2013 #11

their constituents already hate the white house, makes no difference. they use the tours as 'perks' spanone Mar 2013 #14

You think only Rs tour the WH? former9thward Mar 2013 #18

perks are perks. let them all explain to their constituents why they couldn't come together. spanone Mar 2013 #27

so, you're buying the republican spin that it's just a stunt bigtree Mar 2013 #12

No, dearie. I'm buying the reality that there were other cuts they could cali Mar 2013 #13

tough. They chose this one. bigtree Mar 2013 #17

No, that poster thinks the actual sequester cuts are small and negligible CreekDog Mar 2013 #49

Now poor Paul Ryan is NEVER going to see the inside of the White House. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2013 #16

That's right, my dear Gidney N Cloyd! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #32

10 points! Daemonaquila Mar 2013 #45

Secret Service is part of the sequester, and they have to scale back geek tragedy Mar 2013 #19

The program cuts are across the board...this is just one of them.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #20

The administration has quite a bit of discretion when it comes to these cuts. cali Mar 2013 #22

Isn't that the bottom line? They cut what they thought best to cut... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #26

Agree, stupid move B2G Mar 2013 #23

When all of this rolls downhill,.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #28

Closing the WH to the pubic looks terrible B2G Mar 2013 #31

To a few it "looks terrible", but to most of us it's symbolic of the painful cuts.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #34

It's too bad more people don't care about this: ProSense Mar 2013 #24

The show must go on...unless 'no show' is the point HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #29

exactly...an overt gesture to make the repukes look bad for not resolving an alternative to seq. Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #37

True only if it doesn't backfire as a propaganda stunt. HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #42

Yes, if anybody cares. To me, if the public was tuned out before Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #56

American politics has become bizarre and quite disappointing for me. HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #57

So true. that's why I miss Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #58

Who could've ever guessed that you would "disagree" with an Obama administration decision? Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #30

not very nice Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #35

That's so ridiculous. I'm not a President Obama basher. cali Mar 2013 #39

you are today CreekDog Mar 2013 #50

criticism is not a synonym for bashing cali Mar 2013 #52

It's not that simple --for example, you post as if the cuts are not necesary, or are easy to make CreekDog Mar 2013 #53

Don't worry, the people that donated enough money will always be able to get tours hughee99 Mar 2013 #33

What I heard today was that they did this because they thought it was only fair to the people Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #36

The tours are a perq for congressmen. Cut 'em off. Zen Democrat Mar 2013 #38

they got a 5% cut in their funding, what would you propose they do? CreekDog Mar 2013 #40

So someone is a little inconvenianced concerning their madmom Mar 2013 #41

Silly Cali_Democrat Mar 2013 #43

I think keeping the Secret Service in place for the first family is much more sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #48

There are three "Above Top Secret" installations in America that our tax dollars pay for derby378 Mar 2013 #54