It's over: Bush staffers make exits

[bigtree]

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.


The tears have just now begun flowing among the East Wing staff.


On Friday, the president will gather his senior staff for a farewell lunch.


read: http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9686078

[Aristus]

1. If I were a West Wing staffer, I'd leave a note on the desk before zipping out.

"Later, hose-beast!" B-)

[glitch]

2. Change the locks!

Hopefully all access to computer and other systems have already been blocked.

[Snotcicles]

5. Debug the joint, would be my note. nt

[Auggie]

6. Fumigate

[driver8]

3. Wait -- who is guarding the computers?!

Someone grab all of the paper shredders!!

I wish our country could wipe away any evidence that they had ever been in the White House...

[undeterred]

4. Gym keys?

[gratuitous]

7. Ah, the farewell lunch

Listen to Chimpy ramble on about how his mother was a saint, and how the only way the people who hate you win is if you hate them back. One last swig of Jim Beam and it's off to the helicopter that somewhere over Maryland or Kentucky becomes known by its call number and ceases to be identified as Air Force One.

[Virginia Dare]

8. Off to K Street whoredom...n/t