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To: combjelly who wrote (448338)	1/17/2009 4:28:49 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576619

It is very similar to what the White House described as vandalism. Things like putting a "Gore for President" bumper sticker in a file cabinet. Nobody gives a crap about bumper stickers or unplugged telephones. But destroying office equipment and writing graffiti on White House walls is obviously a far more serious thing. If you can't see the difference your judgment is impaired or something. The GAO put the cost at about $15K, including some $5,000 to replace destroyed keyboards. No honest person can say there is evidence to suggest that '00 was no worse than any other transition. The simple fact that it has never been recorded in the past is highly suggestive that there has never been a problem in the past. Does 15K matter? Of course not -- its the WH. But what does matter, IMO and in the opinions of many -- is that the WH should not have been treated like a freaking dorm room. Responsible presidents treat the facility with absolute respect. As with Reagan's policy to never be in the Oval Office without a jacket on. Silly, I suppose -- unless you think of the WH as a sacred or special place. Clearly, to the Left, it is just another place. But to better Americans, it is considered a place of solemnity.