Does the president get house keys?

I mean, if anyone is entitled to ‘administrator’ access, it’s the President… :slight_smile:

I once read that your status is the inverse of how many keys you carry to how many doors have to be opened to do your job. I am sure the janitor has a key to Donald Trump’s office, but does the Donald?

My guess is that the president has enough clout to have whatever keys he chooses, or to expect somebody else to open the door.

From the link on Ford getting locked out:’'Secret Service agents are in a room in the basement (they have a mirror and closed-circuit TV and there are lights all over the grounds), and usually they notice anything that moves, so I still don’t understand how they missed the scene with the odd couple. Maybe somebody dozed off. ‘’

The same bunch that only a misfire saved him from Lynette A. “Squeaky” Fromme and misaligned sights from Sara Jane Moore?

On getting Liberty: ''David thought for a minutes “I guess you might call It public housing,” he said.

The owner said the dog was healthy; she was going to eat a lot. Did his friend have a steady job?’’

Perhaps better answers might be ''The house is a perk of his job. The job is for a limited period and if not extended, he will have a nice pension. ‘’

Somehow the thought of nuclear keycodes being inside someone’s jacket pocket is slightly disturbing. It was probably the best guarded jacket in the entire world, though.

There’s a possibility for a rather good film here. The president ( not based on any in real-life ) cleverly ducks his detail and responsibilities for 12 hours, having handed over to the vice-president; wanders around the seamier sides of Washington in the evening as an ordinary joe, visits clubs and dives a la Haroun al-Raichid with an increasingly motley gang of lovable ne’er-do-wells who teach him the Meaning of Life on the Streets; drives with one of them into the star-lit country at night and is invited to share the simple homespun meal of an Ordinary American Family; is touched by their Goodness and Simplicity, and declares: ‘This Is What It’s All About’. Having had adventures and learnt Something About Himself, he tools off home, and let’s himself into the White House with a latchkey. Tossing a friendly word to the tired gatekeeper, and being saluted by marines along corridors until he peers through an open door at the gracious wife he loves so much nursing his improving sick little daughter.
There’d be a certain audience for this stuff.

I’d guess not. Secret service would presumably need to be able to rush in at any moment to take the president to a safe location. They’re not going to want to fumble with keycards or call the president at 3AM with nukes incoming and ask him to open the bedroom door for them.

Sounds good, kid…now work in a few car chases and an explosion in the second reel and get back to me.

Oh, and can we get a witty sidekick, please? And make sure the daughter’s an adorable moppet. I’m sick of sick kids looking sick in this biz.

What, Biden’s not witty enough?

"Pissed off by a Concierge in Trinidad?
Lobster cold in Nassau?
Call up a nuclear submarine cruise missile strike.

The Nuclear Weapons Codes.
What’s in your wallet?"

Next on FOX - Barack Like Me, a rollicking new comedy series starring Cedric the Entertainer as the new Chief Executive. Golden Globe nominee MoNique stars as his wife, and the role of wisecracking sidekick Joe Biden is played by Andrew Dice Clay.

In the first episode, the President cannot find his keys due to accidentally switching jackets with the ambassador from Kenya, and is arrested for attempted burglary when he attempts to get into his office. The merry mix-ups continue when he cannot produce any proof of his identity except the Kenyan ambassador’s birth certificate, leading to confusion and fun.

The role of Sarah Palin is played by Mickey Rourke.

Regards,
Shodan

Well he is good for a lot of laughs.

I remember when the I Love You virus was going around. Our CEO opened an email with it. It turned out he had write access to about everything on the network.

They change the locks? Are they afraid Cheney is going to try to sneak back in?

Seems a reasonable thing to fear.

He just changes into mist and goes in through the keyhole.

Saving Grace (1986) was along these lines, except it was the Pope and Italy.

Usually it’s the president’s daughter or something. The president has to be perfect.

And I assume you’ve all seen this episode of South Park (video link at the bottom)…

Apparently President Obama just got locked out of the White House.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110325/ts_yblog_theticket/theyre-just-like-us-even-presidents-get-locked-out

Unfortunately, there hasn’t been a welcome mat at the White House since the Truman administration.

You don’t say? Well, I predict this will become his swimming killer rabbit moment.

Ah, sloppy reporting. ‘‘Video of the First Family disembarking Air Force One showed Obama approaching the White House’’ Don’t they use Marine One to ferry him from where Air Force One lands to the White House Lawn?