Beyonce As Good With Inauguration Secrets as Geithner is With Taxes

The “otherwise smooth” transition of the Obama administration hit yet another bump in the road today when the team’s vaunted discipline could not keep the likes of pop princess Beyonce Knowles in line. When it was announced today that Beyonce would perform the couple’s first dance, the inauguration team insisted on secrecy:

The Presidential Inaugural Committee isn’t saying. “It is our hope that we can keep the song secret until the moment,” said spokeswoman Linda Douglass.

Beyonce could not keep her mouth shut for more than a couple of hours, releasing a statement to Entertainment Tonight:

“I am so honored that I will be performing for President Obama and the First Lady. To sing ‘At Last’ while they have their first dance is a dream come true,” says the Grammy-award winner. “I could not be more honored and excited that they have asked me to be part of this moment in history.”

And, here I was hoping for “Single Ladies.” Now, Obama could go one of two ways with this. He could either throw Beyonce under the bus for embarrassing him, and ask someone else to perform. Or, he could look at her track record for keeping important secrets, and give her a national security Cabinet position. After all, she’d be about as good with classified material as Tim Geithner is with taxes.

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