Wanna know what Michelle Obama is getting for Christmas? BHO is getting a gold club set and basketball for Christmas.
Or maybe no Christmas gifts in the stockings, because Obama has been a naughty, naughty president while in office.
Posted on 12/22/2009 11:55:04 PM PST by myknowledge
US President Barack Obama is getting "sports stuff" for Christmas.
But the president, an avid golfer and basketball player, will have to wait until December 25 to find out exactly what it is.
First lady Michelle Obama gave the hint on Tuesday during a trip to the Children's National Medical Centre.
She visited privately with young patients in the heart and kidney unit, then came downstairs to the atrium to read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas to dozens more.
Daughters Malia, 11, and Sasha, 8, helped their mother deliver that dose of holiday cheer, along with family dog Bo, who sported a red-and-white collar with sleigh bells.
They walked him around to meet many of the sick children. A hospital worker followed closely behind offering squirts of anti-bacterial lotion to anyone who had patted Bo.
The sisters also took turns reading the book Snowmen at Night, about what these frozen figures do after dark.
Then came questions from the audience, which included numerous apron-clad hospital volunteers and staffers, and relatives of the children. Dozens of other workers peered down on the scene through windows on the floors above.
Neither Malia nor Sasha shied away from answering questions. They are often seen at White House events with either or both of their parents but Tuesday's appearance was their first time speaking so extensively in public.
One child wanted to know what the president would be getting for Christmas.
Ms Obama at first joked that she couldn't talk about her husband's present because reporters would tell. But she finally relented and said: "It's good. I got him sports stuff."
Sasha started to say what she and her sister got him but the first lady interrupted. "It's something he likes," Sasha said.
Earlier on Tuesday, however, the president said in a radio interview that he and the first lady decided several years ago not to buy each other presents. He said the only Christmas presents he needs from his daughters are hugs.
Another child asked how the holiday will be different for the Obamas. It's their first Christmas in the White House.
"It will be easier to get on the plane," said Sasha, drawing laughs from grown-ups in the audience familiar with the difficulties of commercial air travel. Sasha now travels on Air Force One, the plush and spacious presidential plane.
Ms Obama said the family planned to do what it has done for many years and head to Hawaii with a group of friends to celebrate the holidays. The president was born on the island and lived there as a child.
"As soon as all the work here is done, we'll go there," she said.
Obama said on Tuesday that he wouldn't go on holiday until the Senate completes its work on the health care bill, even if that means staying in town for Christmas Eve. That's when senators are expected to pass their version of the bill.
One difference for the Obamas this holiday is the number of Christmas trees in their new house. Ms Obama first guessed 24 after a third child asked how many, then an aide whispered that the correct number was 26 trees.
"Unfortunately, you don't get presents under all of them," Malia joked.
Ms Obama's visit to the children's hospital continued a tradition of first ladies that dates to Bess Truman. Ms Obama also gave out frosted cookies in the shape of Christmas trees and dog Bo to the children.
Wanna know what Michelle Obama is getting for Christmas? BHO is getting a gold club set and basketball for Christmas.
Or maybe no Christmas gifts in the stockings, because Obama has been a naughty, naughty president while in office.
I suspect this is strictly a public relations stunt.
The Obama’s have stated before that they don’t give their daughters gifts at Christmas - I believe them, for once.
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Do one with the anti-bacterial hand sanitizer
Michelle got him a jock strap because she was tired of him wearing hers.
So, which NBA team is he going to nationalize?
Wasn’t he just whining to Oprah that he gave better presents than he got.
These people can’t seem to tell the truth about anything.
Muslims don’t celebrate Christmas, so this makes sense.
Presidents of Christmas past have traditionally made donations or urged groups to make donations, I have yet to hear anything about this coming from the Whitehouse.
It feels like Obama could care less about Christmas, of course him being a Muslim does explain some of it.
Michelle should get him a bowling ball. He needs work in that area. Perhaps he’s too limp wristed to be a good bowler...
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