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Obama stops at Five Guys for cheeseburger
Google News (AP) ^ | 5/29/2009 | Julie Pace

Posted on 05/29/2009 12:37:51 PM PDT by Pyro7480

For a health food nut, President Barack Obama sure likes his burgers.

President Barack Obama made a surprise lunchtime stop at Five Guys, a fast-food restaurant in Washington.

The president ordered a cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, jalapeno peppers, and mustard as well as several other cheeseburgers to go. He also ordered a cheeseburger for Brian Williams, news anchor for NBC. The network was filming a day-in-the-life program at the White House.

The president snacked on peanuts, and chatted with surprised customers while he waited for his order....

Early this month, Obama and Vice President Joe Biden took a short motorcade ride from the White House to Virginia and ordered lunch at a small independent restaurant called Ray's Hell Burger. First lady Michelle Obama recently said she snuck out to a Five Guys restaurant without anyone noticing.

Despite their burger runs, the Obamas are big believers in exercise and healthy eating....

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: burger; dc; fiveguys; obama
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To: Pyro7480
The president ordered a cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, jalapeno peppers, and mustard as well as several other cheeseburgers to go.

He's just one of us common folk. Workin' in the garden at the WH, growin' their own vegetables, buying burgers and such at photo ops along the way, but come Wednesday night at the WH....

41 posted on 05/29/2009 12:58:02 PM PDT by LucyJo ("Yep, son, we've met the enemy and he is us.")
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To: fullchroma

What a remarkable piece of investigative journalism!


42 posted on 05/29/2009 12:58:13 PM PDT by laconic
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To: EDINVA

Yeah, the Old Town location of Five Guys is notoriously slow.


43 posted on 05/29/2009 12:58:13 PM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: nina0113

Eh Red Robin was lame and tasteless.


44 posted on 05/29/2009 1:02:33 PM PDT by Sir Gawain ("Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect" - Thoreau)
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To: Pyro7480

Since we’re bombarded by the press with blow-by-blow descriptions of what Obama does every day, how come they haven’t told us if he washes his hands after he takes a leak? Does he squat to pi$$ or what? Come on media, inquiring minds want to know.


46 posted on 05/29/2009 1:03:16 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Pyro7480

“The ZERO HUSSEIN’S are big believers in eating health foods and exercise!”
CORRECTION: ADD

“in eating health foods and exercise when the Media is watching and at other times lets pig out on Grease Burgers, Pancakes, Wagyu Beef, Caviar, Lobster, Cigarettes, Cocaine, Crack and only SATAN and Muhammed knows what else:-X-D”


47 posted on 05/29/2009 1:04:11 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Last Great President George W. Bush)
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To: mass55th
As long as he keeps eating fast food and smoking I have no problems with the day to day reporting on the horses ass.
48 posted on 05/29/2009 1:04:29 PM PDT by angcat ("When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe".)
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To: Pyro7480

and a side of arugula.

What a piece of puffery. Two down home guys, zer0 and Brian Williams.


49 posted on 05/29/2009 1:04:47 PM PDT by bereanway (Sarah get your gun)
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To: Pyro7480

“No burger for you, Joe! Now STFU about TOTUS”


50 posted on 05/29/2009 1:05:16 PM PDT by trtdenver
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To: Pyro7480

We have a “FIVE GUYS” here! annd their Burgers are Miserable Messes that dont even reach the level of Mickey D’s!


52 posted on 05/29/2009 1:06:25 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Last Great President George W. Bush)
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To: AxelPaulsenJr

A few weeks ago I read a comment on another web site that said, “I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. But, you better accept 29 cents on the dollar if you know what is good for you.”


53 posted on 05/29/2009 1:06:48 PM PDT by faq
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To: prismsinc

Well, You know Larry Sinclair and Larry Sinclair stated he had long dialogues with the Trinity Church Choir Director prior to his Murder. Does that make two of the guys?


54 posted on 05/29/2009 1:09:33 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Last Great President George W. Bush)
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To: Pyro7480
The president ordered a cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, jalapeno peppers, and mustard

I wonder if he just ordered it or if he made a big deal about it:

"Some people say that there's only one way to have a cheeseburger. Well I don't agree with that. These are new and challenging times that call for new ways of thinking. New choices. New directions.

"And so, today, I ask you, the customers and employees of Five Guys, to join me in a new dining experience: a cheeseburger, but not just a hamburger with cheese. No. That was the way we used to think about a cheeseburger, but that doesn't mean we have to think about it that way today.

"I see much more than cheese and lettuce and a slice of tomato. I look upon this menu, and I see a great list of condiments. I see endless possibilities. Endless combinations. Bacon. Jalapeno peppers. Onions. And not just onions, but onion rings as well. Even guacamole -- is now within the grasp of any customer who believes in himself.

"How many of us were told that hot peppers had no place in American cuisine? That's how it used to be. We know better now.

"And so, Assistant Manager Tiffany, I call upon you to make me a cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, jalapeno peppers, and mustard.

"Yes, I would like fries with that, and thank you for asking. God bless you!"

55 posted on 05/29/2009 1:09:40 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: nina0113

I ate at a Five Guys once. It wasn’t anything special. I’d rather have a burger from Johnny Rockets or Red Robin. They both wrap paper around their burgers, and I can actually eat one without getting it all over me. I don’t get to have them very often because the closest restaurants are about an hour away from me.


56 posted on 05/29/2009 1:10:03 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: True Republican Patriot

Where’s here?


57 posted on 05/29/2009 1:10:10 PM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: Pyro7480

HERE! Thats where!


58 posted on 05/29/2009 1:16:27 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Last Great President George W. Bush)
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To: F15Eagle

I love Red Robin’s burger with blue cheese, steak sauce, chipotle mayo, onion straws, etc. It’s the only one I ever order ‘cause I love blue cheese. Thanks for the heads-up on the email club. The closest Red Robin to me is in Syracuse, about an hour away, so I don’t get to eat there very often.


59 posted on 05/29/2009 1:16:55 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Glenn

exactly what i was thinking


60 posted on 05/29/2009 1:17:40 PM PDT by mickidawn1969
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