Posted on 05/20/2010 6:31:33 PM PDT by Steelfish
Rodent Scurries By as Obama Lauds Wall Street Vote May 20, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the midst of his battle with the titans of Wall Street, President Barack Obama was nearly upstaged by a rodent. Obama had just begun a Rose Garden statement lauding the end of a Senate filibuster on his financial overhaul when some kind of rodent dashed out of the bushes to his right, just outside the Oval Office.
As photographers snapped away in the sun-drenched garden, the critter scurried straight past the gray podium with the presidential seal and made a bee-line for another set of bushes to Obama's left. It's not clear if the president could even see the streaker, but he didn't show any reaction. And he concluded his statement minutes later, returning to his office without answering a few shouted questions on other topics.
Once he was safely inside the Oval Office, a fierce debate erupted among the photographers and reporters who'd witnessed the dash. Was it a rat or a mouse? Or maybe a mole, or some other kind of related creature.
Before long, experts had joined the fray.
''I would partially rule out rat,'' said Russell Link, a wildlife biologist who works for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. ''That's due to the lack of a tail that is typically equal to body length.''
After viewing a photograph of the surprising scurry, Link said, ''My suspicion is it's a vole, commonly called a 'meadow mouse' out our way.''
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BTW Rummy Chick——where did you get this library of the Boy Wonder pics?
Holy sh*t! LOL! That beats my 0 -> Malcolm X hands down.
LOFL
That’s funny, he doesn’t look bluish!
The White House has been defiled, ever since 1/20/09..
LOL at your #26!
“”I Poopz in the Organik White Hauz Veggyz”.”
Eric Holder is a weird-lookin’ dude. His face is too small for his head. His head looks like a newborn baby’s.
Rats infest the White House!
Can you imagine what global idiot thought this idiot was a good idea....
I mean I realize 0 is only a spokesman for Soros and God knows whom else.
Thank the Lord they chose an idiot.
gee the other day a swarm of bees were at the white house now rats....DEMORATS!!
Secret Service Body Double?
That’s his close companion, Reggie Vole...
Well and truly stated. ... Perhaps we should assign a ‘mascot’ image to this Pres_ _ency, like a flea laden vole, or a tailless, nasty looking rat?
Watch out for that rat behind the podium.
The whole thing is ripe for replies....Obama the rat king,
just the democrats deserting Obama.
The rat was horrified to be standing next to Obama
The Obama's just letting their pet out for a little fresh air.....
Only an idiot reporter would confuse a rat with a mouse or mole...Moles live underground, oops just like a liberal hiding his marxism...
What the h*ll did they bring from Chicago with them? ICK! I’ve not seen this prolem before at the WH this often what is the problem?
Doesn’t it appear like Holder has someone’s arm up his puppet chute?
You’ll be seeing more of this rat. No one in the White House will ever kill this rat.
It’s called professional courtesy.
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