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‘The bear is loose’: Is Obama breaking free or running away?
The Washington Post's The Debrief ^ | July 10, 2014 | Juliet Eilperin

Posted on 07/11/2014 4:20:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Bears, beer and horse heads: What exactly is going on with the leader of the free world?

On a single day this week in Denver, President Obama scarfed down pizza and drinks with strangers, shot pool with Colorado’s governor and shook hands with a guy on the street wearing a horse mask. His top staffers are promoting these stops on Twitter with the hashtag #TheBearIsLoose — a term one of Obama’s aides coined in 2008 when the candidate would defy his schedule.

More than five years into his presidency, Obama is trying to free himself from the constraints of office, whether by strolling on the Mall or hopscotching the country as part of a campaign-style tour. White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer says the president “just wants to get out” and influence “our overall political conversation” by connecting with ordinary Americans.

But to some, breaking free can also look like running away....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: border; economy; immigration; obama
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Adolescent.
1 posted on 07/11/2014 4:20:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Pre-pubescent


2 posted on 07/11/2014 4:21:36 PM PDT by Wright Wing
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#TheOstrichIsLoose and gettin the hell outta Dodge.


3 posted on 07/11/2014 4:24:48 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

THAT! skinny runt is a bear?

May be a password to a Chicago bath house.


4 posted on 07/11/2014 4:26:40 PM PDT by x1stcav ("The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.")
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I know. The bear is loose, my butt! They WISH he was a bear. more like Tom Cruise is loose.


5 posted on 07/11/2014 4:29:13 PM PDT by Shimmer1 (If chocolate fudge cake could sing, it would sound like Barry White.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ibSvOWAMg


6 posted on 07/11/2014 4:29:43 PM PDT by Piranha (Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have - Saul Alinsky)
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To: x1stcav
according to the Urban Dictionary (on line) -

bear
A term used by gay men to describe a husky, large man with a lot of body hair.

7 posted on 07/11/2014 4:30:15 PM PDT by llevrok (Straight. Since 1950.)
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8 posted on 07/11/2014 4:30:29 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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He makes that beiber kid look well behaved


9 posted on 07/11/2014 4:30:57 PM PDT by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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Bear (gay culture)
10 posted on 07/11/2014 4:31:48 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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I think this is what they mean with the "bear is loose" language (no offense intended toward Pooh Bear, who is a great hero to everyone)...


11 posted on 07/11/2014 4:42:39 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Chupacabra!!!


12 posted on 07/11/2014 4:44:37 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
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Yeah he’s got his eye on the ball. Scratching at pool. And did not see it coming.Situationally registering wise anyway. Evidently neither did his jhandlers, for they showed (shewn) it on nbc.


13 posted on 07/11/2014 4:44:39 PM PDT by Recompennation (Constitutional protection for all not ju st selectively for Democrats.)
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Obama is killing the Democrat Party.


14 posted on 07/11/2014 4:45:29 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: RoosterRedux

Curious George is loose.


15 posted on 07/11/2014 4:45:30 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: Shimmer1

More like Richard Simmons is loose.


16 posted on 07/11/2014 4:48:18 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
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Don’t insult Curious George! Obama is more like PeeWee Herman.


17 posted on 07/11/2014 4:49:33 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
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Don’t insult Curious George!

Never!

There is an uncanny resemblance to Obama though.

18 posted on 07/11/2014 4:51:52 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama never wanted the job of the presidnet, he just wanted the power and trappings.


20 posted on 07/11/2014 5:02:18 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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