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Breaking: Obamas Purchased House in Asheville, NC for Post-Presidency
wallstcheatsheet.com ^ | June 7, 2014 | ANTHEA MITCHELL

Posted on 06/08/2014 6:07:08 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012

t seems all the bookmakers sending the Obamas to New York City or back to Chicago after the end of the President’s second term are wrong by a few thousand miles.

A source close to Wall St. Cheat Sheet has confirmed that the Obama family have purchased property in the city of Asheville in North Carolina as a post-Presidency residence. A call to get an official confirmation from the White House wasn’t immediately returned.

The President discussed retirement there last year during his trip to North Carolina during a speech in Asheville. “Love coming to Asheville,” said Obama. “Michelle and I always talk about how after this whole presidency thing, we’re looking for a little spot to –” here an audience member said, “Come on down” — “Come on down? Play a little golf, do a little hiking, fishing, barbecue,” said Obama. “There’s two things that keep bringing me back here. Number one is I really like the people. And number two is 12 Bones, which I will be stopping on the way back to the airport.” On the one hand, a smaller city like Asheville doesn’t offer the same enormous population to lose oneself in as does New York or Chicago. On the other, the president and his wife clearly like the area.

“The president first visited the Asheville area during the campaign, and he liked it so much that he vowed to take his family there. The president and first lady are planning to spend a quiet weekend enjoying some of the many things this beautiful part of the country has to offer,” reported the White House. This, of course, led to a great deal of “vacation like the president” slogans from the city’s tourism industry.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: asheville; ashevillenc; bho44; obama
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My former hometown. Glad I left.
1 posted on 06/08/2014 6:07:08 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

Scratch that off the list of retirement/vacation home prospects.


2 posted on 06/08/2014 6:08:31 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: ilovesarah2012

Not good enough, I want him to flee the country in fear of prosecution.


3 posted on 06/08/2014 6:09:08 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: cripplecreek

I was hoping he would be retiring in Leavenworth.


4 posted on 06/08/2014 6:10:46 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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Only sixty miles from here I want to vomit....


5 posted on 06/08/2014 6:10:48 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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To: cripplecreek
Balikpappan, Indonesia awaits...
6 posted on 06/08/2014 6:11:57 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: KSCITYBOY

Only about 60 from me, too. Greer, SC but I lived in Asheville 12 years. Got too liberal for my likes. My oldest daughter still lives there so I go back occasionally. Was there a few weeks ago and the graffiti downtown and in West Asheville is out of control. Glad I moved.


7 posted on 06/08/2014 6:12:25 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

What happened to the $90 million compound being built on Oahu? Or is that going to be the winter Palace?


8 posted on 06/08/2014 6:12:31 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: ilovesarah2012

One of the things I’d like to hear from the Trey Gowdy, Ted Cruz wing of the GOP is that the days of letting things slide after elected people leave office are over.


9 posted on 06/08/2014 6:14:01 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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LOL! Not me. I want him prosecuted. :>} Sadly, even if he were to be (highly doubtful)there are people and policies in place that are gonna take longer than he was in office to uncover and straighten out. Heck, there’s still clintonistas working.


10 posted on 06/08/2014 6:14:18 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Is this serious? No mention of the the nature of what they purchased.


11 posted on 06/08/2014 6:15:11 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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"Post-presidency".....henceforth to be known as Asseville, NC.

Leni

12 posted on 06/08/2014 6:15:12 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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Only sixty miles from here I want to vomit....

Same for me. At least we are in a different state. The stench should not be too bad.


13 posted on 06/08/2014 6:15:29 AM PDT by bytesmith
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To: ilovesarah2012

Not as many blacks in Asheville, but plenty of mindless liberals. So he must prefer them. Maybe by the time he retires he will need to leave the US.


14 posted on 06/08/2014 6:16:01 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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To: ilovesarah2012

Are we buying the Biltmore for them?


15 posted on 06/08/2014 6:17:00 AM PDT by billhilly (Its OK, the left hated Bush.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Hey, neighbor. Watch the Senatorial debate last night?


16 posted on 06/08/2014 6:17:41 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: ilovesarah2012

I didn’t even know the Biltmore Mansion was on the market.


17 posted on 06/08/2014 6:17:47 AM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: ilovesarah2012

Michelle Obama, future US senator from the great state of NC


18 posted on 06/08/2014 6:19:14 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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Are we buying the Biltmore (Estate) for them?

Too small for their majesties.
19 posted on 06/08/2014 6:19:47 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: ArtDodger

the winter palace...LOL!


20 posted on 06/08/2014 6:19:51 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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