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Obama getting Christmas 'sports stuff'
Nine News ^ | December 23, 2009

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.


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To: myknowledge; 007girl; 1_Rain_Drop; 2nd amendment mama; 6323cd; abner; afraidfortherepublic; ...
YIKES, VTL?! (visible thong line)

Michelle Fashion Police!

FReepmail GOP_Lady if you want on or off this ping list.


21 posted on 12/23/2009 5:18:05 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

OMG! A VTL so close to Christmas? There should be a law against this. I bet thongs are bad for your health—call the government to ban them!


22 posted on 12/23/2009 5:30:17 AM PST by Neverforget01 (Never, ever, ever, ever, ever....)
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To: maggief

OMG It’s historic! The first First Lady who wears a thong!!

LOLOL


23 posted on 12/23/2009 5:36:58 AM PST by tiredoflaundry (I will not be silenced.)
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To: maggief

Did Michelle order that child to become a human boob belt?


24 posted on 12/23/2009 5:39:53 AM PST by libertarian27 (Land of the FEE, home of the SHAMED)
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To: tiredoflaundry
The first First Lady who wears a thong!!

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

25 posted on 12/23/2009 5:42:30 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: SatinDoll

Muzzies don’t give Christmas presents, especially not to female children

As for zero, maybe all that sports stuff will make him feel macho, like maybe he really does have a pair after all, not that he needs anymore delusions. Manchelle’s bigger than zero is so she probably doesn’t make him feel macho. The fact that she walks like a dude, specifically like a black male basketball player, probably doesn’t help. OTOH, maybe Manchelle’s masculine characteristics appeal to him.


26 posted on 12/23/2009 5:53:00 AM PST by chilltherats (First, kill all the lawyers (now that they ARE the tyrants).......)
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To: tiredoflaundry

Unprecedented! LOL


27 posted on 12/23/2009 5:53:01 AM PST by Neverforget01 (Never, ever, ever, ever, ever....)
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To: SatinDoll

Muzzies don’t give Christmas presents, especially not to female children

As for zero, maybe all that sports stuff will make him feel macho, like maybe he really does have a pair after all, not that he needs anymore delusions. Manchelle’s bigger than zero is so she probably doesn’t make him feel macho. The fact that she walks like a dude, specifically like a black male basketball player, probably doesn’t help. OTOH, maybe Manchelle’s masculine characteristics appeal to him.


28 posted on 12/23/2009 5:53:02 AM PST by chilltherats (First, kill all the lawyers (now that they ARE the tyrants).......)
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To: maggief
Awwww yuck! I could have gone my whole life without seeing that!

On a side note: I wish MO would go back to her old wig, this one looks like a turban from some angles. Sort of like the 70's when girls competed to see who could get their bangs the highest. Not a good look then, certainly not now.

29 posted on 12/23/2009 6:08:58 AM PST by CAluvdubya (Palin 2012...YOU BETCHA!.)
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To: myknowledge

If I didn't know better, I'd guess there was more unexpected arrivals than "sports stuff."

30 posted on 12/23/2009 6:09:16 AM PST by Neverforget01 (Never, ever, ever, ever, ever....)
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To: Neverforget01

Bling tree


31 posted on 12/23/2009 6:11:43 AM PST by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: myknowledge

Michelle said that zer0 can have all the golf equipment he wants just a long as he leaves the three-iron next to her side of the bed alone and within reach.


32 posted on 12/23/2009 6:14:37 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: myknowledge
Photobucket Michelle hugs the whitest white boy in Washington to show how unbiased she is.
33 posted on 12/23/2009 6:36:55 AM PST by RetSignman (Townhalls ..."We have seen the Patriots and they are us")
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To: maggief
What IS that growing out of the left side of her forehead?

Is it an impacted horn.....like an impacted wisdom tooth?

Leni

34 posted on 12/23/2009 7:05:48 AM PST by MinuteGal (Bill O'Reilly: 9/8/09: "Communism is not a threat to us anymore"-10/20/09: "Obama is not a Marxist")
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To: maggief
"YIKES, VTL?! (visible thong line)"

That's not a thong line, it's her jock strap line.

35 posted on 12/23/2009 7:07:24 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: maggief; LucyT

A while ago, LucyT posted that picture of MO (in shorts) walking the dog on the White House lawn.

I posted *Is she wearing a thong?*

LucyT (ALWAYS a lady) then posted a picture of a *thong*...like you wear on your feet!

Guess I was right...but I’ll betcha LucyT won’t hold that against me and secretly thought the same thing!!

Merry Christmas!!


36 posted on 12/23/2009 7:08:55 AM PST by azishot (MERRY CHRISTMAS!!)
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To: maggief

She’s wearing Spanx to hold it all in. Oprah wears them too. They don’t make thongs that large. I see she has back fat too. Gawd she is hideous.


37 posted on 12/23/2009 7:50:43 AM PST by mojitojoe (“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
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To: LucyT; manc

Another spread eagle shot of the open legged chewey. She sits like a man, her Kenyan Marxist partner sits like a woman.


38 posted on 12/23/2009 7:53:46 AM PST by mojitojoe (“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
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To: mass55th; Roscoe Karns
"That's not a thong line, it's her jock strap line."

LOL!


39 posted on 12/23/2009 8:01:34 AM PST by maggief
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To: azishot

40 posted on 12/23/2009 8:03:28 AM PST by mojitojoe (“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
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