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Who’s That Man?: Obama Asked For ID At Gym
thehill.com ^ | June 27, 2008 | Kris Kitto

Posted on 06/28/2008 11:58:15 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) may have one of the best-known faces in the world, but that doesn’t mean he is recognized everywhere, even in Washington.

Washington Sports Club employee Takehia Wheeler was manning the front desk to scan members’ identification cards Friday morning when the presidential candidate walked in with his entourage. The gym opened a month ago in the Columbia Heights district.

“He came in and walked past me,” Wheeler told In The Know. “I was like, ‘Sir, you need to come back.’ ”

Wheeler said Obama looked familiar, but she didn’t recognize him. So she asked for his ID card.

“I said, ‘What’s your last name?’ He said ‘Obama,’ ” Wheeler explained. “I said, ‘So what’s your first name?”

Then she laughed because it was at that point that Wheeler realized who she was talking to. How did she make amends? By saying, “Sorry, Mr. Future President!”

She wasn’t alone in not recognizing Obama. Trainer Drew McNeil wasn’t sure either.

“I was training right next to him, and I was like, ‘That looks like Obama,’ ” he said.

Obama brought his security detail along. Gym staff said Obama stayed for 20 minutes.

They said he has a membership to the citywide gym network, with his home gym at the Gallery Place/Chinatown location.


TOPICS: US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: doyouknowwhoiam; fearlessleader; obama; obamaisnotbygod; thisisyourgod; who
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1 posted on 06/28/2008 11:58:15 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Good thing he didn’t have to supply his birth certificate.


2 posted on 06/28/2008 12:01:05 PM PDT by usmcobra (I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Wheeler said Obama looked familiar, but she didn’t recognize him. So she asked for his ID card.

She should have asked for his birth certificate. /sarc

3 posted on 06/28/2008 12:01:13 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He stayed for 20 mins? What did he need another cancer stick break?

This is such a trivial event that I’m waiting for the media to start announcing every time he goes #2.


4 posted on 06/28/2008 12:01:59 PM PDT by driftdiver
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Good thing Cynthia McKinney doesn’t go to said gym.


5 posted on 06/28/2008 12:03:00 PM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: driftdiver

Obama is a divine creature and does not poo. You think a man of his caliber’s s*** could possibly stink?


6 posted on 06/28/2008 12:03:03 PM PDT by weegee
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To: Free ThinkerNY
It's pretty arrogant of him to simply stroll past the front desk of a gym he doesn't often visit with the expectation to be recognized and bowed-to as he passes through without showing ID or membership information.
7 posted on 06/28/2008 12:03:27 PM PDT by fullchroma
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To: Free ThinkerNY
...she laughed because it was at that point that Wheeler realized who she was talking to. How did she make amends?

For exactly what did she need to make amends?

8 posted on 06/28/2008 12:06:50 PM PDT by fullchroma (The next 9 years are going to be just awful)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Isn’t it an elementary rule of politeness to say “hello” at the front desk when you walk into a place, even if they might be expected to recognize you?

And if you see a new face there, might you not introduce yourself?

Good grief. This guy is an elite snob, much too full of himself to give the time of day to anyone who he thinks belongs to the servant class.


9 posted on 06/28/2008 12:10:54 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Why does he need an “entourage” to go to a gym?


10 posted on 06/28/2008 12:15:49 PM PDT by Joann37
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Anyone else want to guess why the race card WASN’T played here?


11 posted on 06/28/2008 12:17:46 PM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: usmcobra

Preemptive spin.. My story would have been arrogant ass strolls by security (Who does he think he is.)


12 posted on 06/28/2008 12:18:27 PM PDT by richardtavor (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem in the name of the G-d of Jacob)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Did he show her his race card?


14 posted on 06/28/2008 12:19:12 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Joann37

He was only there 20 mins. Heck why even show up unless it was for a staged media event, hmmmm.


15 posted on 06/28/2008 12:23:38 PM PDT by driftdiver
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He just sooooooo way like you and me...well only better.


16 posted on 06/28/2008 12:24:23 PM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
“Sorry, Mr. Future President!

No... sorry, LOSER!

17 posted on 06/28/2008 12:35:39 PM PDT by John123 (Obambi said that he has been in 57 states. I will now light myself on fire...)
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To: ozzymandus

I don’t know, but he doesn’t leave home without it.


18 posted on 06/28/2008 12:37:24 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Stop the Obamanation!))))
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19 posted on 06/28/2008 12:48:31 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Stop the Obamanation!))))
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To: All

Obama is confusing the Divine Rights of Kings with the electoral process.

He has let all this coverage go to his head. Not everyone knows who the heck he is nor do they care.


20 posted on 06/28/2008 1:12:30 PM PDT by imintrouble
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