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Obama chats with voters at local pancake house (MN)
KARE11.com ^
| 8/7/08
| KARE11.com/AP
Posted on 08/07/2008 7:25:53 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Fresh off a big-buck fundraiser in Minneapolis, Democrat Barack Obama dropped in on a humble St. Paul pancake house Thursday to chat with diners about their concerns.
The presidential contender spent more than 40 minutes making his way from table to table at the Copper Dome Restaurant, shaking hands and even picking up a baby as photographers, videographers and reporters crammed between diners to follow his every move.
"This seems like a pretty good spot. This is where the happening people meet," Obama said shortly after walking into the restaurant, a neighborhood fixture.
Word of Obama's visit spread quickly and people started showing up to see him. Neighborhood resident Sarah Burke saw the commotion when she went to mail a package and crossed the street with her 7-month-old son, Weston, to find out what was going on.
A short while later, Weston was in Obama's arms.
"Are you voting? Are you voting, too?" Obama asked the baby. "What's going on?"
Weston looked around, then stretched his arms toward his star-struck mother, who couldn't stop saying, "Oh my gosh."
A day earlier, the Illinois senator meet privately with more than 350 donors who gave between $1,000 and $28,500 at the Hilton Minneapolis Hotel -- a far cry from the scene in St. Paul, where diners included several teachers, a couple who owns a small business, a college professor and a pair of law students.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: mn2008; obama; pancakes; waffles
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A couple of videos at the link with the chosen one.
Swoon....thud.....
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Big Buck Fundraiser is not how I read that...
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posted on
08/07/2008 7:29:01 PM PDT
by
WKL815
(If the phrase 'Personal Responsibility' makes you defensive, you may be a liberal.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Did Barama get a freekin mouthful of waffle?
3
posted on
08/07/2008 7:29:03 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
"Why can't I just eat my waffle?"
4
posted on
08/07/2008 7:30:10 PM PDT
by
Charles Henrickson
(Vacationing this week in Door County, Wisconsin)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
5
posted on
08/07/2008 7:30:15 PM PDT
by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
NEWS BREAK: At International House of Pancakes, Obama continues to gain experience in foregn relations.
Throngs of blue hairs cheer loudly......
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posted on
08/07/2008 7:30:59 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(I love the Irish, just not O'Bama)
To: WKL815
The BB fund raiser was last night.
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 mil.
7
posted on
08/07/2008 7:31:42 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Fight Crime. Shoot Back.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
08/07/2008 7:32:48 PM PDT
by
Overtaxed
(What gun is best for bitter clinging?)
To: mylife
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posted on
08/07/2008 7:36:36 PM PDT
by
Charles Henrickson
(Vacationing this week in Door County, Wisconsin)
To: llevrok
NEWS BREAK: At International House of Pancakes, Obama continues to gain experience in foregn relations. Ich bin ein Pfannkuchen.
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posted on
08/07/2008 7:37:12 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Whale oil: the renewable biofuel for the 21st century.)
To: Charles Henrickson
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posted on
08/07/2008 7:37:13 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Charles Henrickson
“Waffles you can believe in!”
12
posted on
08/07/2008 7:37:52 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
“more waffles and flip flops please”
13
posted on
08/07/2008 7:41:59 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Obamuh uh uh uh uh uh uh ummmmmm)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
The Big “O” hangin’ out with some “little people” at a pancake house. How sweet.
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posted on
08/07/2008 7:43:10 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
("I'm trying to save the planet!" - Nancy Pelosi ..........ROTFLMAO! What a dumbass!)
To: WKL815
Uh huh; I hear ya. I think I read it the same way you did.
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posted on
08/07/2008 7:43:47 PM PDT
by
no dems
("Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice...." Barry Goldwater)
To: Charles Henrickson
"Do you see what the Bush Administration has done?
Small businesses are so poor they can't even make regular
pancakes anymore. They have to put dents into the pancakes
to conserve on pancake mix."
To: FlingWingFlyer
You’d think that after Kerry’s debacle that Obie Ben Barakie would steer clear of any pancake forum.
Waffles, and all.....
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To: F15Eagle
Aye..the media here always rushes to the liberal areas of the twin cities for their stories.
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Kid, I got knocked upside the head with a rock ...
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posted on
08/07/2008 8:09:48 PM PDT
by
maggief
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