Excuse me while I remove this Democrat stuff from my throat.
Posted on 11/22/2008 5:42:36 PM PST by lowbridge
Ya gotta hand it to them. The Associated Press knows how to cut out all the extraneous background noise and get right to the important issues of the day. Barack Obama will surely be in the center of the vortex of some of the most important decisions in the world during the next four years and even his preparations for taking office are vitally important as a marker to what he might do in office. There are wars and rumors of wars, disasters and relief efforts and historic decisions will soon be made. But no decision is so important, as the AP dutifully tells us, than the one of what the president elect had for lunch. The shocking, heartwarming and resolute decision the leader of the free world... no the leader of all mankind... made for his lunch was apparently a corned beef sandwich.
Darfur still swirls with genocide, Iran is still making plans to destroy Israel, China is on pace to build the largest most dangerous army on Earth, the European Union still angles to lay America low, but all that pales in comparison to the important report the AP could muster (no, not mustard). Yes, the AP brings us the most salient story of our day: "Obama grabs lunch at local deli, greets patrons."
I laughed with the heartwarming tale of Obama's corned beef. I cried with relief to know he eats sandwiches just like me. I cheered to find out he had a cherry pie. I swooned to discover that he told a restaurant patron, "I love you back" when they offered him a salutation. I worried that Obama felt he "aged a little bit" during the hard, hard task of campaigning over the last four years. Yet was happily buoyed when the resilient messiah said that he's "doing great." Finally I was reassured when it was revealed in this important AP report that he exercised at a gym on Friday. And through it all I felt curiously hungry.
Yes, the AP hit all the news that we want to hear. All the details that are most important were covered. Even more revealing was his humanity so graciously on display. Not only did we get Obama's menu but we thrilled to the fact that Chief of Staff Emmanuel AND Valerie Jarrett were fortunate to find that The One was enough of a regular guy to order sandwiches for them, too. This man, a leader of men yet still just like you and me, sends a thrill up my leg. Doesn't he yours?
Yes, with this hard hitting and engrossing lunch report in evidence, I dare anyone to ever again say that the Associated Press is mired in hero worship or has degraded into the written word equivalent of Entertainment Tonight. After these behind the scenes revelations I double dog dare you to say that the AP is no better than the National Enquirer!
No, it's now patently obvious that the AP is the most serious player on the media scene ever. After all, if we don't know what BO has for lunch, HOW can we assess his presidency? How can we mere citizens feel connected to the exalted one without the knowledge of the contents of his noon meal?
Yes, folks, there is peace in our times. Now, if only we can get our enemies to just have a sit down, a little corned beef, a nice slice of cherry pie, a chance to tell The One that they love him too... how could we possibly have any more trouble in the world?
Thank you Associated Press for this indispensable report. I don't know about you all, but now I can go to bed and rest easy with this knowledge.
Manny’s is an institution.... I haven’t been there in awhile, but it is outstanding and pricy. I would imagine the corned beef sandwich has to be up around $9 or so.... wrongo. I just checked the menu.
They closed around 3-4PM until maybe the last year or two. Now they serve dinner.
Reminds me of the aliens in the TV series “V”. Creepy!
CRAP. I haven't had a ruben in 15 years...Now it's like the song I can't stop humming...Good Lord those are so good.
And I bet there's quite a few other folks here thinking the same thing.
Excuse me while I remove this Democrat stuff from my throat.
You all are lucky you don’t live in Chicago. We’ve been bombarded with this kind of “news” non-stop for weeks. Almost every newscast leads off with an Obama story—even if its just announcing what school his daughters will go to, or where he ate lunch. I don’t turn the tv on, I can’t take any more. Every newspaper has Obama on the front page, with special supplements on the weekend. I may have to move to another state or lose my sanity.
Manny's doesn't serve pork—it's a Jewish deli.
First time I have agreed with The0ne on anything. Darn good corned beef at Manny’s....Wonder if he chowed on one of the potato pancakes?
“Manny’s is an institution.... I haven’t been there in awhile, but it is outstanding and pricy. I would imagine the corned beef sandwich has to be up around $9 or so.... wrongo. I just checked the menu.”
Manny’s is a great deli/restaurant. It’s one of those places where you slide your tray along as you pick your food. I was addicted to their brisket of beef sandwiches (not corned beef), just plain beef brisket. With a bit of horseradish on it, on an onion kaiser roll. May favorite. I worked at the Univ. of IL at Chicago (UIC), and my Department was only about 5 blocks away from Manny’s. I’ve retired and live in the burbs, however, I really want to get back to Manny’s one day for a lunch feast. The food there is fantastic.
Corned beef and cabbage used to be popular with Irish immigrants. O’Bama is just getting back to his roots.
As important as this story may be, I am still waiting for clarification on the dog issue. I am on tenterhooks, unable to eat, sleep, or concentrate until that is settled and we find out which breed he picks and what the kids will name it. All else is insignificant and meaningless.
Did he snort or smoke his coke?
George W. Bush hates corned beef, and he kicked a kitten that was in the corned beef diner.
Muy expensivo when you can get it. 150$/lb I think
Jamon Iberico
Man, that Palin - she's such a moron...
On the other hand, Obama is brilliant, and KNOWS how to handle those pesky reporters. I'm thinking that Obama is running the most brilliant President-Electship in US history. I just wish he could somehow gift the rest of us ordinary mortals with just a scintilla of his inspired GodHeadedness.
He's just effing brilliant!
I feel your pain, man...
$10.95 for just the corned beef sandwich. $5.00 for a sandwich is pushing it for the peasants.
Ann Sanner, official American Pravda court sycophant, wrote this “fluffer” piece.
At least he was smart enough not to stand in front of the slaughter floor in the slaughter house.
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