Obama bemoans 'the bubble,' extols having a 'home office'

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[Sub-Driver]

Obama bemoans 'the bubble,' extols having a 'home office'

Posted: September 8th, 2009 05:20 PM ET

From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Being one of the most powerful people in the world isn't always what it seems.

That's what President Obama told a Virginia high school student Tuesday who asked how Obama's life had changed since becoming the nation's chief executive.

"When you announce that you're running for president, a lot more people know you," the president said at a gathering with students before his nationally televised speech to the nation's schoolchildren, "Then, slowly, you get Secret Service. Then, when you win the nomination, you get more Secret Service. Then when you become president, everything just shuts down."

"I can't just do things normally like I used to do them," Obama said of the gilded cage he now lives in as president. "I'm inside what's called 'the bubble,'" Obama told the students, "I can't just do things on the spur of the moment and that's actually the toughest thing about being president because you want to just interact with people normally."

[Sub-Driver]

Oh boo hoo........

[Yo-Yo]

You’re free to resign any time the job gets to be too much for ya, Zero.

[Carley]

Dates to NY

Trips to the Grand Canyon

Trips to Europe with the kiddies

Endless golf outings

Poor whiney baby

[HiTech RedNeck]

I can't just do things on the spur of the moment

Such as having the mother of all pizza parties using your own private chef?

[KevinB]

I can't just do things on the spur of the moment and that's actually the toughest thing about being president.

... Oh, and all that having to do things and actually make decisions and take responsibility also.

[Huskrrrr]

Sounding very Presidential (sarc).

[crusty old prospector]

Then why don’t you just go back to community organizing and do us and yourself a favor.

[what's up]

He & his wife took this line when they visited a DC school recently as well.

Talked about how bad they had it.

Next they will be hiring therapists to help them like B. Clinton did.

[giotto]

Yeah, it's great having a home office--especially when the rent is paid for by the taxpayers. Also the electric bill, your office supplies, the salaries of all your assistants and secretaries, your meals, your cars, your business trips, your expenses for wining and dining "clients," your office furniture, your computers, your telephones and network services, your wife's 28 assistants, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc....

Just when I think I couldn't dislike this guy any more than I already did.

[Vigilanteman]

Do you suppose he will take the silverware with him when he finally leaves the whitehouse?

He's already got Carter beat as the worst president in the last century. Now he's aiming to topple James Buchanan as the worst president in history.

[spectre]

We're going to see to it he gets back to civilian life in three years (or less). That should make him happy again.

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[MaxMax]

Those people are always complaining about Government Housing.

[Vendome]

Vacation at Martha’s Vineyard

Flyovers in Air Force One.

Ugly clothes for your wife.

Custom made political clothes for your children

$100 per pound steak

$450 Caviar and cheap champagne.

Mother in law living with you rent free

Tough life?