Posted on 04/23/2010 9:39:22 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are heading out of town Friday for the mother of all date nights -- a weekend getaway in picturesque Asheville, N.C. (pop. 73,000). The first daughters, 8-year-old Sasha and 11-year-old Malia, are staying home, according to the East Wing.
The White House says the president is staying at the Grove Park Inn , where he held debate prep in October of 2008. Back then, he groused to reporters that he was too busy to snag any time on the golf course. On this visit, he'll likely hit the links, and maybe the spa as well.
Here's how we imagine the brochure might have looked as the First Couple flipped through possible vacation destinations:
EXCLUSIVE COUPLES WEEKEND GETAWAY!
Is the stress of ridding the world of nuclear weapons getting to you? Are you tired of solving the childhood obesity crisis? Do your nosy neighbors make your home feel like a fishbowl, especially when you take off in the helicopter?
Have we got the spot for you!
Leave the kids at home with grandma and come to the Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa -- the perfect place to get away from foul-mouthed chiefs of staff, generals and their wars.
Tucked next to the legendary Blue Ridge Mountains, the resort features world-class amenities for those times when you don't want to worry about whether the prime minister of India should be sitting next to the senator from Alabama at your next state dinner.
Let worries about your public image fall away while you enjoy a facial, massage or steam bath at our world-class spa. And for guests who can't get enough time on the links, we offer the 32nd best golf course in the state of North Carolina.
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I thought the Blue Ridge Mountains were in Virginia. I thought it was the Smoky Mountains in Western North Carolina. Oh, wee anyway as for the Obamas romantic vacation, I think I’m going to puke.
There must be a news blackout on pictures of Michelle’s butt-anybody got an update?
Romantic? Is Larry tagging along?
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh YEAH! ;-D
Does that man ever work?
I wonder is someone will “leak” a picture of them dancing on the beach like the Clintons did..
So ol Barry going to throw the pipe to the Wookie! Asheville, San Francisco of the east.
If I were a guest with a long standing reservation and then found I had to go through Secret Service pat downs every time I walked through the front door, I’d be mighty pissed.
I’m sure it’ll be at least as romantic as a thoroughbred breeding.
And "Movin' On Up!"
Unfortunately,
Obamas Take a Break --- In The Woods
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Picture of The One ..
.. and the wife
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There's a pun in there somewhere about a bear/shit/woods, but I have to go drink some more caffeine before I can word it just right anat.
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