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Obamas head for romantic getaway in N.C.
Washington Post ^ | 04/23/2010 | Michael D. Shear

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: bhovisit; flotusmichelle; manchelle; obama; obamafamily; wookielove; yankees
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To: rhubarbk

:)


41 posted on 04/23/2010 10:14:32 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

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.


42 posted on 04/23/2010 10:15:34 AM PDT by beckysueb (January 20, 2013. When Obama becomes just a skidmark on the panties of American history.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

There must be a news blackout on pictures of Michelle’s butt-anybody got an update?


43 posted on 04/23/2010 10:18:20 AM PDT by Spok (Free Range Republican)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Romantic? Is Larry tagging along?


44 posted on 04/23/2010 10:22:01 AM PDT by Mac from Cleveland ("See what you made me do?" Major Malik Hasan)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh YEAH! ;-D


45 posted on 04/23/2010 10:23:43 AM PDT by Rastus
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To: Responsibility2nd

Does that man ever work?


46 posted on 04/23/2010 10:29:46 AM PDT by lady lawyer
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To: Responsibility2nd

I wonder is someone will “leak” a picture of them dancing on the beach like the Clintons did..


47 posted on 04/23/2010 10:30:13 AM PDT by cardinal4 (Dont Tread on Me)
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To: Responsibility2nd

So ol Barry going to throw the pipe to the Wookie! Asheville, San Francisco of the east.


48 posted on 04/23/2010 10:41:20 AM PDT by GUNGAGALUNGA (Democratus Suckus Teatus is the Latin root for Democrat and it means to tax)
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To: Responsibility2nd
The love nest?


49 posted on 04/23/2010 11:06:47 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: illiac

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.


50 posted on 04/23/2010 11:16:58 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: hampdenkid

I’m sure it’ll be at least as romantic as a thoroughbred breeding.


51 posted on 04/23/2010 11:21:20 AM PDT by Quanah
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To: Responsibility2nd; All
I've said it before, and I'll say it again-- Kommander ZerØ's "_residency" is a laughable mixture of:

And "Movin' On Up!"

Unfortunately,


52 posted on 04/23/2010 11:43:51 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trakball into America's Twilight...)
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To: reagan_fanatic; Tijeras_Slim; Lazamataz; Willie Green
The headline on Drudge:

Obamas Take a Break --- In The Woods

________

Picture of The One …..

….. and the wife

****

53 posted on 04/24/2010 1:31:22 AM PDT by ICAB9USA (If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep quite so much ...............)
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To: ICAB9USA
….. and the wife

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.

54 posted on 04/24/2010 6:20:39 AM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!!)
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