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N. Carolina Hiker Bumps Into President, First Lady
AOLNews ^ | April 26, 2010 | David Knowles

Posted on 04/27/2010 12:48:43 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

(April 26) -- On a remote wooded path in North Carolina on Friday, a 65-year-old woman took a solitary hike. Little did she know she'd meet President Barack Obama and the first lady along the way.

The chance encounter happened when Westerville, Ohio, resident Karen Russell was hiking the Mountains-to-Sea Trail just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville's Citizen-Times newspaper reported.

"It was just a little nondescript trail that I was on," Russell told the Citizen-Times, "and I didn't expect to find anybody there really, let alone the president."

The Obamas had landed in Asheville that same day to catch a weekend vacation. The presidential motorcade had driven the Blue Ridge Parkway for about 15 minutes when the first couple decided to get out and take an hourlong hike.

Russell, who had also come to North Carolina on vacation, had already been on her trail for an hour when she noticed the cars on the parkway below. Then, in the middle of the forest, two Secret Service agents approached her.

(Excerpt) Read more at aolnews.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: hiker; obama
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To: Puppage

I have no idea a) what you fixed, and b) why it needed fixing in the first place.

What is a ‘middle class vacation’?


21 posted on 04/27/2010 12:58:56 PM PDT by dmz
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I would’ve rather run into Big Foot than O and his wife.


22 posted on 04/27/2010 12:59:40 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: ETL

The Obamanible MO-MAN


23 posted on 04/27/2010 1:00:46 PM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Nobody “bumps” into The President.


24 posted on 04/27/2010 1:02:01 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Reminds me of what Mark Twain (I think) said about golf:
A good walk - ruined.

And oh, this was as spontaneous and random as Bill Clinton finding a pile of rocks to make a cross on Normandy beach.


25 posted on 04/27/2010 1:02:27 PM PDT by Never on my watch (A Militia is just a community organization)
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To: Trajan88

“Sadie, you’ll never believe what happened to me, I was walking in the woods and I met the President and Patrick Ewing!”


26 posted on 04/27/2010 1:02:29 PM PDT by Batman11 (Sarah Palin: "Illegal immigrants are called illegal for a reason!")
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
"And then I probably went 10 feet and I couldn't believe it," she told the Citizen-Times. "I just looked up and I said something really stupid, like, 'Are you who I think you are? You are!' "

And Obama's response: "Of course. And you are your typical white, elderly lady, right?"

27 posted on 04/27/2010 1:03:50 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Oh Come on! Chance encounter..... she was the ONLY one on that trail....the S.S. didn't have the entire trail closed off? B.S. and oh yeah...FUBO!!!
28 posted on 04/27/2010 1:04:16 PM PDT by ladyvet (WOLVERINES!!!!!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

How did the hiker know it wasn’t a Wookie?


29 posted on 04/27/2010 1:06:40 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: dmz
What is a ‘middle class vacation’?

You'd have to ask someone at the White House. That's what they called it.

30 posted on 04/27/2010 1:06:45 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
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To: Batman11

LOL!!!


31 posted on 04/27/2010 1:09:49 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ( 0bama: Our first AINO president)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I don’t see the secret service allowing such an accident...


32 posted on 04/27/2010 1:11:07 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: longtermmemmory
I don’t see the secret service allowing such an accident...

They let this happen, but I could be wrong...


33 posted on 04/27/2010 1:16:04 PM PDT by camerongood210
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To: dmz
I have no idea a) what you fixed, and b) why it needed fixing in the first place. What is a ‘middle class vacation’?

Because they SAID they were taking a middle class vacation, that's why.

34 posted on 04/27/2010 1:16:57 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“N. Carolina Hiker Bumps Into President, First Lady”

Bumps? Probably couldn’t get past that huge buttock blocking the walking trail. Lucky that swinging mass didn’t knock her into a ditch...


35 posted on 04/27/2010 1:19:11 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (Fix bayonets!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
The presidential motorcade had driven the Blue Ridge Parkway for about 15 minutes when the first couple decided to get out and take an hourlong hike.

Forget the politics - from a logistics point of view, it must be a nightmare trying to guard these people.

36 posted on 04/27/2010 1:27:31 PM PDT by ProfoundMan (Time to finish the Reagan Revolution! - RightyPics.com)
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To: Puppage

My apologies. I only read the attached article that used the term weekend.


37 posted on 04/27/2010 1:28:18 PM PDT by dmz
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

So she is one of them who gave Ohio to dumb@$$?


38 posted on 04/27/2010 1:31:22 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Paladin2

“How did the hiker know it wasn’t a Wookie?”

Wookies have class.


39 posted on 04/27/2010 1:36:27 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: ProfoundMan

That’s what I was thinking.


40 posted on 04/27/2010 1:39:28 PM PDT by meatloaf
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