Caught On FOX40: Rat Scurries Near President's Podium At White House Press Conference

Fox 40 Sacramento ^ | April 30, 2010 | Matthew Keys

[Second Amendment First]

There's a rat at the White House, and we're not talking about a politician.

A small, furry rodent was caught on camera scurrying near the Presidential podium just before a scheduled press conference on the state of the nation's economy by President Obama.

[Dawgreg]

Fantastic likeness........ROTFL......

[Second Amendment First]

Remember the pile of garbage at the side exit when the Dalai Lama came to visit? Open invitation to all sorts of rodents.

I forgot about that. They can't be bothered to use cans or a dumpster. How ghetto.

[esquirette]

My first thought as well.

[Brugmansian]

Read if you put a map of the habitat of the Norwegian wharf rat (rattus norvegicus) over a map of the blue/red breakdown of America the habitat of that rat and Democrats is almost identical.

[DCBryan1]

Bam's gerbil

Armageddon!

[Nea Wood]

The rat was trying to escape. He was saying, “These people are just too sleazy for me.”

[Buckeye McFrog]

probably had gotten word the Gubmint was handing out cheese again

[dznutz]

He probably brought some Chicago cockroaches with him too when they moved into the Whitehouse.

[GladesGuru]

Too many of mine in the garage have too heavy of triggers so the mice just use them for peanut butter buffets.”

“The Early Bird” may get the worm, but it is the second mouse that eats the bait.

[Hillbillary]

Garbage laying around draws rats. Equal Opportunity janitors. Reminds me of Hugh Rodham laying in bed and ordering the broiler chickens from the WH kitchen and throwing the carcasses from the bed. I’m sure almost the same is going on with “guests” now also.

[Bookwoman]

Peter Pettigrew? Scabbers?

[VeniVidiVici]

Just another freeloading Demorat.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

He probably brought some Chicago cockroaches with him too when they moved into the Whitehouse.

You mean like Rahm Emanuel?

[MHGinTN]

Leaving after having his pie ...

[panthermom]

That wasn’t just any rat, that was the White House Mascot!

[Mike Darancette]

Thar was just Rahm counting the room.

[EggsAckley]

When Teddy Roosevelt occupied the WH, he had twenty or so Rat Terriers to remove the vermin. They’re fantastic ratters.

[dalereed]

Obama without his public suit!

[onedoug]

“Eeek A Mouse!” ping

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Rats in the vicinity of the pied piper, who’d have suspected!

(Actually, rodents have been a problem for the White House since it first went up.)