Rodent scurries by as Obama lauds Wall Street vote [Caption Obama/Rodent]

AP ^ | May. 20, 2010 | MARK S. SMITH

[Berlin_Freeper]

Obama had just begun an afternoon statement to reporters lauding the end of a Senate filibuster on his financial overhaul plan when some kind of rodent - opinions differ on which - dashed out of the bushes to his right, just outside the Oval Office.

As photographers snapped away, the critter trundled straight past the gray podium with the presidential seal and made a bee-line for another set of bushes to Obama's left.

It's not clear if the president could even see the streaker, but he didn't show any reaction. And he concluded his statement minutes later, returning to his office without answering a few shouted questions on other topics.

[jazminerose]

Something about a sinking ship?

[9YearLurker]

That was just Gibbsy checking the sound system.

[rabidralph]

“Are you my father?”

[chickadee]

Shape-changer Emmanuel monitoring the Prez?

[library user]

dashed out of the bushes

Bushes fault.

[PGR88]

With luck, its carrying the plague

[jersey117]

LOL

[derllak]

Birds of a feather....

[svcw]

Rats like demons.

[Doogle]

"that's not a rodent, that's a Czar,head of Obmam's media relations"

[telebob]

The White House has a rat problem...

[norton]

It was a speech writer scurrying to adjust the teleprompter.

[PA Engineer]

This proves that G_D has a sense of humor.

[Truth is a Weapon]

I saw the great big ‘Rat but where was the rodent?

[nothingnew]

Looks like a cell phone, or a very large amoeba.

FMCDH(BITS)

[GloriaJane]

There’s a RAT in the White House! No Really!

[TomGuy]

There was video from a few weeks ago of a rodent outside the WH, while waiting for an Obama speech.

The place needs professional varmint removers — for the rodents, the rats.

[nolongerademocrat]

“This proves that G_D has a sense of humor.”

Yes.

[Retired Greyhound]

Wormtail? (Harry Potter reference?)