President Obama and his wife, Michelle, lunched at Nancy’s Restaurant. (Darren Mccollester/Getty Images)
Posted on 08/26/2010 5:05:51 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Prevented from golfing for two days by a steady rain that caused minor flooding on the island, President Obama seized on the better weather yesterday, pressing some flesh in Oak Bluffs and finally hitting the links again.
Obama, joined wife Michelle, daughters Malia and Sasha, and a group of friends for an hourlong lunch at Nancy’s Restaurant overlooking Oak Bluffs Harbor.
Obama, who could be seen through a second-floor window drinking a bottle of Corona Light (with a slice of lime), was accompanied by friends Valerie Jarrett, Eric and Cheryl Whitaker.
Afterward, the president tossed his jacket aside and shook a few hands — “Good to see you guys,’’ he told squealing supporters. “You doing all right?’’ — but he waved off a reporter’s request for a more substantive exchange. Asked about Iraq, the president replied, “We’re buying shrimp, guys, c’mon.’’
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
How many people (US supporters and other) died in Iraq yesterday while he was “buying shrimp”?
what a small small man
At last, some good news... /s
LOL!
The most selfish, arrogant and vapid of people.
Well, no US folks died in Iraq yesterday, but there were bombings all over the country that took out quite a few locals.
Yes, I know it was a rhetorical question, but since I know the answer, I figured what the hell?
“Squealing supporters”...”happiest Republican...” quite a difference from the reporting we got when the Bushes took their vacation. Sorry, but leader of the free world or not, I would NOT shake his hand...
“US supporters” = US-trained Iraqi security forces, who were the main targets and our hope for a stable civil govt
Neither would I. Given the recent discussions regarding Obie's "faith", it is safe to say we don't know where that hand has been...
LOL! at this story from The Boston Herald. I had the headline made into a bumper sticker.
Obama: Tee-ing off nation, 1 Sunday at a time
http://news.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1276370&format=text
EDGARTOWN - Another Sunday, another missed opportunity for President Obama to prove to America he’s not a Muslim.
But instead of attending church services at one of the dozens and dozens of quaint, island Christian churches yesterday morning, the commander in chief hit Our Lady of the Fairways, aka the Vineyard Golf Club, yet again, to play 18.
Obama again teed off with Chicago pal Eric Whitaker and aide Marvin Nicholson . Rounding out the foursome was Bill Lewis, a regular Vineyard vacationer who played with Obama and Whitaker last year. Once again, the press corps was kept far, far away from the presidential golf party.
Perhaps the Leader of the Free World is a little sensitive about his game. Because our spies report that Barry was hacking away at a ball in the bunker on the 12th hole - a la Judge Elihu Smails - before giving up and throwing it onto the green. Shades of Bill Clinton!
Anyway, it was Obama’s second outing to the posh, private golf club since landing Thursday on The Rock. The prez teed off at 8:30 a.m. under cloudy, drizzly skies. A perfect day to be inside. Like, say, in church!
Now you’d think, with polls showing that one in five Americans believe Obama is a Muslim - and with the furor over the president’s flip-flops on the Ground Zero mosque - that his White House handlers might have orchestrated a nice little photo op of the first family doing a little vacation worshiping yesterday morning.
Because, despite the administration’s insistence that Barry is a Christian and that he prays daily, most Americans have noticed that Obama rarely attends church. That’s a noticeable departure from previous presidents, such as George W. Bush and Clinton, who were on their knees every Sunday.
Of course, the last time Obama had a regular church, it was Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright fame, and, well, we all know how that turned out.
The president’s handlers have said Obama doesn’t attend services regularly because he doesn’t want to be “hugely disruptive to congregations.” This is apparently not an issue on the golf course. Especially now that the Secret Service is following the boss in golf carts instead of those giant SUVs they drove down the fairways last year!
Following the golf game, the prez went back to Blue Heron Farm and spent the rest of the day in seclusion there.
File Under: Praying for a Better Handicap.
I love you too, sweetheart. ;-)
ah, come on now, to be fair, they are VERY strict about only using their LEFT hand to wipe their butts.
That’s a real smile, I believe, not a politician’s rictus. Which, when you come to think of it, is hideously inappropriate.
He’s like a 9th grader that got elected class president: he loves the adulation, but has no understanding of the responsibilities that should be his.
Even his choice of beer stinks.
Corona is bottled in clear bottles because the brewer doesn't consider it worth putting into brown bottles (which blocks UV light that will spoil beer).
The tradition of putting a slice of lime in the neck of a Corona bottle is to mask the taste of beer spoiled by exposure to sunlight.
Well, in that case I wouldn't want to borrow his pen...
Let’s see if we can’t give them something to really squeal about.
I cannot believe the Boston Globe ran a piece with the headline “Obama vacation back on course”.
Talk about your Marie Antoinette type tropes and memes.
Nero fiddles as Rome burns.....unbelievable the arrogance of this guy!!!!
"All these suckas adore me."
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