On Obama's visit, presidential seal blew off his limo on I-76; it later was recovered

Philadelphia Daily News ^ | July 2, 2011 | DAVID GAMBACORTA

[Indy Pendance]

[snip]

Just ask, ahem, President Obama. Seems the big guy lost a magnetic presidential seal that was affixed to the side of his limousine as he wrapped up a fundraising visit to Philly on Thursday.

The seal flew off the side of the limo and whipped by motorists in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 76, where it was presumed lost . . . until shortly before noon yesterday.

That's when a veteran Philadelphia police officer found the seal on the side of the highway, near the Montgomery Avenue exit, while he was assisting the driver of a disabled vehicle, said Cynthia Wofford, the special agent in charge of the U.S. Secret Service Philadelphia field office.

"The officer was a part of the presidential motorcade the night before," Wofford said. "It was turned over, so it wasn't so obvious, but he found it for us."

Wofford said members of the motorcade saw the seal fall from Obama's limo as it traveled on the expressway.

A handful of law-enforcement officials tried searching for the seal in the darkness on Thursday to no avail.

"We're very grateful. It's in my office now, but it will be shipped back to Washington, D.C.," Wofford said.

The Police Department declined to identify the officer.

Obama's presidential seal has made the news at least once before,

On Oct. 5, 2010, as the president was addressing Fortune magazine's 2010 Most Powerful Women Summit at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., his speech was interrupted when the seal on the front of the lectern clattered to the floor.

[Boiling point]

It was painted on, and had three coats of lacquer over it. Shows how bad it wanted off!

[nascarnation]

I wonder if they’re worried about terrorism, and that’s why they tried so hard to recover it.

Yeah some homeboy will slap it on the side of his ghetto cruiser with 24 inch dubs and cruise right into the WH parking area.

[txhurl]

'Looks like you blew a seal'
Look, just fix the damned thing and leave my private life out of it, ok?'
On second thought, Sinclair does resemble a seal these days...

[newzjunkey]

The whole mess of the motorcade flies in.

[444Flyer]

Apparently, it doesn't want to be with him.

[444Flyer]

“The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind...”

And reaping the whirlwind.

[444Flyer]

The Seal escapes.... again! And it’s only been a little over a month since The Beast got stuck in Ireland.

[taildragger]

Think critically....

They are magnetic, what does it say about the materials the doors are made of, that probably fall into don't ask what I do for a living territory....

With that said, is it more of a security breach than we realize....

[Beckwith]

The Seal keeps trying to escape.

The Seal knows!

[chris_bdba]

I keep getting the feeling that G-d is trying to tell Obama somethign and he refuses to listen. I pray that he steps up his game(G-d) and helps save us from this maniac.

[hoagy62]

Omen my All-American heinie! God is trying to tell him “Get out!!!”

[Oceander]

Apparently, even the office of the President doesn’t want to be associated with this retard any more.

[savedbygrace]

It’s trying to tell him something.

[4Liberty]

Remember the President-elect seal?

[4Liberty]

Remember the President-Elect seal?

[B4Ranch]

>>Why isn’t the Presidential Seal Painted on?<<

Because he doesn’t ride in the same limo all the time.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“No way! Can you imagine how cool that’d look on the side of your car? “

I think a rusty 72 Nova would be a good place for it right now.

[thecodont]

Omen indeed! It happened today, July 2nd, the day the delegates voted for independence in 1776, just outside of Philly (duh!) while the car was traveling east-bound—the opposite direction of our national expansion—a retrograde direction.

Act of God indeed. What are all these incidents telling us about the man holding the office?

[bd476]

Indy Pendance wrote: " Omen. "

ROFLOL! Oh this is too rich. If only there had been photos of it as it flew off. It's good it didn't hit any other cars.

[Vendome]

Why’s that? They keep getting hung up every time he hits a curb?

Were they able to recover the one in Ireland? /s