Obama Lunches With Campaign Organizers at Capitol Hill Eatery

ABC News ^ | August 10, 2011 | by Devin Dwyer

[Oldeconomybuyer]

President Obama lunched at a Capitol Hill eatery today with six lucky volunteer organizers from across the country who won an essay contest run by his re-election campaign.

The volunteers, among 1,600 participants in the campaign’s Summer Organizer program, wrote on why they organize in their communities and what they learned this summer.

Kathleen McKevitt, 67, a former international marketing manager for GE turned freelance photojournalist and consultant, also attended the lunch as a summer organizer from Idaho, where she has been an active Obama supporter since the 2008 presidential campaign.

The president spent an hour mingling with the volunteers at Ted’s Bulletin, a southeast Washington restaurant that describes itself as "a real American classic joint with a bit of style."

[Artemis Webb]

"President Obama lunched at a Capitol Hill eatery today with six lucky volunteer organizers..."

Getting to watch an America Hating Socialist stuff his face is not my idea of "lucky".

[Terry Mross]

People are out of work and worrying about where they’ll get money for groceries and this guy is flying suck ups to D.C. to have lunch with him. Talk about being out of touch.

The way I see it, if Carney says the president is never really on vacation that means he’s always on the job. That means if he does anything that’s not connected with the government he should reimburse the treasury. And that would include secret service protection to, during and from this campaign lunch.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

“It is exciting to again step into an opportunity with the Democratic Party, where people breathe the same desire to give back, to absorb the President’s goals and energy and share that with voting citizens,” McKevitt said in a statement on the state Democratic Party website

She sounds like she's excited about being integrated into the Borg collective.

[isthisnickcool]

Obama never works. Who is in charge?

[kcvl]

U.S. President Barack Obama has lunch with campaign volunteers from across the U.S. at Ted's Bulletin restaurant in Washington, August 10, 2011. From L-R are: Celeste Rotunda (Florida), Henry Shah (Pennsylvania), Nora Fee (Oregon), Sara El-Amine (staff member), Kathleen McKevitt (Idaho), Victoria Kirby (Washington), Obama, and Oscar De Los Santos (California).

[nascarnation]

Who is in charge?

By most accounts, ValJ

[COUNTrecount]

While Barry dines America gets indigestion.

[GlockThe Vote]

What I would not give to throw pies at those dorks.

[funfan]

I would love to see that. I think they would cry if that happened.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

[Zathras]

“women and minorities hardest hit”

[stephenjohnbanker]

LOLOLOLOL!!

[ridesthemiles]

“Six lucky volunteers” ???

In my house, this would be major punishment.

[Marathoner]

GOD, what a crew of useful idiots.

[kempster]

“From the time I get up in the morning till the time I go to bed at night creating jobs is always on my mind.”

[keat]

a former international marketing manager for GE turned freelance photojournalist...

How wonderfully incestuous.

[RoadTest]

Why would anyone work for the re-election of that cockroach from Hell?

[Bad~Rodeo]

People are out of work and worrying about where they’ll get money for groceries and this guy is flying suck ups to D.C. to have lunch with him

Rumor has it that he's taking another vacation to Martha's Vineyard next week. His last one there in '09 cost us 50k a week

[Atlantan]

And the Bidens are going to the Hamptons.