(KEVIN LAMARQUE - REUTERS) Posted on 12/21/2011 2:24:56 PM PST by Qbert
His payroll tax cut plan might be stuck in Congress, but President Obama found another way to boost consumer spending Wednesday: He went Christmas shopping.
(KEVIN LAMARQUE - REUTERS)
Obama ducked out of the White House at about 12:45 p.m. for a quick jaunt into Virginia, where he dropped more than $235 in less than an hour.
The excursion began at some big box stores at Potomac Yards in Alexandria. With his wife Michelle and two daughters already vacationing in Hawaii, Obama brought the only remaining member of the family with him: Bo, the Portuguese water dog.
It was a good trip for the nation’s first dog. The first stop was a Pet Smart, where the president purchased a dog bone and a chew toy totalling $41. Bo also was spied by nosy reporters and paparazzi sizing up a brown poodle named “Cinnamon.”
“Okay, Bo, don’t get too personal here,” Obama admonished, clutching Bo’s leash.
The trip came in the middle of what might otherwise have been another tense day for the president, who just before leaving the White House called House Speaker John A. Boehner and implored him to support a two-month extension to the payroll tax that remains in limbo.
Obama has delayed his annual winter vacation in Honolulu, even though his family decamped from D.C. last Friday. He has not said whether he intends to join them for Christmas, but his shopping trip included picking up some gifts for daughters Malia and Sasha.
After Pet Smart, Obama went into into Best Buy, heading to the Wii section and buying a game called “Just Dance 3.”
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The occupoopers will relate.
Our country is in ruins and this moron is shopping with he dog.
Perhaps there is no PetSmart in your area.
Dogs on leashes are permitted within PetSmart.
I take it you have never been inside PetSmart.
Dogs on leashes are permitted there, and it is very common to see owners walking their dogs through the stores.
What did it cost us to fly Bo back from Hawaii for this photo opp?
The picture I saw...They were NOT in Pet smart.
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