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Obama cuts line at famed Texas barbecue joint (but pays for lunch)
YAHOO NEWS ^ | 10 JULY 2014 | ERIC PFEIFFER

Posted on 07/10/2014 4:51:26 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

Some people wait in line for five hours just to get their fix at Austin’s famous Franklin Barbecue. And who can blame them? The establishment is less than 10 years old but has been cited as the nation’s best.

Of course, President Obama is not “some people.” After a campaign-style speech in Austin on Thursday afternoon, the commander in chief made a stop by Franklin Barbecue and was quickly ushered to the front of the line.

It’s common practice to let a president cut to the front of the line at a dining establishment. After all, the president arguably has the busiest schedule on the planet. Plus, having a president standing in one place only creates headaches for everyone else who is just trying to get some food.

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TOPICS: Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: austin; bbq; franklinbarbecue; obama
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To: smokingfrog

“Just wait until Hitler hears about this!”

Be funny to get the “Hitler reacts to Obama cutting the line at the BBQ” video.


41 posted on 07/10/2014 5:43:15 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (GM is dead and Al Queada is alive.)
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To: SgtHooper
LOVE IT!

runor has it that staff made darned certain there was PLENTY of the one's favorite beer on hand




43 posted on 07/10/2014 5:45:46 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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>> After all, the president arguably has the busiest golf schedule on the planet.


44 posted on 07/10/2014 5:47:21 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: John S Mosby

Hehehe!!


46 posted on 07/10/2014 5:56:33 PM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: wolf24

Well apparently your peeps pooped and let Hussein slide.....


47 posted on 07/10/2014 5:58:39 PM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: Rome2000

It’s Texas, brisket... the sausage maybe pork... and the ribs come both ways... but it is brisket the place is known for...


48 posted on 07/10/2014 6:01:16 PM PDT by El Laton Caliente (NRA Life Member & www.Gunsnet.net Moderator)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

During World War 2, on US Navy ships, everyone had to stand in the gedunk line to get ice cream. Once, on the USS New Jersey, a couple shave tail oficers decided to cut to the head of the line. A gruff voice from back in the line called them out with the words: “Hey, no cuts; you get in the back.” It was Fleet Admiral William Halsey, who was arguably the busiest admiral on the face of the planet. He was waiting in line no different than any of his sailors.


49 posted on 07/10/2014 6:04:35 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarc tag?)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Did he order pork or beef?


50 posted on 07/10/2014 6:08:35 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth
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To: wolf24

That’s weird.....as often as I’ve gone to Austin, no one has ever suggested Franklins.......just Rudy’s or Salt Lick, etc.

Austin gets a bad rap here at FR, but I personally know there are some great ( and conservative) folks who live there.


51 posted on 07/10/2014 6:10:23 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: Rome2000

Only with Reggie!


52 posted on 07/10/2014 6:37:28 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (The Obama Administration: A conspiracy of corruption and incompetence.)
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To: Rome2000

I imagine he had the Halal Brisket.


53 posted on 07/10/2014 6:48:39 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
You know what's REALLY pathetic?

That the Texans in line at that joint collectively didn't say a word. That's a bad sign of things in Texas.

I'd have gone to jail for the opportunity to ask, out LOUD,

"Dude: WTF?"


54 posted on 07/10/2014 7:17:39 PM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: MeshugeMikey

LOL! Oh yeh!


55 posted on 07/10/2014 7:53:39 PM PDT by SgtHooper (This is not my tag!)
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To: SgtHooper
thanks for not mentioning the TYPO.....




56 posted on 07/10/2014 7:59:17 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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To: MeshugeMikey

haha, you mean “Pi$$”? It wasn’t series!


57 posted on 07/10/2014 8:01:30 PM PDT by SgtHooper (This is not my tag!)
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To: SgtHooper
Inseparable..... the one chunk of type.. not on the beer label.....




58 posted on 07/10/2014 8:05:44 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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To: wolf24

OK stand corrected on Franklins. Thx. Still obamaumao butting in line— what a maroon and so typical. A special set of rules for the “ruling” existential class of morons.


59 posted on 07/10/2014 8:09:10 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Actual leaders go to the end of the line, and make sure everyone else has eaten, before they get in line.

Class (or lack thereof) always shows...


60 posted on 07/10/2014 8:17:48 PM PDT by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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