Posted on 09/08/2018 4:23:44 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Former President Obama shared a story in California on Saturday about a time he was kicked out of Disneyland while in college.
Obama told a crowd in Anaheim while campaigning for local Democratic candidates about a time when he and several friends who were in California for a Kool & The Gang concert were booted out of the theme park after they were caught smoking on a ride.
"So we came down, me and a bunch of friends. After the concert, because we were teenagers you could still sort of hang out in the park, and we got in the gondolas," Obama told the crowd.
"And I'm ashamed to say this, so close your ears, young people. A few of us were... smoking," Obama said, while miming the act. After the crowd began cheering, he clarified: "No, no, these were cigarettes, people."
"They escorted us out of Disneyland," Obama continued. "I was booted from the Magic Kingdom."
Disney CEO Bob Iger responded to Obama in a tweet, joking that the former president was welcome back at the park anytime, provided he didn't light up a cigarette, which park rules state are only allowed in designated areas.
"@BarackObama just opened his speech in Anaheim with a story from his college years about getting kicked out of Disneyland for smoking cigarettes on a ride," Iger wrote. "He can always come back, as long as he doesn't smoke!"
Obama appeared Saturday alongside seven Democratic congressional candidates, attempting to rally voters ahead of the November elections.
Democrats need to net at least 23 seats to take back control of the House, while Republicans are defending a 51-49 seat majority in the Senate.
Obama, who delivered a speech Friday in Illinois condemning President Trump, took several veiled shots at the president on Saturday.
"If we dont step up, things can get worse," he told the crowd in California.
Smoking while Black.
It’s just another way the Man keeps ‘em down.
Too bad that we cannot boot him out of the US now.
Former Presidents usually shut up after their presidency.
Just like way back Mr. Disney wouldn’t allow Khrushchev to enter because it was the Happiest Place On Earth - well then at least.
Addicted. Weak.
Republicans do. Democrats since Carter go back on the campaign trail or make sure theyre seen and heard in other ways.
Trump will be approaching 80 when hes done. I bet he hangs it all up and enjoys himself. Hell probably be doing deals just to stay sharp, but hell probably tell anyone that asks about his time to read his memoirs and visit his library!
...Or maybe hell give em an earful. I dunno. You tell me...
And he can't even speak grammatically correct, simple English! "...me ( SIC ) and my friends....." should be MY FRIENDS AND I !
And these morons complain about the way that Trump talks?
Too bad they didn’t call the cops.
If he had been arrested he may have been deported back to Indonesia.
Seriously??? I would have let him in and made sure he had the time of his life! Anything to get Kruschev to get the biggest smile on his face in Disneyland and compare it to his sour-puss photos back in the USSR. The whole world would pick up on the difference!
I’m sure Brian Williams was there . . . what did he say?
Dumbass . . . and he was our (P)resident?
Surprise!!! Obama lied.
Kool and the gang only did two concerts in 1972. Peoria and Ames, IA.
Nowhere near Disneyland.
Bet it never happened.
‘Way back when, Disney took a stand against homosexuality. I wonder if that didn’t have something to do with it. https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/how-gay-day-pushed-disney-out-of-the-closet/Content?oid=2262655
The boy with no magic wand was banished from the Magic Kingdom.
Begone, ye blatherskite!
Yeah. Who cares. The turd is irrelevant, let him bask in his irrelevancy.
What a tool!
Good find! I expanded the parameters from Jan. 1, ‘70 to Dec. 31, ‘74 and still no Disneyland on Kool and Gang’s touring list.
Everything 0bama says is a lie. Everything about him is a fraud.
Obunga.. talking about his favorite subject.. HIMSELF!
Far be it for me to defend this obnoxious, lying a**hole, but the article says he was in California for the concert, not Disneyland. That could have been a side trip...
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