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Obama: I'll try that cheesesteak next time [What, no whiz?.......]
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Posted on 04/04/2008 6:27:39 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Obama: I'll try that cheesesteak next time

By CATHERINE LUCEY Philadelphia Daily News

luceyc@phillynews.com 215-854-4172 What, no whiz?

Sen. Barack Obama sampled $100 ham, but didn't chow down on a cheesesteak during a visit to the Italian Market yesterday.

During a half-hour tour of the market, Obama sampled wares at Claudio Specialty Food and DiBruno Brothers - where he noshed on a Spanish ham that retails for $99.99 a pound.

Staff at DiBruno's told him the ham only recently became available because it was previously barred by the FDA.

"All I know is it tastes good," Obama said. As good as whiz with onions?

In fact, neither Obama nor Sen. Hillary Clinton, his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, has made the traditional stop at South Philly cheesesteak establishments Pat's or Geno's.

But Obama last night told a crowd of supporters gathered at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, "I'm going to get a cheesesteak the next time I come."

Clinton spokesman Mark Nevins said he wanted her "to have an opportunity to visit the Philadelphia landmarks, including the great cheesesteak places."

Are cheesesteak stops more risky today than in the past?

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., was mocked for ordering his sandwich with swiss cheese during his 2004 run for president.

(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...


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1 posted on 04/04/2008 6:27:40 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Make sure you order “wit onions or witout”


2 posted on 04/04/2008 6:29:38 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: Sub-Driver

“Whiz with”


3 posted on 04/04/2008 6:30:48 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Mo1; Ciexyz; ...
PING
4 posted on 04/04/2008 6:31:15 AM PDT by Tribune7 (How is inflicting pain and death on an innocent, helpless human being for profit, moral?)
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To: Sub-Driver
Image hosted by Photobucket.com que the pic of kerry eating the his wit lettuce and tomatoes...
5 posted on 04/04/2008 6:32:11 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: Sub-Driver

ah, 99.99 a pound...

a man of the people


6 posted on 04/04/2008 6:32:21 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: Sub-Driver

Well he couldn’t turn down the Cheesesteak for health reasons, what with him smoking and all.


7 posted on 04/04/2008 6:33:59 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: MrB

Trying to shed his Muslim problem by eating extremely expensive ham (sure to make the news) and not eating a cheesesteak. Its all very calculated.


8 posted on 04/04/2008 6:34:20 AM PDT by ChiefJayStrongbow
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To: Chode
Ask and ye shall receive...


9 posted on 04/04/2008 6:34:29 AM PDT by pnh102
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To: Chode

and asking for Swiss cheese


10 posted on 04/04/2008 6:34:51 AM PDT by GQuagmire (Giggety,Giggety,Giggety)
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To: Sub-Driver
Sen. Barack Obama sampled $100 ham

Not a very good Muslim. What's Allah going to say?

11 posted on 04/04/2008 6:35:23 AM PDT by socal_parrot (So that's it, huh?)
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To: Sub-Driver
"Sen. Barack Obama sampled $100 ham, but didn't chow down on a cheesesteak during a visit to the Italian Market yesterday."

With debate going on about whether Obama is a muslim - could it be that he chose ham to make a point...or just cause he likes ham!!

Too bad there weren't some pork chops on the menu!!

12 posted on 04/04/2008 6:35:49 AM PDT by LADY J
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To: socal_parrot

“Sen. Barack Obama sampled $100 ham

Not a very good Muslim. What’s Allah going to say?”

Not to mention attending a Christian church.


13 posted on 04/04/2008 6:36:31 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: Sub-Driver

I guess he didn’t want to eat “prole” food with a bunch of honkies. What kind of poltroon goes to Philly and skips a cheesesteak?

Seriously, if you buy ham for $100.00 per pound, it had better come with a redhead and some beer.


14 posted on 04/04/2008 6:36:41 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Sub-Driver
Obama chatted with Claudio owner Sal Auriemma who complained that the weak dollar was hurting shops that import their merchandise.

Obama told him: "You need a new president, somebody who is going to get the economy in shape."

Yeah...right. Previous statements by Obama show me that he has no clue how the economy works. His latest TV ad filmed in an abandoned steel mill proves that to me. Using the tax code to protect an inefficient industry and a few thousand workers by raising product prices to hundreds of millions of consumers is typical special interest favors doled out by politicians. Obama...you're an economic hack.

15 posted on 04/04/2008 6:37:33 AM PDT by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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To: Sub-Driver

What is “Whiz”?


16 posted on 04/04/2008 6:38:02 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: socal_parrot

WWAD?


17 posted on 04/04/2008 6:38:43 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: ChiefJayStrongbow

“Trying to shed his Muslim problem by eating extremely expensive ham (sure to make the news) and not eating a cheesesteak. Its all very calculated.”

My thoughts exactly!


18 posted on 04/04/2008 6:38:50 AM PDT by seekthetruth
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To: ChiefJayStrongbow

It sure sounds calculated. Eat a bite of ham to dispel the rumors, avoid Geno’s controversy. I wonder if it was a taqiyya sandwich?


19 posted on 04/04/2008 6:39:00 AM PDT by Sender (Stop Islamisation. Defend our freedom.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Chowing down on $99.99/lb. ham... is this Barack’s way of “proving” he’s no Muslim?


20 posted on 04/04/2008 6:39:06 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.")
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