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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: usconservative

lol! Fruits for sure.


21 posted on 07/10/2014 5:09:36 PM PDT by South40 (Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
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To: dragnet2

Austin City Dimwits


22 posted on 07/10/2014 5:10:00 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Shall Not Be Infringed)
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To: Jewbacca

“I wish I owned the place...”

I wouldn’t want to own that place. Haven’t some of the eating establishments he visited gone under. Like some kind of Zulu curse or something.

I wouldn’t want my business tainted in such a fashion, or to throw my employees out when I go under,


23 posted on 07/10/2014 5:15:27 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Eric Pfeiffer at Yahoo News

24 posted on 07/10/2014 5:15:30 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
After all, the president arguably has the busiest schedule on the planet.

Just check the White House's Daily Schedule. If this lazy bum had to punch in and punch out, he wouldn't even qualify for Obamacare's 30 hours.

25 posted on 07/10/2014 5:15:56 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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.

That's right Yahoo, spend half the article desperately trying to convince your readers that its OK for Obama to cut in front of the common people. Methinks they doth protest too much.

26 posted on 07/10/2014 5:16:53 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: South40

It don’t matter who’s in Austin, Bob Wills is still the King!


27 posted on 07/10/2014 5:19:30 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: kcvl

He’s a fag


28 posted on 07/10/2014 5:21:38 PM PDT by Rome2000
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To: GeronL

I go to Austin often enough, and I’ve never heard of Franklins.......but I’ve been to the Salt Lick ....love it!


29 posted on 07/10/2014 5:24:17 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: kcvl

Sen. Lindsay Graham is that you?


30 posted on 07/10/2014 5:24:53 PM PDT by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

If it was Memphis, they wouldn’t have let him butt in line— tell him to call in a take out, first.

This BBQ is “famous” in it’s own mind. Nothing like real Tejas BBQ.

That would be located in Lockhart, TX the BBQ Capital of Texas.

Austin is full of queer weenies and wannabees. You have to have real cattle people— Texicans and Texans do the work.

And, Stubblefield.. “Stubbs” ain’t shabby either!


31 posted on 07/10/2014 5:26:11 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Jewbacca

“No Lies, No Birth Certificate, NO SERVICE!


32 posted on 07/10/2014 5:27:42 PM PDT by SgtHooper (This is not my tag!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The pool photo at AF-1 shows one of the aides with a box, by the name of ... kid you not... Schmuck. Well, he would know.
That would be a real name to be changed in anyone else. Mr. Schmuck and the “so called” bbq. LOL.


33 posted on 07/10/2014 5:27:47 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
"...all said and done, lunch reportedly cost around $300 1 illegal aliens stay for a day.
34 posted on 07/10/2014 5:30:21 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Shall Not Be Infringed)
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To: kcvl

Homosexual fruit fly....


35 posted on 07/10/2014 5:32:53 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Ya know I don’t think the President should have to stand in the line either but I think its just this particular individual that ruins it for the rest of them.


36 posted on 07/10/2014 5:35:39 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: John S Mosby

LOL. True, and heckuva song.


37 posted on 07/10/2014 5:36:28 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: kcvl

That is one poofty poofter. Looks a little like Freddy Mercury of Queen, and we know what he died of.


38 posted on 07/10/2014 5:37:41 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: mrsmel

Yep, I’m always suspicious of guys who shape their eyebrows............


39 posted on 07/10/2014 5:41:38 PM PDT by originalbuckeye (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

All hat and no cattle.


40 posted on 07/10/2014 5:42:43 PM PDT by NCjim (Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.)
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