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  • Rodent Scurries By as Obama Lauds Wall Street Vote

    05/20/2010 6:31:33 PM PDT · by Steelfish · 84 replies · 2,135+ views
    NYTimes ^ | May 20th 2010
    Rodent Scurries By as Obama Lauds Wall Street Vote May 20, 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the midst of his battle with the titans of Wall Street, President Barack Obama was nearly upstaged by a rodent. Obama had just begun a Rose Garden statement lauding the end of a Senate filibuster on his financial overhaul when some kind of rodent dashed out of the bushes to his right, just outside the Oval Office. As photographers snapped away in the sun-drenched garden, the critter scurried straight past the gray podium with the presidential seal and made a bee-line for another set...