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Title: Obama, Biden take a rare stroll for lunch
Post by: mystery-ak on October 04, 2013, 05:51:49 pm

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published October 04, 2013
Associated Press


WASHINGTON –  President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are stepping out of the White House on a surprise and rare off-campus stroll to grab lunch at a neighborhood eatery.

The unusual walk around the vicinity of the White House comes on the fourth day of the partial government shutdown. Obama and Biden, in shirt sleeves, chose a balmy fall day to wander away from the White House, eliciting gasps from tourists. People shouted, quote, "Oh, my God!" and "Go Barack!"

The president and vice president stopped at Taylor Gourmet, a block from the White House. It's not his first sampling of the chain lunch spot. He stopped by another nearby location in 2012 for a turkey hoagie sandwich.

Title: Re: Obama, Biden take a rare stroll for lunch
Post by: flowers on October 04, 2013, 06:16:20 pm

Amazing....he goes out for lunch, meanwhile he tries to send a message how the country is falling apart because of the shutdown.   

Title: Re: Obama, Biden take a rare stroll for lunch
Post by: flowers on October 04, 2013, 06:20:42 pm

Since he is going out to lunch why keep the 2 White House chefs?  Oh yeah french fries for the missus.

Title: Re: Obama, Biden take a rare stroll for lunch
Post by: Cincinnatus on October 04, 2013, 06:22:22 pm

Amazing....he goes out for lunch, meanwhile he tries to send a message how the country is falling apart because of the shutdown.

Cut the guy some slack on this one, Flowers. After all his lunch companion was Joe Biden.

Title: Re: Obama, Biden take a rare stroll for lunch
Post by: mountaineer on October 04, 2013, 06:29:29 pm

He probably had Jumpin' Joe ("Stand up, Chuck!") pick up the tab.

Title: Re: Obama, Biden take a rare stroll for lunch
Post by: jmyrlefuller on October 04, 2013, 08:05:33 pm

Quote from: flowers on October 04, 2013, 06:16:20 pm

Amazing....he goes out for lunch, meanwhile he tries to send a message how the country is falling apart because of the shutdown.

At least he's not out golfing. Yet.

Title: Re: Obama, Biden take a rare stroll for lunch
Post by: mountaineer on October 04, 2013, 11:05:41 pm

Quote from: jmyrlefuller on October 04, 2013, 08:05:33 pm

At least he's not out golfing. Yet.

You can bet the golf course staff at Fort Belvoir are considered "essential."

Title: Re: Obama, Biden take a rare stroll for lunch
Post by: Fishrrman on October 05, 2013, 02:45:40 am

[[ WASHINGTON –  President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are stepping out of the White House on a surprise and rare off-campus stroll to grab lunch at a neighborhood eatery. ]]

Nothing "rare" here.

Barry and Joe have been "out to lunch" since January 2009.

Title: Re: Obama, Biden take a rare stroll for lunch
Post by: EC on October 05, 2013, 02:47:55 am

 :silly: :silly: :silly: :silly: :silly: :silly:

Dammit, I nearly choked on a mouthful of orange juice.