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Obama’s Limo ‘The Beast’ Bottoms Out & Gets Stuck in Ireland

May. 23, 2011 12:43pm Jonathon M. Seidl

President Obama loves to use the analogy of how he and Democrats are digging the economic “car” out of the ditch. So I wonder if the Republicans will soon fire back with a bunch of jokes about Obama’s limo “The Beast” bottoming out and getting stuck today while on a trip in Ireland.

The AFP reports the incident — which was loud — occurred while the Obamas were leaving the U.S. Embassy in Dublin:

The first cars in the presidential motorcade emerged up the ramp from the car park beneath the complex in Ballsbridge and passed through the gates without incident, but The Beast quickly ran into trouble and got beached.

“The Beast was coming along and suddenly there was a loud kind of bang, metal-on-metal, grinding, crunching noise and the car was stuck,” an RTE reporter said.

The reporter said that as it drove out, the car appeared to have got its low underbelly caught on a piece of metal sticking up that a gate might lock into.

RTE said Obama and his wife Michelle stayed in the car while security officials and police officers went running over to the stranded vehicle.

After a while, the Obamas switched to another car to drive to the Marine Force One helicopter waiting to whisk them to the village of Moneygall, where one of Obama’s great-great-great-grandfathers came from.

Update: Later reports indicated that Obama was not in the vehicle that bottomed out. He was in the second car right behind. The first “Beast” served as the back-up vehicle.

Here’s the short version of the incident:

And here’s the two-minute version:

And for those who can’t get enough and want to see everything, this is a six-minute clip from over on the blog:

I guess Irish eyes weren’t smiling on Obama’s motorcade today.

Still, it’s likely “The Beast” will roll away without much damage. As the Daily Mail shows in the graphic below, its name is appropriate considering its construction:

The Mail reports “The Beast” was flown overseas for Obama’s European visit at the insistence of the Secret Service, which is cramping down on security even more in the aftermath of Osama bin Laden’s death.

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Paul_ Revere
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:42pm
Kinda Ironic they think of everything except a driveway.

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eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:41pm
There seems to be a big mystery WHY BHO has gone to Dublin.

People – if you stop looking at ALL BHO is doing through Political Views
and begin looking at ALL he is doing through Bibilical Views –
YOU WILL SEE & UNDERSTAND WHAT BHO IS DOING.

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- eyestoseeearstohear
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:44pm
  P.S.
  
  I BET you all THINK he named his car in 2008, ” THE BEAST ”
  because it is a large, massive VEHICLE, don’t you?
  
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- nichevo
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:46pm
  Barack Obama is satan?? What exactly do you mean??
  
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- thorkyl
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:07pm
  Where did he say that nichevo
  
  You are just a turd polished by welfare.
  
  Let me guess, you are a zero liability voter, if your old enough to vote.
  
  Zero Liability Voter = a person who votes but does not pay taxes.
  
  Yes I pay taxes, $46,478 in taxes for 2010 so you can leach off of me.
  
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- nichevo
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:18pm
  You’re way off base there thorkyl and I paid more in taxes than you last year and I’m proud of fulfilling my patriotic financial obligation to this great country.
  
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jb.kibs
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:40pm
Why does his limo fly the Irish flag? weird…

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- nichevo
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:43pm
  Um, they’re in Ireland. What did you expect the Kenyan flag? Sheesh!
  
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eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:38pm
DUBLIN should be CONCERNED.

What ever Country BHO turns his FOCUS ON – **** STARTS TO HAPPEN TO THEIR LEADERS.

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Paul_ Revere
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:37pm
Correction on my last post thats the flag of Ireland, not Mexico my mistake

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- Rayblue
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 5:55pm
  Ay Caramba!!!
  
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Smith29-2
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:35pm
Well, what do you expect when you turn the Presidential limo into a low rider. All it needs now is the air ride suspension. Of course they could have gained a couple of inches if Michelle O got out and walked off lunch, another inch if Barry would get out and walk off his Guiness. I love how the Irish are celebrating. He’s promising a bail out so they now have another drinking holiday. (I’m Irish so I must apologize for offending myself)

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Realist
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:33pm
I dont know, but I would expect someone on the lead team detail will be in hot water, although as amatuer as this administration is they may have pushed the Secret Service into making a mistake.

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lorgrom
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:33pm
Really, our presidents ride is “the beast”? Couldn’t have any connection to biblical references at all. Now all of Ireland has “the mark of the beast” to show the world they are now owned.

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- Bhaub
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:29pm
  *sigh*
  
  It’s been called that since it was made originally for George W. Bush.
  
  “A 2001 Cadillac DeVille limousine was delivered to the Bush administration and was replaced in 2005 by a Cadillac DTS (DeVille Touring Sedan). The 2005 Cadillac DTS limousine is a hand-crafted, custom built, armored version of the stretch Cadillac DTS built on a GM four-wheel drive platform.”
  
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- lorgrom
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:35pm
  Ok, so our last president had the same problem, I doubt many would argue that.
  
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The Bagginator
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:33pm
Who be’s messin wif my Cadi-mo-lac? Supa Fly don’t be having to deal wif dis ****? Dayumm!

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- nichevo
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:36pm
  Racist moron.
  
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- nichevo
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:39pm
  Racist pig!
  
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- The Bagginator
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:46pm
  I take it you’re too ******* dumb to know the difference between race and culture. You betta gitcho azz down to da schoo house, boy!
  
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- nichevo
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:58pm
  I just call them as I see them fagginator. You are a racist pig!
  
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- thorkyl
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:04pm
  Don’t give the turd nichevo the pleasure, he is just phishing for a fight.
  
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- The Bagginator
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:05pm
  A Homophobe calling me a racist. That’s RICH!
  
  Ya’m sayin, homey?
  
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- nichevo
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:16pm
  I’m phishing for intelligent life in this galaxy Thorkyl and there is none!
  
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- flattop
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:25pm
  Don’t go looking in any mirrors, Nichevo. You won’t find it there either.
  
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- crackerone
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:20pm
  @nichevo
  
  Is this Elizabeth Ann Rogers?
  
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geonj
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:32pm
must be michelle’s ever growing backside.

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Kai Wan
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:32pm
So has this pos president addressed the emergency im Missouri yet? Anyone? ….cricket….cricket….cricket…. I didn’t think so

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geonj
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:30pm
“CO2 emmisions, dont ask”…perfect example of do what i say not what i do. from the school of al gore.

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W@nd@
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:29pm
too bad he did not get high centered in 2008
we would not be in the mess we are in today

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christos
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:28pm
……HOW FITTING BOTTOMING,out matches the TWO TON EGO……

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- christos
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:33pm
  Edit:……HOW FITTING BOTTOMING out,matches the TWO TON EGO……confusion, the beast is in the car not the car.
  
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cntrlfrk
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:28pm
‘

This is actually a bad thing.

The secret service should know better than this.

They should map out and test drive every route they will be taking.

Rookie mistakes, just like last week with the tweet about having to watch FOX.

Who did Obama hire for his secret service?

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- parmajohn
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:48pm
  Maybe the Guys from the CIA that Holders Investigating??
  
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hi
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:27pm
I got a good belly ache laugh out of that! I’m going to watch it again tomorrow!

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nichevo
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:26pm
After reading these comments I have come tom the conclusion that you people are all lacking intelligence. Don’t like Obama? I get it but he WILL be your President of the United States for anopther 5-1/2 years so you better get used to it!

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- Kai Wan
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:36pm
  how does one “tom” to a conclusion hahaha
  
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- nichevo
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:45pm
  Ever seen a typo before Kai. A logical person could have figured thi(?) out.
  
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Mirimichi
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:26pm
Couldn’t have happened to a more worst than ever president.

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- nichevo
  Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:34pm
  Nice grammar mirimichi. Why don’t you go watch Are u smarter than a 5th grader.
  
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Paul_ Revere
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:26pm
Corruption ,corruption, corruption

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Infedel
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:25pm
To bad it wasn’t a sink hole so would know how the rest of us feel

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matinva
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:25pm
The analogy here is priceless, no?

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BrerRabbit
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:22pm
Had to be from the weight of his EGO!

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historypaper
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:22pm
Obama’s car got stuck in Ireland and the carefully selected Obama guards, trained to perfection stood guard today over a stalled Obama. Over fourteen hundred guards operating with aircraft, jeeps, boats and even horses watch over our president.
Every hour of every day they keep the undesirable away from the great leader Obama.
Surely Obama thought it was an ambush and threw out a couple of hundred bucks out the window for safe passage. The six shooters got pulled out and the carbines leaped from every window. Those damn Irish smugglers were about to grab up the president and hold him for another cash payment.
The I.M.F. just a little slow with their big dog in jail the Irish needed some quick cash. What better way to get cash without any risk.
Obama kept tossing the hundred dollar bills out the window to the human suckers.

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Paul_ Revere
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:22pm
Why the hell is the Mexican flag flying on O’Bama’s limo whats up with that is he now the president of Mexico. Never mind just found out on fox wealthy mexicans from mexico can buy their citizenship if they pay the government and start a business employing 6 people in their business, in other words you got cash you can buy your citizenship in america and avoid the cartels. What bull.

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Hisemiester
Posted on May 23, 2011 at 1:21pm
What did I hear? Missed Opportunity? Do you think?

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