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White House Press Corps Outraged at Being Shut Out of Obama’s Entire Weekend

Feb. 17, 2013 7:50pm Erica Ritz

President Barack Obama arrives in Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on February 15, 2013 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The White House press corps. is expressing ‘extreme frustration’ at not having seen him since. (Photo: Getty Images)

The White House press corps has been almost entirely shut out of President Obama’s weekend in Florida, and the journalists who make a living recording the president’s every move aren’t happy about it.

The Washington Post relates (all subsequent emphasis added):

[Obama] disappeared late Friday evening behind the gates of the Floridian, a lush golf and residential compound off limits to the public. Neither the public outside those gates, nor the media, has seen him since.

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A photo of Obama on the course with someone as famous as Woods is commonly a moment the “traveling pool” of about a dozen journalists is allowed to witness. White House officials declined to allow that Sunday.

For the long weekend, the pool has been permitted just inside the Floridian gates, where reporters have used as their “filing center” a mirror-ceilinged party bus, the kind used for shouldn’t-be-driving evenings of bacchanalia like bachelor parties.

Because the president’s motorcade has not left the compound, White House officials have explained, there is no reason for the pool to track the president’s activities or to know who he is spending time with on a personal vacation.

White House Correspondents Association’s president Ed Henry released a statement condemning the lack of transparency Sunday:

“Speaking on behalf of the White House Correspondents Association, I can say a broad cross section of our members from print, radio, online and TV have today expressed extreme frustration to me about having absolutely no access to the President of the United States this entire weekend. There is a very simple but important principle we will continue to fight for today and in the days ahead: transparency.”

But White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest maintains:

“The press access granted by the White House today is entirely consistent with the press access offered for previous presidential golf outings. It’s also consistent with the press access promised to the White House Press Corps prior to arrival in Florida on Friday evening.”

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kapnkd
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:38pm
” Neither the public outside those gates, nor the media, has seen him since” …Gee, we can only hope and pray he is now with Jimmy Hoffa!

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- barber2
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 9:06pm
  He is probably working with his legal team about the Benghazi ” bump.” The usual inner circle of media and propagandists are also there. Shhhhh. Top secret. What to feed the MSM Beast next ?! What distraction to keep everyone off of Benghazi . ( sure wish there would surface a disgusted Deep Throat to out all of these Chicago radicals . Am sure there are more dirty “secrets’ in this administration than in the Jimmy Hoffa/ Tony Soprano organizations ! )
  
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- moosebeeusa
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 9:24pm
  0bama is golfing around with Tiger Woods ALL weekend. Hooking up with some female friends perhaps?
- KeystoneState
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 9:43pm
  I wonder how the “Free Press” feels to have their rights infringed upon? Signed, a Gun Owner.
  
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- NOTYERHUCKLEBERRY
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 9:45pm
  Love to be a fly on the wall!
  
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- JGraham III
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 10:11pm
  What!!???!! You bozos haven’t figured out that he doesn’t need you any more? How sad to have helped him get what he wants and then be dumped like a cheap wh*re…wait! this IS the media we are talking about isn’t it? They have been playing that role for years…
  
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- TROONORTH
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 10:26pm
  Does Obama spend any time with WHITE people? Judging by whom we see in all the photo-ops the answer to that question is “NO!”.
  
  On top of being the worst President in the history of the country he is also the most racialldivisiveve.
  
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- Joe_The_Patriot
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 10:36pm
  Probably another meeting of the bilderburg group, plotting how to drive the last nail in the coffin of the USA….
  This guy is NO Effin Good… He thinks he’s the king,… above the law and above any question or scrutiny… HE WORKS FOR US !!!!!!
  
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- BryanB
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 10:49pm
  The reason why no one is allowed to see the President, is because who he is meeting with.
  
  It will take a few days but the photos will come out.
  
  Blaze Staff don’t forget to check those logs.
  
  After all it’s the law…………..
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 11:30pm
  lol at the propagandists being shut out.
  
  But, Mr. President, we lie for you all the time… LMBO!
  
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- SON_OF_RJJINGADSDEN
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 12:00am
  This is the most transparent administration ever.
  
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- FOREIGNANDDOMESTIC
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 1:25am
  Hmm, guess you idiots are now officially the White House press corpse.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 2:05am
  Awwww, are the press all yipping because they were ordered like good little lap dogs to stay? Stay, sit, good dog.
  
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- patton55
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 2:44am
  shows the extent of the condition of the USA press corps.(no mr. president, its not pronounced corpse). they’ve been castrated, spayed & neutered.
  
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- GETLIFE
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 4:04am
  Waah waah waah sniffle sniffle….We thought he loved us!?!? Waaaaaah.
  
  And just like the unwitting victims of abuse that they are, they’ll just try to be “better” and do what He would want –so maybe next time it will be different. No real indignation here. Surprise and hurt at being treated thusly by their kind master. These people are brainwashed.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 6:23am
  “But Mr President, (mouth breathe, gulp, sniff) we are on your side, we voted for you” Brown Shirts: “Aw shut up and get in that boxcar”
  
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- RedHarley
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 6:44am
  To the White House press corps:
  You have had your lips firmly planted on Obama’s rear for 4 years…..hiw does it feel when he passes gas right in your face ??
  Morons
  
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- SouthSideGirl
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 7:28am
  Gosh! where the he!! is the LIKE button!
  
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- bonesiii
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 8:14am
  Meeting with the imperial tailor?
  
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- redfish52
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 8:22am
  Oh they’ll say they’re “fuming” about the POTUS treating them like the lemmings they are but we all know Mr. Bojangles will come in and do a little tap dance for them and they’ll be swooning like a fat girl on her first date.
  
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- NoMoMrNiceGuy
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 9:00am
  He was less than 15 miles from my house. I made a point of not traveling out as my frustration may have caused me to do something I would regret…..like get stuck in traffic or not be able to take a road I wanted to travel…you know inconvenience’s – where was Moochelles plane ? Was she on the other coast ?
  
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- zman173rd
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 9:16am
  …”There is a very simple but important principle we will continue to fight for today and in the days ahead: transparency.” So, THIS is the Trnasparency the press is worried about. What he does on his vacation, not what he does behind closed doors in the white house. All too telling.
  
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- JRook
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 10:00am
  Can’t imagine why people have a negative view of Tea People. This is continues the recurrent attempt to make a non-story seem as negative as possible. Perhaps access is correctly correlated with journalistic integrity and ethics. But then again if it was they would get no access.
  
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- redfish52
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 10:14am
  @JROOK….you shouldn’t drink and write at the same time. Also, you should try to proof read your work next time.
  
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- dcatlady100
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 12:19pm
  You mean you are just now noticing there is no transparency? Dam you guys are quick
  
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- stargazerlou
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 4:42pm
  He maybe having secret meetings he doesn’t want to have at the White House where all visitors ect r recorded! Who is he secretly meeting with?
  
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- stargazerlou
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 4:47pm
  Im afraid he is having secret meetings and is having them outside the white house as all visitors there r recorded?
  
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- suzykistaken
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 6:25pm
  we can only hope is right.
  
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- rayblay
  Posted on February 19, 2013 at 1:14pm
  There was a time when your comment would have your butt investigated.-And to pray to God that he is where Jimmy Hoffa is? What kind of God do you pray to for a president to be killed? All I can say is if I was the attorney General your butt would be hauled in.
  
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Un-Reconstructed
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:34pm
Maybe the press will return the favor this week and we go another few days without seeing him.

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- crazyrightwingmom
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:50pm
  That would be so great!!!
  
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- summersmom
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 10:07pm
  Amen amen amen!!!!! I REALY am happy NOT to hear or see this POTUS!
  
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- CatB
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 1:17am
  I vote for that … I am sick of having to mute and change the channel .. can’t stand his face nor voice .. have had more than enough.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 6:34am
  When I listen to the radio, every 15 MINUTES some news chick comes on and the first words out of her mouth is “President Obama…..” I simply turn the volume all the way down. I am sick of hearing about him, seeing him, or hearing his commie pinko voice.
  
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- bekhiet
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 8:36am
  CATB – you voted for him? It took you 4 years to see that there were some real issues? Now, look what people like you have done to this country.
  
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- Wilma
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 8:39am
  Best response!
  
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- vendingdude
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 11:18am
  Bek – that’s not what Cat said. Read it again.
  
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kkrogulski
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:34pm
Wonder who he was meeting with that he doesn’t want the American people to know about?

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- M13
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 9:27pm
  Timebomb would tell you he is meeting with his gay lover.
  
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- Lamarr01
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 4:35am
  Obama has a very awkward Tee Shot. He has a little jump just as he is hitting the ball that is supposed to add some height. Both feet are off the ground as he goes through the power phase of the swing.
  
  Americans have paid a lot for Obama’s frequent golf outings. This is just one more example of ways to waste money.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 7:33am
  He and Reggie Love were making up for lost time.
  
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- doomytram
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 8:57am
  The Obozo idiot boasted that his administration is the most transparent of all time. This is a Valerie Jarrett talking point that has been spread over the Obozo depression. His term as President has been so full of failures, that they had to come up with an unprove able accomplishment. The Bozo presidency has not been transparent, at all, we all know that it’s been quite a secretive quagmire.
  
  Bozo has had few press conferences he doesn’t like to answer questions because he sticks his foot in his mouth. If Jarrett and Bozo say that they are transparent, then we know it’s all lies again.
  
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- honor007
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 9:31pm
  ding…ding…ding….Gonzo, you were exactly right!!!
  
  http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-talks-record-press-flight-home_701429.html
  
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exfire
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:34pm
Maybe the bisexual prez just wanted a little time in the woods with Woods .

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- SUNTZU
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 10:20pm
  Woodsy owl
  PETA may not like that.
  
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pissantno.10
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:32pm
they just miss the cocktail weenies , and shrimp ,lobster ,caviar, prime ribs. poor guys cut out of all the fun

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- TurboCat
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 12:47am
  Maybe he’s meeting with Soros.
  
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- Wilma
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 8:41am
  Where was Valerie Jarret this weekend?
  
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- RedHarley
  Posted on February 19, 2013 at 11:12am
  VJ was doing what she has always done…….running the White House.
  
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Tmaster
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:30pm
What do they expect he doesnt need them any more. He can do anything he wants now.

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sandrunner
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:29pm
so the press corpse has their feeling hurt

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- Obama Been Lauding
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 5:52am
  No, the press corpse is dead.
  
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BADDOGGYDESCIPLE
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:26pm
I suppose it didn’t occur to them to write about the NDAA or any of the various other revocations of The Bill of Right over the last ten years. A journalist sitting on a bus like a chauffer while dude plays golf, pathetic.

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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:22pm
I am so sick of this man anyway. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the press shut HIM out? One can only dream..

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Bodacious_Boedi
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:20pm
Two morally bankrupt black guys on a posh private country club golf course!

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sparkspeaks
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:19pm
We don’t know where he was during Benghazi, why should we be told what the heck he was doing in Florida?

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- pissantno.10
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:36pm
  my guess he was watching the whole show and thinking he was a god
  
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Noah_fing-whey
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:19pm
Hey sycophantic members of the media! Just tell the American people how transparent Obama is a few more times and you’ll feel better.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:17pm
What, the White House Steno Pool didn’t get to party? Awwww, what a shame.

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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:25pm
  But but but that’s not faaaaair.
  Where is the level playing field?
  Our god our god why have you forsaken us??
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:43pm
  OLDSURFRAT, LOL, that’s about the size of it!
  
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MDECKER
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:16pm
Like,”are you going to take another mulligan, Sir”? Real newsworthy news from the press corpsemen.

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drattastic
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:15pm
Are their wittle feelwings hurt or are they just upset they can’t swing from his narrow buttocks by their collectively puckered lips. Don’t worry left-tard media his water buckets are by the front door, start carrying.

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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:23pm
  so true………..
  
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barber2
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:13pm
Maybe Obama wanted privacy for indulging in his compulsive skeet shooting …..

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- Zipit
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 1:19am
  B… We’ve seen the way he swings a club! Probably stands a better chance hitting the skeet!……Z
  
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godhatesacoward
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:13pm
Press corpse?

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P4cooler
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:07pm
Don’t worry about it press guys! We the public are tired of you parrots pushing out regurgitated liberal talking point garbage propaganda. No one gives a hoot about Obama’s weekend so take the year off while you are at it.

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gyro
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:03pm
Corected
White House Press Corps is Outraged Obama for not including them in the free brothel Weekend with the vice president
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Sounds better than golfing OR IS IT THE SAME ?

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chips1
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:02pm
Is Obama even there? He is one sneaky SOB.

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:00pm
I guess the leftist MSM has discovered their god-king Emperor Caligula-Obama no longer needs them as badly as they do him.

On a second note, anyone want to guess if Obama has been secretly meeting with people he does not want the press to discover?

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- gyro
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:05pm
  Snowleopard — or the same girl he was with when benghazi happened ?
  
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- barber2
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:16pm
  GYRO: Yes. Where was he the night of the Benghazi attack ? What was he doing that so distracted him from seeing what was going on during an embassy attack in Libya ? Very..very strange.
  
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- crueltiming
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:44pm
  sorry gyro–her name is reggie love
  
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- gyro
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:46pm
  barber2 — this is not a rasist coment —-what do black men do alot the piss of thier wives and would do anything to hide it ? And what would a president do that would lead to impeachment if it came out ?
  He is screwing around on his wife and the secret service knows it .
  No one ever got charged more than a go home you were bad after the ****** partys in central america remember ?
  Obama has a girl friend and 4 US men serving their country died as he bonked her
  God bless America
  
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- Krankankor
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:47pm
  He was meeting with George Soros who was telling him what his next steps should be to continue destroying this country. The he planned to snuggle up with V. Jarrett.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 9:20pm
  Guys: Agree. There are so many strange possibilities. BUT , again, to have him missing in action during an embassy attack is beyond normal. PRESS on, Republicans : the American people want answers : Where was the president ? And what was he doing ? Why did he not care to know ? And when did he not care to know it ?! ( kind of a modern radical Left / Water Gate twist )….
  
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- GO-FOR-LIBERTY
  Posted on February 18, 2013 at 5:53am
  They do still make and use telephoto lenses do they not? Just one good shot could sink his ship.
  
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RedHarley
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 7:59pm
So where was this media wanting transparency and answers after BenGhazi ??

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chips1
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 7:59pm
Now they know what the American people feel like.

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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:04pm
  Chips
  
  I had to catch you concerning the big wet kiss of death by Obama
  “zip I’m ready”
  I have not laughed that hard in a while.
  Great Response!!
  
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- chips1
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:15pm
  I’m old and I just like thinking of stupid stuff. Oh!!! By the way!! Thinking of funny things kept me alive in Nam. It works.
  
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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:21pm
  Chips
  
  Completely understand what your saying.
  I get b-i-tch-ed at sometimes on here for cutting up but it that or give up.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:48pm
  OLDSURFRAT, LOL, like messing with blind people?
  
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- chips1
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:50pm
  I should wax my 9′ 6″ Dewey Webber. I feel lucky.
  
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- Jake Dog2
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 9:28pm
  Well if he playing golf maybe he won’t pass any executive orders.
  Now that he is not running for office he is letting the main stream press know hat he really thinks of the little weasels
  
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TIMEBOMB
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 7:57pm
Look I can’t have my ‘media’ around me 24/7 how am I supposed to have sex with my SS men if my medias constantly hounding me? It’s bad enough I have to be around what passes for a woman with this sham marriage. Now if you’ll excuse me I have a pile of SS men I need to jump on they’ll be plenty of time for me to destroy your country tomorrow.

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- gyro
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:08pm
  Ok stop with the SS
  We both know you are doing the vice president
  Damn will this debochery ever end ???
  :)
  
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- DLV
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 8:53pm
  Timebomb- If you’re Obama how come your name isn’t Obama and is instead timebomb ;).
  
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- TIMEBOMB
  Posted on February 17, 2013 at 10:55pm
  DLV I am your magnificent gay Marxist ruler.the name I chose best describes my policies.
  
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bikerdogred1
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 7:57pm
The press corps will have to make up their own lies,which shouldn’t be hard with all their experience or they can tell the truth and say nothing like they do all the time anyway.

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