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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 10:59 PM Jul 2015

Obama takes a stroll through Central Park, shocking a hot dog vendor before catching 'Hamilton' mati

Source: NY Daily News

President Obama’s whirlwind Big Apple bonding trip with his daughters included a stroll through Central Park, a hip-hop musical about the Founding Fathers, and making one hot dog vendor’s day.

The commander-in-chief was in town for a Friday fundraiser — and to spend a little quality time with his teen daughters, Malia and Sasha.

The trio were joined by Obama’s sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng and her husband Konrad Ng, and a few dozen secret service agents, as they took a short jaunt through the bucolic Sheep Meadow section of Central Park Saturday morning.

The Presidential motorcade dropped off the group shortly before noon.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/obama-walks-central-park-hamilton-article-1.2296495



Can anyone imagine a Repug approaching a hot dog vendor and asking how he's doing?
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Obama takes a stroll through Central Park, shocking a hot dog vendor before catching 'Hamilton' mati (Original Post) LiberalElite Jul 2015 OP
As Obama said recently in a overlooked comment in a recent blog interview, "I am fearless". Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #1
I saw that.. I put it in my journal. Here's some pics from the stroll, Fred.. Cha Jul 2015 #7
Thank you for sharing! nt :) Stellar Jul 2015 #25
"fearless" yet surrounded by "a couple dozen secret service"? Myrina Jul 2015 #19
Fearless does not mean silly, silly! You forgot to add another emoji, the sarcasm one, maybe? Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #20
John McCain went shopping on a street in Baghdad. Also fearless. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2015 #21
The Obamas are a great family to have in the White House. Best since the Kennedy's I think. jalan48 Jul 2015 #2
Absolutely. They are wonderful. JDPriestly Jul 2015 #10
Oh if only we could suspend term limits for just four years!!!! George II Jul 2015 #3
Obama is truly the president of the people... Drunken Irishman Jul 2015 #4
I remember that pic, DI... yes, he is a man of the People and that's why the propaganda Cha Jul 2015 #8
Let's get right to the important part - did he order a hot dog with arugula? n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #5
It was an organic, free-range tofu dog soaked in craft beer. krispos42 Jul 2015 #6
hehehe beautiful hibbing Jul 2015 #24
More pics.. when they started in D.C. Cha Jul 2015 #9
in the 2nd pic it looked for a moment like he was holding hands with that service member JI7 Jul 2015 #13
It does. Cha Jul 2015 #14
I know that Malia's been tall for a while, but when did Sasha get so big? NBachers Jul 2015 #11
she is usually pictured just with her family where she is shortest but it was only after seeing her JI7 Jul 2015 #12
Watching the video, i just smiled and felt proud of him. montana_hazeleyes Jul 2015 #15
I love the Obama family. I'm so proud of them all. Sunlei Jul 2015 #16
A beautiful family beloved by the civilized world tabasco Jul 2015 #17
Obama Unchained. nt bemildred Jul 2015 #18
With style and grace FlaGatorJD Jul 2015 #22
The President has been yearning for and planning this stroll for three years! FlaGatorJD Jul 2015 #23
One thing I miss about downtown Cleveland awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #26
Wonderful thread. The Obamas have courage. Delightful seeing them outside the White House. n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2015 #27

Cha

(297,237 posts)
7. I saw that.. I put it in my journal. Here's some pics from the stroll, Fred..
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 01:43 AM
Jul 2015
Father-Daughter Weekend






President Barack Obama accompanied by his daughters Sasha and Malia, their friends, and the president’s sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, her husband Konrad Ngwalk, through Central Park



MOre pics.. http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/18/father-daughter-weekend/

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,340 posts)
21. John McCain went shopping on a street in Baghdad. Also fearless.
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 11:18 AM
Jul 2015

Sen. McCain went from fruit stand to carpet store, with no security except for a company of US Army Infantry, and a couple of Apache helicopters providing air support.

It's unclear if McCain braved any of the local food stands.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
10. Absolutely. They are wonderful.
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 04:09 AM
Jul 2015

I disagree with Obama and sometimes criticize him, but I do the same with my children and my husband and others I love. And I do love the entire Obama family. Michelle is just wonderful, Obama is great, and the girls . . . . . they make me feel proud. They are such good examples to other young people in our country.

Can't say enough good.

Cha

(297,237 posts)
8. I remember that pic, DI... yes, he is a man of the People and that's why the propaganda
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 01:44 AM
Jul 2015

machine try to characterize him as "aloof". Rofl

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
6. It was an organic, free-range tofu dog soaked in craft beer.
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 01:32 AM
Jul 2015

The bun was artisinal quinoa bread, and both items were heated with energy from solar cells mounted on the cart.

Cha

(297,237 posts)
9. More pics.. when they started in D.C.
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 01:47 AM
Jul 2015
Father-Daughter Weekend






President Barack Obama accompanied by his daughters Sasha and Malia, their friends, and the president’s sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, her husband Konrad Ngwalk, through Central Park



MOre pics.. http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/18/father-daughter-weekend/

NBachers

(17,110 posts)
11. I know that Malia's been tall for a while, but when did Sasha get so big?
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 04:09 AM
Jul 2015

What a hoot this must be for their friends.

JI7

(89,249 posts)
12. she is usually pictured just with her family where she is shortest but it was only after seeing her
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 04:16 AM
Jul 2015

in pics with others, especially the one with the Biden family where it shows that she really is tall also.

montana_hazeleyes

(3,424 posts)
15. Watching the video, i just smiled and felt proud of him.
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 04:39 AM
Jul 2015

So much about him and his family just lift my heart up. And he has one of the best smiles I've ever seen.

 

tabasco

(22,974 posts)
17. A beautiful family beloved by the civilized world
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 09:36 AM
Jul 2015

but despised and defamed by rotten, evil republicans.

FlaGatorJD

(364 posts)
23. The President has been yearning for and planning this stroll for three years!
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 11:55 AM
Jul 2015

“The thing that you miss most when you’re President…suddenly, not only have you lost your anonymity, but your capacity to just wander around and go into a bookstore, or go to a coffee shop, or walk through Central Park.”

“I just desperately want to take a walk through Central Park again.”

Undaunted, Obama has concocted a plan: “[S]o my idea has been to see if I was - if I got a disguise - could I pull this off.”

Obama’s friend, Margo Lion, became his accomplice in the scheme to go incognito:


Will Obama's disguise fool hotdog vendors, public?

“And so Margo thought about it, and about a week later I got this fake moustache - that I guess she got from one of the makeup artists on Broadway. And I tried it on and I thought it looked pretty good.

http://cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/obama-don-disguise-eat-hotdogs-central-park-unnoticed-bloombergs-food-police

I guess he decided to hell with the mustache, I'm on a roll! I love the hoot'en and hollering going on.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
26. One thing I miss about downtown Cleveland
Sun Jul 19, 2015, 09:25 PM
Jul 2015

is getting a hot dog from my street vendor (I always went to the same guy). There's nothing like a good street dog with brown mustard and sauerkraut

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