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President Obama turns a N.J. man into a 'Celebrity Magnet'
Northjersey.com ^ | 9/19/10 | Willimam Lamb

Posted on 09/23/2010 2:28:03 PM PDT by newjerseynewsroom

FRANKLIN LAKES — The way Tom Murro tells it, a chance encounter with President Obama on a Martha's Vineyard golf course last summer had a transformative effect on him. Among Tom Murro's high-profile run-ins: President Obama, Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman and Kathie Lee Gifford.

Suddenly, the Franklin Lakes father of two became the "Celebrity Magnet," known for an uncanny ability to attract, rub elbows and be photographed with some of the world's most famous people. Last April, Murro folded the mortgage company he had run for two decades and took to chronicling his exploits and conquests online at celebritymagnet.com.

"Some say it's been parlayed," Murro said. "Some say it's the magic of meeting Obama. Some say President Obama has turned an ordinary man into a celebrity magnet. There are many headlines that have been written."

The reality, of course, is more nuanced. But a cursory scan of Murro's website yields plenty of evidence of Murro's good fortune — or hard work — at finding himself at the right place at the right time. There he is posing with Dustin Hoffman, James Gandolfini, Kathie Lee Gifford, Todd Bridges (Willis from "Diff'rent Strokes") and scores of others.

And then, of course, there is Obama, or "Celebrity No. 1," as he is known on Murro's site. Murro and his older daughter Lauren, then 10, had just finished lunch at the Farm Neck Golf Club on Martha's Vineyard one afternoon in August 2009 when they glimpsed the president teeing off. As they walked toward him

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To: TheOldLady

See post 17.


21 posted on 09/23/2010 4:42:30 PM PDT by 50mm (Change that smells.)
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To: 50mm

*ping* *bing* *ping* *bing* *ping* *bing* *ping* *bing* *ping* *bing* *ping* *bing* *ping* *bing* *ping* *bing* *ping* *bing* *ping* *bing* *ping* *bing* *ping* *bing*

That’s what I was talking about. ‘Way too happy.


22 posted on 09/23/2010 4:47:44 PM PDT by TheOldLady (Pablo is very wily.)
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To: 50mm

Oh. Oops. I missed your handiwork. [giggle] Sigh... Posting too soon.


23 posted on 09/23/2010 4:49:11 PM PDT by TheOldLady (Pablo is very wily.)
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To: TheOldLady
...handiwork...

That's one way to describe perverted behavior.

24 posted on 09/23/2010 5:10:54 PM PDT by 50mm (Change that smells.)
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To: 50mm

Epic good!

Now, if you could .gif that arm into a little back-and-forth action...


25 posted on 09/23/2010 5:20:00 PM PDT by humblegunner (Pablo is very wily)
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To: humblegunner

LOL! I’m sure the Mod would like that!


26 posted on 09/23/2010 5:21:00 PM PDT by 50mm (Change that smells.)
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To: 50mm

If I blush any harder, I’ll have a stroke.

NO! Not that kind of stroke.

I’m leaving!!!


27 posted on 09/23/2010 5:25:24 PM PDT by TheOldLady (Pablo is very wily.)
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To: 50mm
LOL! I’m sure the Mod would like that!

I'm pretty sure none of the Mods ever got wanked by Obama.

28 posted on 09/23/2010 5:30:11 PM PDT by humblegunner (Pablo is very wily)
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To: 50mm; humblegunner
I’m sure the Mod would like that!

Just tell the Mod it is your first day!

29 posted on 09/23/2010 5:30:52 PM PDT by Eaker (Pablo is very wily)
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To: Eaker; 50mm
Just tell the Mod it is your first day!

It works for me time after time.

The Mods can't remember squat.

30 posted on 09/23/2010 5:38:52 PM PDT by humblegunner (Pablo is very wily)
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To: humblegunner

ROFLMAO!


31 posted on 09/23/2010 5:39:07 PM PDT by 50mm (Change that smells.)
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To: humblegunner; Eaker

32 posted on 09/23/2010 5:41:35 PM PDT by 50mm (Change that smells.)
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To: TheOldLady

Sorry!


33 posted on 09/23/2010 5:42:32 PM PDT by 50mm (Change that smells.)
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To: newjerseynewsroom

STALKER!!


34 posted on 09/23/2010 5:43:56 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: windcliff

ping


35 posted on 09/23/2010 6:42:40 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
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To: shibumi; newjerseynewsroom

36 posted on 09/23/2010 6:44:39 PM PDT by 50mm (Change that smells.)
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To: Ann Archy; 50mm; humblegunner; Eaker; TheOldLady; Allegra; Salamander; Larry Lucido; Markos33; ...
The Tom Murro Society for Self-Admiration

Official Logo


37 posted on 09/23/2010 6:47:17 PM PDT by shibumi (Speechless - for the moment.)
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38 posted on 09/23/2010 6:59:35 PM PDT by 50mm (Change that smells.)
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To: 50mm

The only thing that could make this boy look more like a stick bundler is french kissing Richard Simmons!


39 posted on 09/23/2010 7:22:47 PM PDT by Eaker (Pablo is very wily)
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To: newjerseynewsroom

40 posted on 09/23/2010 7:23:29 PM PDT by 50mm (Change that smells.)
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