(KEVIN LAMARQUE - REUTERS) Posted on 12/21/2011 2:24:56 PM PST by Qbert
His payroll tax cut plan might be stuck in Congress, but President Obama found another way to boost consumer spending Wednesday: He went Christmas shopping.
(KEVIN LAMARQUE - REUTERS)
Obama ducked out of the White House at about 12:45 p.m. for a quick jaunt into Virginia, where he dropped more than $235 in less than an hour.
The excursion began at some big box stores at Potomac Yards in Alexandria. With his wife Michelle and two daughters already vacationing in Hawaii, Obama brought the only remaining member of the family with him: Bo, the Portuguese water dog.
It was a good trip for the nation’s first dog. The first stop was a Pet Smart, where the president purchased a dog bone and a chew toy totalling $41. Bo also was spied by nosy reporters and paparazzi sizing up a brown poodle named “Cinnamon.”
“Okay, Bo, don’t get too personal here,” Obama admonished, clutching Bo’s leash.
The trip came in the middle of what might otherwise have been another tense day for the president, who just before leaving the White House called House Speaker John A. Boehner and implored him to support a two-month extension to the payroll tax that remains in limbo.
Obama has delayed his annual winter vacation in Honolulu, even though his family decamped from D.C. last Friday. He has not said whether he intends to join them for Christmas, but his shopping trip included picking up some gifts for daughters Malia and Sasha.
After Pet Smart, Obama went into into Best Buy, heading to the Wii section and buying a game called “Just Dance 3.”
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So who was the “Just Dance 3” bought for?
It’s not going to be much of a surprise now.
Well, at least Bo is hetero.
Dog bone and chew toy for $41.00?
Did he put it on his presidential credit card?
bisexual Muslim....why isn’t he checking out specials on Mexican machine-guns?
Don’t tell the Occupy crowd that he shopped at a “box box” store. Those are run by the eeeevil 1%.
"So who was the “Just Dance 3” bought for?
It’s not going to be much of a surprise now.
The smartest president ever.
Did he buy any solar panels?
According to the professor who came to our office for Black History Month and lectured us ignorant white folk for a solid hour on the sainthood of Obama, he's the most brilliant man ever to draw a breath.
I've boycotted those stupid events ever since.
Now, how did "big box" become "box box"? Did Jim put gremlins in the machinery?
$235 less $41 = $194. wonder which of his “ladies” gets he gift less than $200?
Pets are allowed in a number of stores, Petsmart being one.
Hmmm....I would have expected him to out source this excursion ....
We’re not a Christian Nation...Dontcha know.
And another thing... "His" payroll tax cut plan? Since when did the abberation the Senate passed magically become "his" plan?
Nope.
Just a little bit of Sandy in Seattle ....
PetSmart encourages you to bring your dog in their stores if it is on a leash.
At least he’s spending his own damn money.
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