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Obama: I'm going to Disney World
Chicago Tribune ^ | 1/17/12 | Mark K. Matthews, Jason Garcia and Sara K. Clarke

Posted on 01/17/2012 11:27:52 AM PST by crosshairs

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will visit Walt Disney World during a planned trip to Orlando on Thursday, according to a White House aide. There, he will "unveil a strategy that will significantly help boost tourism and travel," the aide added. Details on that strategy were not disclosed. But it would be hard for Obama to pick a locale that's better known than Disney for a tourism announcement. The resort giant in Orlando has four theme parks that collectively draw more than 45 million visitors a year. It doesn't appear, however, that he'll get much love from local politicians. Aides to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said the Florida Democrat was unlikely to attend because the office "got word too late" of the visit and had meetings planned in other parts of the state. And Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is scheduled to be in Washington that day for a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. While the details of the announcement are still unknown, there's one topic at the top of the political wish list for Central Florida's tourism industry: Visa reform. The tourism industry has been pushing Congress and Obama to make it easier for visitors from emerging nations such as Brazil, India and China to come to the U.S. as tourists. In Brazil, where citizens have a reputation for loving Orlando's theme parks, there are four consulate offices to conduct the required in-person interviews for people who want a visa to visit the U.S. That means families could have to travel several hundred miles before they are even approved to travel to the U.S. But a recent Congressional appropriations bill gave the Secretary of State the authority to develop a pilot program to use videoconferencing to conduct remote visa interviews for leisure and business visitors.

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KEYWORDS: disneyworld; obama; pos
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To: crosshairs

He’s planning on meeting with his mentors Goofy and Mickey Mouse.


21 posted on 01/17/2012 11:43:50 AM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Da Coyote; crosshairs

Maybe it’s gay day.


22 posted on 01/17/2012 11:44:09 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: SpaceBar

It’s part of the culture.
Use of office to “live large” at others’ expense is seen as a positive with his base.


23 posted on 01/17/2012 11:45:51 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: crosshairs

He’s trying to spend as money as he can before he’s thrown back into the community.


24 posted on 01/17/2012 11:45:55 AM PST by Linda Frances (Only God can change a heart, but we can pray.)
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To: crosshairs
Aides to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said the Florida Democrat was unlikely to attend because the office "got word too late" of the visit and had meetings planned in other parts of the state. And Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is scheduled to be in Washington that day for a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

LOL!

25 posted on 01/17/2012 11:46:01 AM PST by proud American in Canada
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To: Califreak

Too funny......love that song.


26 posted on 01/17/2012 11:47:02 AM PST by colinhester
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To: crosshairs

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Sounds like the theme for his presidency.
He should fit in with the fruits and nuts down there......


27 posted on 01/17/2012 11:47:03 AM PST by 9422WMR
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why is he going there ?

He already has the mouse ears ....


28 posted on 01/17/2012 11:47:18 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: longtermmemmory

"Sorry Folks, Park is closed."

29 posted on 01/17/2012 11:47:34 AM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: crosshairs

When you wish upon a (red) star...

Makes no difference who you are...


30 posted on 01/17/2012 11:49:38 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
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To: crosshairs

Can’t we equip him with a drill and a charge to look for oil?


31 posted on 01/17/2012 11:49:38 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: crosshairs
Sorry, I'm not buying Brazilians having trouble getting into the U.S. to go to Disney. I was on International Drive just yesterday and although it's been a couple of months since I was there last, I counted three new Brazilian - themed businesses. Having been run over at Disney by a horde of same T-shirted Brazilian pre-teens, as well as having a child living and working in Orlando, I can say with certainty that Brazilian tourism is alive, healthy and well.
32 posted on 01/17/2012 11:51:31 AM PST by liberalh8ter (I don't like what the world has become....)
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To: MrB

In other words, they are trash, in every socioeconomic meaning the term implies.


33 posted on 01/17/2012 11:52:00 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: GnL
hope nobody confuses him with Dumbo.

He's actually going to see if Mickey's ears are bigger than his.

34 posted on 01/17/2012 11:52:16 AM PST by Harley (Will Rogers never met Harry Reid.)
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To: longtermmemmory

I work at Disney and am so glad I’m off
Thursday. Just got a company alert that our free passes will not be accepted on that day. “Glad I didn’t have plans to visit the park”
Of course ABC-Disney is happy to have O visit and screw up everything.


35 posted on 01/17/2012 11:52:36 AM PST by streetsmart (I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees)
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To: All; John Semmens

I thought this was satire.


36 posted on 01/17/2012 11:53:05 AM PST by BipolarBob (I don't mind you shooting at me, Frank, but take it easy on the Bacardi!)
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To: crosshairs
O’Dumbo needs be fitted with orange jumpsuit and sent to Gitmo for the rest of their lives as domestic terrorists. The same thing applies to three-fourths of his administration (and our government).
37 posted on 01/17/2012 11:53:09 AM PST by MasterGunner01 (11)
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To: DanMiller

Well, there ARE some nice golf courses in that area....

ANOTHER FREAKING VACATION FOR MICHELLE AND THE GIRLS AND MICHELLE’S ENTOURAGE AT THE TAXPAYERS’ EXPENSE.

MEanwhile, I’m sporadically employed and budgeting my money.


38 posted on 01/17/2012 11:53:58 AM PST by a real Sheila (Taylor/Fife 2012)
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To: SpaceBar

Arsenio Hall had a line that he used...
something about “...you wouldn’t understand”.


39 posted on 01/17/2012 11:54:06 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: Paladin2

Hmmmm....Disney Cruise Line is supposed to make a big announcement regarding their itineraries that same day in Miami. I wonder if they are connected?


40 posted on 01/17/2012 11:54:54 AM PST by sissyjane (I'm For NEWT!)
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