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Barack Obama in Israel: 'the Beast' limo breaks down after fuel mix-up
http://www.telegraph.co.uk ^ | 2:57PM GMT 20 Mar 2013 | Robert Tait

Posted on 03/20/2013 8:45:43 AM PDT by Red Steel

Barack Obama's hopes of a smooth start to his first presidential trip to Israel suffered a hitch on Wednesday when his armoured limousine broke down after a driver reportedly filled it with diesel instead of petrol.

The hulking vehicle, nicknamed "the Beast" for its supposed robustness in the face of potential attacks, juddered to a halt on the motorway between Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport and Jerusalem after its engine apparently proved incapable of absorbing the alien fuel intake.

Israeli media outlets, including the flagship Channel 2 television station, reported that the car had been filled with diesel.

The sleek black limo had been flown in specially from the US for Mr Obama's visit.

Fortunately for the president, the breakdown happened two hours before his plane, Air Force One, touched down on Israeli soil, sparing him the embarrassment of a possible incident after his arrival in the Holy Land.

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"They told me that this was Obama's car," he told The Daily Telegraph.

"They didn't say what had happened to it. They just said it had got stuck. Only the mechanic was there when I arrived. The driver had left in another car. The whole thing was very funny."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Israel
KEYWORDS: beast; bho44; bhomiddleeast; haha; limo; lol; obama; obamainisrael; obamavisit; thebeast
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To: Red Steel

Where’s B-HO’s ‘fuel taster’?


21 posted on 03/20/2013 8:59:30 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Red Steel

Excuse me while I laugh out loud....Obie...No gas for you!!!


22 posted on 03/20/2013 9:01:35 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: al baby

Correct. Unauthorized people shouldn’t get within a mile of that rig, and to think that someone fueled it wrong is laughable. The Secret Service must hate this kind of assignment - what a security nightmare...


23 posted on 03/20/2013 9:04:28 AM PDT by stormer
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To: LittleBillyInfidel
Where’s B-HO’s ‘fuel taster’?

LMAO

24 posted on 03/20/2013 9:04:38 AM PDT by Never on my watch (GALT)
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To: Da Coyote
Perhaps we can move and hide the U.S. before the t*rd gets its car fixed.

Maybe we can buy some time by building a facade of the U.S. to confuse the Magic Mulatto.

Hey, it worked in Blazing Saddles...

25 posted on 03/20/2013 9:04:48 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Red Steel

Everything about this Administration screams incompetent!


26 posted on 03/20/2013 9:05:18 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Sacajaweau

Aint nobody got time for dat


27 posted on 03/20/2013 9:05:26 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Red Steel
White House map 'erases' Jerusalem, biblical territories

"TEL AVIV – The White House has released what it says is a map of Israel. The only problem is that Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights are missing.
An Obama administration video highlighting the president’s plans for his Mideast trip depicts Jerusalem, the Golan and the West Bank – also known as Judea and Samaria – as non-Israeli territory."

28 posted on 03/20/2013 9:05:50 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: Red Steel
Can this admin do anything right?

Think of the cost of sending over the 2nd one.......while the WH is closed to visitors and Easter egg roll might be cancelled due to the nasty ole "GOP sequestration". Wake up Republicans you are still being played like a fiddle.
29 posted on 03/20/2013 9:06:02 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Red Steel

Shades of Zero’s Ireland trip, when the beast got stuck in a driveway. LOL.


30 posted on 03/20/2013 9:06:02 AM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: Red Steel

And we all remember this humorous incident:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BvABn7L_So


31 posted on 03/20/2013 9:06:27 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: FreedomStar3028

Grow up. You may not like the President, but the idea that you would applaud what may be a very serious security breach is wrong.


32 posted on 03/20/2013 9:06:40 AM PDT by stormer
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To: Red Steel
Israeli unicorns fart the wrong octane level.
33 posted on 03/20/2013 9:07:23 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)
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To: reagandemocrat

Clank!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BvABn7L_So


34 posted on 03/20/2013 9:07:33 AM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: Red Steel

Nothing like an accidental breakdown to provide time to install a listening device.


35 posted on 03/20/2013 9:08:38 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: Red Steel
LOL. Remember when it got stuck in London (IIRC)? Hilarious video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BvABn7L_So&feature=player_embedded#!

36 posted on 03/20/2013 9:08:46 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Red Steel

The vehicle is symbolic of this creatures administration-broken, nonfunctional, ineffective, etc. etc.


37 posted on 03/20/2013 9:10:13 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: PghBaldy

This one is better I think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5icV_mctrkE


38 posted on 03/20/2013 9:10:34 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: FreedomStar3028

Indeed he must be thinking now who has power punk.


39 posted on 03/20/2013 9:12:21 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: nascarnation

Must’ve been gas that was put in it, then.


40 posted on 03/20/2013 9:13:57 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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