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OBAMA KEEPS HIS BIG APPLE PLEDGE WOWS FIRST LADY WITH DINNER & B'WAY SHOW
NY Post ^ | May 31, 2009 | CHARLES HURT in DC and STEFANIE COHEN in NY

Posted on 05/31/2009 7:10:21 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

Two martinis, a swank restaurant, a Broadway show President Obama really knows how to treat a First Lady.

"I am taking my wife to New York City because I promised her during the campaign that I would take her to a Broadway show after it was all finished," the president said yesterday after touching down at JFK for an intimate night on the town.

The first couple left their girls, Sasha and Malia, behind at the White House yesterday afternoon, taking two helicopters and a small Air Force jet to make their way to Manhattan.

The Obamas were dressed to the nines -- Michelle in a sleeveless, black cocktail dress adorned with fringe, a pair of low, strappy heels and a turquoise clutch; and the president in a dark suit and white shirt, no tie.

The first stop after touch ing down at JFK was a meal at a low-key, but elegant, Greenwich Village restau rant, Blue Hill, which boasts farm fresh, locally grown dishes.

Obamas were tucked into an out-of-the- way corner table where they enjoyed a multi- course feast specially prepared by the chef. They washed down the fine fare with wine, said a fellow diner, who also no ticed Michelle re laxing with a cou ple of martinis.

Photographers were kept blocks away be hind barri cades for the first couple's privacy.

"We left them alone the entire night," said Blue Hill diner Rachael Levit, of Manhattan. "Nobody asked for autographs or took any pictures. They were laughing and talking and seemed like they had a genuinely good time."

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Then it was up to Broadway, where they had tickets at the Belasco Theatre for "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," a play by August Wilson about a man coming to terms with the history of slavery.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bho44; broadway; hypocrite; nyc; obamafamily; wastingtaxpayermoney
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To: ml/nj

Hey...Bush didn’t go out on a Saturday night date to New York for dinner and a show!! The left would STILL be howling!


81 posted on 05/31/2009 8:03:02 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: COUNTrecount

All suffering tax payers rejoice in the fact that a crooked Chicago politician once again snookered the voters.


82 posted on 05/31/2009 8:03:21 AM PDT by hgro (Jerry Riversd)
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To: Ann Archy
She doesn’t even look like the same Michele.....something’s different.

Maybe the local mints and lettuces didn't agree with her delicate constitution.

83 posted on 05/31/2009 8:03:28 AM PDT by DesertDreamer ("I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: libh8er

Fine idiots all.


84 posted on 05/31/2009 8:03:42 AM PDT by marychesnutfan
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To: pabianice

“I believe she’s carrying his genitals in her purse...”

Looking at her, I believe she was born with a pair herself.


85 posted on 05/31/2009 8:04:02 AM PDT by AirForceMom (Locked and loaded, and sharpening wooden stakes.)
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To: COUNTrecount

86 posted on 05/31/2009 8:04:20 AM PDT by WaterBoard (Somewhere a Village is Missing it's Socialist.)
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To: libh8er

Most look like they got out on a weekend pass from the cracker factory.


87 posted on 05/31/2009 8:05:05 AM PDT by AirForceMom (Locked and loaded, and sharpening wooden stakes.)
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To: DesertDreamer

No really....even walking to the pland she looked different....maybe it’s a reverse DAVE!!!!


88 posted on 05/31/2009 8:05:13 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: marychesnutfan

I meant of course, the idiots in the photos who were watching.

I said they look “low rent”, hubby said, “subsidized housing”. But they ARE in subsidized housing on a very grand scale, subsidized by all the US taxpayers....


89 posted on 05/31/2009 8:06:03 AM PDT by marychesnutfan
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To: COUNTrecount
Show re: History of Slavery?? Still doing Community Sevice!!!

Remember, first date was seeing something similar!!

90 posted on 05/31/2009 8:07:09 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ml/nj

I was UNAWARE that President Bush ever USED a small air force jet to travel to a private DINNER with his wife and a broadway show in another State. Would you please inform me when or if this happened, I am interested.


91 posted on 05/31/2009 8:07:22 AM PDT by Republic (Jedem das Seine)
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Did they drive by Bill’s Harlem office? How about a book depository?


92 posted on 05/31/2009 8:08:17 AM PDT by ak267
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To: Honeybunch; anniegetyourgun
"I'm nervous, excited, honored," said Andre Holland, who plays character Jeremy Furlow, before the show. "It's like in Shakespearean times, when the king would come to the show."

I'm sure he would have expressed a similar sentiment had George Bush chosen to attend a performance. (guffaw!)

But then, the previous occupant of the White House really was an occupant of the White House, and is reported to have spent some time there as opposed to gallivanting around the globe, the better to absorb the ethereal glow of his own celebrity.

93 posted on 05/31/2009 8:08:32 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.)
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To: SoftwareEngineer
...looks are a very shallow way to judge someone....

Not to be picking holes in your coat, but I wonder at this statement. Physical features, yes. The better angel of our nature constantly reminds us that it is a human weakness.

OTOH, "looks", his expression, his walk, the gesture of his head and arms, etc., as opposed to strictly physical features, are very often* a very good determinate of a person's character/ inner being. In short, the eyes aren't the only mirror of the soul.

*Not always, of course.

94 posted on 05/31/2009 8:11:39 AM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: COUNTrecount

95 posted on 05/31/2009 8:12:36 AM PDT by paulycy (BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
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To: Ann Archy

Could be. Are there in photos of Larry Williams in drag?


96 posted on 05/31/2009 8:12:57 AM PDT by DesertDreamer ("I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: DesertDreamer

Who is Larry Williams??


97 posted on 05/31/2009 8:14:11 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: COUNTrecount

So, the story that two helicopters and a military jet escort were used is a lie. “The Beast” was there. They sure as heck didn’t drive it up from DC.


98 posted on 05/31/2009 8:15:36 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: COUNTrecount

99 posted on 05/31/2009 8:18:10 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: blackminorca
two martinis and wine? she must be a nasty - not a happy- drunk.

You didn't read the article.....

.....it said "They were laughing and talking and seemed like they had a genuinely good time."

Yup, they were very happy (/sarc). They look like they are not nice people to go out with.

100 posted on 05/31/2009 8:20:35 AM PDT by SteamShovel (When hope trumps reality, there is no hope at all.)
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