Posted on 03/14/2013 4:25:14 PM PDT by pacificpundit
Why would think I would joke about something so series?
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A tad paranoid, are we?
Seems Ogoofball is as paranoid as his “subjects”.....
I thought tasters went out with kings and other rulers.
Why doesn’t he use a TSA lackey - after all the food would be transported down his gullet.
Guess that explanation is eaiser than simply admitting that the drugs he is on kill his appetite.
To my knowledge, no President has ever before had a "taster". Only Obama.
And recall that he is also the only President, when he dines with a group, the group is supplied only with "sporks" -- no silverware, no knives and forks allowed when the President is in the room.
Somehow, I doubt that any of this fetish stems from the Secret Service. Somebody has pretensions of grandeur...
King Carol of Romania was equally unpretentious, walking the sidewalks of Bucharest & talking to ordinary citizens. He had no fear of his people.
Obama’s use of a taster & having his guests make do with sporks is as classless as it is paranoid.
Good point. I did a search once of Obama's barbecue outings -- trying to determine whether pork was ever on the menu.
In every case where the "ribs" were identified, they turned out to be beef ribs.
Obama can’t have a taster. The taster has to be someone less important than the person he is protecting. Osama bin Laden and Hugo Chavez are dead, and “Rev.” Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church doesn’t want the job. There is no one left who is even more expendable than our Dear Leader.
Loved his sardines.
The only thing I learned on this thread is that no one knows if Obama is the only president having his food tasted.
Obama gives up plenty EVERY day to attack. We need to be more careful about jumping in without any information, it makes us look bad, as if the left needed anything else to use against us.
According to this one, several presidents have had tasters, including George W. Bush. This was just a google search, they could be wrong.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2772/does-the-president-have-an-official-food-taster
And
From November 2003:
AS if the Queen hasnt got enough on her plate accommodating all President Bushs security demands, the Secret Service have put a food taster into the Buckingham Palace kitchens.
Nothing is being left to chance by the Americans, who have assembled the largest security operation seen in London for the three-day visit.
According to sources, everything that is destined to be served up for the President has to be tasted first.
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/06/07/white-house-food-tasters/
Royalty needs food tasters, don’t ya know. And he considers himself royalty.
Well rich or not, he sure is an ass!
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