Posted on 08/21/2010 7:16:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
An end of the season tribute to summer....the fireworks at Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs. Excited for the bright lights, Sally Caron said she'd like to picnic with Barack Obama, because he's popular. "Soooo?" I asked. "I'd like to be popular, too," she answered.
Islander Joanne Connolly already has her story to tell. She said, "It's the first time I've met a president. I've met a Pope and it's right up there with that!" Connolly works at Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard -- and had about 5 minutes to prep before the President and first daughters Sasha and Melia breezed in. "He was very gracious, the girls were lovely," Connolly said. The President gave the thumbs up to the girls picks --- a young adult series and classics like "To Kill a Mockingbird" and Steinbeck's "The Red Pony."
Reading an inscription, Clerk Leroy Hazelton marveled at his newly-autographed copy of the president's own book after Hazelton advised him to put the novel A Few Corrections on his reading list -- which the president did. Said Hazelton, "I'm pinching myself, really." The Commander in Chief also snapped up copies of the Pulitzer Prize winning Tinker by Paul Harding and Freedom, a novel by Johnathan Franzen. Carlton Hume, of Hartford, CT, asked a stranger to take his picture in front of Bunch of Grapes with his cell phone. He said, "I'm gonna have to buy those books. I think a lot of people will."
After the bookstore Obama played 18 at the Vineyard Golf Club, but as with any presidential getaway, the business of the office follows. At an island press briefing the White House announced Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has invited Israeli and Palestinian leaders to Washington next month to resume peace talks. Said vacationer Ray Bershtein, of Woodbridge, CT, fumed, "I think Secretary Clinton could teach Barack Obama a few things and maybe he'll actually bring more people to the peace table by having a more even-handed policy."
What will the policy be on the rest of the Obamas' vacation? Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton mused, "Playing some basketball out at where he's staying, go to the beach, I have a feeling he's going to get some ice cream. He's a big fan of the ice cream on this island." No problem -- Mad Martha's has churned a new flavor. Barack My World -- espresso, macadamia nuts, caramel. Licking her lips, young Elana Bershtein said, "It was really good."
Is Gibbs still MIA?
This definitely required a “barf alert” warning.
The grapes of wrath will be oh so ripe in November.
Of course, this was before Obama said we shouldn't go...I think.
These people are gacksome.
“like to picnic with Barack Obama, because he’s popular.
“I’d like to be popular, too,”
EWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
I took the day off work and went to the all night Wallmart.
I wore some casual jeans, t shirt and of course Sunglasses( from Sam’s club, but expensive, $45.).
Bought some Klondike bars...ooooooo! Chocate covered in chocolate!
I’ll be writing it up with a ghost writer to try to beat the Bamster’s new magazine article!!!
Ask Nanzi. She’ll know.........
At the People’s Cube: “White House revises policy to announce when President is at work instead of announcing when he is going on vacation”
I didn’t see anything in his plans about going to a Christian church tomorrow. Must have been just a mistake on the part of the reporter/s
Hopefully, they will not leave.
I’d rather go to the dentist than go anywhere with Zero....
4 day cruise 5 years ago. FUBO!
Did Mooch-ell even unpack from Spain? The closest thing I get to a vacation is when I have to move temporally to another state chasing work because all the construction in my area has dried up. These people are an abomination.
If the boy king could put down the ice cream cone, this would be a good time to either get his ass to work or just admit he is not up to the job and resign.
What’s that like? Never been on one.
I have a severe dental phobia. I had to walk out of the famous dental scene in “Marathon Man.” I need tranquilizers to make a dental appointment.
I would volunteer for a root canal without general anesthetic rather than be in the same county as zerO.
Yes, where is Gibbs? Haven’t seen him for a while....not that I am complaining ;)
He may end up beeing the cornerstone for rhe 9/11 mosque project...
I was worried about bedbugs in the La Quinta Inn we spent a night at in Marietta, Georgia.
Creepy!
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