battlemaiden Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Actually they got shoved out of the way for his entourage, but still...a president-elect is a president-elect. They were at the zoo looking at the new tiger cubs on exhibit when they got pushed back by his security people. At least that is how they described it on the phone. I was a little worried because my Dad is an Obama guy, my mom is definitely not! I was a McCain gal myself so I wish I had been there to reiterate that we always should have respect for the position and support our president regardless of our personal views. I'll hear about it later from my father if my kids made any remarks. :glare: Not very interesting to the rest of you, but I had to share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Yes, my daughter can also be vocal at inappropriate times. I really don't want her to have a political opinion yet, but she does hear us talk, and she picks up just enough information to think she knows something... It is cool that your kids got to see the president-elect. *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 How exciting, that is something they wont forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich with Kids Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I was noticing in your sig line...Ah-uuuuuugah! Ah-uuuuuugah! I never new how to spell it! Thanks! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlemaiden Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 I was noticing in your sig line...Ah-uuuuuugah! Ah-uuuuuugah! I never new how to spell it! Thanks! :D Ya know....I just made that up. I'm not sure that is the widely accepted spelling of a submarine dive "bell". Don't quote me. :D I also make up how to write "Ooh Rah" for the Marines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Not very interesting to the rest of you, but I had to share. Oh, but it IS of interest because it proves I need to go to Hawaii and meet up with you. Oka-a-a-ay, that's a bit of a stretch. But...I was thinking today that my dh wants to go to Hawaii, and so do my boys, and so do I. And that thought made me think of you. And it made me think of the Obama's current vacation. "Jo and Barry are probably hangin' together RIGHT NOW!" I thought. And see? SEE? You were. Kinda, sorta.:tongue_smilie: This all means something, I just know it...:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Shoved out of the way. Lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Shoved out of the way. Lovely. That was what I was thinking too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Shoved out of the way. Lovely. It's an honor you know!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Shoved out of the way. Lovely. I knew that was coming. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 (edited) Bet your boots it's an honor. Edited December 31, 2008 by Remudamom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Too bad there's a need for security precautions but there are a lot of wing-nuts with guns out there. I'm sure this must have been exciting your your kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demal Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Shoved out of the way. Lovely. I was shoved out of the way by Ronald Reagan's Secret Service detail in 80s, when he was President. Do I get a "lovely?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I was shoved out of the way by Ronald Reagan's Secret Service detail in 80s, when he was President. Do I get a "lovely?" Lovely. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Lovely.:D In fairness, after all...;) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 In fairness, after all...;) :D (I'm cheering on the inside.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I was going to the British Consulate there for my Cantonese lesson, but when I arrived the security staff had barriers set up and were corralling behind them all the people trying to get into the building. Ten minutes later, out came Tony and Cherie. They greeted their adoring public (in fact an entirely inadvertent audience), Tony shook my hand, and they smoothed away in their black car. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 They greeted their adoring public (in fact an entirely inadvertent audience LOL. That makes me wonder how many of the political photo ops are actually real. Not that I've ever put too much stake in what I see in the news, but I would have thought that the folks behind the barriers did actually want to see the politician they were looking at. Too funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Ya know....I just made that up. I'm not sure that is the widely accepted spelling of a submarine dive "bell". Don't quote me. :D I also make up how to write "Ooh Rah" for the Marines. Your ahhhuuuugah - or however you spell it - I can't see it now that I am in the reply box.... It reminds me of the old horn my grandad had and passed to his dd and she actually had it installed on her car when we were kids. Oh....I loved it. We used to beg her to blow it in the tunnels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 That's nice :001_smile: I'm sure any entourage would have been pushy, but I hope they are extra careful with Obama, he's likely to have even more wackos gunning for him because of his color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 No, we're not from Chicago, so we have no way of knowing for sure. DH was at the McCormick Center for a trade show and was taking a break and called me. He was standing by a window and said all of a suddne there were black Suburbans and police cars..lots of them, traveling down the road outside. Since it was sometime just after the election and it had been reported that Barack was in Chicago that particular week, we assumed it was him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I was shoved out of the way in 1981 by Jackie O's people. And in '83 when I was walking by Ted Kennedy's ex wife's apartment and he was pulling up in a limo for a visit with their son in tow. Those folks don't fool around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 :iagree: Shoved out of the way. Lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I was driving DD home from her parent participation preschool on a warm, sunny day in the spring. Now, the preschool was very much a laid back, child led kind of place; so Dd had muddy clothes and bare feet but was not actually dripping wet or anything. As we approached the intersection with our little neighborhood 'main street', I noticed that there were several ambulances parked on that street, and that the street itself was blocked off but crowded with pedestrians. Moving closer, I saw that there was no one milling around a wounded person, and that there were two limos on the street as well, with other official looking vehicles parked before and after them. I assumed that it was someone running for office, so I pulled into a parking lot that ran behind most of the stores on the first block of that street, and looked for a place to park. I pulled up to an empty spot behind my favorite bookstore, and a man in a dark suit stood in the spot. So I rolled down the window, and said, "Excuse me, I would like to park there?" He said, "We would really rather you didn't, ma'am. I'm with the Secret Service." I replied, "You're kidding, right?" to which he answered, "No, ma'am, I am not," and he pulled back his jacket to show me his ID, revealing a rather large gun under the jacket as well. So I parked somewhere else, and ran back up to the street carrying DD, to see whomever was there--I figured that it was Al Gore. But it was Bill Clinton! He had been in the bookstore for almost an hour, visiting with my friend the bookstore owner, and buying several books. (She was completely starstruck.) He came out and walked up the street to his limo, shaking hands and taking cheers. It was very exciting, although we were not in his path so we didn't get to shake hands. The Secret Service team was very nervous-acting, and kept all of the pedestrians on the sidewalk, which was just packed, so that the cars of the entourage could operate freely if necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I was once trampled by Hannibal's elephants while on holiday in the Alps. That was before I moved to Vermont where I was once pushed aside by Howard Dean's entourage (aka his brother) while Howard took his kids on a tour of the Ben & Jerry's factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 ...on to the Rossignal factory and the Cabot Cheese Factory! For best results, stop in at the Trapp Family Lodge for dessert at the end. The celebrity march continues... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I was once stuck in a traffic jam because Hillary Clinton was in the vicinity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Dh and I would be likely to get ourselves in trouble in situations like these. We're likely to say something like, "Excuse me! I don't care who you are but you can wait your turn just like everyone else. This IS a public place and we have every right to be here and you do." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Dh and I would be likely to get ourselves in trouble in situations like these. We're likely to say something like, "Excuse me! I don't care who you are but you can wait your turn just like everyone else. This IS a public place and we have every right to be here and you do." This is exactly what I said to Hannibal. He wasn't having any of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Dh and I would be likely to get ourselves in trouble in situations like these. We're likely to say something like, "Excuse me! I don't care who you are but you can wait your turn just like everyone else. This IS a public place and we have every right to be here and you do." Rights according to whom?? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Too bad there's a need for security precautions but there are a lot of wing-nuts with guns out there. We're not all dangerous, though.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 We're not all dangerous, though.:001_smile: We're just nuts without the wings :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstitches Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I was once trampled by Hannibal's elephants while on holiday in the Alps. :lol::lol::lol: Too funny. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I was at the Hospital at the University of Pa about 14 years ago and the commencement speaker was Hillary Clinton. Well, the commencement was held outside and my room which was a single room (don't know how I got a single room !) with a beautiful large bay window with a perfect view of Hillary. I felt like all the doctors and nurses from the entire floor were in my room looking out my window. I couldn't even see her that well as I had just had surgery and could not get out of bed yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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