Loading ...It seems that Obama is taking a page from the Bill Clinton playbook. President Clinton was famous for his love of fast food burgers and it endeared him to the public as just a common man. Of course, President Clinton went to a real fast food joint, McDonalds and did not order it up with Dijon mustard. So once again, President Obama hams it up for NBC by having lunch at Five Guys near the White House, but this time went for the regular mustard.
Today’s White House burger run ended up near the Washington Nationals stadium, at Five Guys in Southeast Washington, where the president called out to the Five Guys staff, “I need one cheeseburger and one fries for me. Jalapeno, tomato, mustard. That’s it for me … Plus lettuce on mine too.”
After he placed the rest of the orders for his crew and paid the bill in cash, Obama worked the lunch crowd, greeting surprised patrons and posing for pictures. At one point, the pool reporter traveling with the president overheard Obama saying in conversation, “Didn’t know the economy was going to collapse.” – Politics Daily
This is good that the One learns from one of his subjects that the economy is collapsing around them.
[h/t] Hot Air
Of course he has to go for the photo-op and spend a little time talking with the common folk. He finally gets to learn where all of those fancy photographs of North Korean missiles come from during his daily briefings.
The transcript:
Obama: What do you do Walter?
Walter: I work at, uh, NGA, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Obama: Outstanding, how long you been doing that?
Walter: About six years
Obama: Yea?
Walter: Yes.
Obama: You like it?
Walter: I do, keeps me…
Obama: So explain to me exactly what this National Geospatial…uh…
Walter: Uh, we work with, uh, satellite imagery..
Obama: Right
Walter: [unintelligible] …support systems, so…
Obama: Sounds like good work.
Walter: Enjoy the weekend.
Obama: Appreciate it.According to the Defense Department:
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a Department of Defense combat support agency and a member of the national Intelligence Community (IC). NGA develops imagery and map-based intelligence solutions for U.S. national defense, homeland security and safety of navigation.
NGA provides timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of national security objectives. The term “geospatial intelligence” means the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth. Geospatial intelligence consists of imagery, imagery intelligence and geospatial (e.g., mapping, charting and geodesy) information.
Guess they’re not getting much airtime in the President’s Daily Brief. – Politico
Yes, the One out among the common folk gives him an opportunity to meet one of those guys sending him the pictures which have been keeping him up at night lately. I guess until now he thought the tooth fairy had been dropping them off just for him in time for his morning coffee and cigarette. This is good that the One gets out for a burger photo-op every now and then so he can learn more about the organization he is the Commander-in-Chief of.
Why the heck is this even a news item?
