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Monday, March 31, 2008

Candy store stop
Obama as kid in the candy store - literally.
 
Thomas Fitzgerald reports:
 
Barack Obama's bus carvan pulled into Lititz this afternoon so he could tour the Wilbur Chocolate Co. He sampled the company's signature treat, the "bud," which is like a smaller version of the Hershey's kiss.
 
 
“I’ve got to try these out,” Obama said, reaching into the container. He popped a couple into his mouth. “This is quite tasty chocolate.”
 
 
“Better than Hershey’s Kisses,” Mayor Russell Pettyjohn said.
 
 
“I don’t want to get in trouble,” Obama said, declining to agree.
 
 
 
The candidate then went back to the kitchen. "Let me ask you a question – when you work here, do you guys actually eat chocolate or do you get sick of it?” Obama said. “We never get sick of it,” one lady said.
 
 
Obama sampled a dark-chocolate dipped marshmallow and made yummy noises. “That’s something. Mm,mm. Tasty. Absolutely,” he said. Somebody suggested he should have Wilbur chocolates in the White House. "You guys are going to have to send me a supply,” Obama said.
 
 
Worker Jean Hockbenerocht asked for a hug - Obama obliged, then all the workers posed for a picture with him. There was some murmuring and joshing and then Obama could be heard saying, “I don’t see any old ladies here. I see sweet ones.” Awwww..
 
 
 

 
Posted by Thomas Fitzgerald @ 4:34 PM  Permalink | 11 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:07 PM, 03/31/2008
    I guess Obama just wants to throw all those typical 'old' ladies under the bus along with his grandmother. Sad he had to make such an agest comment. Par for his course, of course.
    — Hy
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:57 PM, 03/31/2008
    Everyone wants to be a comedian but if Obama had dared said the one word "Hershey" he would of lost Pennsylvania by 30points. Politics, interesting.
    — Tanksleyd
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:29 PM, 03/31/2008
    Interesting... Obama is a smart, down to earth kid. This response... “I don’t want to get in trouble,” is the best judgment in my opinion. Go OBAMA!!! HRC wants to run a campaign for an additional century http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/hillary-vows-to-stay-in-r_b_94077.html
    — tomoguara
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:11 AM, 04/01/2008
    This is the worst journalism in the history of this country. You are as bad as MSNBC
    — mjn
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:54 AM, 04/01/2008
    He doesn't reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. yet and for the sake of this country I hope, I pray, that he never will. Kid in a candy store? Pig in a poke.
    — peacenik
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:50 AM, 04/01/2008
    I really hate these "puff" pieces.
    — cj410
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:56 AM, 04/01/2008
    Watch the man the Obama's tight-knit church selected to be THEIR Man of the Year. http://youtube.com/watch?v=PWxNeGOXSoA
    — cj410
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:51 AM, 04/01/2008
    I just do not understand how people can still be behind this guy after all the dangerous info that has come out about him that the main stream media will not deal with for whatever reason. Are we really that stupid. Go to hillaryclinton.com and help hillary with calls, volunteering and donations. We just raised $3 million - let's get her in!
    — eljay
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:01 PM, 04/01/2008
    Obama let Michigan & Floridas' votes count as cast. Civil rights remember?
    — John1953
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:00 AM, 04/02/2008
    I found an interesting article on Obama and his supposed links to terrorism: http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/31408.html
    — NathanTurner


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Thomas FitzgeraldThomas Fitzgerald joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2000, and has covered Harrisburg as well as city, state and national politics for the newspaper. He was a “boy on the bus” in the 2004 presidential campaign and during primary contests in 2000 and 1996.

Nathan Gorenstein has covered politics and government in the city, state and nation for the Inquirer. He's worked in the city hall bureau, had a stint on the business desk, and once covered the suburbs. After serving as assistant regional editor, he was named editor of the "Politics" web site.

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