Obamas do it right: "whiz with"
Michelle made sure the candidate ordered his cheesesteak with the correct cheese.
Obamas do it right: "whiz with"
2 pm
Obama, his wife Michelle and their entourage of Secret Service agents, aides and news media arrived at Pat’s King of Steaks at 9th and Wharton Streets in South Philadelphia , an iconic location for out of town politicians to meet and great real Philadelphians
He worked his way through the crowd to the counter, where he ordered twocheese steaks- with onions. “Whiz with,” his wife chimed in.
(History: John Kerry infamously ordered his cheesesteak with Swiss.)
The couple sat down with a startled Charles McDermot, of Roxborough and his daughter Ariel, 16. Obama had to fold his long frame to get under a bolted down red plastic bench, at a bolted down red plastic table, underneath the sidewalk overhang.
With the throng of cameras leaning over their shoulders, Obama and his wife tried to talk to their lunch companions. “We don't want to have Cheese Whiz dripping from our mouths,” Obama was heard saying at one point.
He ate all of the sandwich, then dipped into some French fries, and opened a bottle of water. After taking a sip, he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
"Do I have cheese steak in my teeth," he asked McDermot, who was wearing a "World's Best Dad" t-shirt.
McDermot, who manages a restaurant, said they had talked about the “economy, a little bit about the gas crisis, and the war.”
Of Obama, he said he hadn't’t yet voted, but planned to later today. “I hope he gets it…but I think its an uphill climb.”
Obama then got back in their motorcade, and headed for the Major League Barber shop in West Philadelphia.
Who cares! Must we know every little thing?— anon- yuk why would he eat there! their cheesesteaks and geno's are really bad!— pieman
- Did Michelle say today was the first day she was glad to be an American, and where has O been hiding her ? At least Clinton trots out her hubby. Is O hiding Michelle for some reason he'll deny later— Paul Paulos
- ANON, DON'T BE A HATER DUDE! CHILL OUT. THIS IS NORMAL.— RAHMAN
- ZOMG he drank WOOTER with his cheesesteak? How can he ever relate to the common man??!!???11??!11! /snark— tightlines
- DO I DETECT BITTERNESS?— RAHMAN
- Jim's Steaks on South Street are THE BEST---IMHO!!!— Delaware Vol
- Sounds yummy to me! Michelle will be a fabulous first lady. Best we've had since Jacqueline.— expat4barack
- I wanna know everything that goes on in PA’s primary, otherwise my colleagues come back and tell me they saw Barack Obama on Fox Fake News with cheese in his mouth. What I really want to know is whether or not the PA elections are rigged. There’s a lot of corporate money behind the Clinton campaign, both from inside the country and out. Over 85 percent of PA voters are using the infamous computer voting systems with paperless touchscreen machines that are hackable, failure-prone, and fundamentally unauditable. Given the conservative pundits’ urging of Republican voters to switch parties to vote for Hillary Clinton, who they know will reinvigorate their base next fall, I’m guessing other financial interests also have a stake in propping up Clinton’s bid for the presidency. Whoever you vote for, at least keep an eye out for election fraud throughout the state. See http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/opedne_bev_harr_080414_pennsylvania_3a__the_w.htm for more info on election fraud in Pennsylvania.— Wiam
- Barrack and Michelle slumming it with them "typical white" people!— seah
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