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Thank you for “dying,” Ted Kennedy, because now Barack Obama will have to end his vacation, and America’s vacation, a couple of days short, to attend your funeral on Saturday. In fact Barack and Michelle Obama will leave “the Vineyard” tomorrow night instead of the already early Saturday morning departure, to avoid expected bad weather. Popular “scoop factory” the New York Times, however, reveals that the Obamas also intend to sacrifice their children to the Gods!
OAK BLUFFS, Mass. — President Obama will interrupt his holiday Friday night to fly to Boston so that he can attend the funeral services of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a White House spokesman said.
With Tropical Storm Danny heading toward New England on Saturday, Mr. Obama doesn’t want to take any chances, administration officials said.
So Mr. Obama, along with First Lady Michelle Obama, will fly to Boston late Friday night, leaving their daughters Malia and Sasha on Martha’s Vineyard.
That is COLD, Helene Cooper of the New York Times.
Obama Curtails Vacation for Kennedy’s Funeral [NYT]
FURTHER PROOF THAT TED KENNEDY CONTROLLSS TEH WEATHR.
More Obama topless photos, plz.
WORST. TAN. EVER.
Oh Danny boy, the Cape, the Cape is calling…
At least the kids get to continue having fun, regardless of some old dead guy.
Will not some alcohol company foot the bill for the funeral festivities. After all, Ted supported them his whole life.
the girls will be wandering the vineyard without their parents, a positively grimm prospect were it not for the implied presence of the heavily armed ss men in attendance, which makes it more of a postmodern tale of abandonment, but who wants to go to a boring old funeral, anyway? it’s vacation!
Last year Sen. Kennedy “provided a cannon burst” and a “psychological boost that would be hard to replicate” for then Senator Obama. The President’s spokesman, however, said nothing about “starbursts” or “a thrill running up and down his leg.”
I thought Charlie Crist was on the case, with this hurricane stuff.
Canary in the coal mine : the presence of natural gas :: hurricanes : buttsecs.
RoscoePColtraine:
I second, third, and fourth that request.
Thank you for the Barry beefcake.
Will they take Teddy by train from Boston to DC? I want to watch the train go by.
Mmmmm Presidential nipples.
Litlebritdifrnt: He’s not even sucking it in, is he?
Larry Fine: I do believe Chivas was Ted’s elixir of choice. Chivas with a brunette on the side.
RoscoePColtraine and Litlebritdifrnt, me five, six and seven. Boy, gimme our man Barry, the Great Buff Hope, over that Cautionary Pic o’ Obesity.
Maybe the Obama girls being Home Alone on the Vineyard will have them front-running the revival of the Lemony Snicket books, also heralded in the NYT today…. more unfortunate events….
Oh sweet Jesus. We have never had such a good looking shirtless president
WHERE IS YOUR RESPKECT FOR THE PRZIDENCIES?
See! Obama is just another pasty white politician.
This guy is the nudest president yet!
See this is why Obama isn’t a REAL US AMERICAN! All US American males above 40 have moobs!!!!!
Prommie: He just arrived at the JFK Library in a Bookmobile.
C’mon, “they” have hired Barry to clear brush on the isle after the storm.
There goes my hopes of a photo op of Sasha and Malia saluting the hammer and sickle.
Is there any chance of never having to see or hear Mike Barnicle again after this weekend?
Yes! Obama shirtless pics are achingly beautiful like 9/11/.
Those kids will be the only coloreds up there, besides the staff at the Kennedy Compound.
The girls’ll be fine — grandma’s got a special ritual that keeps hurricanes away.
GreatOldOnesParty:
SayItWithWookies: Word.
Just showing his white half to the doubters. (He really is lean white meat. Tasty and healthy! )
SayItWithWookies: And chickens will begin to disappear.
Left behind by her parents in the wilds of New England… a young girl, descendant of Kings, is destined to to discover, develop, and command the Maasi Warrior Princess within! She is … Malia of The Vineyard!!
Bearbloke: Heh heh, please link to a sample of your professional output. I am intrigued by the tasy samples you leave here for teasing me, there now, also.
Well it is August and Obama is on vacation. Couldn’t he just play the guitar and then do a fly over in Air Force One?
I’m taking bets ladies and gentlemen on the chances the car driving his casket drives by Chappaquiddick, hits a bump, opening the back door, and out comes old Teddy
sliding down the slope and into the river. Ooops. too soon?
Absolutely agreed about the beefcake. President Obama is soooo fine. Easy on the ears, too.
Poor Hopey. First he gets tea-bagged for taking a vacation. Then, that vacation turns out to be a hurricane and a funeral. The final blow: no Hawaiian Spam snacks to be found in all of New England. At least Chelsea didn’t make him go to wedding.
Why are the olds so afraid of the black prez? Mofo’s as pale as I am, and I’m Irish!
I recommend Hawaiian Tropics if President Obama wants to beef up that tan.
BTW, just out of curiosity — who is the head of FEMA these days?
desertwind: http://www.fema.gov/about/bios/wfugate.shtm
desertwind: Prepare to be shocked. They may have actually appointed someone qualified, sensible and competent: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200909/fema
So little attention is being paid to the real story, which is that John Kerry’s 25 years as the Junior Senator from Massachusetts have come to an end.
DP: Excellent. Party like it’s 2005!
I Am Not Your Gary Busey: I was thinking exactly that. Thank god the man is getting some sun. Clearly, he needs it.
rocktonsammy: Are you talking about the Vineyard? Because the town of Oak Bluffs has been a retreat for wealthy black Bostonians since the mid 1800’s. Check the wiki. It saves from the stupid.
Jukesgrrl says at 7:55 pm, August 27th, 2009 - ReplyPoor Hopey. First he gets tea-bagged for taking a vacation. Then, that vacation turns out to be a hurricane and a funeral. The final blow: no Hawaiian Spam snacks to be found in all of New England. At least Chelsea didn’t make him go to wedding.
Gotta agree with you - streak of bad vacation luck. Is Michelle with the girls or Obama though? Funerals are no fun for anyone let alone kids.
Took another gander at the article and yes - Michelle will be with Obama - The girls probably did not want to go to a funeral the week before school starts.
I do not mean to be unkind or anything, but the picture of Obama reminds me of when I was little and my brother use to take the heads off my Barbie’s and switch them around. He once took my dark skinned Francie doll and put her head on blonde Barbie’s body. It looked just like the above picture of Obama. His face is nicely tanned, but his torso is definitely not - perhaps the pic is photshopped or something - just does not look right.
Alpha O. Mega: So little attention is being paid to the real story, which is that John Kerry’s 25 years as the Junior Senator from Massachusetts have come to an end.
I was thinking exactly the same thing the other day. Teddy was the only reason Kerry stayed in the Senate.
This is rife with “Weekend at Bernie’s”-esque possibilities.
on2u: He’s keeping all his white below the collar.
Seriously, most of that color is so a tan.