"Nine Things You Didn’t Know About The Obamas" by Jodi Kantor at BuzzFeed

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Nine Things You Didn’t Know About The Obamas

by Jodi Kantor at BuzzFeed

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jodikantor/nine-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-obamas?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=buzzfeed

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2. The president has a sly sense of humor about race

Obama does not dare joke about race now — too sensitive. That wasn’t always
the case. As a Senate candidate, he was once playing hooky from meeting with donors when a white aide named Peter Coffey finally tracked him down at the barbershop. A few hours later, the candidate returned to the office. “The relationship between a black man and his barber is sacred,” Obama mock-bellowed at Coffey. “They are closer than man and wife. For failing to understand this truth, your punishment is to watch the movie Barbershop. And for further punishment, you will then watch the sequel, Barbershop 2.”

(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)


3. When you’re president, you can’t really go home again.

Obama began his term thinking he would take his family back to Chicago to recharge every couple of weeks. But their first trip in February 2009 was more invasion of Normandy than weekend getaway. The Secret Service dropped black curtains down the sides of their home and they tied up traffic in Chicago. “We live in the White House now,” Michelle Obama told staff upon returning to Washington. Their trips home have been sporadic since.

Image by Jason Reed / Reuters


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