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mfcorey1

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Tue May 9, 2017, 12:57 PM May 2017

Obama Reveals What He Doesnt Miss About The Presidency

Former President Barack Obama has revealed what he doesn’t miss about the presidency: the isolation.

“You know the hardest thing about being the president of the United States, it is unique in its isolation,” Obama told former White House chef Sam Kass during an interview in Milan, northern Italy.

“The burdens of leadership are true in any country, but in part because of the security apparatus around a U.S. president, you live in what’s called ‘the bubble,’” Obama continued. “It is a very nice prison. So you don’t have the freedom of movement to be able to just take a walk, or to sit at a cafe, because there’s always this security concern around you. I don’t miss that.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-presidency_us_5911e233e4b05e1ca202198d?r3&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

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Obama Reveals What He Doesnt Miss About The Presidency (Original Post) mfcorey1 May 2017 OP
Al Gore "Well it's strange having other cars on the interstate" underpants May 2017 #1
I will reveal what I miss about the Obama Presidency. Bleacher Creature May 2017 #2
Harry Truman called the Oval Office the cloudbase May 2017 #3
Hahaha, ole Harry had a good sense of humor..nn/t monmouth4 May 2017 #4

underpants

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1. Al Gore "Well it's strange having other cars on the interstate"
Tue May 9, 2017, 01:01 PM
May 2017

On Letterman a year or so after he was VP

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