PHOTOS Obama goes sandwich shopping in Chicago (Nov 21) Updated - more pics added

[Jackeens]

NOVEMBER 21: President-elect Barack Obama at Manny's Coffee Shop and Deli during a lunch break from his transition office at the federal building November 21, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama ordered a corned beef sandwich and greeted customers before leaving the restaurant.



































































(President-elect Barack Obama (R) talks on the cell phone of Peter Nateras (C) while Ron Norten looks on)

[crispini]

1. Thanks for bringin' us the great pics!

you always do! :thumbsup:

[firedupdem]

2. That's my President!

:loveya:

[tridim]

3. OMG is he "testing" the pie?

I'm rofl at that pic. It's like he broke away from the crowd just to check out the the pie selection. :)

[Shakespeare]

4. PIE!!!!

Awesome. :7

[underpants]

17. We are going from the era of fear....to the era of PIE!!!!

:bounce:

If that is the least of what we get out of this Obama will go down in history as a tremendously accomplished President

PIE!!!!!!!!!

[kwenu]

32. Oh no! I fear a terrible pie scandal is on the horizon! LOL!

[Bucky]

41. You heard it here first: "Piegate"

[msblueinredstate]

5. And cherry pie!

[Uzybone]

6. K&R

[Vinca]

7. He just makes you smile!

:D :D :D :D :D

[proud patriot]

8. mmmm Pie !

:woohoo:

[monmouth]

9. He's getting all of this in while he still can. His days of being "with the

people" are drawing to a close, sad to say.

[InternalDialogue]

10. Manny's is awesome, but it's even more awesome with our president in it!

[rvablue]

11. These are so cool! And, of course, there was pie! n/t

[FrenchieCat]

12. Oh my!

:loveya:

[patricia92243]

13. I'm torn between I love to see the pictures and feeling like "poor guy, he can't even go buy a sandw

sandwich without being mobbed." I wonder if he will even be allowed to buy a sandwich after he takes office. I worry about nuts in the crowd that would do him harm.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Just look at his smiles!

I think he's really enjoying himself!

And I see the Secret Service in the background, all business and seriously watching over him...

Not to worry...

:hi:

[qwlauren35]

61. He's going to be a "maverick" president.

Poor guy. It's bad enough having to give up his Blackberry. And having claudestine meetings just to get a f***ing haircut. But if you look at all the incredible pictures of this guy, he LOVES being out and about among people, taking solitary walks, doing "regular guy" things.

This presidential sh*t is going to drive him up a tree.

Now, I seem to remember that Clinton managed to go jogging. I have this hunch that every once in a blue moon, Obama will "sneak off". Maybe not with NO secret service, but probably a very small number.

I hope none of the sickos find out.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. And off to the Greatest Page!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[knitter4democracy]

16. Definitely get the pie, Mr. President.

Can you imagine what it would be like to say that you made a pie that President Obama ate? I think I'd die from sheer joy.

[npincus]

18. I LOVE this thread!

thank you! :)

GoBAMA!!!!

[SoCalDem]

19. and he carries money, and PAYS

some famous people "expect" others in the entourage to do the settling up & paying.., are stunned later to find out that they did not..and then get pilloried in the press for "stiffing" some poor working schlub, on a bill or a tip...

[lolamio]

20. Those pictures bring tears of joy to my eyes!! Look at our wonderful President!

:loveya:

[RandomKoolzip]

21. These kinds of threads are interesting....

...mainly for the disconnect I see between how we, as DUers, regard Obama's image, and our perception of him as a president-elect. On the one hand, we are all in semi-charmed awe at the man's undeniable personal charisma, the narrative he inhabits, and the genuine benevolence and warmth we see exhibited in these pictures that flows multidirectionally between Obama and his admirers. On the other hand, the internal struggle in all of us liberals is played out in twice as many text-heavy threads as we all come to grips with the fact that he's not performing EXACTLY as we wish him to, that his cabinet appointments are distressingly middle-of-the-road, and that none of us are getting that Xmas pony that we wished and weeped and begged for.

I dunno - does anyone else grind their teeth when they feel the dissonance?

[4lbs]

26. Take a note of the people posting in Jackeens' photo threads and the ones posting in other ones

that are whining and crying about Obama's appointments. You'll notice that almost all of the whiners in those latter threads rarely post in these.

[RandomKoolzip]

28. Yes, I did notice that. What does that say about either group, do you think?

[Jennicut]

42. No, I like his cabinet choices and think too many are being selfish complainers

Does that answer your question? And Obama is cute.

[qanda]

49. I think the disconnect is that most people aren't complaining

I haven't been posting as much since the election and I am quite disgusted by the complaining I confront when I try to read DU.

[loudsue]

50. I just worry about his safety. As much as he loves the crowds & they ADORE him,

there are some real looney tunes out there with automatic rifles, eating a steady diet of hate radio and neo nazi internet sites.

Does anyone have a milk jug full of valium that I could "borrow" for the next 8 years?

[Withywindle]

65. No, I kind of enjoy the dissonance.

Liberals have negative capability. We can hold seemingly opposing ideas in our heads at the same time and not short out our little brains like conservatives do.

Obama is going to do things that piss us off, inevitably, and it's our job as citizens to say so. But threads like this are about celebration - 8 long years is a LONG time to have a "president" we can't stand the sight of. For me, this thread is about the way he makes us happy, and we LIKE him, and that feels kind of miraculous after what we've been through. We deserve a little happiness. It most certainly can and does coexist with critical thinking.

[tomp]

74. it's not that he's not performing EXACTLY as I want him to....

...it's that it's not even close. i grind my teeth at the naivete of the majority of du'ers and their kneeling down before the landslide messiah. sandwich, pie, blow job, mr. president-elect?

still waiting for change.

[FrenchieCat]

22. Some women folks are getting themselves some good hugs there.....

I'm just jealous! Damn!

[ecstatic]

23. Corned beef sandwich? Is that a Chicago thing?

Sounds almost like a spam sandwich.

[grace0418]

27. I think most delis have corned beef sandwiches. I actually think it's bigger in

NYC than Chicago, but yeah, you can get it in Chicago.

[Princess Turandot]

44. Personally, I prefer hot pastrami..

both are popular here in NYC. They make reubens with corned beef, which are quite tasty! (corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and Russian on rye.)

[mucifer]

66. corned beef is a Jewish thing and Manny's is a Jewish deli

[FarCenter]

24. Its OK except for the two pictures

Which show some hideous machine for tearing through the dismembered carcass of a dead animal... Gross.... I won't be able to sleep.....

[Nedsdag]

69. I gave up meat over six years ago.

Corned beef was one of the three meats I found difficult to give up, but I did.

Seeing that photograph makes me want to eat it at this very moment.

[blogslut]

25. I am so buying corned beef when I go to the store later

Thanks, president Obama!

*sigh*

President Obama

[redstate_democrat]

29. lol

Now I want a corned beef sammich. Damnit!

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

30. I cracked up seeing him eye that pie.

Go on, have some pie already...

[jules1962]

37. No corned beef here.If you only knew

The majority of corned beef comes from Argentina and the cattle are water starved to make corned beef. I used to like it,but I just can't go there anymore because of it.

[Liberal Progressive]

51. Don't believe everything you hear.

The majority of corned beef does not come from Argentina. It's third behind Brazil and Australia.

The cattle have not been water-starved to make corned beef. That's not how you make corned beef at all. You turn a brisket (and only a brisket- only one part of the cattle is used for corned beef) into corned beef by curing it in brine. Dehydrating a cow has no effect whatsoever on "corning" and would likely ruin every part of the cow, including the high-value steaks. It also reduces the profit per animal, because without enough water, growth is stunted. No rancher is that stupid.

Water starved cattle = smaller size and bad meat = less beef, all of it low quality = less money.

Where do you hear this crap? Feel free to eat corned beef to your heart's content, because someone has screwed with your head. Avoid Beef because you're a vegetarian or whatever...Don't avoid it because some extremist concocted a horror story that doesn't even make sense.

[CakeGrrl]

31. Thanks for the great pix - again! HuffPo has bonus video too:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/21/obama-having-lunch-at-man_n_145540.html

[Joe the Liberal]

33. Great pics as always n/t

[shanti]

34. barack

seems like such a great hugger! lucky hugees!

[Undercurrent]

35. OMG

I never thought in all of my life, that seeing photos of someone getting a corned beef sandwich, and some pie would bring tears to my eyes!

Thanks for the wonderful photos!

[bigmonkey]

68. You got that right!

I may quote you, do you mind? Just in conversation.

[Ozma]

36. FABULOUS PICTURES!!!!

Thanks for sharing!

[Liberalboy]

38. PIE!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is all

[JimWis]

39. Great pics. Obama likes being around people.

[Libby2]

40. Fantastic pictures!! As usual! Thanks

What a man.

[tigereye]

43. great - he smiles a lot and likes pie!

Are there are lot of good delis in DC? I would think it would be hard to leave Chicago with all the good food....

[Cha]

45. Thanks, Jackeens! This is a shot for all times..

[RollWithIt]

46. Pretty cool that he took that guys cell phone and talked to whoever it was....

He's still just a regular person.

[AllentownJake]

47. The White House Chefs

Are looking up every pie recipe known to man as we speak.

[Hope And Change]

48. Wonderful pics.Thanks posting.K & R!

[Kajsa]

52. He's the people's President!

And he shows it.

Thanks so much for sharing these great pictures.

:)

[AtomicKitten]

53. I spy

pie!!!

[Lisa0825]

54. Pie is the new cake.

I see pie eating going way way up in this country!

[mopinko]

55. we are thisclose to

exploding with pride, here.

[Billy Burnett]

56. Yep.

Don't know quite what it is, but, every time I see pics of him mingling with regular folks, I feel so happy that America has elected someone so comfortable to be with and among the people.

:toast:

[tandot]

57. these pictures just brought tears of joy to my eyes...

but then...it doesn't take much to get a pregnant lady all emotional :hi:

[MarthaMyDear]

58. Post Election Pie and Kisses! :~)

I wish I lived in Chicago!

Thanks for great pics (again), Jackeens!

You are da bomb! :)

[IndianaGreen]

59. Enjoy your last 60 days of freedom, Mister President-Elect!

Things being what they are, the White House is nothing but a fancy prison.

Great pics, Jackeens_for_Obama! Thank you!

[workinclasszero]

60. Only reich wingers with hearts of stone don't love our cool new Prez

Obama and pie!

Life is good! :)

[Posteritatis]

62. Ninth pic down made me crack up inexplicably (nt)

[WeDidIt]

63. Manny's is excellent

If you're ever in Chicago, check out MAnny's Awesome Deli.

http://www.mannysdeli.com/

[jillan]

64. I just love the look on his face when he's looking at pie.

:)

[thenam]

67. What's next, pics of him visiting the bathroom?

I don't fault people for celebrating his win, but... let's not get cultish here ;)

[Smuckies]

70. haha!! nt

[lamp_shade]

71. Man oh man... when he smiles... something happens to me. Good Lord!!

[RBInMaine]

72. GOOD ! He needs to do LOTS of this kind of "down with the folks" stuff. Give the President back to

the people. The You Tubes are a great idea. He also needs to get out there and talk to average, everyday folks as much as possible (and his cabinet people too) and re-unite the people with their president. God, after 8 long years of a secret-society presidency designed to screw us at every turn, it will be great to have a real "uniter" there in the White House. But he needs to do that. AND, he needs to do this in "RED" states especially. These are Americans too, there are Democrats there too, and plenty of Indys, and even some R's who will listen to a sincere and very smart and caring guy like Obama. If he stays close with the grassroots across the country, they'll stay loyal to him, help him succeed, and get him re-elected in '08 because it's going to very hard to clean up the messes of the Bush administration in just four years.

[No Elephants]

73. Thanks. I don't think he was sandwich shopping, though. Or even pie-shopping. The PE

get someone to bring his lunch back to the office. I think he was love shopping.

Now, I'm hungry, though, and no one is going to get my food for me, dang it!

Thanks for the pix. They are fun.

[SallyMander]

75. Wonderful pics, Jackeens! Thanks for posting!

The pic where he is eyeing that piece of pie cracked me up!!! :rofl:

:hug:

[RFKHumphreyObama]

76. One thing I'll have to get used to....

Seeing a photogenic, charismatic and handsome American President again. Every time that a picture has been taken of the Chimp-in-Chief over the past eight years, he's looked like a stunned mullet or a deer caught in the headlights.

[LuckyLib]

78. So true. And as I looked at these I tried to imagine folks wanting to hug the Chimp. Ew-w-w-w--w-!

[Writer]

77. I want to point out that he's not greying (yet)

that's just his scalp showing through a short hair cut.

Great pics! :hi:

[Zomby Woof]

79. This president actually will "make the pie higher"

But judging by this pic, the pie isn't the only thing getting higher...



:D

[dualitybites]

80. Thank you for those! Talk about being photogenic! It's great to come from Chicago these days! n/t

[1Hippiechick]

81. Jackeens, where do you get such awesome candid shots of PE Obama? I bookmark your threads and copy

the pix to my computer AND I send the link to your threads to other colleagues in Chapel Hill who are THRILLED to see the pix you post! Absolutely awesome! Thank you SO much for sharing these. You have to be on his staff--have to. I know when Howard Dean stopped in Greensboro, NC, there was a young woman who deboarded his bus who mingled with the crowd and took pix as anyone else in the crowd. I had a better viewpoint, so I asked her to hand me her camera, and I snapped some pix for her. That was the first time that I noticed that someone in his entourage mingled in the crowd, snapping pix.