Obama makes public stop in Chicago

[BlueJessamine]

Source: POLITICO

CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama made his first public appearance in 10 days on Friday at a Chicago lunchtime institution.

Obama arrived at Manny’s Cafeteria and Deli around 12:30 p.m. and ordered three corned beef sandwiches. He was accompanied by his newly named senior adviser and close friend Valerie Jarrett.

“Rahm Emanuel sends his regards,” Obama told the deli’s owner, Ken Raskin, whose late father founded the Chicago institution. “I ordered him his corned beef.”

Obama worked the restaurant full of enthusiastic patrons for about 15 minutes, but he declined questions from reporters about Congress’ decision to put off approving a plan to salvage the fledgling auto industry.

Asked by reporter what he ordered, the president-elect said, "We got the corned beef."

Asked then, "What do you think about the auto industry?” Obama smiled and said, "I got the corned beef.”


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People, who abandoned their plates of macaroni and cheese, blueberry pie, corned beef and chocolate chip cheesecake to get near the president-elect.

Crowds gather to see him, people tell him that they love him and he tells them that he loves them back.

Can't wait until he's in the White House.

Is it January 20th yet?

[LaurenG]

1. Sweet!

I can't wait either.

[ben_meyers]

2. He got the corned beef!!!

Shouldn't he be setting a better example by eating a more healthy diet? Is this the guy we elected? Corned beef?!?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. As The Good Doctor once said:

"Sometimes a man must make a beast of himself, to ease the pain of being a man"

Besides, think of the field day that the press and the right would have had if he went out for macrobiotic.

[AlinPA]

3. "fledgling auto industry"? Politico "journalist" should check the dictionary.

[Bette Noir]

4. He must have meant "flagging."

[surrealAmerican]

8. Good catch. I too thought the auto industry was more of a ...

... mature industry.

[BuelahWitch]

6. Would little Prince PissyPants go out among the peasants

if he weren't running for something? I doubt it! GObama!

[surrealAmerican]

7. What a terrible waste.

Their pastrami is much better than their corned beef.