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Old 07-09-2014, 05:57   #1
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One night in Denver: The President and Governor walk into a bar

It's like caving..."where is the bottom", you might wonder? Whether you crawl or fall you're going the same direction...down.

One night in Denver: The President and Governor walk into a bar

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/09/politi...html?hpt=hp_t2

" (CNN) -- Presidential meet and greets rarely veer off script.

There's lots of hand shaking, back slapping and picking up babies. You know, predictable stuff.

So what happened when Barack Obama went to Denver on Tuesday was truly bizarre.

There were beers a-plenty, a photo op with a gorilla statue and an offer to light up.

It all started on the trip from the airport to downtown.

The presidential motorcade passed a bearded man holding a sign: "Free weed 4 Obama." A sign outside a marijuana dispensary offered the same thing. Colorado recently passed a law legalizing the recreational use of marijuana.

By the time he sat down at a pizza joint with people who had written him letters, Obama loosened his blue tie and rolled up his sleeves.

They sat him down at the head of a table crowded with plates and pizza trays - a teacher, a couple who own a small business, a college student, and a furniture store worker.

"Where do you all want me?" said the President.

"Right at the head of the table."

"Oh my goodness, that's so formal."

Later, he walked down the streets of downtown Denver, giving fist bumps, shaking hands and slapping high fives. He refused a selfie and resisted holding a cute baby.

But he did find himself shaking hands with a man in a horse mask.

"One onlooker wore a large horse head," the pool report on the visit said, "but it's unclear what message he hoped to convey."

He stopped to talk with a father and son. The boy said he was a skateboarder.

"I see you got a little scab here," the President told him.

"You got scuffed up a little bit. That's alright. If you're 10 and you don't have a scab you're not having fun."

Obama then went to a bar that Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper used to own.

A woman stopped the President. "My brother died in Afghanistan four years ago," she told him.

Obama gave Kalynne May Arrick, from Tyler, Texas, whose brother Marine Sgt. Kenneth May was killed in Afghanistan in 2010, a challenge coin usually reserved for veterans, who collect them.

He hugged her.

"I'm so sorry," he said.

As the night went on, there was pool playing and beer drinking with Hickenlooper.

"Did you see how many balls he still has on the table?"

Hickenlooper had five, while the President sunk the 8-ball.

A patron offered to buy the President a beer.

"It's too late man. I just got one," Obama said.

And apparently, there was another offer -- to partake in some weed.

"Do you want to hit this?" said a man, which he then posted on Instagram. The caption? Asked him if he wanted a hit of pot...he laughed!"

But the party didn't end there.

The President also fist bumped a gorilla statue.

Wednesday was just the first night of a three-day presidential road trip. The focus is the economy and what the White House is doing to help American workers.

The next stop for the President is Texas.

What can the Lone Star State possibly do to top one night in Denver? Immigration reform probably isn't going to do it. "
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Old 07-09-2014, 07:00   #2
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The next stop for the President is Texas.

What can the Lone Star State possibly do to top one night in Denver? Immigration reform probably isn't going to do it. "
Howdy, welcome to Texas. Now enough of the perpetual campaigning crap. Get to work on our border crisis.
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Old 07-09-2014, 07:27   #3
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The next stop for the President is Texas.

What can the Lone Star State possibly do to top one night in Denver?

Welcome to Texas, Mr. President. You get the next 4 hour shift delousing these 150 kids and restocking those diaper supplies.
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Old 07-09-2014, 09:36   #4
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Here's the funny thing(s) about Barry's trip to Denver ...

There were NO "high profile" people to meet/greet him at DIA.

The pool playing with Hick was thrown in at the last minute because none of the Dims in the state want to be seen with him. It's actually kinda funny that Hick met Barry in the basement of his old restaurant. Almost like he didn't want to the other neighborhood kids to see him with his "friend."

Barry is giving a speech at Cheesman park, which is CLOSED to the public. Only media and a very "select" few are able to attend.

Then he's doing a fundraiser for Sen. Mark Udall (D) who is in serious trouble here in Colorado. It too is CLOSED off to the public AND media. Again, Sen. Udall doesn't want to be seen with Barry. But I have a feeling that with all the media hype about the dims NOT wanting to be seen with Barry, Udall just might be able to clear his busy campaign schedule and make an appearance.

Just like Texas doesn't want him, WE don't want him either. Would someone PLEASE take this jackwagon off our hands ???

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Old 07-09-2014, 12:00   #5
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I figured POTUS was in CO to look at retirement homes given the new options for recreation in the state.
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Old 07-09-2014, 12:04   #6
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The Prez was here?
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