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Title: Obama bristles as the bubble closes in on him
Post by: thundley4 on December 28, 2008, 10:38:37 AM

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HONOLULU – The media glare, the constant security appendage and the sheer production that has become a morning jog or a hankering for an ice cream cone – it’s been closing in on Barack Obama for some time.
Now the president-elect appears increasingly conscious of the confines of his new position, bristling at the routine demands of press coverage and beginning to chafe at boundaries that are only going to get smaller.
Obama even took the unusual step Friday morning of leaving behind the pool of reporters assigned to follow him, taking his daughters to a nearby water park without them. It was a breach of longstanding protocol between presidents (or presidents-elect) and the media, that a gaggle of reporters representing television, print and wire services is with his motorcade at all times.
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All presidents and would-be presidents struggle with “the bubble” – the security detail and the always-there reporters that impose barriers to any spontaneous interaction with the outside world.
But Obama seems to be struggling particularly hard, particularly early.
As rapid as Obama’s political rise has been, so too has his family’s introduction to the bubble.

Politico (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16882.html)

I think this might be fun. Any odds on how long it takes for The One to blow up at some reporter?  I think 'Chelle will do it first.

Title: Re: Obama bristles as the bubble closes in on him
Post by: Texacon on December 28, 2008, 11:16:41 AM

Cut the guy some slack.  He hasn't had a job for almost 50 years .... I'm sure the thought of having to actually DO something for a living is quite a strain.   :lmao:

KC

Title: Re: Obama bristles as the bubble closes in on him
Post by: Chris_ on December 28, 2008, 02:47:48 PM

Boo freaking hoo.

What a baby.

And THIS is who the people chose?

Title: Re: Obama bristles as the bubble closes in on him
Post by: Eupher on December 28, 2008, 03:59:37 PM

Sigh.

This is one detail The Exalted One didn't plan for.

Title: Re: Obama bristles as the bubble closes in on him
Post by: JohnnyReb on December 28, 2008, 06:47:57 PM

A 70+ year old Navy man can hold up to more than a ripped bassetball player?

Sheeesh.....that really says something about young. alzy ass liberals, don't it.

Title: Re: Obama bristles as the bubble closes in on him
Post by: rich_t on December 28, 2008, 07:10:12 PM

ROFLMAO....

The One is chafing already?

LOL LOL LOL.

He hasn't even been sworn into the new office yet.

 :loser: :loser: :loser: