Obama Has Lunch With 4 Presidents
WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all U.S. presidents as extraordinary on Wednesday, while President George W. Bush wished him well and pledged that the office "transcends the individual."
"I just want to thank the president for hosting us," the president-elect said, flanked by former President George H.W. Bush on one side and his son on the other.
Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, both smiling broadly, stood with them.
"All the gentlemen here understand both the pressures and possibilities of this office," Obama said. "For me to have the opportunity to get advice, good counsel and fellowship with these individuals is extraordinary."
In a swift photo opportunity, the current president wished Obama well before all five men headed off for a private lunch.
"I want to thank the president-elect for joining the ex-presidents for lunch," Bush said, even though he's not quite a member of that club yet.
"One message that I have and I think we all share is that we want you to succeed, whether we're Democrat or Republican we care deeply about this country," Bush said. "All of us who have served in this office understand that the office itself transcends the individual."
Bush and Obama also met privately for roughly 30 minutes.
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Comment by markapolo on January 9, 2009 at 2:26pm - no shoes thrown?
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Comment by Apollo on January 9, 2009 at 9:42am -
Rico, don’t run your mouth then!
Peeps don’t just chat shit about our leaders just for the sake of it...
Your saying i know nothing about you, yet the first thing you did was make assumptions about someone like me!! Get a job? You haven’t got a clue lol! stop being a HYPICRIT and get educated friend!
Let me tell you sumink….our leaders are there to make the poor poorer and the rich richer! Put drugs on our streets, manipulate us into killing each other and so on. ANd you DEFENDING THEM MOTHA FUKAZ???? SO that’s how I know your living comfortably fam! Your oblivious to it.
If you knew your shit you wouldn’t be having this argument with me fam!
Trust me!
There is a mass ethnic cleansing operation going on in the Gaza strip as we speak, women and children MURDERED and you sit their saying we immature????
GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE
Dumb ass
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Comment by macklove on January 8, 2009 at 8:19pm - why does obama gotta throw a freemason move on that pic FUCK YOU U SELL OUT wake up ppl..
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Comment by taliban on January 8, 2009 at 5:42pm -
FUCKIN FREEMASON MUTHAFUCKERS
U TOO OBAMA
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Comment by rico on January 8, 2009 at 3:54pm
- apollo, thats the immaturity i was speaking, have you ever met me? NO, So how would you know what I do or do not know? How would you know how far my education has gone? and more importantly how would you know if my life is comfortable. you do not know anything about me son,
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Comment by toy on January 8, 2009 at 1:51pm - black is in 4 the o9
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Comment by toy on January 8, 2009 at 1:50pm
- lack is in 4 the 09
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Comment by SLICC DOGG on January 8, 2009 at 12:22pm - believe in yourself you to can be the barac obama of your world
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Comment by JUS ONE on January 8, 2009 at 10:55am - why does Obama always dress like bush
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Comment by Jay-Z on January 8, 2009 at 8:54am - they tryin 2 get that nigga 2 join the illuminati
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