Obama shoos away an uninvited visitor
An uninvited White House guest today got a surprise shout-out from President Obama.
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
As he announced his nomination of former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, the president was upstaged by a determined housefly careening about the podium. Pausing his commendation, Mr. Obama took a few swats and carped, "This guy's bothering me here." The fly voyaged elsewhere.
Past intruders haven't been so lucky. In 2009, the president, during a CNBC interview, stopped in the middle of an answer and pulled a "karate kid" with a fly that was trying to steal the spotlight, crushing it against the back of his hand.
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Someone said it was winter. That could be why. If you do see them in the winter, they are pretty dozy.