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October 31, 2008 10:12 PM

En Route to a Halloween Party, Obama Gets Irked by the Press

By
Maria Gavrilovic
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Barack Obama
(CBS)
From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(CHICAGO) Barack Obama made a quick stop home this afternoon to take his daughters to a Halloween party. But, after a television crew got too close to him, Obama became a bit annoyed.

Obama and youngest daughter, Sasha, who was dressed in a corpse bride costume, walked down the street on their way to friend, Marty Nesbitt's home. The protective press pool did not initially know that Obama would be walking to Nesbitts home, so when they got wind of the movement, they hustled to get a shot of the family. Obama became visibly irritated at the site of media and said, "All right guys, that's enough. You got a shot. Leave us alone."

However, the situation became more tense when a Polish TV crew and a local TV crew got too close to Obama. Holding Sasha's hand, Obama began to walk quicker and eventually jogged away. A reporter on the scene described it as a "determined trot."

Later, at a rally in Highland, Ind., Obama took the opportunity to jab his opponent with a holiday-related joke.

"You know, I just came back – my girls were doing some trick or treating and you know Malia and Sasha each year, every year they've got trouble deciding what they want to be for Halloween – but John McCain didn't have that problem. Just like every year he's going as George W. Bush!"

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by pjc27 November 2, 2008 9:01 PM EST
Blah, blah, blah, God, make it Tuesday so we can vote and move on.

Obama/Biden 2008
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by blackyowe November 2, 2008 8:42 PM EST
The worse McCain is in the polls the more the Republicans act borish and rude. Showing their true colors as childish, selfish people it seems.
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by meme200-2009 November 2, 2008 7:27 AM EST
sukitobamy

SHAME ON YOU! If you don''t like Obama just say that. You don''t have to resort to childish nasty racist "words". Grow up.
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by skydotcom November 2, 2008 1:59 AM EDT
I KNEW it!!! Obama taking his daughters to a Halloween party? Devil worshiper!!! Satanist!!! I just KNEW it!!!

:-)

Obama/Biden ''08
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by brundage3 November 1, 2008 10:06 PM EDT
The "Andy Martin"post is a prime example of the horrible "STUFF"that people pump out in the final days before an election.

Note there is NO reference point given for us to check quickly on the internet. Only an asserttion by the poster that says "the state of Hawaii" has vindicated the Martin assertion and proven the CNN reports, FactCheck, and others are liars.

Since the dawn of the radio age, this stuff has been spread near election day. A charge is made and there is no time to verify anything said in it.

STOP. Believe NOTHING in the way of allegations from supporters of EITHER candidate now.
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by iamdemocrat November 1, 2008 9:04 PM EDT
(HONOLULU)(November 1, 2008) Internet powerhouse Andy Martin has ignited a firestorm in Hawai''i over Barack Obama''s bogus "original" birth certificate. Martin won a stunning victory Friday afternoon (October 31st) when the State of Hawai''i backed his assertion that there was an original, "typewritten, 1961" birth certificate, called a "Certificate of Live Birth" or "COLB" in Hawai''i, that no one has previously seen. Hawai''i officials retrieved and examined the document after Martin filed a lawsuit seeking access to the historic 1961 original.

Obama has falsely claimed to have placed the "original" on the Internet. Factcheck.org has falsely claimed to have seen this document and posted it on the Internet; that is not true. CNN has falsely ridiculed Martin.

Hawai''i officials have now refuted Obama''s false assertion.

Martin''s victory in Honolulu will roil the final weekend of the presidential campaign. Internet chatter is expected to explode as the issue moves to the front page over Saturday and Sunday. Swing voters may be swayed by the exposure that Obama has brazenly been lying to the American people. "We just lobbed a grenade into the final weekend of the presidential campaign," says Andy.

"I am ecstatic. I called Obama a liar. I called Factcheck.org ''ObamaLies.org.'' I said CNN was sloppy and lazy and wrong. And I was right. The State of Hawai''i has now backed me up.
-andy martin
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by libratine November 1, 2008 8:28 PM EDT

I praise Obama for his protectiveness and wishing to be left alone for family time. In contrast Sarah Palin enjoys the spotlight and continues to shamelessly use her kids as political props and shields as applicable.

Visual on MSNBC Politics video
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by dibs977 November 1, 2008 7:00 PM EDT
The Republicans like to use "hot button" issues--to manipulate people so that they can continue to exploit us to make large sums of money for a few rich. They really do not believe in equality and they do not care about people. While we are arguing about abortion and homosexuality, they are taking our money. McCain is a little too foggy to fully get it and beside he wants to protect his fortune. Corruption is so high that it threatens democracy itself. Folks--remember --Rome fell and they lasted longer than we have so far. Our country is in danger! As we continue to fall in prestige in the eyes of the world and if we continue with a poor economy, we will be at risk for attacks from the outside. Our greatest security is a strong middle class. It is dwindling---with more and more families living in poverty and the rich getting richer. The Republican machine is set to perpetuate this. Vote Obama!
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by cheteunice November 1, 2008 5:45 PM EDT
So even now Obama doesn''t know whom he is running against. Sad to have such illusions--NOT THE MAN WE NEED AS PRESIDENT!
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by jayfl11 November 1, 2008 5:44 PM EDT
I am not voting for Senator Obama but I do agree that the press should leave his moments with his daughter or daughters private. They get very little time with him because of the campaigning demands. Let them enjoy what moments they can without distractions and intrusions.
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