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bigtree

(94,672 posts)
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 09:22 AM Aug 2012

A Very Important Question From A Young Obama Supporter

During a quick stop off in Denison, IA on the first day of President Obama's bus tour across Iowa, there was a young supporter who had to get to the bottom of something that had been puzzling him for some time.



"Are you Spider-Man's boss?"

And the President's response...

"Well, I'm the Commander-in-Chief. But Spider-Man is a free agent."


read: http://www.barackobama.com/ia/entry/ia-a-very-important-question

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A Very Important Question From A Young Obama Supporter (Original Post) bigtree Aug 2012 OP
Now THAT is clever! HopeHoops Aug 2012 #1
The President is made of awesome Lucy Goosey Aug 2012 #2
"Yes, I am. Tell your parents to help me defeat the Green Goblin, aka Willard Romney FSogol Aug 2012 #3
Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2012 #4
MO: BO's Not Spiderman bigtree Aug 2012 #5
. bigtree Aug 2012 #6

Lucy Goosey

(2,940 posts)
2. The President is made of awesome
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 10:55 AM
Aug 2012

Romney's response would have been something weird and robotic and socially inept. He would have backed away from the kid instead of bending down, and said something like, "Salutations small human! You are not quite the right height. You seem to be of good Anglo-Saxon stock, but your shirt looks like it came from the 7/11. My wealth indicates that I am culturally superior to Spiderman."

FSogol

(47,665 posts)
3. "Yes, I am. Tell your parents to help me defeat the Green Goblin, aka Willard Romney
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 10:58 AM
Aug 2012

and his sidekick, Paul 'Ayn' Ryan."

bigtree

(94,672 posts)
5. MO: BO's Not Spiderman
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 11:06 AM
Aug 2012

First lady Michelle Obama cleared up one mystery for supporters on Sunday night: President Obama does not have a secret identity as Spider-Man.

“Barack can’t do it alone,” she said, according to a White House transcript. “He’s not Spider-Man. He’s not a superhero; he’s a human.”



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