Obama: 'Why can't I just eat my waffle?'

[BobbyVan]

Obama: 'Why can't I just eat my waffle?'

by John McCormick

SCRANTON, Pa. - As Sen. Hillary Clinton was preparing to campaign here today, Sen. Barack Obama was meeting with voters at a diner and apparently pretty hungry.

"Why can't I just eat my waffle?" he said, when asked a foreign policy question by a reporter at the Glider Diner.

On the day before the Pennsylvania primary, Obama is campaigning in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas, avoiding the so-called "T" section of the state dominated by rural and conservative voters.

At the diner, Obama listened to a trumpet solo from a high school student. A waitress said the 17-year-old had been waiting outside the diner for several hours before Obama arrived.

On the other side of the diner, two high school seniors had skipped school to meet Obama and got him to sign passes saying "Excuse Colin!" and "Excuse Joey!"

http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/04/obama_why_cant_i_just_eat_my_w.html

[anonymous171]

1. lol.

[Bolo Boffin]

2. Let the man eat his waffle.

That waffle's doing nothing but getting cold.

[mcctatas]

3. How dare he try to eat...

I wonder if the passes for the two kids worked?

[tokenlib]

48. Either way the two kids get to feel proud of themselves...n/t

[azmouse]

4. I just don't understand why every little comment

made by Obama is news. The comments after that 'story' were as ugly as anything a RW would say.

[Occam Bandage]

21. The comments are not so much ugly as insane. I liked this one:

Good grief. I thought he had superior foreign policy knowledge?? I guess his 4-year experience in Indonesia during the elementary school years taught him that expression "why can't I eat my waffles?"

...what?

[AspenRose]

5. Do not stand between a hungry man and his food. Or his beer.

Heh.

Waffles...that sounds good, even now in the afternoon. Hmmm....*scurries to the kitchen for an Eggo*

[EFerrari]

6. A sense of humor! Man, I've really MISSED that! n/t

[redqueen]

12. A decent sense of humor, you mean...

Bush has a sense of humor... but his humor is twisted... mocking Karla Faye Tucker... pretending to look for WMD's around the oval office... ugh.

[EFerrari]

19. A sense of humor you can share without shuddering?

8 months and counting every day.

[Arugula Latte]

40. One of the most cringe-worthy moments was when he met with Tony Blair

early in his presidency and said something like they had a lot in common because they both used the same kind of toothpaste.

Lame, lame, lame, lame.

[PM7nj]

7. Was he joking, or mad?

There is a big difference and this article doesn't make it clear.

[babylonsister]

14. Maybe hungry? I'm sure once he got his fuel, he'd be happy to

answer questions.

[stillcool]

23. You mean an angry black man?

What you think is all about who you are.

[Ian David]

24. At least he doesn't plaster on the waffle like a trollop. n/t

[mrreowwr_kittty]

76. ROFLMAO!

Clearly, that McCain quote needs to become viral. :thumbsup:

[Ian David]

82. Last time I googled the "c-word" it was hit #3. n/t

[OzarkDem]

72. Probably couldn't answer the question

Barry isn't good on foreign policy. Sort of like Bush, you can't give him an unscripted question on that topic.

[maddiejoan]

73. It was a Belgian waffle

so that counts as foreign experience.

[Vinca]

8. If Colin and Joey are smart they'll put the passes away in a safe spot

and take detention. Some day those passes could be valuable!

[thunder rising]

25. Yeah, in a few months they can ask for a pardon!!

[Bigleaf]

28. Good one! LOL

[ErinBerin84]

9. waffle-gate. Damn it.

If he was drinking orange juice too...well, it's over. He's UN-electable.

[AspenRose]

32. Or, heaven forbid, a LATTE

eom

[kid a]

10. Who the fuck wants to eat a cold waffle!

[galaxy21]

15. Is that a metaphor for this entire campaign?

'why can't I just eat my waffle?'= 'why can't I just get the nomination and be done with it?'

[Leopolds Ghost]

58. It was a FRENCH CREPE. They are served cold n/t

[Occam Bandage]

11. BREAKING: OBAMA DEFENDS WAFFLING, GETS ANGRY WITH MEDIA FOR CATCHING HIM MID-WAFFLE.

[redqueen]

16. ...

:rofl:

Shoulda made that an OP linked back to this...

[Ichingcarpenter]

18. He loses the Pancake vote and supports waffles

Figures.

[ErinBerin84]

33. I just turned on MSNBC..

and they are so unintentionally ridiculous. I know that MSM always does that, but why do they even attempt to deconstruct the beer drinking vs wine drinker vs latte so seriously? . It's no less silly than it would be to divide up bagel binger or pankcake flippers or whatever.

[Occam Bandage]

34. I drink both beer and wine on occasion. I must have voted for a split ticket.

[hedgehog]

70. I don't drink, but today I planted grape vines across from my hops plants.

Does that count?

[myrna minx]

31. And he's Pro-Truancy!1!!! Won't SOMEBODY please think of the CHILDREN!!!

:rofl:

On edit: I'm nominating for: "Excuse Colin!" and "Excuse Joey!" which is hilarious!

[99th_Monkey]

65. nice one. best careful not to give them any ideas now..

[Buzz Clik]

13. We need t-shirts printed immediately: "Excuse Colin & Joey!"

The new cultural rallying cry.

(One can hear Charlie Gibson at the next debate: "Senator Obama, you signed an absence excuse for Colin and Joey. These two young men were truants, on the lam, fugitives from the law. Why did you implicitly and explicitly enable their criminal -- terrorist! -- behavior? Do you no longer value the American system of law and order?")

[kid a]

17. Thats awesome - my favorite part of that story!

[Leopolds Ghost]

59. They were lighting out for the Territories -- possible American Taliban recruits

[racaulk]

20. .

[Ian David]

22. Why can't I just eat my waffle?' Sounds like something Bill Clinton would say. n/t

[Cant trust em]

26. Tomorrow's headline "Obama defends waffles, offending pancake lovers"

So out of touch with average Americans who can't afford a waffle iron.

[Cant trust em]

27. Wrong place. See below.

[mcctatas]

30. Don't you mean "Freedom Toast"?

friggin terraist luvin librul;)

[Cant trust em]

36. The "freedom" fries thing has to go down in history

as the dumbest thing that America has ever come up with.

[coyotespaw]

66. Sorry, that honor has to go to line-dancing n/t

[Cant trust em]

67. That is one hell of a one two punch

[Cant trust em]

29. Good thing he wasn't eating "french" toast

That liberal elitist snob can't even eat good ol' American pancakes. Hyuk hyuk.

[Cali_Democrat]

35. and Wafflegate is born!!

nt

[DefenseLawyer]

37. Is Barack Obama gonna have to choke a reporter?

My apologies to Wayne Brady

[TexasLady]

38. this oughta be right up there with fingergate

in the 'things that matter' venue.

[americanstranger]

39. Unelectable!

:sarcasm:

Let the man eat his damn waffle. And please excuse Joey and Colin.

- as

[azmouse]

41. hmmm... didn't Doonesbury draw Bill Clinton as a waffle?

Subliminal message here maybe? :rofl:

[undeterred]

42. At least he didn't say "I thought you were going to ask me about the sausage!"

:hi: We don't need another president who says that.

[blogslut]

43. Well?

Did Colin and Joey get their passes? Was Barack allowed to eat his waffle? Stay tuned...

[2rth2pwr]

44. He's out campaigning in a diner and he wants privacy?

[Occam Bandage]

45. For a few minutes so he can eat while his food's hot, yeah.

[Hoof Hearted]

46. Cause you decided to eat your fuckin' waffle with the press in tow & you're running for POTUS, MORON

God almighty. What an idiot.

[SoonerPride]

50. boo

[Hoof Hearted]

51. Temper, temper.

[Dreamer Tatum]

60. I heard dat! nt

[99th_Monkey]

69. No one (shudder) dared to EVEN TRY to get between Hillary and her Crown Royal w/ beer chaser.

[mcctatas]

81. ...

wow, you need to relax, the ad hominem attacks are the last refuge of the truly hopeless...
If an Obama supporter used the same tactics against Senator Clinton, you'd go up in a ball of outrage...
:eyes:

[livetohike]

47. ROFL

:rofl: Thanks so much for the laugh this afternoon.

[Catchawave]

49. "testy" response ?

That's how Fox is reporting it and showed him at the diner's counter with a HUGE press corps hovering over him.

Obviously a planned photo op being a regular guy ? You don't go to these things hungry, he just didn't want to answer another "hard" question :rofl:

[golddigger]

75. What do you want from the man? He already answered eight questions!!11!!

After eight he runs out of answers. :silly:

[rug]

52. The waffle is his foreign policy answer.

[symbolman]

53. Wont it be nice to have a President

who eats food with his mouth closed?

The future looks bright :)

[rodeodance]

54. what a whinner!!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

55. I shit on your fart!

[Catchawave]

56. huh?

:shrug:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

57. "huh" what?

:shrug:

[Catchawave]

62. Missing context in your #55

Am I missing a code phrase here :rofl:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

64. Yes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m9CFmFyljQ

[golddigger]

71. Code for: He thought he had to fart, but shit his pants.

[washingdem]

61. I drink your milkshake! I eat your waffle!

[Orsino]

63. Yes, he can!

But I dunno. I'm all for letting a candidate off the hook for long enough to eat, but if you want to go dine among the people, you've gotta plan on being scrutinized and questioned.

[Harry Monroe]

68. Obama's "bitter" because his waffle got cold.

Who wouldn't be??

[jillan]

74. Ohhhh - poor wittle Obama. Someone wanted to talk about what he would do if he was President but

if he answered it, his waffle would get cold. oh - that's just awful!:cry:


lol!

[TK421]

77. But the real question would be what was the waffle served with?

For example...if I were eating a Belgian waffle ( chocolate and vanilla ice cream, of course ) you better not interfere with the process. If it were just an ordinary waffle ( syrup, maybe some fruit..yawn ) then yeah, answer the question and just continue eating it!

But don't you EVER fuck with my Belgian waffle-eating....:D

[rodeodance]

78. I bet he wants his sleep when the 3 am phone rings also!

[golddigger]

79. Mr. President, a national emergency needs your attention! Don't bother me

my waffle is getting cold.

[Writer]

80. Barack, if you can't finish those waffles, I'll take them!

:9 I even have some organic maple syrup to cover them. Step aside! :9