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82Marine89
05-20-2010, 10:31 PM
It was probably a member of congress late for a vote.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100521/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_rodent

WASHINGTON – In the midst of his battle with the titans of Wall Street, President Barack Obama was nearly upstaged by a rodent. Obama had just begun a Rose Garden statement lauding the end of a Senate filibuster on his financial overhaul when some kind of rodent dashed out of the bushes to his right, just outside the Oval Office.

As photographers snapped away in the sun-drenched garden, the critter scurried straight past the gray podium with the presidential seal and made a bee-line for another set of bushes to Obama's left.

It's not clear if the president could even see the streaker, but he didn't show any reaction. And he concluded his statement minutes later, returning to his office without answering a few shouted questions on other topics.

Once he was safely inside the Oval Office, a fierce debate erupted among the photographers and reporters who'd witnessed the dash. Was it a rat or a mouse? Or maybe a mole, or some other kind of related creature.


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hjmick
05-20-2010, 11:22 PM
Rats in the White House. Who'd a thunk it?

Mr. P
05-20-2010, 11:29 PM
Rats in the White House. Who'd a thunk it?

Really? Do ya think they need a better exterminator!!!

cat slave
05-21-2010, 01:47 AM
Reminds me of the scene in Titantic where the rats were
scurrying along to escape the rising water...!

namvet
05-21-2010, 08:13 AM
http://i46.tinypic.com/2el9z61.jpg

it fits

sybarite
05-21-2010, 09:40 AM
Rats in the White House. Who'd a thunk it?

LOL! Yep, just one more rat in the White House!!

KarlMarx
05-21-2010, 10:12 AM
Maybe he wants a job on Obama's cabinet. With O-blunder, Rahm Emmanuel and the rest, he'd fit right in!

namvet
05-21-2010, 10:13 AM
after he's gone they'll have to exterminate the joint

HogTrash
05-21-2010, 05:00 PM
It's a ground mole...Note the stubby tail.

Trigg
05-21-2010, 06:10 PM
washington is built on a swamp, they probably have all sorts of little criters running around

Missileman
05-21-2010, 06:17 PM
It was probably a member of congress late for a vote.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100521/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_rodent

WASHINGTON – In the midst of his battle with the titans of Wall Street, President Barack Obama was nearly upstaged by a rodent. Obama had just begun a Rose Garden statement lauding the end of a Senate filibuster on his financial overhaul when some kind of rodent dashed out of the bushes to his right, just outside the Oval Office.

As photographers snapped away in the sun-drenched garden, the critter scurried straight past the gray podium with the presidential seal and made a bee-line for another set of bushes to Obama's left.

It's not clear if the president could even see the streaker, but he didn't show any reaction. And he concluded his statement minutes later, returning to his office without answering a few shouted questions on other topics.

Once he was safely inside the Oval Office, a fierce debate erupted among the photographers and reporters who'd witnessed the dash. Was it a rat or a mouse? Or maybe a mole, or some other kind of related creature.


Click the link if you really care...

Hey! There's a rat in that picture...and some kinda mouse too!