Still in the hospital: Some in the media are speculating that I was high on drugs when I crashed over and blamed my fall on being some kind of teleprompter junkie. This is blatant slander!!! The last thing I remember is Rahm Emanuel giving me a glass of cherry Kool Aid, and about 10 minutes later I was on the ground shattered into a million pieces… I will not be slandered! I will not have my credibility torn apart in the press! I’ve done a lot of great things for this administration. I’ve been a good soldier. I will deal with all of this later as soon as I figure out how to use this bedpan……….. More to come
So much compromise going on today to try and make everyone happy. From important grownup stuff like South Korea and Iran talks in the morning, to the Chuck E. Cheese climate change pizza party at 1:30. We cover all polling demographics here at “Rahm Emanuel’s ‘s White House O’ Fun and Burger Runs”
This is what happens when I take an afternoon off and Rahm Emanuel decides to replace me with a union teleprompter. Just get a load of this “hilarity”…………..
SMALL BUSINESS EVENT: Obama enters the room; Karen Mills, SBA administrator, speaks first. “He knows that there are great challenges” facing small businesses, she said. (3:42 p.m.)
After being introduced by a small business owner - who worked a loud “Yes we can” into her remarks - POTUS takes to the podium. (3:48 p.m.)
Obama acknowleges Lisa Pinero, the small business owner who introduced him, a former single mom and a hair stylist - “the hair looks good, by the way,” he turns to her and jokes.
Doing hair and scooping ice cream - “there was a song about you, right?” POTUS quips. Pinero has an impressive blonde coiffure. (3:53 p.m.)
“All of this is a good start but it’s just a start,” Obama said.
“Please be sure to keep feeding us with ideas.”
Obama shakes hands with the from row for a few seconds and exits through the Green Room with his usual line, “Thank you everybody.”
An aide already removed the presidential seal from the podium as Summers prepares to speak. — Carol E. Lee (4:01 p.m.)