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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (92527)	4/16/2011 12:01:50 AM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 149317

President Obama may not be a member of the tribe, but that's not stopping him from holding a Passover seder at the White House next Monday, April 18. This will be the president's third seder since taking office, a tradition started by staffers on the campaign trail in 2008. Epicurious spoke to Eric Lesser, one of the founders of the White House seder and current Director of Strategic Planning for Austan Goolsbee, the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. At the time, the campaign was in the throes of the Pennsylvania primary. "It was considered a really gloomy period in the campaign," said Lesser, who was unable to spend the holiday with his family. The solution, devised by Lesser and fellow campaign staffers Arun Chaudhary and Herbie Ziskend, was to organize a makeshift seder for the first night of Passover. Lesser got his hands on what he calls "an emergency seder kit" containing a seder plate, a box of matzoh, macaroons, and the other necessary supplies, from the University of Pennsylvania's Hillel center and around 9:30 that night, he, Ziskend, and Chaudhary gathered in the windowless basement of the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Sheraton. Just as they were about to begin, Senator Obama appeared and asked, "Is this the seder? Can I join?" Of course! The menu is still under wraps, but Obama Foodorama today posted the menu from last year's celebration, which includes all the traditional staples: 2010 White House Seder Menu Gefilte Fish Charoses Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls Braised Beef Brisket Roast Chicken Sweet Potato-Carrot Tzimmes Carrot Souffle Kugel Spring Asparagus Flourless Chocolate Cake Golden Apricot Cake Brown Sugar Macaroons

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (92527)	4/16/2011 3:41:52 AM
From: manalagi	Respond to of 149317

I think O should just offer up his original birth certificate and put all this birther silliness to rest. </i. The long sheet of the original birth certificate of people born in Hawaii is kept in the archive of the Hawaiian authority. If a person asks for a copy of his or her birth certificate, that person will only get an abbreviated form which has been produced. Therefore, Obama could only get an official abbreviated copy which birthers claim as not authentic.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (92527)	4/16/2011 11:40:37 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

"I think O should just offer up his original birth certificate and put all this birther silliness to rest." WHY, Jim? That, along with the Donald, has your team looking like a bunch of total hateful IDIOTS, when Americans want REAL problems addressed. Politically, it's BRILLIANT!

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (92527)	4/16/2011 3:31:43 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

.....his original birth certificate What is a original birth certificate when he has provided what is required by law. Trump is now wanting to rewrite the law? Are you saying that we need to support such as request from Trump? Or should Trump be telling us how he would create jobs if elected President. His followers must be idiots not knowing when to say "Trump, you are fired." I thought that in the U.S. of A. you have a right to succeed but not a right to be stupid and be rewarded for it.