Obamas Tour the Mall
EmailABC News' Vija Udenans reports:
If you were a tourist Sunday night in Washington, D.C., and thought you saw the president walking near The Mall — you were right.
The entire extended Obama family left the White House briefly on Sunday evening to visit the two Washington DC monuments they see daily from their windows.
The first stop for the presidential motorcade was the Jefferson Memorial.
President Obama, his wife Michelle and daughters, Malia and Sasha, and mother-in-law, Mrs. Robinson were enjoying a family outing.
The apparent reason for the touristy moment was the president's sister, Maya, her husband, Conrad and two daughters, visiting from out-of-town.
After walking around the base of Jefferson's feet, the president's family motored to the second stop, the Washington Monument.
Earlier in the day, the President had golfed a round of 18 holes at Ft. Belvoir with U.S. Trade Representative Paul Kirk, economic adviser Larry Summers and White House trip director Marvin Nicholson.
– Vija Udenans
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Of course he goes to the Jefferson monument..the dang racist…
haha..just kidding..just wanted to beat the mean people who will be saying mean things soon…
have a great evening.
Posted by: Fox News Light | September 27, 2009, 9:52 pm 9:52 pm
Jefferson did rail against the central bank. Let’s hope he gets a clue.
Posted by: Huh | September 27, 2009, 10:12 pm 10:12 pm
Wow a President and his family that actually appreciate history.
Bush was not interested.
Posted by: lp | September 27, 2009, 10:27 pm 10:27 pm
Golfing while Americans are dying in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Get real, work out your problems in the gym instead of spending hours on the course.
Lack of leadership. Spends money frivilously like there’s no tomorrow.
Excessive carbon footprint but still yakking about everybody else.
What a loser!
Posted by: detra | September 27, 2009, 10:48 pm 10:48 pm
Posted by: lp | Sep 27, 2009 10:27:24 PM…Yeah,…Bush had work to do,…something this man doesn’t have a clue about,..party after party, trips to Chicago, shopping, golfing,..Martha’s,…then he reads words that belong to someone else from a teleprompter,…yeah,..the whole world knows this man is for nothing but show,..and soon,..for the sake of America,..no matter what the politics,..this man needs to be impeached,…a man who has this job because of acorn & the thousands of illegal votes brought into America over the past 5 years,..he’s taken the race card to a whole new level….a pathetic level.
Posted by: Sadie | September 27, 2009, 11:28 pm 11:28 pm
detra: To be totally consistent, I expect your next post will be made tomorrow monrning from a military recruiter’s office.
Posted by: B.Bear | September 27, 2009, 11:29 pm 11:29 pm
You all are amazing!! I suppose you all forget how most of the time BUSH was on vacation!!!! While he was sending all our troops to their death over WOMD that did not exist!!!!!!!!
Posted by: gerty | September 28, 2009, 7:57 am 7:57 am
Sweeping mandate for Hope and Change, Baby!
—Just 41% of voters nationwide now favor the health care reform proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s down two points from a week ago and the lowest level of support yet measured.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% ARE OPPOSED TO THE PLAN.—
Posted by: I'm Not a President, but I Play One on TV | September 28, 2009, 8:27 am 8:27 am
Well, they say that when the going gets tough the Obamas go shopping…
Posted by: drjohn | September 28, 2009, 8:53 am 8:53 am
Isn,t it wonderful the president and his family tour the mall while our country is going to hell. This ma has become the worst president ever. I also just read about my S.S. How are we going to survive, S.S. down medicare up and he spends his time at the mall what a joke
Posted by: Helen Ehrhardt | September 28, 2009, 8:54 am 8:54 am
Concerning the confusion of all the polls about health care reform and benefits for illegal aliens, how about putting it to a vote and let the American people have the final say.
Posted by: sarah | September 28, 2009, 9:47 am 9:47 am
Oh that’s right, the Amercan people are confused about the issues. So the folks in Congress and the Senate are less confused when they can’t explain it in understandable terms and most haven’t read the bills themselves. Yet they will vote for it and exclude themselves from having to take the same medicine as all other United States citizens.
Posted by: sarah | September 28, 2009, 9:50 am 9:50 am
Posted by: Indy Pendant | Sep 28, 2009 8:59:45 AM
Bush Derangement Syndrome good
Palin Derangement Syndrome good
Obama Derangement Syndrome unfair
Posted by: Visualize Whirled Peas | September 28, 2009, 11:13 am 11:13 am
Ummm get a clue, probably why the Republicans are NO LONGER IN OFFICE, don’t be surprised if Obama and the Dems suffer the same fate in 2010/2012…Politics of the past just don’t work for the future…Talk is cheap…What goes around comes around…Change???? Rrrriiiggghhhttt….
Posted by: Parallex View | September 28, 2009, 11:21 am 11:21 am
It’s nice that he has time to do all this lounging around and flying off to Copenhagen to shill for his old Chicago croneys. How about you take a day or two and figure out what you’re going to do about Afghanistan?
Posted by: Dizzle | September 28, 2009, 11:39 am 11:39 am
A public servant who is on call 24-7 can’t take a ride across town on a Sunday night for an hour or so? Next, I suppose, you’ll be begruding him bathroom breaks and requiring his staff to sleep in their White House offices more than they do already. Reality check here!
Posted by: Lisa | September 28, 2009, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm
C’mon, there are plenty of legit questions to ask about the president’s policies and decisions— but criticizing him for going out for a few hours with his family there in the city in which they live is just plain silly.
Posted by: Mohican | September 28, 2009, 5:14 pm 5:14 pm
I agree with Mohican. There’s nothing wrong with a family outing to visit Washington’s great monuments. Give the guy a break!
I am not President Obama’s biggest fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I do not instantly jump to criticize his every move,either. This sounds like a perfectly lovely thing to do with relatives in town. I see no reason to bash the president for it.
Posted by: moderate | September 28, 2009, 7:58 pm 7:58 pm