Michelle and I were talking about the effects that my campaign for President is having on the kids. We both agree there are positives and negatives.
One of the positives is that we just don’t have any trouble getting dinner reservations these days. It doesn’t matter what the restaurant or how booked they are or when we call. They always seem to have a table ready for us. Michelle loves that. It’s also a good way to ditch the Secret Service agents for a couple of hours.
Another plus was getting theater tickets. I had David Plouffe call around to get tickets for the kids to see Hannah Montana. That was an exercise in futility. It was either sold out or stand in line overnight. So, I told David to call and tell them the tickets were for Barack Obama.
That didn’t work, either. I had to call the ticket office myself. I finally convinced them that I was Barack Obama but they wanted me to show up in person to get the tickets. Going out in public for personal things is a problem, so Michelle and I got in the car and headed down to the ticket office. I pulled on a ski mask and a baseball cap and walked up to the ticket counter and asked for six tickets under the name of Obama.
Instead of giving me the tickets the clerk behind the counter took one look at my ski mask and hit the burglar alarm. The cops didn’t believe it was me until I pull the baseball cap off and my ears flopped out.
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