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Obama B-Day Present Lost to Streets of Chicago
August 04, 2008 2:30 PM
Last night in Chicago, Marvin Nicholson, the national trip director for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, left Obama's birthday present in a taxicab.
Obama turns 47 today. For his 46th birthday last year, the senior campaign staff bought him an iPod. His staff would not disclose what this year's present is (or was) or even what shopping bag it was in when it vanished last night.
"The cab was yellow," recalls Nicholson, who took the cab from a friend's house to the Palmer House Hilton Hotel where the campaign staff was staying.
He does not remember the name of the driver. "Usually I engage with the drivers, talk to them," says Nicholson. "But this guy was rocking out to 70s songs and he was singing so I didn't get a chance to talk to the guy."
Nicholson has spent much of today phoning around Chicago. "I've learned that pretty much every yellow cab in the city belongs to the Yellow Cab Company," he says.
Nicholson also lost his suitcase in the incident, which occurred, he said, because he was distracted by the warm greetings of the hotel doormen.
The former personal assistant to candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass, in 2004 is 6' 8" and has to get his ties, shirts, and pants at special tall men's shops. So it will be a minor ordeal to replace the seven shirts, eight pairs of pants, and 4-5 ties he lost along with the senator's special gift.
-jpt
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Let's lose Obama in Chicago and hope he stays there! Loser!
Posted by: Mary Anne | Aug 5, 2008 5:39:53 PM
More Obama lies, why am I not surprised. He will do anything to get elected, including buying his way in, with his huge contributions each money. So, I ask you, who is really the Republican running this time around? Obama is outspending MCCain 5 to 1 and you obama zombies paint Obama as representing the little man, you guys must be drinking kool-aid! I was a lifelong loyal Democrat and now I will only vote for a woman who runs who I believe in, will vote against Obama and all of his cronies, and will push the Republican lever the rest of the way until the Dems get their act together! I'm done with them!
Posted by: Mary Anne | Aug 5, 2008 5:34:27 PM
why was an OBAMA staffer taking a cab instead of riding a bicycle, walking or riding the bus?
Posted by: deroy | Aug 5, 2008 2:45:26 PM
Why should he get a b'day present, when they don't even give their kids b'day present...
Posted by: reshas | Aug 5, 2008 12:15:32 PM
To all the people syaing McCain is too old, guess what.
McCain's mother is STILL ALIVE. Which puts him over Obama, whose mother and father are dead. McCain is therefore better, by your own logic.
Posted by: McFan | Aug 5, 2008 10:05:29 AM
Of course it wasn't his fault that he lost everything. Just like Obama he was so thrilled by a little attention from the doorman that he forgot about the important things.
Posted by: BW | Aug 4, 2008 11:15:09 PM
"It is customary to refurbish the jets they use for their campaign ..."
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"Customary" -- oh. But wasn't Obama's plane BRAND NEW, when he got it during the primaries? Then re-painted rock star style, and reconfigured inside to contain the press?
Posted by: Belle Starr | Aug 4, 2008 10:24:26 PM
Marvin Nicholson left his briefcase, suitcase and gift in the cab. This guys sounds he is as inept as Senator Obama. Does Obama surround himself with such guys including 300 advisors and still not know what he is talking about. His position on energy, the war and economy is lacking.
Posted by: Martin | Aug 4, 2008 9:15:52 PM
Very magnanimous of him, after it doesn't matter, to now seat the delegates. He should not have opposed seating their delegations from the beginning. He deprived the voters of those states the right to their full vote, and stole the nomination from Hillary. BTW, I'm a life-long Democrat, not a Republican, and I'm not voting for Obama.
Posted by: Susan Starker | Aug 4, 2008 8:48:14 PM
Hmmmm! The gift was probably two new teleprompters! Let us hope this is the beginning of a losing streak for him - losing in the polls, losing in the debates, losing the coronation (go, Hillary, go!), and losing the GE!
Posted by: Beckie | Aug 4, 2008 7:39:40 PM
Obama should've taken today off.
Posted by: Vanessa | Aug 4, 2008 7:09:54 PM
All of Obama's decisions are based on polls.
Posted by: scratcher | Aug 4, 2008 6:56:14 PM
freezpop...
You are right, Obama is middle age and this would make McCain, just plain ole ANCIENT!
Happy Birthday to our future President!
OBAMA 08'
Posted by: ILoveObama | Aug 4, 2008 6:37:01 PM
KX_1971-
It is customary to refurbish the jets they use for their campaign; McCain did the same to his "Straight Talk Express". The Obama campaign replaced the stylized flag that is the registered trademarks of North American Airlines with their campaign but left the traditional U.S. flag logo which
can be seen near the airplane identification number. So no story here; move along,move along.
Posted by: AnotherLaura | Aug 4, 2008 6:23:48 PM
What's up with people calling Senator Obama "young"? Since when has 46 or 47 been anything except well into middle age? People hit middle age when they're 30 - just ask your kids how "young" 47 seems to them - NOT. He's plenty old enough, with the gray hair to prove it. And he's also energetic, healthy, thoughtful, and smart. Unlike another candidate I could name.
Posted by: FreezePop | Aug 4, 2008 6:08:14 PM
So far, gas dropped when Bush rescinded the executive order not to drill off shore. Gas would indeed tumble if congress would get off their butts and do something for the citizens.
Instead, congress fiddles while Rome burns!
Posted by: Aston | Aug 4, 2008 5:54:16 PM
"The cab was yellow," recalls Nicholson, who took the cab from a friend's house to the Palmer House Hilton Hotel where the campaign staff was staying.
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1. Who's the "friend"? Bill Ayers, maybe? Alice Palmer? Tony Rezko?
2. If the campaign were actually hoping to retrieve the whatever, why in the world wouldn't they say what shop it came from? (Jewelry? Tobacco?)
Posted by: Belle Starr | Aug 4, 2008 5:37:21 PM
"Obama's birthday gift will turn up, just like the fake prayer he left on his trip."
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And will the second-day story include what was in the briefcase, and who has which new hook in whom because of it?
What do people think was IN the briefcase (assuming that any of this did actually happen, which is assuming a lot)?
Posted by: Belle Starr | Aug 4, 2008 5:23:58 PM
Obama tapping OIL RESERVES. Now if you think that will do anything to lower fuel prices than you deserve to vote for Obama. Your not only ignorant but are being led by Obama the king of the idiots.
Just think about it how long will the reserves last and they are meant for military emergencies to last only about a month.
Posted by: Bill Clintster | Aug 4, 2008 5:06:39 PM
Don't worry its just another ploy. Someone will Obama's birthday gift will turn up, just like the fake prayer he left on his trip.
Posted by: eviee | Aug 4, 2008 5:01:52 PM
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