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Trick-or-Treating at the White House
October 30, 2009 1:39 PM
ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports:
DC area children: get your costumes ready.
On Saturday, the President and the First Lady will host a Halloween party at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave for 2,000 lucky children from D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Specific schools were chosen by the White House and the Department of Education to be guests of the First family at their first Halloween bash.
School children and their families will be able to trick-or-treat at the front door of the White House at the North Portico.
The health-conscious First Lady will be providing healthy treats as well as some good old fashioned candy.
In the evening there will be a Halloween reception for military families and children of White House and Residence Staff hosted by the President, First Lady, Vice President, and Dr. Biden.
The President and the First Lady are not expected to come in costume, but it’s anyone’s guess what costumes first tweens Malia and Sasha will wear.
“You need security clearance for that,” First Lady Michelle Obama joked about her daughters' “top secret” costumes.
-Sunlen Miller
October 30, 2009 in Current Affairs, Joe Biden, Obama, Barack, White House | Permalink | Share | User Comments (55)
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Haloween is coming up. My kids are very excited to go trick or treating. Right now the drug world is so crazy so I don't even know if I want to take my kids trick or treating. I heard that people put meth that looks like candy inside of little packeges and give them out to kids. They look just like candy and kids don't know any better so they eat it and they could die.
Posted by: Slava Lenkov | Nov 1, 2009 11:18:31 AM
I see Cass Sunstein's Theory of the Information Age is on the money yet again. A simple fun event for children gets turned into the focus of nutcase paranoid hysteria.
This is really entertaining, y'all. Keep bringing it on. We writers and scholars are having a hell of a time.
Posted by: Eleonora27 | Oct 31, 2009 9:57:50 PM
Terika thank you for your post.
Posted by: CW | Oct 31, 2009 8:22:07 PM
I wonder how many people wore the Illegal Alien costume? LOL
Posted by: CW | Oct 31, 2009 8:19:43 PM
thanks, Rudy!
and we'll be even more proud after this Tuesday!!!!!!
Tea Party Tri-Fecta, baby!!!
Posted by: Terika | Oct 31, 2009 5:49:07 PM
thanks, Rudy ~
We're proud, too...
that we saw through this phony and
didn't vote for that hopey-changey
gimme-gimme garbage.
See ya in 2010 (oh, and Tuesday's lookin' good, too, btw!)
Posted by: Terika | Oct 31, 2009 5:47:26 PM
I’m proud of you anti-Obama folks for not accusing the WH of attempting to entice children with candy in order to indoctrinate them with evil pagan rituals.
Posted by: Rudy | Oct 30, 2009 3:21:18 PM
Big surprise that this supposed "christian" president, who didn't celebrate our national day of prayer, would celebrate the pagan festival of evil spirits and darkness at our White House. What a joke.
Posted by: s | Oct 31, 2009 9:28:21 AM
The lesson? The right wing never fails to disappoint.
Posted by: Rudy | Oct 31, 2009 5:20:56 PM
HallObamaween at the White House
Three children approached The White House during their long night of Trick-or-Treating.
Sally was dressed as a witch, Jenny was a princess, and Tommy was a soldier.
When the President actually answered the door, they could barely say those magic words:
"Trick-or-Treat!!"
When Sally stepped up with her treat bag...the President informed her that he was sorry but he could
not, in good conscience, contribute to her treat bag as "this might offend all Wickens" -
and, instead, he took her treat bag and motioned to the next child to approach.
When Jenny stepped up in her pretty, sparkly princess gown and tiara...the President
promptly took the bag from Jenny - because, after all, with her fancy dress and jeweled tiara,
"she was in no real need".
Tommy marched up, saluted in character, but before he could even say "trick-or-treat"... the President
took his bag and matter-of-factly informed him, "Sorry, soldier ... you'll just have to wait".
The three bags of treats in his hands, the President bid them a good night, and disappeared back into the
White House. Bewildered and dejected, the three trick-or-treaters were escorted safely off the grounds.
Once inside, the President took the three bags filled with goodies, and directed his "go-fer" to get the
Teleprompter ready and call the press - all FOUR networks... and meet at the nearest homeless shelter.
The singing and chanting began, the cameras rolled, the speech was recited
(left....right....pause...left...right...)
and in time for the late night news, the entire country heard from every main stream media source,
" These goodies?... Why, they came from OBAMA, of course!"
........."Mmm...mmm...mmm...!"
Posted by: Terika | Oct 31, 2009 5:18:11 PM
Those in the White House that have seen him wear his costume recently swear that it looks a LOT more like a Community Organizer than a President, so the kids shouldn't be too frightened....
Posted by: Fed_up_with_BOTH_Parties | Oct 31, 2009 3:00:46 PM
Obama's FIRST choice was to dress up like a decision-maker, but he didn't know what THEY looked like....
Posted by: Fed_up_with_BOTH_Parties | Oct 31, 2009 2:59:15 PM
Halloween is the one day of the year where you can dress up and be someone you aren't.
I heard Obama is going to dress up like a President.
That oughta scare the daylights out of MOST Americans!!!!
Posted by: Fed_up_with_BOTH_Parties | Oct 31, 2009 2:58:05 PM
Big surprise that this supposed "christian" president, who didn't celebrate our national day of prayer, would celebrate the pagan festival of evil spirits and darkness at our White House. What a joke.
I bet you don't believe in dinosaurs ether? Do you and Sarah have the same preacher praying for you against witchcraft??
Posted by: SAYWHAt | Oct 31, 2009 2:32:47 PM
What is wrong with you people. This is a simple Halloween party for the children of DC. I commend the Obamas for reaching out and sharing the White House. Everyone wants to make something out of nothing. Why don't we stop thinking there is always some secret adgenda and start working together to solve our problems!!!!
Posted by: Judy | Oct 31, 2009 11:23:07 AM
What a bunch of HATE filled Right Wing Conservative Christians. Doesn't anyone else recognize the contradiction of their opinions vs. their religion? I would be ashamed to have such vile feelings. How toxic. Perhaps you should pray about it.
Posted by: Hope | Oct 31, 2009 10:39:32 AM
to "secondlook": and who exactly would be running against him? I might even accept God as my savior if it's Sarah and Bobby. Approval ratings mean nothing when contrasted with the foot-dragging of the GOP to get real legislation passed. You are a minority for a reason, accept it and learn from your mistakes before the next election.
Posted by: Z | Oct 31, 2009 10:34:17 AM
Big surprise that this supposed "christian" president, who didn't celebrate our national day of prayer, would celebrate the pagan festival of evil spirits and darkness at our White House. What a joke.
Posted by: s | Oct 31, 2009 9:28:21 AM
I'm with Secondlook and Linda.
Posted by: AllHallowsEve | Oct 31, 2009 8:37:39 AM
I'm with Linda.
Posted by: secondlook | Oct 31, 2009 8:06:39 AM
Linda - You ranted "...this wildly popular president..."
LOL!
Maybe in YOUR house, but every poll tells a different story. This MORON wouldn't win if the election were held today, and there wouldn't be a Democrat majority in EITHER house of Congress.
But hey, go ahead and put another ice cube in the Kool-aid you're drinking. REALITY will hit in 367 days - Democrat Judgment Day - and the day this MORON officially begins wearing his LAME DUCK sign around his neck in public.
Leadership... NOT!
Posted by: Fed_up_with_BOTH_Parties | Oct 31, 2009 8:03:19 AM
It made me laugh somehow - and, Christopher Lee was knighted last night by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace per se.
Posted by: Charles Emanuwa | Oct 31, 2009 6:50:12 AM
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