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Blog Guy, I’ve heard our elected officials don’t earn much, and they have to find ways to supplement their income. Is that true?
Uh-oh, I suppose you’re going to ask me about former vice president Spiro T. Agnew, right?
Who? No, I was going to ask about President Barack Obama. Does he have any way of bringing extra money in during these tight times?
Oh, don’t you worry about old Doc Obama. His part-time pediatric practice is a tidy addition to his income as commander-in-chief. He picks up a few extra bucks at every stop, doing baby checkups along the lines of supporters.
I had no idea! So his practice is limited to when he’s on the road?
Mostly, but when he has some spare time he does examine patients in the Oval Office, as you can see here on the right.
Is that little girl okay?
Sure, she just needs to eat more riboflavin and niacin and stuff, according to Dr. President.
Blog Guy, this surprises me. Is this the first instance of the leader of a country also being a pediatrician?
No. I guess maybe you’re too young to remember “Baby Doc” Duvalier, down there in Haiti…
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Top: President Barack Obama holds a baby after landing in Buzzard’s Bay before boarding Marine One to take him to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts August 18, 2011.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Right: Obama talks with Andrew Kline, outgoing Chief of Staff, Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement, in the Oval Office, July 12, 2011. Kline’s daughter, Logan, sits atop the Resolute Desk. REUTERS/Pete Souza/Official White House Photo/Handout
Left: Obama holds a baby as he greets soldiers and their families during his visit to Fort Drum in New York, June 23, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Reed
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is this the infancy of Obamacare?
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Intellectual Property Enforcement.. Does Andrew Kline teach?
Oh baby, baby,
One more time, exSpearience
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Apologies to Britney and Blog Guy.
I humbly offer a haiku:
Pediatrician.
Or is he the President?
Really, what’s the diff?
Doc Obama deals with children when on the road and with children in Congress when he’s in Washington. He’s always surrounded by children.
A presidential quandary:
Did Swift have right idea?
(Jon’than, not Taylor)
If the Blog Guy can fly high with his second no-longer-so-secret career, then the President can, too.
http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/20 10/05/11/flying-high-with-my-secret-care er/
I just hope the kids get more attention and better treatment than he gives to his day job.
@FriscoJohn, it is Britney who should be forever apologizing to us.
Obamacare. Death Panels. Obama giving physicals to children. I don’t like where this is going.
@BG: the reference to “Baby Doc” is too funny!
When Obama gets to his vacation spot, does he become Doc Holiday?