Author Topic: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza (Read 4258 times)

The True Adonis · « **Reply #25 on:** April 10, 2009, 12:20:52 PM »

So now that you know the whole truth, that Sommers is covering the entire expense, what was your point of posting this story?

The True Adonis · « **Reply #26 on:** April 10, 2009, 12:24:19 PM »

http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2009/04/10/right-wing-slams-barack-obama-for-ordering-pizza-really/Right Wing Slams Barack Obama For Ordering Pizza. Really.
by TOMMY CHRISTOPHER
APR 10TH 2009 12:56PM

Apparently, there is no story small enough for the right to try and discredit the President with. Prominent conservative blog Ace of Spades really lays into Barack Obama for, of all things, ordering pizza. I wish I was kidding. Unfortunately, he left out some important facts. Here's the thrust of Ace of Spades' Pizza-Gate:

He goes on to suggest that Obama is flouting the recession with this extravagance, and suggests a local pizzeria for the President to use.

This is stupid on its face, but when I actually called Chris Sommers' restaurant, Pi, it got so much worse for Ace's scandal.
I spoke with the restaurant's manager, John Fitzgerald, and he gave me some things that we call "facts," ones that cast Sommers' trip in an entirely different light.

The best one is the first: Ace of Spades slammed Obama's environmental cred for "jetting in" Pi's chef, making it seem as though the guy was hopping a private gulfstream, or worse, partying down on Air Force One.

In fact, Chris Sommers flew commercial.
Not only that, he flew coach.
Not only that, he had already planned a business trip to DC, so the restaurant paid for his travel!

John also told me that Chris Sommers is one of the most dedicated people he knows to the environmental cause.

In fact, his restaurant buys carbon credits from a wind farm in Colorado.
Not only that, they recycle about 75% of their waste.
Not only that, John himself is going into the green building business. You couldn't find a worse case for environmental hypocrisy.

Finally, Barack Obama isn't saddling the American taxpayer with the tab for this feast. He's picking up the tab, for local ingredients, out of his own pocket.

I hope the right continues to "uncover" horrible scandals like this, so the American people can see how serious they are about fixing the country.

The True Adonis · « **Reply #27 on:** April 10, 2009, 12:26:12 PM »

hahhaha poor HeadHunter6,

Heavy on bullshit, light on facts. As usual.

The True Adonis · « **Reply #28 on:** April 10, 2009, 12:32:57 PM »

I don`t think HH6 will recover from this one. He has to feel like a complete schmuck for posting this. This is "Coach" worthy.

tu_holmes · « **Reply #29 on:** April 10, 2009, 12:35:56 PM »

Quote from: The True Adonis on April 10, 2009, 12:32:57 PM

I don`t think HH6 will recover from this one. He has to feel like a complete schmuck for posting this. This is "Coach" worthy.

This is definitely a bad one...

Can we say HH6 "Pulled a Coach"?

The True Adonis · « **Reply #30 on:** April 10, 2009, 12:53:38 PM »

Quote from: tu_holmes on April 10, 2009, 12:35:56 PM

This is definitely a bad one...

Can we say HH6 "Pulled a Coach"?

Lol "Pulled a Coach".

I predict HH6 will not revisit this thread.

tonymctones · « **Reply #31 on:** April 10, 2009, 04:20:04 PM »

whats funny is you liberals on here making a fuss over one topic that was misrepresented but you guys never post on the liberal threads that are intentional spins, lurker, 240 etc...why is that?

Eyeball Chambers · « **Reply #32 on:** April 10, 2009, 04:22:15 PM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on April 10, 2009, 10:24:18 AM

i heard this one guy flew 4000 guys thousands of miles to die for crude oil. messed up world.

Damn you've got a good way of putting things into perspective.

240 is Back · « **Reply #33 on:** April 10, 2009, 04:24:25 PM »

Wow, so the cost to taxpayers was zero?

some people will complain about anything i guess.

tonymctones · « **Reply #34 on:** April 10, 2009, 04:25:28 PM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on April 10, 2009, 04:24:25 PM

Wow, so the cost to taxpayers was zero?

some people will complain about anything i guess.

care to comment on his weekly cocktail parties?

The True Adonis · « **Reply #35 on:** April 10, 2009, 04:34:38 PM »

Quote from: tonymctones on April 10, 2009, 04:25:28 PM

care to comment on his weekly cocktail parties?

I wish you knew a bit about Presidential History and the cocktail gatherings. Perhaps you should research 41 of 43 administrations. Hayes and Bush were the only exceptions due to being supposed teetotallers (Hayes wife). although Hayes still had the parties minus the drinks provided.

240 is Back · « **Reply #36 on:** April 10, 2009, 04:38:09 PM »

Quote from: The True Adonis on April 10, 2009, 04:34:38 PM

I wish you knew a bit about Presidential History and the cocktail gatherings. Perhaps you should research 41 of 43 administrations. Hayes and Bush were the only exceptions due to being supposed teetotallers (Hayes wife). although Hayes still had the parties minus the drinks provided.

so reagan had them.

tony, please stop hating on reagan.

The True Adonis · « **Reply #37 on:** April 10, 2009, 04:41:28 PM »

Andrew Jackson had the best Whitehouse Parties. He opened the Whitehouse to the public and nearly burned the damn thing down.

Anyone could come to Andrew Jackson's public parties at the White House, and just about everyone did! At his last one, a wheel of cheese weighing 1,400 lbs. was eaten in two hours. The White House smelled of cheese for weeks.
Jackson was the first President to invite the public to attend the White House ball honoring his first inauguration. Many poor people came to the inaugural ball in their homemade clothes. The crowd became so large that Jackson's guards could not hold them out of the White House. The White House became so crowded with people that dishes and decorative pieces in the White House began to break. Some people stood on good chairs in muddied boots just to get a look at the President. The crowd had become so wild that the attendants poured punch in tubs and put it on the White House lawn to lure people out of the White House. Jackson’s raucous populism earned him the nickname King Mob.

tonymctones · « **Reply #38 on:** April 10, 2009, 05:09:11 PM »

Quote from: The True Adonis on April 10, 2009, 04:34:38 PM

I wish you knew a bit about Presidential History and the cocktail gatherings. Perhaps you should research 41 of 43 administrations. Hayes and Bush were the only exceptions due to being supposed teetotallers (Hayes wife). although Hayes still had the parties minus the drinks provided.

Quote from: 240 is Back on April 10, 2009, 04:38:09 PM

so reagan had them.

tony, please stop hating on reagan.

point is brainchilds, that if you praise him for spending his own money in the midst of a recession you should also condemn him for frivalous spending during the same time span agree?

The True Adonis · « **Reply #39 on:** April 10, 2009, 05:22:55 PM »

Quote from: tonymctones on April 10, 2009, 05:09:11 PM

point is brainchilds, that if you praise him for spending his own money in the midst of a recession you should also condemn him for frivalous spending during the same time span agree?

Disagree. You would have to know the history of the Whitehouse cocktail party and how it is used for policy compromises among the Senate and House as well as with foreign leaders. They are not simply there to have a good time. It is another way to talk shop.

tu_holmes · « **Reply #40 on:** April 10, 2009, 05:25:53 PM »

Quote from: The True Adonis on April 10, 2009, 05:22:55 PM

Disagree. You would have to know the history of the Whitehouse cocktail party and how it is used for policy compromises among the Senate and House as well as with foreign leaders. They are not simply there to have a good time. It is another way to talk shop.

It's kind of like playing golf for the CEOs and shit... It's where business gets done.

Option D · « **Reply #41 on:** April 10, 2009, 05:42:12 PM »

Quote from: The True Adonis on April 10, 2009, 12:01:27 PM

The Obamas Order Out for Pizza – from St. Louis
By Sharon Cotliar
Originally posted Thursday April 09, 2009 06:50 PM EDT
Barack and Michelle Obama
Photo by: Emmanuel Dunand / AFP / Getty

Chris Sommers, owner of a pizza place in St. Louis, gets orders from all over town. But from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C.?

"It's surreal, it's a huge honor," says Sommers, 33, who flew to the nation's capital Thursday to make 20 pizzas for the Obama family and staff.

So how did a St. Louis pizza guy end up in the White House kitchen?

The president first tasted Sommers's San Francisco-style pies, served at his St. Louis restaurant Pi, while campaigning in Missouri last fall. An Obama supporter, Sommers offered to deliver a few frozen pies to the president after the election but was told he couldn't send food to the White House because of security concerns.

Instead, Reggie Love, one of the president's closest aides and a fellow fan of Sommers's deep-dish and thin-crust creations, arranged to have the pizza chef bring 20 pounds of dough and 3 gallons of sauce at Sommers's expense to the White House kitchen and cook there Friday.

"It will be casual lunch," says Sommers, who will be helped by Pi chef Ryan Mangialardo, 27, and Anne Schuermann, 24, Sommers' girlfriend. "Hopefully we'll have a chance to say hello to the president."

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Option D · « **Reply #42 on:** April 10, 2009, 05:43:36 PM »

Damn...where did HH6 go...looks like someone made a fool out of him...taowned

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #43 on:** April 10, 2009, 05:58:11 PM »

would you guys stop posting bogus stories to flame Obama. It's a huge distraction. There have been quite a few of these deceptive stories posted lately. There's serious stuff to post about and you fuckers are posting pizza spin

Hardly any of you gave a shit about HR875 which would increase the size of government and put unfair burdens on small farmers, but hey, look at all the lame ass pointless half true at best shit we post on...

tonymctones · « **Reply #44 on:** April 10, 2009, 06:14:37 PM »

Quote from: The True Adonis on April 10, 2009, 05:22:55 PM

Disagree. You would have to know the history of the Whitehouse cocktail party and how it is used for policy compromises among the Senate and House as well as with foreign leaders. They are not simply there to have a good time. It is another way to talk shop.

LOL ok

tonymctones · « **Reply #45 on:** April 10, 2009, 06:15:41 PM »

Quote from: Hugo Chavez on April 10, 2009, 05:58:11 PM

would you guys stop posting bogus stories to flame Obama. It's a huge distraction. There have been quite a few of these deceptive stories posted lately. There's serious stuff to post about and you fuckers are posting pizza spin Hardly any of you gave a shit about HR875 which would increase the size of government and put unfair burdens on small farmers, but hey, look at all the lame ass pointless half true at best shit we post on...

i agree hugo at the same time bro you never said anything about the palins threads do you?

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #46 on:** April 10, 2009, 06:23:47 PM »

Quote from: tonymctones on April 10, 2009, 06:15:41 PM

i agree hugo at the same time bro you never said anything about the palins threads do you?

that was election dirt, happens in every election and you can't stop that. You can't stop this stuff from being posted either. I'm just in awe at how the lamest topics can go on 5 or more pages here while something that is real, is a big deal gets crickets in comparison. If people want to post on the petty half true shit that doesn't make a lot of difference either way, fine, but for fuck sake when someone posts something serious like hr875 I would hope people could take a few minutes from the lame shit to post on the serious stuff.

tonymctones · « **Reply #47 on:** April 10, 2009, 06:35:46 PM »

Quote from: Hugo Chavez on April 10, 2009, 06:23:47 PM

that was election dirt, happens in every election and you can't stop that. You can't stop this stuff from being posted either. I'm just in awe at how the lamest topics can go on 5 or more pages here while something that is real, is a big deal gets crickets in comparison. If people want to post on the petty half true shit that doesn't make a lot of difference either way, fine, but for fuck sake when someone posts something serious like hr875 I would hope people could take a few minutes from the lame shit to post on the serious stuff.

very true, however 240 et al start a palin thread once a day now and again never seen you say anything about any of that. I personally dont really give a shit but i think ppl should be consistent which is why i rag on 240's dumb ass all the time

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #48 on:** April 10, 2009, 07:16:28 PM »

Quote from: tonymctones on April 10, 2009, 06:35:46 PM

very true, however 240 et al start a palin thread once a day now and again never seen you say anything about any of that. I personally dont really give a shit but i think ppl should be consistent which is why i rag on 240's dumb ass all the time

you did just get the part where I said you can't stop this stuff and that I would just hope people break away from lame shit to discuss serious shit.

You wanna call me a fucking hypocrite, fine fucker. Everybody has some bias, have a fucking brownie, I didn't have the same criticism over the Palin posts. Then again I haven't ever mentioned this until today as it was on my mind at the moment and not yesterday. Something about the pizza chef perhaps

When I get time travel figured out, as something comes to mind maybe I'll go back and amend all my posts to satisfy your ass.

tonymctones · « **Reply #49 on:** April 10, 2009, 07:39:06 PM »

Quote from: Hugo Chavez on April 10, 2009, 07:16:28 PM

you did just get the part where I said you can't stop this stuff and that I would just hope people break away from lame shit to discuss serious shit.

You wanna call me a fucking hypocrite, fine fucker. Everybody has some bias, have a fucking brownie, I didn't have the same criticism over the Palin posts. Then again I haven't ever mentioned this until today as it was on my mind at the moment and not yesterday. Something about the pizza chef perhaps When I get time travel figured out, as something comes to mind maybe I'll go back and amend all my posts to satisfy your ass.

im not asking you to go back and amend your post

simply to modify your behavior going forward which i think is more then reasonable.