Presidents in Short Shorts: There's No Right Way for Candidates to Vacation
As President Obama nominated Mary Jo White to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission and re-nominated Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this afternoon in the State Dining Room at the White House, he had something bugging him — literally:
Doug Mills of the New York Times tweeted the great shot of Obama's attack:
yfrog.com/fkdf9gj President Obama takes a swing at a fly that buzzed him in the State Dining Room,via fro.gy/116xv2
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) January 24, 2013
Of course, flies should really not tempt Obama: he's been at this since 2009....
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