Who brought the heart-shaped potato that Obama saw while he was being interviewed?
President Barack Obama showed his good humour as he was given a heart-shaped potato during an interview on a late night talk show. He also played down stories that racism had a part in people’s opposition to his policies – noting he was already black long before being elected. The US president has been making a blitz of appearances on television as he bids to persuade Americans on the benefits of his controversial healthcare reform plans. But, after a rapturous reception by the audience at the Late Show with David Letterman, Obama started off on a light-hearted note. The host had earlier ridiculed an audience member for bringing to his attention she had a heart-shaped potato with her. Obama riffed on the quip by saying that was the actual reason for coming on the show. He said: “The main reason I am here? I wanna see that heart-shaped potato.” Letterman handed the potato to Obama, who looked at it and smiled as he said: “That’s remarkable. This is remarkable.” He then, with the audienc
Asked how the economy is doing, Obama said it is turning around, but that unemployment is still a “big problem” and that it will be for another year or so. He said that when the economy does rebound, it’s “going to come back stronger than before.” On the war in Afghanistan, Obama said he has not yet made a decision on whether to send more troops because, “The most important duty I’ve got is before I send some young man and woman in uniform over there and I’m answerable to their parents that if they don’t come back I’ve got to write a letter to them saying that their child has sacrificed on behalf of America — before I make those decisions, I’ve got to make sure that the policy in place is worthy of their sacrifice.” The president also said his number-one job is to make sure the terrorists responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001, can never harm the U.S. again. Though Obama’s been on Letterman’s show five other times, he is the first sitting president to appear on the late-nigh
Letterman covered a number of topics with Obama – many of them serious – including the war in Afghanistan. Obama also had his most irreverent answer yet oLater yesterday, Obama became the first sitting US president to appear on David Letterman’s “Late Show’’ couch. Letterman offered the top 10 reasons why the president had agreed to do it, including that Obama said yes without thinking about it, or as Letterman put it, “Like Bush did with Iraq.’’ But Obama had other ideas. It turns out he was listening when Letterman had bantered with a woman in the audience who brought a potato in the shape of a heart to the show. Obama told Letterman: “The main reason I’m here? I want to see that heart-shaped potato.’’ The woman tossed the potato to Letterman. Sources: http://www.boston.
President Barack Obama showed his good humour as he was given a heart-shaped potato during an interview on a late night talk show. He also played down stories that racism had a part in people’s opposition to his policies – noting he was already black long before being elected. The US president has been making a blitz of appearances on television as he bids to persuade Americans on the benefits of his controversial healthcare reform plans. But, after a rapturous reception by the audience at the Late Show with David Letterman, Obama started off on a light-hearted note. The host had earlier ridiculed an audience member for bringing to his attention she had a heart-shaped potato with her. Obama riffed on the quip by saying that was the actual reason for coming on the show. He said: “The main reason I am here? I wanna see that heart-shaped potato.” Letterman handed the potato to Obama, who looked at it and smiled as he said: “That’s remarkable. This is remarkable.” He then, with the audienc
Asked how the economy is doing, Obama said it is turning around, but that unemployment is still a “big problem” and that it will be for another year or so. He said that when the economy does rebound, it’s “going to come back stronger than before.” On the war in Afghanistan, Obama said he has not yet made a decision on whether to send more troops because, “The most important duty I’ve got is before I send some young man and woman in uniform over there and I’m answerable to their parents that if they don’t come back I’ve got to write a letter to them saying that their child has sacrificed on behalf of America — before I make those decisions, I’ve got to make sure that the policy in place is worthy of their sacrifice.” The president also said his number-one job is to make sure the terrorists responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001, can never harm the U.S. again. Though Obama’s been on Letterman’s show five other times, he is the first sitting president to appear on the late-nigh
