Obama turns 47, staff loses present
BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -–Barack Obama turned 47 on Monday but it’s just another four-state day on the campaign trail for the Illinois senator with a morning speech in Michigan followed by an afternoon fundraiser in Boston.
But he won’t be getting a present today.
On Sunday night, Obama’s trip director Marvin Nicholson was getting out of a yellow taxi at his hotel in Chicago with his laundry and Obama’s present in the trunk. As he was greeted by hotel staff, the cab driver drove away with both the clean clothes and the present still in the trunk. The gift, which the campaign won’t reveal, was from senior adviser Robert Gibbs, bodyman Reggie Love and Nicholson.
Nicholson has been calling Chicago taxi companies trying to track the present down. If it’s any consolation to Obama, Harry Connick Jr. will sing him ‘Happy Birthday’ at the fundraiser, the Boston Globe reports.
Obama celebrated the day with his wife and daughters at a barbecue with friends in the Chicago suburbs on Sunday, his first full day off the trail in weeks. And the crowds at Obama’s rallies have been singing him ‘Happy Birthday’ for the past several days.
The Illinois senator often jokes about his rapidly graying hair, telling Florida voters on Friday, “I’ve been getting gray since this campaign has started. When I started this campaign, everybody called me a young man. They’re not calling me that anymore.”
In the battleground state of Michigan on Monday, Obama told the crowd that he couldn’t think of a better place to spend his birthday than Lansing.
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The three Wisemen, Gore, Kerry, and Kennedy will show up at your door and bring you their gifts. Come November you get my Texas
Boot and be sent back to Chicago and the Hood.
Hope you get a chance to enjoy the day, Senator. I am looking forward to the day we can call you President.
'BLACK IN AMERICA'? 'SO WHAT!
how about 'caucasion in america AND DEALING WITH INGNORANT FOREIGNERS AND BLACK PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE IN THEIR HOMELAND? tHEY CAN HELP TO BUILD THEIR OWN COUNTRY! tHIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE aFRICAN aMERICA NEVER IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS! bE HUMBLE, BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE AND THE MANY BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO EVERY AMERICAN. Stop bringing both negative and whatever positive attention to yourselves , because this will be your failure! You do not see any other ethnic group crying for attention about a month or where they came from ,trials and tribulations! Just live in peace,please! Teach your children manners,etc!
happy b-day Senator have a good one and God bless on on the trail. stay positive and keep swinging at the nonissues that Mccain keeps dishing out instead of the real issues.
This happened in Chicago? Ha, that stuff was already sold before she even called the cab company. Happy Birthday nonetheless.
Typical of this group...hope they don't leave any nuclear secrets in the cab!
Happy birthday mr President!! and many more in the White House!
we raised over $400 for your campaign and over $1000 has been pledged... That comes the night of the dinner party. We are here for you, because you are here for us.
happy bday!
forgive me the name is still stuck in primary mode just ignore it. we are moving forward into the real election
Harry Connick Jr isn't as much fun as Marilyn Monroe.. 😉
Happy Birthday (Future) Mr President...
hey, obama wat's poppin? i'll love to have you here with me in nigeria so as to celebrate your bday with your nigerian based supporters. happy bday boy.
Happy Birthday Sir President:
Take some time to pray, thanking God for keeping you another year. Take time to rest and relax with your beautiful family. Take time to reflect on the coming months. You will be handed your present in November when you become the President-Elect of the United States of America!!
Go Obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If the economy was better the cab driver would have returned the gifts !!
Happy Birthday Mr. Borack Obama, Wishing you well and may God Bless you always..
Keep up the good work Mr. President .
THAT GRIFF IS AN ANGRY MAN.
Happy Birthday OBAMA!!!! What a way to celebrate your birthday....talking about sound ideas for the future of this country!!!
During today's (8/4) "Situation Room"–right at the 3:35 p.m. PDT mark–Wolf, as he was breaking for commercial, teased us with the following:
"A campaign surprise! One voting bloc defecting from the candidate most experts would expect them to be backing..."
But, that was it. He never came back to the story. To whom was Wolf referring?
He's not a Messiah
He's not a Savior
He's not the Second Coming
And he's not Moses
He is a Democrat
A Public Servant
A Great American
And our Future President
Thanks Barack,
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday Senator Obama!
Jesus is my Lord and Savior. Just to clear that up with the GOP.
Barack will be my next president.
Thank you, and good night.
Happy Birthday, Barack
Later this month when McCain turn 135 the local fire department will issue an emergency temporary restraining order preventing him from lighting all those candles due to the fire hazard.
have a smashing bday!
those who are bein cynical,, omg stop it and grow up,,,,stop acting like mccain,,, if you want chg ,, obamas the man ,,, if you want the same then mccain is your man ,,,you decide i have and obama has my vote for usre,,,
Happy,Happy Birthday Presidential Candidate Barack Obama and many,many more. One would think Senator John McCainwould of let up at least one day not picking at Obama on his Birthday but I obviously McCain is too bigger dictator not to pick at Obama at any time. Today McCain picking at the Presidential Candidate stating his compromise on the proability of supporting the Offshore lift is no more than political ploy But McCain did the same thing on the oil lift on offshore so he is also pandering a political ploy. The other is McCain is dictating to Barack Obama to dictate to the congress to come back from vacation to settle the energy crisis when he, McCain has been in congress the better of 26 years why he didn't do his tough thing on the energy problem before now plus he has missed 150 voting sessions this year and added he would come of the campaign trail if the congress come back. All McCain know how to do is pick at Obama attacking every thing Obama do or say. What a hateful dictator. McCain why haven't you did something about the energy problem in all your 26 years before now, now that you are running for President of the United States. McCain act as though no one have the right to change their mind except him Mr. God!!!!!!
Many Happy Returns of the Day, Senetor OBAMA – soon to be the POTUS.