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The commander-in-chief -- who made his sixth appearance on the talk show (his first as President) to discuss Afghanistan, the economy, unemployment and health care -- was upstaged by a heart-shaped potato, brought to the show's taping by Mary Apple of Independence, Mo.
"The main reason I'm here?" the President said. "I want to see that heart-shaped potato."
Apple was happy to oblige the President. She gave him her precious tater -- whose variety is uncertain -- and let him keep it, according to the Associated Press.
"Mary Apple? Is your name really Mary Apple?" President Obama asked. "And you carry heart-shaped potatoes around?"
"This is remarkable," the President said. The potato even made its way into the Monday Top Ten list.
"I was very excited," Apple told CBS' "The Early Show."
Letterman was able to turn it into a punchline: "Remember when things get tough going forward, as they will, you sir, are in possession of a heart-shaped potato."
We'd like to know what the President's plans for the potato are: Will he have it vetted by the Secret Service? Will he bring it back to the White House for the girls? Is the tuber worthy of a place in the first family's next meal?
Apple's wish? "I'm hoping that it earns its way into the Smithsonian," she said Tuesday.
[Via Associated Press]
9-23-2009 @8:48AM Carol said... Obama who gives a real hoot, he makes me sick to my stomach and then some. Such a liar!
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9-22-2009 @9:09PM b said... He needs to get the boot.
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9-24-2009 @10:10PM Rosemarie Pandiscio said... On Education, obama is opting for higher funds for "Higher Education". Instead, he should be doing the opposite! Most elementary students CAN'T READ, and they are continually passed on through the system from first grade and up. Kids learn the most in their very early years. If they don't "get it" then what do they know when they reach high school age? We are "passing" kids into college who are illiterate! Great work, obama! (small o) Like everything else, you've got it "back-assward".
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9-22-2009 @9:44PM FreedomRingo said... Since it's Obama, I assume it was a RED potato...?
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9-22-2009 @9:59PM Dee said... IT IS SO AWESOME TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO CAN BE REAL, AND LAUGH AND ENJOY "REAL" THINGS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK MR. PRESIDENT,IT WILL BE EXCITING HAVING YOU AS MY COMMANDER AND CHIEF FOR THE NEXT 7 PLUS YEARS :))ONCE HEALTH CARE REFROM PASSES, AS WE KNOW IT WILL, MANY AMERICAN'S WILL THANK YOU, AND THE GREEDY WILL HATE YOU.(THIER LOSS)THE REST OF AMERICA WILL UNITE, AND STAND FOR WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSE TO STAND FOR. :))) GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA:)))
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9-22-2009 @10:52PM LitWithin said... God Bless Obama! God Bless America!
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9-22-2009 @10:54PM LitWithin said... God Bless You!
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9-22-2009 @11:55PM abecker1087 said... My God does not bless this man.
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9-22-2009 @11:58PM amber said... "the greedy will hate you"...really? I thought the jobless people who had babies to get money from us were the greedy ones. Man, where have I been?
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9-23-2009 @12:46AM Vernie said... What's next ? How many more appearances is Obama going to make on t.v. and out in public before he realizes that he has bored us to death? Get ready Dee to pay an excise tax cause you will be paying for your insurance it is not free, plus it is going to be taxed even though obama continue to lie about it.
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9-23-2009 @12:57AM comjo979 said... America will be a lot better off without that messas our president.we need to get him out
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9-23-2009 @1:01AM John said... America would be a lot better off if we got that big mess out of there. people was crasy for voting him in.
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9-23-2009 @1:58AM s walker said... Vernie ,thier was a time when i was so saddended by the ongoing bitterness and hateful things that you and the rest of the winger said about the president ,even when he doesn't respond to your rants. but now i find my self feeling more sorry for you guys . you must feel nauseaous walking around with all that hate inside for some one that doesn't even know you exist...saaad.
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9-23-2009 @2:19AM george said... Let me get this straight.
Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it and whose members will be exempt from it, signed by a president who smokes, funded by a treasury chief who did not pay his taxes, overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that is broke.
What could possibly go wrong?
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9-23-2009 @2:23AM wongtpa said... It is membership badge in the united socialists club.
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9-23-2009 @4:29AM Avice said... John said ...people was crasy....
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Yeah, it was really much better when we had someone you could relate to as president and chief moron. Here's a clue for you: Solving our problems requires someone who could at least pass first grade--you know, when you learn to hold a book right-side up.
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9-23-2009 @5:26AM openmike said... Learn to spell before offering your lame opinion
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