As the AP put it: In his battle with the titans of Wall Street, President Barack Obama almost got upstaged by a rat. But he didn't even seem to notice.
Why would he? The Rat's either deserting the ship or applying for a job.
Posted by Vanderleun at May 20, 2010 9:35 PM
A TOTUS operator, eh?
Posted by: Cato the Elder at May 20, 2010 9:52 PMEven the rodent couldn't stand to listen to Obama.
Posted by: Cilla Mitchell, Galveston Texas at May 21, 2010 4:28 AMThanks for a great laugh! That's a good one.
Posted by: Deana at May 21, 2010 6:20 AMThat's nancy pelosi, in her animagus state.
Posted by: Cheezburgrrr at May 21, 2010 7:01 AMHe let the rat go. Professional courtesy.
Posted by: Gagdad Bob at May 21, 2010 8:33 AMSo, which one of the multitude of czars was the little guy?
Posted by: Don Rodrigo at May 21, 2010 9:16 AMFlies? Check.
Bees? Check.
Rats? Check.
Which plague is next?
Posted by: at May 21, 2010 10:15 AMI only see one rat in that picture. The other thing is a vole.
Posted by: Blastineau at May 21, 2010 11:42 AMCorrect, Blastineau. The vole has been maligned.
Posted by: Don Rodrigo at May 21, 2010 11:46 AMMaybe that rat was sampling some of the White House state dinner the night befo…
:-{
Which plague is next?
Whether the furry critter is a mouse, rat, or vole, the King Rat better be hoping it wasn't carrying fleas infected with Yersinia pestis, aka the plague bacillus. All three types of rodents have been found to spread the plague via fleas nesting in their fur.
Posted by: Connecticut Yankee at May 21, 2010 3:37 PMCould it be Arlen Sphincter in his post Senatorial job hunting phase?
Posted by: bill at May 21, 2010 4:13 PMIt is most unkind of you to publish that young creature's photograph on the net. Some day, their association with that jaded fellow behind the podium will come back to haunt them...Plenty of us associate with dreadful people in our salad days, but develop more discriminating tastes later.
Posted by: retriever at May 21, 2010 4:29 PMFunniest Drudge headline of the year.
Posted by: Daphne at May 21, 2010 6:16 PMPlease recall the quotation attributed to James Farley, FDR's political hatchet man.
Farley was asked for advice about the action to take when caught in a hopeless political situation.
And I quote: "Young man, when you find yourself on a sinking ship, follow the rats..."
Maybe even this critter has figured it out.
Posted by: Good Ole Charlie at May 21, 2010 6:25 PMIntroducing the new mascot of the democratic party.
Posted by: Cheezburgrrr at May 22, 2010 1:04 AMGibbs said it was a vole.
Vole=field mouse.
It's still a rodent just like the inhabitants of
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