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Apparently, President Obama wouldn’t – couldn’t – eat the delicious lunch U.S. Sen. Susan Collins served Thursday, not because she’s a Republican, but because he didn’t have a food “taster” with him.
Seriously.
The Daily Caller reported Collins hosted the lunch meeting between the president and Senate Republicans and served a variety of food from her home state of Maine.
However, Obama didn’t eat a single thing.
Speaking to reporters after the luncheon, Collins said Obama wanted to eat, but couldn’t because he had no taster with him:
He looked longingly at [the food]. He honestly did look longingly at it, but apparently he has to have essentially a taster, and I pointed out to him that we were all tasters for him, that if the food had been poisoned all of us would have keeled over so, but he did look longingly at it and he remarked that we have far better food than the Democrats do, and I said that was because I was hosting.
A taster, as in a “royal taster” – or in this case, what? A presidential taster? The first taster? Would such a person be employed by the Secret Service? We know the White House calligraphers make almost $100,000 a year. Can you imagine the salary of the “taster”?
The Daily Caller noted a 2009 article from Agence France-Presse that reported a “taster” accompanied Obama to dinner in a French restaurant and actually tasted Obama’s food.
“The US Secret Service has always refused to confirm that US presidents travel with a food ‘taster’, in line with their policy of discretion on all security related issues,” AFP reported.
Read the Daily Caller article here.
Read the Agence France-Presse 2009 article here.
Listen to Collins discuss the President’s taster here:
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Sounds like someone may have a guilty conscience..afraid someone may be out to get him.. is he getting a little paranoid? Afraid someone is out to get him??
It is customary and it is blended in with the duties of the Secret Service as part of their job and much more emphasis has been put on this since 9-11. Interesting details here:(The Straight Dope: Does the President have an official food taster? http://www.straightdope.com}
What does he think he is a King to have a food taster? How much are the tax payers paying for that? Obama is so repulsive can not stand to see him on TV just put him on mute when he is on TV. Never saw in my whole life a president who skews the truth with such a straight face.
thank God for the mute button
Other Presidents have also had tasters supplied by the Secret Service. I would seem reasonable, however for obama to eat the same food as the rest of the guests.
Wonder what the annual salary of the naked emperor’s food-taster is?
Your president is a coward…!
I just hope that Obama doesn’t travel with a “Heimlich Specialist” too.
Because Obama has been warned about all the GMO poison food.
GMO is being server everywhere and is poisonous.
The entire inner circle has been warned about GMO food and never to eat it.
This why the Elite all over the Planet only Eat from Organic Gardens.
wake up, you have all been setup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LasLilZi9GM
Our King n chief. What a pompass ass.
I came across your website & read a few comments – I’m not dwelling – but it seems to be nothing but bashing no matter what Obama does!!! iI was wondering if there was anything important enough in this world that would want you all to make this a better place to live by doing something productive??? I know the man isn’t perfect and has made plenty of mistakes but – wouldn’t it be better to try and help him than just bash him? Have to go emergency in thefam. Will be back
Don’t.
Seriously,don’t come back. We really don’t need another pompous, know-it-all lecture from a troll. The large majority of the folks who come here and agree with the site’s premise ARE making the world a bettr place, day by day. We work hard, raise our kids, pat taxes and give our time and talenst to charity. We are also politically active, trying to save our country from the likes of you. We remember exactly how conservatives & Republican presidents are treated by the left. So.. tit for tat.
Couple of things we don’t do: we don’t like the current president and we don’t spend our precious time on Earth trolling lefty websites.
Well said!!
First, you are misusing the word troll. Words have meanings, learn them. “the large majority of the folks who come here”… are running away from the truth. How republican presidents are treated? You are mistaken if you think that your response to a democratically elected president is balanced. An actual Vast Majority of Americans heard what he had to say and voted for him. So are you going to allow the man who was elected to lead?
Linda…Perhaps if O’Drama did something productive to begin with we would all feel different. A president is supposed to lead by example right? That goes for you too Robert. A vast majority of Americans fell for his lies one more time. Obviously you were not paying attention.It would seem logical you would need a leader to lead, right? What the hell has he done worth mentioning??