Cutting down on Motorcade needs!
In spite of some harping in recent days about the President's sagging popularity in the polls, normally-jaded media hounds were inclined to gush - and eagerly track - every move of the President this morning from tony Hancock Park to the industrial arm at LAX airport before his hasty departure.
"Oh, there he is," one female reporter blurted out like a silly schoolgirl, as the door to the helicopter opened wide on the tarmac, and Barack Obama gingerly stepped out.
As Obama strode a few short feet from the snazzy whirley-bird to Government Jet, he quickly rebuffed one ballsy local reporter, who tried to engage the President in a conversation by shouting out a timely question Barack allowed to fall on deaf ears.
Ooops!
Inappropriate protocol!
With all eyes glued on Obama, one local news outlet opted to toss the glare of the spotlight on last night's fiasco in the mean streets of Los Angeles.
Irate motorists were allegedly furious over the snarling traffic that erupted like a flash flood once the main arteries in-and-out of Hancock Park were cut-off forcing the locals to fend for themselves in a hopeless barrage of honking horns, frazzled nerves, and stalled vehicles on side streets in the vicinity of the President's motorcade.
And what an entourage it was.
"Excessive," fumed one.
To add to the annoyance?
In spite of the fact Barack was inside and out of harm's way for a few hours during the height of rush hour traffic, the Secret Service needlessly kept residents at bay.
The oversight triggered an onslaught of angry calls to KTLA.
There were quite a few tweets, too, in which frustrated residents grumbled about the disruptive traffic jams caused by an excessive influx of government security details and a flash of motorcade glitz.
"It was almost a miracle when the grid lock finally let up," one dial-in-caller joked..
At the airport this morning, it looked like a lock-down, though," another one sniffed.
Barack is now zipping off to Seattle for a 3-day visit and a tour of the city.
"The secret service's advance teams took off for the Pacific Northwest earlier today to do a baby check," one anchor laughed.
As the door of the aircraft closed, envious pundits joked about the perks.
"Now, he gets free peanuts."
And, he can slip off his shoes, and relax a bit.
Hail to the Chief.
And, look out Seattle, he's heading your way!
"Oh, there he is," one female reporter blurted out like a silly schoolgirl, as the door to the helicopter opened wide on the tarmac, and Barack Obama gingerly stepped out.
As Obama strode a few short feet from the snazzy whirley-bird to Government Jet, he quickly rebuffed one ballsy local reporter, who tried to engage the President in a conversation by shouting out a timely question Barack allowed to fall on deaf ears.
Ooops!
Inappropriate protocol!
With all eyes glued on Obama, one local news outlet opted to toss the glare of the spotlight on last night's fiasco in the mean streets of Los Angeles.
Irate motorists were allegedly furious over the snarling traffic that erupted like a flash flood once the main arteries in-and-out of Hancock Park were cut-off forcing the locals to fend for themselves in a hopeless barrage of honking horns, frazzled nerves, and stalled vehicles on side streets in the vicinity of the President's motorcade.
And what an entourage it was.
"Excessive," fumed one.
To add to the annoyance?
In spite of the fact Barack was inside and out of harm's way for a few hours during the height of rush hour traffic, the Secret Service needlessly kept residents at bay.
The oversight triggered an onslaught of angry calls to KTLA.
There were quite a few tweets, too, in which frustrated residents grumbled about the disruptive traffic jams caused by an excessive influx of government security details and a flash of motorcade glitz.
"It was almost a miracle when the grid lock finally let up," one dial-in-caller joked..
At the airport this morning, it looked like a lock-down, though," another one sniffed.
Barack is now zipping off to Seattle for a 3-day visit and a tour of the city.
"The secret service's advance teams took off for the Pacific Northwest earlier today to do a baby check," one anchor laughed.
As the door of the aircraft closed, envious pundits joked about the perks.
"Now, he gets free peanuts."
And, he can slip off his shoes, and relax a bit.
Hail to the Chief.
And, look out Seattle, he's heading your way!
Secret Service shadow Prez!
