Published On:Wednesday, 22 October 2014
'Girlfriend' crack makes Obama voting all laughs
WASHINGTON: Let's be clear: It was a joke. It unfolded while Obama cast an early ballot Monday in Chicago.
A young woman, Aia Cooper, was voting next to Obama when her boyfriend, Mike Jones, decided to crack wise: "Mr President, don't touch my girlfriend."
Obama, laughing, replied: "There's an example of a brother just embarrassing me for no reason."
Cooper apologized. But Obama imagined how she would retell the encounter: "I can't believe Mike, he is such a fool. I was just mortified. ... But fortunately, the president was nice about it, so it's all right."
Obama gave her a smooch. "Give him something to talk about."
(In this picture taken October 20, 2014, President Barack Obama votes next to Aia Cooper at the Dr Martin Luther King Community Service Centre in Chicago. As Cooper was voting next to Obama, her boyfriend, Mike Jones, decided to crack wise: "Mr President, don't touch my girlfriend". Photo: AP)
A young woman, Aia Cooper, was voting next to Obama when her boyfriend, Mike Jones, decided to crack wise: "Mr President, don't touch my girlfriend."
Obama, laughing, replied: "There's an example of a brother just embarrassing me for no reason."
Cooper apologized. But Obama imagined how she would retell the encounter: "I can't believe Mike, he is such a fool. I was just mortified. ... But fortunately, the president was nice about it, so it's all right."
Obama gave her a smooch. "Give him something to talk about."
(In this picture taken October 20, 2014, President Barack Obama votes next to Aia Cooper at the Dr Martin Luther King Community Service Centre in Chicago. As Cooper was voting next to Obama, her boyfriend, Mike Jones, decided to crack wise: "Mr President, don't touch my girlfriend". Photo: AP)
