Oh the perils of the presidency. Yesterday, Obama had to dodge a rodent attack in the Rose Garden, as reported by the Associated Press.
Obama had just begun an afternoon statement to reporters lauding the end of a Senate filibuster on his financial overhaul plan when some kind of rodent ? opinions differ on which ? dashed out of the bushes to his right, just outside the Oval Office.
As photographers snapped away, the critter trundled straight past the gray podium with the presidential seal and made a bee-line for another set of bushes to Obama’s left.
It’s not clear if the president could even see the streaker, but he didn’t show any reaction. And he concluded his statement minutes later, returning to his office without answering a few shouted questions on other topics.
The event happened quickly, and first-hand accounts are rather vague, but all indications are that the fleeting rodent wasn’t Chucky. He was clear on the other side of Washington planning his ascension as the Democrats’ Senate leader ? or else enjoying a fine pork tenderloin dinner.
