Beat 360° 5/22/09
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President Barack Obama reacts to seeing speechwriter Cody Keenan dressed up as a pirate outside the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Obama meets another nominee to head the British House of Commons Ministry of SIlly Costumes.
ARG, Mr. President, who taught you the secret pirate handshake?
Obama giggles as the pirate industry lobbies for a bailout.
alright I give fridays will be sea-food night around here
Thank you for signing the credit card bill Mr. President. Maybe now I can hang up my hook at the Seafood Shack.
"How did I get past security with this metal hook?"
"Ho, ho, ho, Matey, I parked me boat on yer front lawn, hope you don't mind."
So as President ..you can help me find Peter Pan?
Who says pirates only rule the waters!
I know the press can sometimes go "rogue", but this is over the top!!
"I just got back from one crazy Mardi Gras"!!
"I didn't realize this meeting was going to be rated RRRRR."
"Oh what the heck, it's 5 o'clock somewhere, bring out the Captain Morgan"
Luis Nava from Albuquerque, NM
The Pirates of Pennsylvania Avenue...a little known Gilbert and Sullivan opera revival staged by the Democrats.
A pirate on a dry land. Your cover is blown, Cody !
Thanks for helping us out with the bailout money. Just don't tell anyone where we got it.
Another perk of being president – meeting Captain Morgan!
How is everything in Pittsburgh?
Obama considers any means to help balance the budget.
Ahoy Mate! What do you say about about leaving our ships alone and I will see that you and your pirates get gift certificates to Long John Silvers.
President Obama lends a hand with a pirate bailout.
Obama laughs at Keenan for being so out dated. Pirates were so last year; vampires are all the rage now!!
So I see your writing the script for the next Pirates of the Caribbean film!
Sorry
The wait to meet the President has now reached those in line since October.
Look, I appreciate the effort, but I said "privatization" not Pirate-tization!
I'm glad we've reached an agreement. You leave our ships alone and we'll go see your next movie!
Is that the "first bird" on top of your hat?
Obama meets with Captain Hook to discuss a peace treaty in Never Neverland
Tricia Johnson, Livermore Ca
No! I said write a good hook, not wear one!
obama's newest plan to boost the economy
I like that hat! just like Arethea Franklin's when I was sworn in, Can I have it?
"ARRGG! Pesident Obama, I'd like just a little of the pirate's booty that you gave to AIG!
Mark
Sacramento, CA
Thanks Mr. President! I finally landed the job of my dreams!
Forget the secret service. Me and my crew can protect and serve you. For a small but hefty fee.
Mr. President, do you understand how difficult it is to write your speeches with this hook hand?
Obama audtions for the newest movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Rise of the Oval Office"
Mr. President:
"I am here on behalf of Bank of America to talk to you about the Credit Card Bill you just signed."
The White House staff is planning the ultimate test of President Obama's popularity: Can he make the puffy shirt cool?
Cheney was right, even the White House is less safe to foreign insurgents.
President Obama, known as Peter Pan when he was a child, reconciles with his former nemesis, Captain Hook.
Arrrr... my parrot doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut either.
"I'd like ye to meet me parrot, Polly Esther."
Sorry sir they told me that I was interviewing for a "Long Johns Silver" commercial.
I thought I was meeting Captain Jack Sparrow.
President Obama plans to greet the start of the holiday weekend with a little Captain Morgan.
Speechwriter Keenan to President Obama:
"It's not REALLY a hook. I kind of sort of ripped it off a fuel pump, gassing up on the way to work. "
You are funny but I am not dressing up in a costume for the next state of the union.
"In the economic downturn, it is much easier to find a job in Washington than it is in Neverland."
President Obama greets his new Secretary of the Navy
When I meant we need to go after pirates, I didn't mean Captain Hook!
– Juliann Budimir, Los Angeles