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| Chicago voter tells Obama 'don't touch my girlfriend' – Obama stays super smooth | |
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| What do you say when you come face to face with the President of the United States? | What do you say when you come face to face with the President of the United States? |
| It's a situation many of us may long for, especially with the present incumbent, but no doubt if the moment ever arose we may choke, or worse, do something embarrassing. | It's a situation many of us may long for, especially with the present incumbent, but no doubt if the moment ever arose we may choke, or worse, do something embarrassing. |
| On Monday in Chicago Mike Jones, an Illinois voter, decided to use the confrontational boyfriend approach with Barack Obama when he noticed that president number 44 was voting in a booth next to his fiancé, Aia Cooper. | |
| As he walked past the pair, Jones said, "Mr. President, don't touch my girlfriend". | As he walked past the pair, Jones said, "Mr. President, don't touch my girlfriend". |
| Cooper laughed, looking rather embarrassed: "Did he really just say that?" | Cooper laughed, looking rather embarrassed: "Did he really just say that?" |
| Yet the president was unphased by Cooper's jibe. "I really wasn't planning on it," Obama retorted without looking up, before joking with Jones that her man was "an example of a brother just embarrassing you for no reason." | Yet the president was unphased by Cooper's jibe. "I really wasn't planning on it," Obama retorted without looking up, before joking with Jones that her man was "an example of a brother just embarrassing you for no reason." |
| Cooper laughed along with Obama, apologising for her fiancé's behaviour. | Cooper laughed along with Obama, apologising for her fiancé's behaviour. |
| Obama continued to joke. "You'll be going back home talking to your friends about this. I can't believe - what's his name?" | Obama continued to joke. "You'll be going back home talking to your friends about this. I can't believe - what's his name?" |
| Cooper said, "Mike". | Cooper said, "Mike". |
| "I can't believe Mike. He's such a fool," Obama joked. "But fortunately, fortunately, the President was nice about it". | "I can't believe Mike. He's such a fool," Obama joked. "But fortunately, fortunately, the President was nice about it". |
| After Obama had finished voting, he embraced Cooper and said: "You're gonna kiss me, give him something to talk about. Now, he's really jealous". | After Obama had finished voting, he embraced Cooper and said: "You're gonna kiss me, give him something to talk about. Now, he's really jealous". |
| President Obama was casting a ballot in early voting for the 2014 midterm elections at the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center in Chicago. | President Obama was casting a ballot in early voting for the 2014 midterm elections at the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center in Chicago. |
| The President was back in state where he was senator between 2005 and 2009 to campaign for Democratic Governor Pat Quinn. | The President was back in state where he was senator between 2005 and 2009 to campaign for Democratic Governor Pat Quinn. |