The first couple will be spending Valentine’s Day separately. On Friday he will be heading out of town for the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage, for a summit with Southeast Asian leaders. The best decision I ever made was choosing you. “I wrote that while I was doing 100 pushups this morning”.
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DeGeneres, who is married to actress Portia de Rossi, then thanked the president for her staying married to her own “strong, beautiful” wife.
The president also returned to the themes from Thursday’s speech in Springfield, Illinois, where he announced the launch of his 2008 presidential campaign: Eventually, the president said of the 2016 race, the “ship will be righted”.
Last June, the president also refused to take a selfie with a girl after an event at the White House. “It’s like, ‘Hey! I’m here, live in front of you”. “Then I’m going to give you a massage while you watch “Ellen’s Design Challenge” on HGTV?”
The last time Obama was on set with the comedian, he was still just a candidate for the office in 2007.
The public can access Palm Springs International Airport via the main entrance at the intersection of Tahquitz Canyon Way and El Cielo Road.
Obama said people remember the dire economic straits the country faced at the dawn of his presidency, when the economy shed hundreds of thousands of jobs and people were losing their homes and retirement savings. “Taking your shoes off, and all that”.
He said the country never moves forward “when it’s based on us and them”.
But his most endearing moment came when he talked about the special bond he shares with his eldest daughter, Malia, and how he’s feeling blue now that she’s off to college in the fall. “So we’re not taking selfies but I wanna shake as many hands as possible”. “I was asked if I would speak at her graduation and I said, absolutely not because I’m gonna be sitting there with dark glasses sobbing”.
He continued: “Yeah she’s one of my best friends”.
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“Michelle, this Valentine’s Day I’m going to treat you right”. “She’s just a really smart, capable person”.
