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2016 Postmortem

joshcryer

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36. The Secret Service can read body language, they knew he wasn't a threat.

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 01:55 AM

Sep 2012

The meme that he asked before hand was being spread on right wing sites to make it seem staged and not genuine. It was never said by any official source or the shop owner.

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WTF? "Did he have a distinct smell?" [View all] babylonsister Sep 2012 OP

I'm not sure what to think about that one. Scootaloo Sep 2012 #1

This is a little disturbing to me 99th_Monkey Sep 2012 #2

But the SS made sure it was safe there; babylonsister Sep 2012 #3

Don't get me wrong. 99th_Monkey Sep 2012 #4

the comment attributed to the Service, was something that I think the President said after.. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #12

The Secret Service can read body language, they knew he wasn't a threat. joshcryer Sep 2012 #36

Yes he smelled like Victory C_U_L8R Sep 2012 #5

LOL.. I like that CUL8R skeewee08 Sep 2012 #8

ROFL alcibiades_mystery Sep 2012 #9

that should be a duzy tk2kewl Sep 2012 #11

my thought too n/t susanna Sep 2012 #35

Romney smells like the garbage Jennicut Sep 2012 #14

Exactly! Obama smells like awesomeness. Romney stinks like cheap cologne. anneboleyn Sep 2012 #21

LOL I like that n/t flamingdem Sep 2012 #23

Very odd question indeed..... a kennedy Sep 2012 #6

WTF......Ummmm he smells like Chocolate skeewee08 Sep 2012 #7

WTF indeed. jsr Sep 2012 #10

That's a pretty disturbing question. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #13

The question reminds me . . . abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #15

Wow. That's pretty damn racist. alphafemale Sep 2012 #16

I sometimes think of certain people and what they might smell like. Whisp Sep 2012 #17

I've seen some sense of how individual people might all have a particular smell treestar Sep 2012 #20

My boyfriend smells like cookies and roses. alphafemale Sep 2012 #22

True. Though maybe I'd give Mr. Fallon one chance to explain treestar Sep 2012 #25

Bush--last night's liquor Freddie Sep 2012 #29

The smell of success! psychobueller Sep 2012 #18

sex and candy lol. nt cash__whatiwant Sep 2012 #19

I don't think the question was racist flamingdem Sep 2012 #24

I don't think so either - would love to know what kind of cologne he uses sammytko Sep 2012 #33

My sister shook his hand flamingdem Sep 2012 #34

LOL--weird. Maybe someone just wants to know what kind of cologne TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #26

That's what I thought Freddie Sep 2012 #28

That's a really bizzare question. whathehell Sep 2012 #27

Well, this is just me, but... liberalmuse Sep 2012 #30

I see a man's name on the article, wondering if he wrote the question... CTyankee Sep 2012 #31

Cigarettes? SayitAintSo Sep 2012 #32