Obama hosts Halloween at the White House

[jefferson_dem]

Obama hosts Halloween at the White House
By the CNN Wire Staff

October 31, 2010 8:43 p.m. EDT



Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama welcomed area students and children of military families Sunday to celebrate Halloween at the White House.

Joined by his wife, Michelle, the president handed out treats to the gaggles of costumed children gathered on the lawn. Neither the president nor his wife dressed up.

The trick-or-treaters -- ranging in age from 6 to 14 -- were from schools in the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia areas, the White House said.

They were greeted by a boisterous brass band and by adults dressed up as quintessential Halloween characters like Dracula and Frankenstein. Participants were given M&M's, a sweet dough butter cookie and dried fruit.

Fake spider webs and bats decorated the portico of the White House, while pumpkins spotted the yard.

The celebration was a light-hearted break for Obama, who has been crisscrossing the country in full campaign mode ahead of Tuesday's congressional elections.

At stake are all 435 House seats and 37 of the 100 Senate seats, along with almost 40 gubernatorial races.

His Democratic party is poised to lose seats in both chambers, and perhaps its House majority. Speaking at a Cleveland State University rally earlier Sunday, Obama urged people to get out and vote.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/31/obama.halloween/index.html

[charlie and algernon]

1. who was dressed up as the monsters?

Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein.

Actors or staff?

[firedupdem]

2. Excellent! I wondered if they were doing this again this year. n/t

[laconicsax]

3. Why didn't he dress up?

[vaberella]

7. He did. He's Bill Cosby---or Heathcliff Huxtable. n/t

[Fruittree]

9. What is that supposed to mean??

What a weird thing to say..

[vaberella]

10. How so? I thought it was pretty evident what I meant. n/t

[laconicsax]

11. Without a packet of Jello or Kodak film, the costume falls flat. n/t

[toddwv]

4. Great....

now the right-wingers will be accusing him of being a Marxist Kenyan Muslim terrorist witch. Maybe he should do one of those Christine O'Donnell commercials.

"I'm not a Marxist Kenyan terrorist witch. I'm you."

[cutlassmama]

6. lol

[66 dmhlt]

5. BOOOO!

They do know how to have a good time celebrating holidays ...

[vaberella]

8. I love FLOTUS' orange sweater set. Very cute. n/t

[Arkana]

12. Did Boner come dressed as himself?