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President Barack Obama greets a crowd after departing Air Force One at Nellis Air Force Base northeast of Las Vegas on Tuesday, August 21, 2012.
Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 | 11:40 p.m.
President Obama lands at Nellis Air Force Base
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KSNV reports that President Barack Obama is in Las Vegas for the fourth time this year, Aug. 21.
When President Barack Obama’s Air Force One landed at Nellis Air Force Base on Tuesday, Scott Hugelmeyer devised a plan that would make him stand out from the crowd waiting to greet the president.
Waiting with his sister and mother and about 40 Las Vegas-area residents and Air Force personnel on the windy tarmac, he decided he’d fist-bump the president.
Obama descended from Air Force One with Nevada Sen. Harry Reid around 7:25 p.m., fresh off a campaign speech in Reno earlier that day. He will be delivering a campaign speech today focusing on economic policy and his financial plan for the future on Wednesday at Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas.
After a brief pause, he walked up to the giddy crowd that had been jockeying for position to take photos of him moments before, and began shaking their hands. Hugelmeyer was ready, or at least he thought he was.
Overcome by the “aura of the president,” he ended up giving Obama a limp-wristed, “dead fish” handshake instead. The president then moved on, continuing to thank all the Air Force personnel in the crowd and making sure to shake everyone’s hands.
“I was so prepared to give him a fist-bump,” Hugelmeyer said. “But right when he came out, you freeze.”
President Barack Obama, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., greets Chief Master Sgt. Robert Ellis, Commander Chief of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis, from left, and General Jeffrey Lofgren, Commander at the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis, after arriving at Nellis Air Force Base northeast of Las Vegas on Tuesday, August 21, 2012.
Before Obama made his way to the crowd, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center Commander Gen. Jeffrey Lofgren and Chief Master Sgt. Robert Ellis greeted him off the plane. Lofgren said that on the way down, Obama showed he was well briefed by Reid on the origins of Nellis Air Force Base.
Lofgren said he mentioned the name for whom the base is named after and the origins of the base. The two didn’t have a quiz ready for the president, but it meant a lot to them that he knew what he was talking about.
“It was just great to see the knowledge he gained and his interest in Nellis and our folks here,” Ellis said.
After spending about five minutes with the crowd of supporters, Obama departed from Reid and boarded his helicopter that would take him to his hotel. The president will speak at a grass-roots event Wednesday morning at Canyon Springs High School, where he will address his plan to grow the economy. He is scheduled to leave Las Vegas late Wednesday morning from Nellis.
While Hugelmeyer’s plan to fist-bump the president failed, he and his sister, Ellie Greene, said the experience was more than they expected.
“He really seemed like a nice guy, which I think struck me the most,” Greene said. “He seemed really genuine, which is nice to see a politician who seems like he cares.”
Bob, please share your plan?
I wonder where North Las Vegas is getting the $100,000 to pay for the Obumer visit. Thats the cost for cities to provide protection and traffic control during a presidential visit. Probably lay of another cop or firefighter so Obumer can blow smoke up everyones butt.
Considering the amount of unemployed, homeless, and welfare riders in Nevada, I bet it is a good turnout. Free pizza and soda will also help..
Democrats knew more than five minutes was a waste of time, head to the local high schools where their indoctrination has a better success rate.
Yeah, that's impressive: 42 months of unemployment above 8 percent, 8.2 million people working part-time who want full-time work, a record 88 million Americans not in the labor force, 1.5 percent GDP growth in the past quarter, more bad GDP numbers expected, a stagnant housing market, $5 trillion in new debt, the downgrading of the U.S. credit rating, 38 percent of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, 45 million Americans on food stamps, food prices continuing to increase dramatically, the poverty level likely to rise to the highest level in nearly fifty years The recession that ended three years ago this summer has been followed by the feeblest economic recovery since the Great Depression.. " " and this means the plan "worked? The shine is off the Hope and Change, it's now just Hype and Blame, so you'll be going away come this November. Maybe you can get your old job back as a Community Organizer, best stick to something you know how to do!
Bob - since this Plan is not Searchable even with a GOGLE search - I'm just assuming it's way out there. However you never know - so please share the Internet Links where it's Posted.