Fired Up. Ready to Go. For Chicken Nuggets.
The official reviews had not yet come in when the Barack Obama staffers started celebrating last night. And what better what better way to celebrate than a walk into the drive thru at McDonald's? A function of audacity? Hope? Or maybe just change we can believe in.
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<p>(Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt, in the act of loving it.)</p>
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