Obama gets hug from small business owner

Guns Guns Guns · 09-09-2012, 05:06 PM

Stopping by the Big Apple Pizza & Pasta Italian Restaurant in Ft. Pierce, Fla., Sunday, President Obama got an unexpected lift from Scott Van Duzer, whom the president observed as the "biggest pizza parlor owner I've ever seen."

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7421142n

**RockX** · 09-09-2012, 08:30 PM

Just a random stop....

Local philanthropist Scott Van Duzer and his team of St. Lucie County Boys and Girls Club members braved temperatures in the upper 80s Tuesday, pedaling through Port St. Lucie and Fort Pierce during the second day of their monthlong, 1,000-mile Washington D.C. bicycle trip to raise blood donation awareness.

The team launched its Be a Hero Bicycle Tour on Monday from Florida's Blood Centers' Lake Park office in Palm Beach. The caravan, which includes several adult riders, four youth club members and a 38-foot camper, made a stop at a Martin County Boys and Girls Club before holding two blood drives at the Port St. Lucie Civic Center and Big Apple Pizza in Fort Pierce. The four youth riders informed more than 100 fellow club members of the importance of becoming lifelong donors once they are eligible.

"They were excited to see us and had a lot of questions for us,"said Fort Pierce Infinity Teen Center member Joseph Noble, 17. Noble said his mother needed a blood transfusion after the traumatic delivery of his older sister, three years before his birth. The teen plans to share his story with other children during scheduled stops along the way.

Van Duzer said his team is confirmed to meet with the U.S. Surgeon General on July 11 in Washington D.C. He added the deputy surgeon general will ride the last 50 miles with the team.

"Someone needs blood every two seconds. Forty-four thousand people have to donate every day to meet the need," Van Duzer said.

The four youth riders hope word of the trip spreads to the White House.

"President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, we're coming to see you," said Ken Pruitt Unit member Cody Hatt, 14. "First Lady Michelle is big on health and if she sees we're trying to promote awareness in our generation, she might get involved."

http://m.tcpalm.com/news/2012/jun/12...m-makes-stops/

**Unk** · 09-09-2012, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by \\((|))//

Stopping by the Big Apple Pizza & Pasta Italian Restaurant in Ft. Pierce, Fla., Sunday, President Obama got an unexpected lift from Scott Van Duzer, whom the president observed as the "biggest pizza parlor owner I've ever seen."

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7421142n

And the man doing the hugging is a Republican, who knows a good man when he sees one.

**blackascoal** · 09-10-2012, 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by \\((|))//

Stopping by the Big Apple Pizza & Pasta Italian Restaurant in Ft. Pierce, Fla., Sunday, President Obama got an unexpected lift from Scott Van Duzer, whom the president observed as the "biggest pizza parlor owner I've ever seen."

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7421142n

That was funny. :0)

How many guys get to squeeze the president and pick him up?

**evince** · 09-10-2012, 08:11 AM

they have had some dealings in the past through programs this pizza owner has done to help people.

The SS were just fine with it.

**RockX** · 09-10-2012, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by blackascoal

That was funny. :0)

How many guys get to squeeze the president and pick him up?

LOL
You need to ask Reggie Love that question???

**Unk** · 09-10-2012, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by evince

they have had some dealings in the past through programs this pizza owner has done to help people.

The SS were just fine with it.

The president was there because the owner has done so much to promote blood drives (among other things).

It cracked me up completely that he was out golfing when he got the word the president was coming. After all the shit Obama has taken re: golf over this past three years - here's a guy who started working at that pizza place at 16. Bought it at 23. Made it successful. He's a Republican. He was out golfing. .... and he still loves Obama. Voted for him before, will vote for him again.

**Haiku** · 09-10-2012, 10:01 AM

I can't help laughing at this...and the fact that Obama is offering NO resistance says it all...big smiles all around!!! Mitt would be as stiff as a board with his hands pushing against the guy in resistance.