Barack Obama admitted the real reason for running for president — to keep his daughters safe from unsuitable boyfriends.
“The real reason is Secret Service protection for my two girls as they enter into their teenage years,” he said, joking with voters at a barbecue here in a woodland setting beside a lake.
“Whatever young guy comes by for a date, we’re going to have one of these mean-looking guys who don’t crack a smile. They’re armed. They’re dangerous,” he said, pointing to the dark-suited agents monitoring the good-natured crowd.
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Obama jokingly offered Secret Service vetting to a local man, so that he could investigate the background of his daughter’s fiancé ahead of their wedding.
The Illinois senator has two daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, who is seven. The girls joined their mother Michelle Obama at the Democratic nominating convention in Denver last week.
(AFP)
巴拉克．歐巴馬坦承他參選總統的真正目的──避免女兒被不合適的男孩追走。
他和選民在湖邊林地烤肉時，開玩笑地說：「我參選的真正目的，就是等我女兒青春期時，有特勤單位可以保護她們。」
歐巴馬指著一群在旁緊盯著這群善良老百姓、身穿黑西裝的幹員說：「不管什麼樣的年輕小伙子來接我女兒出去約會，我們都會派出一位不苟言笑、目露兇光的幹員跟著，他們荷槍實彈，危險的很。」
歐巴馬還打趣地對當地一名男子說，要請特勤單位在他女兒婚禮之前，協助調查他未來女婿的背景。
這位伊利諾州參議員有一對女兒─十歲的瑪利亞和七歲的莎夏。兩位女孩上週和母親米雪兒．歐巴馬一同出席在丹佛舉行的民主黨提名大會。
（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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