President Obama’s Fake Mustache Fantasy
By Anne Cohen March 15, 2013
On Thursday night, President Obama told Israel’s Channel Two that he often fantasizes about going around in disguise while on official trips —with say, a fake mustache — and just blending in. As expected, the Internet exploded.
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“Sometimes I have this fantasy, that I can put on a disguise, wear a fake mustache and I could wander through Tel Aviv and go to a bar and have a conversation, or go down to a university and meet with some students in a setting where it wasn’t as formal,” Obama told the interviewer.
While I completely get the President’s desire to be normal, I have to point out that a fake mustache is probably not the best way to achieve this.
But if he does decide to go for the fuzz, I have to ask: the Handlebar, the Salvador Dali or the Chevron?
See the full interview below:
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