The truly amazing thing is that when he rips them off, too, they have an excuse for why his action was necessary and they are cool with it. Just bizarre...

What ha’ happen was that Obama didn’t show up for one of those SOTBU panels during the ‘08 campaign, claiming prior commitments. Hillary showed. Then Obama continued to ignore them  and their self-proclaimed entitlement to the Inauguration hoopla - and it has been poppin’ ever since.

I'm with the clerk. Why on earth would someone need to snap a credit card for any reason? Who are they trying to impress - the clerk? I once purposely referred to a customer's platinum Amex as "silver"....because he was a pompous jerk who needed an ego check.