Man of the people.
Via Chicago Sun-Times:
In a nutshell, that was President Barack Obama’s kidding message to Chicagoans carping about all the traffic restrictions and security measures in place for the NATO Summit.
“I’ve been asking: Why is everybody making such a big fuss? This isn’t as big as Taste of Chicago,” the president quipped to a Sun-Times reporter.
Of course, NATO doesn’t come with ribs and turkey legs, either.
Obama chatted briefly after a meeting with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai.
Obama said he looked foreward to 2014 when “We have ended our combat role, The Afghan war as we understand it is over.”