00:00:04.950,00:00:06.940 President Obama once again took time off today 00:00:07.080,00:00:11.110 to visit the bedside of 89-year-old billionaire widow Mrs. Adelia Scott, 00:00:11.400,00:00:13.810 prompting the White House to once again deny claims 00:00:13.910,00:00:16.040 that the President is simply buttering Mrs. Scott 00:00:16.230,00:00:19.430 in hopes that she will leave her money to the badly indebted US Treasury. 00:00:19.620,00:00:20.590 How could you say that? 00:00:21.060,00:00:23.240 The President has no motives in befriending Mrs. Scott 00:00:23.480,00:00:25.380 other than to spend time with a fellow American 00:00:25.520,00:00:27.930 who likes to do the same things he does – taking walks, 00:00:28.170,00:00:30.760 growing price-winning petunias, cross stitching, visiting the doctor. 00:00:31.000,00:00:34.240 Of course if Mrs. Scott decides at some point that she wants to provide 00:00:34.340,00:00:36.700 for the country that’s entirely her decision. 00:00:36.900,00:00:39.450 In the past two weeks alone, the President has brought Mrs. Scott 00:00:39.590,00:00:43.480 chocolate cordials, watched all six parts of the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice with her, 00:00:43.680,00:00:47.900 and spent hours listening to her stories about playing in the Ladies’ Baseball League. 00:00:48.230,00:00:53.840 Oh, Barack and I have a big time. Yesterday I showed him my kaleidoscope 00:00:54.030,00:00:58.850 that I had as a girl and fed him some of my famous mashed potatoes. 00:00:59.190,00:01:02.430 Mrs. Scott herself seems either unaware or unworried by the accusations 00:01:02.620,00:01:06.610 launched against Obama and is enjoying both the President’s attention and his gifts, 00:01:06.850,00:01:08.650 which include this portrait of the pair. 00:01:08.850,00:01:11.210 Public support of the President’s actions has been high as well. 00:01:11.450,00:01:14.370 I like that the President isn't afraid to go out there and get his hands dirty 00:01:14.610,00:01:17.810 and exploit an old woman but not you, Mrs. Scott, of course 00:01:17.950,00:01:20.080 if you're watching we think you're terrific. 00:01:20.410,00:01:22.910 Obama enjoyed an especially large bump in the polls 00:01:23.060,00:01:24.540 after his recent visit to Mrs. Scott 00:01:24.780,00:01:28.120 in which he brought along his daughter, Sasha, dressed in a sailor outfit 00:01:28.210,00:01:30.620 and persuaded her to sing “On the Good Ship Lollipop” 00:01:30.810,00:01:32.660 as Mrs. Scott clapped in time. 00:01:32.900,00:01:35.770 John Boehner, however, criticized Obama’s visits to Mrs. Scott 00:01:35.970,00:01:39.960 as a waste of time, saying “All the President needs to do is ask Mrs. Scott 00:01:40.060,00:01:42.370 to give him a calligraphy lesson and then slip a new version 00:01:42.560,00:01:43.990 of the will under the handwriting paper.” 00:01:44.330,00:01:47.570 Time does seem to be running short as other economically distressed nations 00:01:47.670,00:01:49.940 have already began to show up on Mrs. Scott’s doorstep. 00:01:50.220,00:01:53.930 Other critics say President Obama is spending too much time with Mrs. Scott 00:01:54.170,00:01:56.210 when he has other ambitious projects in the works, 00:01:56.400,00:01:59.600 like his plan to learn to count cards and win back the entire national debt 00:01:59.790,00:02:03.540 in one wild trip to Atlantic City and his plan to win a large cash prize 00:02:03.690,00:02:07.070 by entering an illegal no-holds barred coast-to-coast auto race. 00:02:07.450,00:02:11.210 Moving on, Pizza Hut announced record profits for its new pizza pile today.