- otus
- July 20, 2012
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The next time President Barack Obama needs to feel some love, the lips of the ladies from the Century Village retirement community in South Florida will be ready to greet him. The president was met by about 700 mostly elderly and excited supporters here Thursday, where a row of grannies near the front puckered up and landed one on the leader of the free world. As Obama made his initial rounds around the lectern before his speech, several added bits of lipstick to his cheeks. "I just want to say, that's the most kisses I've gotten at any campaign event," Obama said over the music and the crowd. "And that's just half the crew. I might get some more on my way around here. I like that! I like that! I like that!" Despite the average age of the audience--the place isn't called Century Village for nothing--the crowd was hyped: Grandmothers with seats beyond kissing range fought for space to snap pictures of the president, and one woman shouted "Fight the power!"...