Washington Post writes 885 words on President Biden calling in a burger order

Brett T. | 5:27 PM on January 18, 2023

Newspapers still have sections, and if you’re one of the big papers, you have a style section, a food section, etc. And they’ve got to write something. As Twitchy reported last summer, the New York Times style section did a piece on “the return of aviator Joe.” “Aviator Joe is back,” they wrote, “just in time to take his quasi-victory lap. Forget the glowing eyes of Dark Brandon.” He hadn’t even worn his aviators to the White House Easter Egg Roll, they noted.

Now it’s the Washington Post’s turn, and their food section has an 885-word piece on President Joe Biden calling in an order to Ghostburger.

WashPo wrote 885 words of flattery about the President ordering a burger. Democracy sure does die in the darkness https://t.co/4ysql1kq2J

— Adam Kredo (@Kredo0) January 18, 2023

The Washington Post reports:

Brittany Spaddy has never seen “The American President,” the 1995 rom-com written by Aaron Sorkin, but she basically lived out one of the film’s most memorable scenes, the one in which a flower shop employee collapses when the president of the United States walks in and tries to order roses.

Spaddy was called into work at Ghostburger on Tuesday, her day off, ostensibly because a VIP was coming to the D.C. burger joint and the place would need extra employees to handle the crowd. But the real agenda, said Josh Phillips, co-founder of Ghostburger, was that the owners wanted Spaddy to be there when President Biden called to place an order. The White House had made the arrangements the day before with Phillips and his wife and co-founder, Kelly.

“She earned that call,” Phillips said about Spaddy, who handles practically everything in the front of the house at Ghostburger, one of the few feel-good stories of the pandemic.

But did he have chocolate chocolate chip for dessert? “Biden asked for a single Ghostburger with bacon, but no cheese and no ‘spooky sauce.’ He ordered another single Ghostburger with cheese, but no sauce.”