President Obama opts for ribs from We B Smokin’

Jonathan Bender,

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  • Former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and President Barack Obama stopped for ‘cue.

It was the barbecue in Paola, Kansas, that had a turn in the spotlight Tuesday as President Barack Obama stopped at We B Smokin’ in the Miami County Airport (32580 Airport Road) after his speech at Osawatomie High School. He was accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary and former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

This wasn’t his first taste of the area’s barbecue, although it was his first visit to a local joint. Obama had Oklahoma Joe’s in 2010, but his staff picked up the order. Oklahoma Joe’s marketing director Doug Worgul stated then that the Kansas City, Kansas, joint had fed the Obama campaign twice previously.

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