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BainsBane

(53,031 posts)
Thu May 23, 2013, 10:37 AM May 2013

President Obama's prom photo

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Left: Kelli Allman‘s OAHUAN 1979 Yearbook.
Right: Obama wrote the above note in Allman’s yearbook at the end of his senior year in 1979.

Tucked away in someone else’s shoe box of adolescent artifacts, there might be a picture of you in garish clothes and with an outdated ‘do, your arm around a high school squeeze. The President of the United States is no different. These previously unpublished photos, obtained exclusively by TIME from Obama’s schoolmate Kelli Allman (née McCormack), show a 17-year-old Barack Obama on the night of his senior prom.

Barry spent his days at the Punahou School in Hawaii studying, shooting hoops and goofing off with his friends. Greg Orme, a fellow varsity basketball player, was Obama’s constant companion. “They were like brothers,” says Allman. On prom night, the pair double-dated. Obama and his date Megan Hughes, a student at the Hawaii School for Girls at La Pietra, joined Orme at Allman’s house, where the two couples sipped champagne before going to the dance and then an after-party. “It was a really fun, happy time. We were all cracking up, and everyone was smiling,” says Allman. “It was pretty typical from there out as far as what happens at prom: the dinner and the dancing and the photos.”

Millions of American teenagers will go to proms this year. Their photos are more likely to be stored on Facebook than in a shoe box. But it’s fun to imagine that in one of those pictures, there’s a girl in a pastel dress or a lanky guy in a white sport coat who will end up becoming the leader of the free world.

Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2013/05/23/time-exclusive-obamas-1979-prom-photos/#ixzz2U7uU1DGf

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President Obama's prom photo (Original Post) BainsBane May 2013 OP
He went to school with Ashton Kutcher? cynatnite May 2013 #1
I know, right? BainsBane May 2013 #4
Hmm...some of the guys I went to school with looked like Joe Dirt... cynatnite May 2013 #7
He looks more like a teenaged Matt Damon to me. BlueCaliDem May 2013 #6
I'm going with Ashton Kutcher BainsBane May 2013 #10
Ok. BlueCaliDem May 2013 #13
So is Mila Kunis jealous? HERVEPA May 2013 #28
I was thinking Jim Breuer at first deutsey May 2013 #61
Goat Boy! ROFL! Classic! BlueCaliDem May 2013 #88
That was my first thought too! wercal May 2013 #32
Wow brucefan May 2013 #2
better now BainsBane May 2013 #9
+1 Tarheel_Dem May 2013 #53
Send this to the conservatives they think no one knew him....... Historic NY May 2013 #3
The man is now and has always been Dr. Smooth so it makes right wing heads s'plosed. Botany May 2013 #11
I'm surprised the GOP talking point.... AnneD May 2013 #45
Looks like all American kids to me. madokie May 2013 #5
not a madrasa? BainsBane May 2013 #8
I wish he would let his hair grow out during the next 4 years. nt Pragdem May 2013 #12
How about this? BainsBane May 2013 #15
Is that Khal Drogo? Warren DeMontague May 2013 #27
yes, he's healed BainsBane May 2013 #29
Really?? Wow Number23 May 2013 #76
I'm pretty sure thats from Jason Mamoa's Stargate Atlantis days. phleshdef May 2013 #49
Wow. He's beautiful. Thank you. Demoiselle May 2013 #38
psst... for many gowing older is accompanied by slow hair growth question everything May 2013 #43
Nice afro. Arkana May 2013 #14
This was the best comment on this article I found. I hope it doesn't break any DU rules by posting kelliekat44 May 2013 #16
That is funny BainsBane May 2013 #18
Brilliant! Greybnk48 May 2013 #22
!!! Tarheel_Dem May 2013 #55
Brilliant.. thanks kellie! n/m Cha May 2013 #79
Heh! Scurrilous May 2013 #83
ROFL Bobbie Jo May 2013 #86
p.s. here's the note: ucrdem May 2013 #17
Great addition BainsBane May 2013 #19
likewise! how many high school seniors ucrdem May 2013 #23
High School Seniors that will go on to edit the Harvard Law Review might use .... Botany May 2013 #78
This made me laugh! Raine1967 May 2013 #24
Foxy? napkinz May 2013 #40
ha. I'd like to think he had this in mind: ucrdem May 2013 #42
He really is the Jimi Hendrix of presidents! napkinz May 2013 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author napkinz May 2013 #46
Milli Vanilli . . . ucrdem May 2013 #48
Or this BainsBane May 2013 #89
whats funny about this note d_r May 2013 #51
including phone number ucrdem May 2013 #52
thanks urcdem! You know who's getting a kick out of this? Cha May 2013 #81
His date looks like alsame May 2013 #20
and the Rethugs are doing their "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" routine napkinz May 2013 #47
Nah! They are drawing up articles of impeachment because the future President Obama bluestate10 May 2013 #84
Is that from Kenya or Indonesia? Greybnk48 May 2013 #21
could be BainsBane May 2013 #26
Cool picture. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #25
How late 70s...the only thing missing is Judge Reinhold and his pirate hat BeyondGeography May 2013 #30
"Didn't you used to work at All American Burger?" Warren DeMontague May 2013 #34
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine... BeyondGeography May 2013 #35
nothing like ordering pizza in the middle of class! napkinz May 2013 #50
"YOOOOU DIIIICK!" ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2013 #87
i was thinking the same thing arely staircase May 2013 #75
He looks like a playa. Apophis May 2013 #31
This must have been photoshopped malaise May 2013 #33
Kelli, sheshe2 May 2013 #36
You're welcome BainsBane May 2013 #65
Kool huh! nt sheshe2 May 2013 #67
I can see the fury of the White Supremacists over him and a blonde. Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #37
Just tell them that colorado_ufo May 2013 #39
Freepers are going nuts. fitman May 2013 #41
! Brigid May 2013 #59
They are revolting BainsBane May 2013 #72
Classy as ever, they are. Number23 May 2013 #77
I didn't know they had proms...IN KENYA!!!!! alcibiades_mystery May 2013 #54
Ashton? That you? Tarheel_Dem May 2013 #56
same dress on the blonde BainsBane May 2013 #64
As a child of the 70's, I remember quite vividly, that DRESS, in every color imaginable! Tarheel_Dem May 2013 #68
Heads are exploding over in Freeperville! rdharma May 2013 #57
Let me guess ... napkinz May 2013 #58
Provide quotes BainsBane May 2013 #63
I'm sure somebody would not understand that they are quotes and would notify on me. rdharma May 2013 #66
They are twisted BainsBane May 2013 #69
They have more than one thread on this over in Freeperland. rdharma May 2013 #71
"he wasn't really poor" BainsBane May 2013 #80
The blond girl on the right is Jenna Bush! rdharma May 2013 #60
Blasphemy! BainsBane May 2013 #62
TIME's best use of throwbackthursday! socialaidem May 2013 #70
we have come a long way as a nation that the right couldn't use that photo in 2008 or 2012 yurbud May 2013 #73
Not publicly BainsBane May 2013 #74
because their prom dates required inflation? yurbud May 2013 #90
Mahalo, Bains.. and good for Kelli Allman, doing Cha May 2013 #82
I find it amazing how little he has changed BainsBane May 2013 #85

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
1. He went to school with Ashton Kutcher?
Thu May 23, 2013, 10:38 AM
May 2013


Seriously, that's a good pic and that other guy does look like Ashton Kutcher.

BainsBane

(53,031 posts)
4. I know, right?
Thu May 23, 2013, 10:40 AM
May 2013

Actually all of us around that age went to school with someone who looked like Ashton Kutcher in the 70s show.

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
7. Hmm...some of the guys I went to school with looked like Joe Dirt...
Thu May 23, 2013, 10:40 AM
May 2013

Of course, I lived in farm country in OK, too.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
88. Goat Boy! ROFL! Classic!
Thu May 23, 2013, 10:38 PM
May 2013

And thanks. I thought he looked a lot like Damon the moment I saw the photograph.

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
45. I'm surprised the GOP talking point....
Thu May 23, 2013, 01:14 PM
May 2013

revolves around the fact that he obviously got 'lei-ed'.

BainsBane

(53,031 posts)
29. yes, he's healed
Thu May 23, 2013, 11:55 AM
May 2013

I was sorry to see him go. The actor who plays him is married to Lisa Bonet (Cosby Show).

question everything

(47,470 posts)
43. psst... for many gowing older is accompanied by slow hair growth
Thu May 23, 2013, 01:00 PM
May 2013

which is better, I suppose, than hair loss..


 

kelliekat44

(7,759 posts)
16. This was the best comment on this article I found. I hope it doesn't break any DU rules by posting
Thu May 23, 2013, 11:10 AM
May 2013

it. It made me ROTFLOL

Pablothefantastic
2 minutes ago

"I didn't think that - muslim terrorists raised from the womb to take over the free world and reveal the apocalypse on behalf of their lord satan in a secret plot hatched by their extremist Kenyan father who had the foresight to register a fake birth notice in a hawaiian newspaper as part of a global conspiracy set in to motion by the socialists - went to proms."

Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2013/05/23/time-exclusive-obamas-1979-prom-photos/#ixzz2U82nEFnU

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
23. likewise! how many high school seniors
Thu May 23, 2013, 11:43 AM
May 2013

use semicolons in their yearbook notes? But what's really funny is that it's hard to tell from the photos which is BO's date. Hate to say this but it looks like all three are.

Botany

(70,494 posts)
78. High School Seniors that will go on to edit the Harvard Law Review might use ....
Thu May 23, 2013, 07:15 PM
May 2013

... semicolons. BTW much of the right wing hates President Obama because he is everything they
are not; Smart, educated, smooth w/the ladies* and the guys, a good athlete (state champ in b-ball)
he can sing Al Green, well written & spoken, a good father and husband, and thanx to all of his
community organizing skills he can run a hell of Presidental campaign and kick their asses. The man
has major game.


* POTUS with Thailand's P.M. Yingluck Shinawatra

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napkinz

(17,199 posts)
44. He really is the Jimi Hendrix of presidents!
Thu May 23, 2013, 01:13 PM
May 2013

Way coooool!!!!!!

To think, we've had Elvis and Jimi as presidents ... Clinton & Obama.

And what have the Republicans had? Milli & Vanilli ... Reagan & Dubya.









Response to napkinz (Reply #44)

d_r

(6,907 posts)
51. whats funny about this note
Thu May 23, 2013, 01:23 PM
May 2013

is he is totally scooping on his friends foxy date - call me sometime after Greg is gone and I'll buy you lunch, lol.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
47. and the Rethugs are doing their "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" routine
Thu May 23, 2013, 01:17 PM
May 2013

"Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi!"




bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
84. Nah! They are drawing up articles of impeachment because the future President Obama
Thu May 23, 2013, 09:13 PM
May 2013

double dated at his senior prom.

Greybnk48

(10,167 posts)
21. Is that from Kenya or Indonesia?
Thu May 23, 2013, 11:37 AM
May 2013

LOL! They look so cute, all of them. Edit to add: I think POTUS had a little crush on Kellie, judging by what he wrote in her yearbook.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
34. "Didn't you used to work at All American Burger?"
Thu May 23, 2013, 12:07 PM
May 2013


I can't be the only one who thinks they all look a smidge high in those pictures, too.

malaise

(268,943 posts)
33. This must have been photoshopped
Thu May 23, 2013, 12:05 PM
May 2013

Barack Hussain Obama the Kenyan socialist Muslim communist grew up in Kenya.

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
36. Kelli,
Thu May 23, 2013, 12:27 PM
May 2013

Is "sweet and foxy"~

The Prez is as sweet then as he is now"


"The Obama Kissing Rock"

"On our first date, I treated her to the finest ice cream Baskin-Robbins had to offer, our dinner table doubling as the curb. I kissed her, and it tasted like chocolate."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16/obamas-first-kiss-marked-_n_1789692.html


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Thanks for the sweet prom pictures, BainsBane!

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
58. Let me guess ...
Thu May 23, 2013, 02:06 PM
May 2013

They are freaking out that our president is pictured with white women.

No wonder they are so hostile to gay marriage. They still haven't gotten over interracial dating and marriage.

Remember, this is the group that wants to take this country back! (back to the 1950's)





 

rdharma

(6,057 posts)
66. I'm sure somebody would not understand that they are quotes and would notify on me.
Thu May 23, 2013, 03:05 PM
May 2013

But here's the link to the page so you can read all the nutty stuff: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022988/posts

BainsBane

(53,031 posts)
69. They are twisted
Thu May 23, 2013, 03:33 PM
May 2013

Firstly, "he liked them big then too." How is that woman or Michelle "big"? Then all the stuff about this picture being released as part of a conspiracy to cover up for Benghazi.

 

rdharma

(6,057 posts)
71. They have more than one thread on this over in Freeperland.
Thu May 23, 2013, 04:03 PM
May 2013
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3023087/posts#comment

They're throwing a tizzy over them drinking Champagne and....... Errrrr Merrrr Gerrrd! Obama's "tie is crooked"!

BainsBane

(53,031 posts)
80. "he wasn't really poor"
Thu May 23, 2013, 08:24 PM
May 2013

"He went to prom." "Why can't they find his long form birth certificate." What complete nutjobs freepers are.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
73. we have come a long way as a nation that the right couldn't use that photo in 2008 or 2012
Thu May 23, 2013, 06:28 PM
May 2013

either that, or Obama's patrons let them no that it was not to be done.

Cha

(297,154 posts)
82. Mahalo, Bains.. and good for Kelli Allman, doing
Thu May 23, 2013, 08:31 PM
May 2013

her part for history.

"Millions of American teenagers will go to proms this year. Their photos are more likely to be stored on Facebook than in a shoe box. But it’s fun to imagine that in one of those pictures, there’s a girl in a pastel dress or a lanky guy in a white sport coat who will end up becoming the leader of the free world."

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