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sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 07:17 PM Sep 2014

For the BOG~ Kids love The Obamas


First Lady Michelle Obama hugs a child during a Drink Up event on the South Lawn of the White House, July 22, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

Yikes! The First Black President is holding me~


President Barack Obama holds the baby daughter of former staff members Darienne Page Rakestraw and London Rakestraw in the Ground Floor Corridor of the White House, July 1, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)


President Barack Obama greets a young girl after he delivered remarks on the economy at Cheesman Park in Denver, Colo., July 9, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)


President Barack Obama talks with a young girl as he and the First Lady greeted military personnel and their families during the Fourth of July celebration on the South Lawn of the White House, July 4, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)


President Barack Obama talks with three-year-old Holden Fossum and his sisters Ayla, 8, and Alexandria, 4, during a greet with wounded warriors and their families in the East Room of the White House, July 14, 2014. Holden, Ayla, and Alexandria are the children of Staff Sergeant Brendan Fossum and wife Dana of Woodbine, Md. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Barack Obama greets a young boy on the street in Denver, Colo., July 8, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)


President Barack Obama greets Emmitt and Pat Smith and family, and Team 22 on the Rose Garden steps of the White House, July 29, 2104. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

http://theobamadiary.com/

For the BOG~
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For the BOG~ Kids love The Obamas (Original Post) sheshe2 Sep 2014 OP
Ya know, it's only the "grown ups" (term used loosely) who can't stand him... NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1
True, that! silverweb Sep 2014 #2
You nailed it SKP! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #3
I never tire of seeing the pix brer cat Sep 2014 #4
It is brer cat! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #8
+ 1 demigoddess Sep 2014 #10
Our kids Our Future and these kids have the good fortune to have interacted with Cha Sep 2014 #5
..... sheshe2 Sep 2014 #6
Tickling toes! Cha Sep 2014 #7
Tickled about the future! freshwest Sep 2014 #9
The phony polls Cartoonist Sep 2014 #11
Thank you Cartoonist! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #12
This makes me think of the children tartan2 Sep 2014 #13
Love that last one of the boy in the yellow sweater. SunSeeker Sep 2014 #14
He just grabbed PBO's legs and held on. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #15
The only people that don't look happy in those pics are the secret service... SunSeeker Sep 2014 #16
Nothing is more telling to me or more authentic than these interactions. proverbialwisdom Sep 2014 #17
Wonderful pictures of our wonderful first family. Thanks for posting! N/T nirvana555 Sep 2014 #18
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. Ya know, it's only the "grown ups" (term used loosely) who can't stand him...
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 07:21 PM
Sep 2014

Which is so odd because, to me, he'll always be remembered as "the Grown Up in the room".

Cha

(297,154 posts)
5. Our kids Our Future and these kids have the good fortune to have interacted with
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 10:34 PM
Sep 2014

wonderful role models such as President Obama and First Lady Michelle~

Mahalo she for this beautiful OP~


President Barack Obama greets the family of departing staff member Archana Snyder, Council of Economic Advisers, in the Outer Oval Office, July 3, 2014.

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/11/kids-%e2%99%a5-the-obamas/

Cartoonist

(7,316 posts)
11. The phony polls
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 09:24 PM
Sep 2014

Whenever any of those fake polls showing Obama as being an unpopular president are released, they ought to be responded to with pics like these. Not just with kids, but with adults as well. I'm an old man and I can say that this man is the most popular president EVER. He'd win a third term even if they re-animated Reagan.

tartan2

(314 posts)
13. This makes me think of the children
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 09:42 PM
Sep 2014

behind Prince Charles when President Obama was greeted by the Prince. The children were cheering and clapping for our President Obama!!! How cool is that! Children in the UK cheering for the POTUS!!

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
14. Love that last one of the boy in the yellow sweater.
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 01:22 AM
Sep 2014

Last edited Sat Sep 13, 2014, 02:36 AM - Edit history (1)

The sheer joy on that little boy's face!

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
15. He just grabbed PBO's legs and held on.
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 01:27 AM
Sep 2014

As for PBO, SunSeeker...he is a kind and gentle man. It shows in that picture.

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
16. The only people that don't look happy in those pics are the secret service...
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 02:35 AM
Sep 2014

The strain on the agents' faces is intense in that second to last shot. PBO going into crowds must be a nightmare for them, especially with the unprecedented number of death threats he gets.

proverbialwisdom

(4,959 posts)
17. Nothing is more telling to me or more authentic than these interactions.
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 06:40 PM
Sep 2014

They are my touchstone in the uproar of American politics and posturing.

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