PHOTOS If it's Sunday morning it must be Prague

[Jackeens]

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President Barack Obama, Czech President Vaclav. Seen in background are Obama's wife Michelle and Klaus' wife Livia

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[SeattleGirl]

1. :sigh:

Such a lovely, lovely couple!

[Jackeens]

2. I love 18!!

[Aloha Spirit]

9. definitely.

I like it how they definitely see him as one of the people, not a politician.
After all, why apologize to some politician for Berlusconi's antics.
But Obama is something of a reluctant politician, and has to deal with the nonsense.
It's touching that people sense that and want to apologize, lol.

[zippy890]

10. why the apology for Berlusconi?

did I miss something- its funny anyway, that sign.

[Jackeens]

11. It's either for the "tanned" comment or just because he's a corrupt right-wing a$$hole!

Link here about the "tanned" comment:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7715016.stm

[zippy890]

21. oh right - what a twit. Forgot he was a big fan of Bush's

expect he is not overly popular in Italy.

:hi: nic pics thanks

[BlooInBloo]

48. Because he's a bigot.

[FailureToCommunicate]

35. Amazing. Not protests of Obama, crowds are actually apologizing for other

right wing leaders. Wow what a change from Bush visits.

[MoJoWorkin]

3. Looks like the Czech Republic would be happy to have our Prez as theirs!

Not to mention, it appears, that most of the people of the world would be happy to have Obama as their leader.

When will our media "get it"? This is one hell of couple that we have representing us. The best in a lifetime.

We are, indeed, privileged to be Americans now.

I keep having to pinch myself.

[rainbow4321]

32. Europe knows they have to give the Obamas BACK to us, right???

Kinda have found myself wondering that as we are treated to all of these pictures of how much they like them.

[Adelante]

4. Those are wonderful pictures

Thank you. :)

[Hope And Change]

5. Wonderful pics.K & R!

[RoyGBiv]

6. Contrast ... Prague and Bush

http://www.theage.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1045330471364_2003/02/16/wp5,0.jpg









Notably, I found find no pictures of Bush actually *in* Prague with a crowd showing as well. He did take some nice pics with the military though.

[lostnotforgotten]

7. Been There Several Times - Lovely Place

eom

[Clio the Leo]

8. Doah! The ONE time I forget to set the DVR!

I'm hoping someone will replay the video again later.

[JayMusgrove]

14. Check C-Span.org website...a few times later today and tonight.

They played the entire town hall in Strasbourg, including the introductions in French and English, and the long handshaking after the question session, all the way through the playing of Stars and Stripes Forever.

That went on as replay at 5:40 AM Saturday morning on C-Span-I

[Clio the Leo]

25. Yes, that's my plan....

... I checked this morning and nothing.

Me and my need for instant gratification. :) I would also imagine the White House would make it available, but it always takes them a few days.

[JayMusgrove]

12. ONLY 20,000 people??? Why is he so

unpopular in Prague?? :sarcasm:

Jackeens, I see more great pictures from you than I see on TV.

[MoJoWorkin]

15. I just hear CNN say 30,000 while ago. You know how they estimate crowds. LOL

[JayMusgrove]

16. Well, that's better.

But actually I was being sarcastic.

Actually I was amazed that so many turned out on a Sunday morning, he really is popular everywhere, as we see.

I love this man and our message to Europe and Europe's message back to us.

[Peace Patriot]

13. I love how Michele Obama is unafraid to wear bold, even wild, fashions.

No prissy little Missy bullshit 'conservative,' safe, 'I am just my husband's helpmeet, don't notice me' styles for her! She is out there. She experiments. She likes bold slashes of bold colors, and stark, dramatic blacks and whites, often with (in the fashion world) wild features like this metal-studded, high-riding belt, and the outrageous big white bow. The fashion moguls of the world have been very snarky about her choices. I absolutely adore them. You never know what she is going to come up with next. She wears even the craziest constructions with total confidence and flair. You can feel, watching her in these adventurous clothes, that she would laugh at the snarks, cuz she knows what's real, what's important, what they're there for, and--as the Beatles once sang--"she do-o-o-on't ca-a-a-a-a-re!!!"

[lunatica]

19. She thinks for herself. They're her clothes, her body, her choice

And when you see Malia and Sasha it's obvious she lets them choose their clothes too. They do a pretty good job too. It's obvious they love colors

[SoCalDem]

20. But but but..Laura Bush took bold fashion "chances" too...

She wore a kitty-cat dress as First Lady of texas


and who could forget this fashion coup in Russia


or fun-with ric-rac when she visited Cousin It's family


Lovely in white at opening night at the Improv


Shiny bloouse, paired with grandpa-pants (Where's Larry King when you need to borrow suspenders)


Mmmmmm.. Blue Ribbon...(fancy a beer?)


The orange kleenex-rose dress


The Band uniform ensemble

[alsame]

24. I just never understood

Laura's clothing choices. She certainly had money and access to designers and stylists that could have made her look good. I guess it just boils down to personal bad taste.

[SoCalDem]

26. Exactly.. for a woman her age, she had a decent shape, and there ARE clothes

that would have made her look good, but she seemed to deliberately choose the frumpiest things to wear..

About a year into it, those "texas designers" that she bragged about, should have staged an intervention:)

[rasputin1952]

38. Laura has this "thing" about the "Potato Sack" look...

I think she was either trying to portray a "down home" persona, or she just didn't care. 95% of this nation are "down homers", we work for a living and dress accordingly. Outfits are fine for the office and certain events, but I really think most people would rather wear jeans and T-shirts. What was truly bad, from my point of view, was the color choices she made. The browns, tans and drab greens were horrific. When she did "color up", it was usually overboard, like the "Kleenex Gown".

Then again, maybe it was the xanax...:D

:hi:

[PfcHammer]

27. brutal

but funny.;)

[Libby2]

28. I don't think Laura looks that bad at all,

there are a couple that are doozies.
I don't like what Michelle Obama has on today, I think the bow and the outside belt look strange.

[Patiod]

33. Not crazy about Michelle's outfit, but LOVE picture #21

So beautiful and genuine

Laura looked like what Laura was - a former school teacher who wasn't into fashion, which is perfectly okay.

I've got nothing against frumpy. Or stylish (like Michelle). It's really tough to be a woman on the world stage, with everyone analyzing everything you wear - does it reveal too much (do you remember the hysteria over Hillary's "cleavage"?), does it highlight what people think of as you "flaws"? Is it too tight, too bright, too dull?

Ugh.

Men are lucky (except in the summer, when we get to wear cool sundresses and thong sandals to weddings and they still have to wear suits).

[tblue37]

44. I didn't like the outfit today, either. That belt rides high and

makes her look even more shortwaisted than she is. It also caused her blouse to push up and look sloppy. Some people have jumped to the conclusion that she is pregnant (she's not, of course), because of the way the blouse puffs out over her abdomen. (I also think the blouse might be a bit too large for her.)

My guess is that when she sees photos of this outfit she will be disappointed in how it "worked." Some things that look fine when you are standing still in front of a mirror don't look fine after you've moved around in them. I bet she had to keep tugging down that blouse all day.

On the other hand, when she got off the plane in Prague, she was wearing a lovely fitted black sheath with that cute bolero cardigan she wore with her pretty evening outfit at the NATO concert Friday night. She looked lovely in that getting-off-the-plane outfit—and in her evening outfit Friday night.

One thing I notice about her is that she obviously packs like a mom and a working woman.

For example, that bolero sweater served as her evening wrap for the NATO concert on Friday and as her day wrap when she got off the plane in Prague. Her black belt in today's outfit has been worn with other outfits on this trip, including being belted over a coat worn with a yellow dress. Her black sweaters have done double and triple duty, too. Even her crinoline slip that she wore under her skirt at Buckingham Palace showed up again under her evening dress at the concert. The black and white outfits are obviously intended to be practical "mix and match" pieces so that she can pack fewer different garments.

I thinks she is still very hit and miss fashion wise. When she hits, she looks fantastic, but when she misses, she looks like she really needs a stylist.

[Jennicut]

40. WHAT was se thinking?! Its not like she is hideously ugly or anything.

Poor woman needs a makeover.

[underpants]

29. I've notcied that she is going with a lot of black and whites

:shrug:

btw-"helpmeet" was actually used by the preacher in the vows in our wedding

[tblue37]

45. In my other post (#44) I mention that she obviously packed "mix and match"

B&W pieces for practicality, because she did mix and match the various elements--including the belt and the sweaters--all through the trip.

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

17. I came here just to see photos because I knew you posted them, lol!

thank you. they are just so elegant, and i am so proud.

[JayMusgrove]

18. In #22 Obama and Michelle are not smiling, and I wonder

if they are concerned and looking at something distracting going on. Just a thought.

[rucky]

22. Look how stressed the Secret Service agents look.

They've got a President that surfs the crowd, now. They're probably thinking how much easier their job was with Ivory Tower Bush

[Jackeens]

23. Michelle's on her way home now, apparently - poor Turkey!

http://www.politico.com/politico44/

After her tour of Prague, Michelle Obama is now flying back to America. (8:54 a.m.)

[Sultana]

30. Is that the last stop of the tour?

She's coming home for her babies....

[elleng]

46. Didn't see that.

but just found this:

'Air Force One landed in darkness at this Turkish capital's airport just after 9 p.m. local time. For the first time on his trip, Obama appeared at the plane door without first lady Michelle Obama, who left for Washington after the couple's visit to Prague earlier in the day.'


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/05/AR2009040500720.html

[charlyvi]

31. Those Secret Service guys look tres stressed!

[gauguin57]

34. Zázracný !!! (marvelous!)

We of Czech descent salute the Obamas. They look so damn FINE against the loveliness of Praha.

[Jackeens]

36. Prague is breathtaking, up there with Paris as the most beautiful city I've ever visited!

[JayMusgrove]

39. Thanks for the lesson in the Czech language! We can be proud.

I am thrilled with how so many people loved him today!

[indimuse]

37. what a...

Beautiful Sunday morning post! Thank you- the pics are outstanding!!! KNR!:toast:

[Arugula Latte]

41. Michelle, I love you and you are gorgeous, but please, for the luv o' Jebus:

Don't bring back the Diane Feinstein 80s big bows!!! Pleeeeeease!!! :scared:

[Top Cat]

42. Thanks for the lovely pics... Wow that is a huge crowd

[HopeOverFear]

43. LOL @ the sorry 4 Berlusconi sign

[BlooInBloo]

47. :)))))))))

[Cha]

49. I absolutely adore

Michelle's air kisses:* These are precious pics, Jackeens..thanks!