President Barack Obama tours the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama makes Thanksgiving Day phone calls to U.S. troops from the Oval Office, Nov. 24, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama waves to people gathered along the motorcade route from Osawatomie High School to Osawatomie-Paola Municipal Airport in Osawatomie, Kan., Dec. 6, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama talks to Secret Service Uniformed Division officers as he walks through the magnetometer in the Northwest Gatehouse at the White House, following his visit to Blair House, Dec. 9, 2011. The President told a reporter as he exited the gatehouse, "I just wanted to see what it was like getting in here." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
First Lady Michelle Obama and White House chefs join children from Bancroft and Tubman Elementary Schools to harvest vegetables during the third annual White House Kitchen Garden fall harvest on the South Lawn, Oct. 5, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
President Barack Obama visits a wounded warrior for a Purple Heart presentation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 10, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Vice President Joe Biden greets Lance Powlis, a trumpet player in Janelle Monáe's band, following their State Dinner performance in the State Dining Room of the White House, Oct. 13, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton listen as Gary Le Francois, Senior Vice President and Director of Engineering, leads them on a tour of the Transwestern Building in Washington, D.C., Dec. 2, 2011. The 240,000 square foot office building is undergoing renovations to the façade and internal systems that are expected to raise their ENERGY STAR rating to 95 (out of 100). (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Thank you. Those are lovely pictures of a lovely human.
They are wonderful photos, except there’s one I just can’t figure out: the Purple Heart one which is a rear view of the President wearing a light colored suit with some weird black thing hanging from or stuck to the back. I keep thinking I should be able to figure out what that is but can’t wrap my mind around it, like a super optical illusion puzzle.
I really love the one at the MLK monument.
The Prez is wearing a dark suit with a protective gown over the front to protect that soldier from infection. That’s pretty much SOP when visiting someone recovering from wounds or surgery.
He’s wearing a surgical gown over his suit to protect the patient from germs. I know, it made me look twice too.
One of the things that struck me about the Walter Reed picture is that how many things about this President are “under the radar.” There wasn’t a big media play about him visiting Walter Reed. If it weren’t for that “matter of fact” picture on the White House photographer’s site, people wouldn’t have known he’d done it.
Per the daily schedule at TOD he actually goes every couple of months. I’m impressed that he stays awhile to visit, it’s not just a handshake and move on.
And look at those pictures with him in crowds. People LOVE him. That’s why I insist the man will be re-elected by a landslide. President Obama’s the most popular president in my lifetime, I’m willing to bet.
His poll numbers are not too pretty but he’s polling better than he should considering the economy.
Considering the fact that he’s been polling consistently at around 40 to 45% approval (just like Eisenhower did) tells me that people understand he’s really trying to get the economy going again.
Great pics! I love the one of the garden harvest. This has been a great project of our FLOTUS.
Here’s another one to add
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