Photos: Barack the Builder (The Obama Presidency, Day 484)

[Clio the Leo]

Didn't have time for these last night, but there are some lovely shots here...

http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20100518_9044.php">Obama Promises to Back South Korean Response to Ship Sinking
South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak talks on a phone with US President Barack Obama at the presidential Blue House in Seoul May 18, 2010. The investigation into the sinking of a South Korean warship in March was among issues U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korea President Lee Myung-bak discussed in a telephone call, the White House said in a statement.


A limousine carrying President Barack Obama arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. , Tuesday, May 18, 2010, before his departure to Youngstown, Ohio.


WASHINGTON - MAY 18: U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen's hat is stowed underneath a chair before he testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the new START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) treaty on Capitol Hill May 18, 2010 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev signed the new arms reduction treaty in April. The treaty, which says the two countries must cut back to no more than 800 total launchers and slash their weapons stores by 30 percent, must be approved by the Senate.




U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee


Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA (L) and ranking member Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) question Secretary of State Hillary Clinton




Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) talks with Defense Secretary Robert Gates




Lipstick is left on the straw of a plastic cup of tea that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton drank while testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee



http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/05/18/restoring-our-economic-future">Restoring Our Economic Future
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, center, and Youngstown, Ohio Mayor Jay Williams, greet President Barack Obama as he walked off Air Force One upon his arrival at Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Youngstown, Ohio, Tuesday, May 18, 2010.


"Which way do you think the vote will go tonight guys?" "Right!" "No, Left!"
US President Barack Obama (L) tours through V & M Star, a leading producer of seamless pipe for the oil and gas industry, in Youngstown, Ohio, May 18, 2010 before making remarks on the economy.









http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/05/18/right-thing-do">"The Right Thing to Do"
President Barack Obama speaks to employees of V&M Star, about jobs and the economy,








A worker claps as he listens to President Barack Obama




(Que the "Mighty Mouse" theme song...)
U.S. President Barack Obama runs to meet workers on a shift change during his visit to V&M Star


(Guess he likes his hat sticker?)














U.S. President Barack Obama (L) is reflected in a puddle as he greets a worker

[Ian David]

1. ...

"Just make it out to 'Joe The Plumber...'"

[Donnachaidh]

7. NICE photoshop ROFL!

oh man....

[patrice]

2. Hillary looks happy.

I have been noticing that lately.

Maybe losing and the consequent, President Obama, have been better for her than she expected.

[calimary]

3. LOVE these photos - especially the last two! AND the ones of Hillary!

Damn she has more gravitas in her pinkie finger cuticle than sarah palin has in her entire family tree.

I'll match Hillary Clinton against sarah palin ANY day. ANY day!!! It just makes me exultant even to think about the comparison, and how shabby the opposition stacks up against what we've got.

WE have Barack Obama. The best they can do is michael steele.

WE have Hillary Clinton. They went out and found sarah palin and are naive enough to think there's parity here.

WE even have Joe Sestak - who was so noble and gracious to his vanquished opponent last night. They have that jerk rand paul - who wouldn't even take his opponent's call to concede and congratulate. What a frickin' weasel! Anybody with class knows you should be gracious and elegant and classy in your victory, and you don't snub your opponent. You Take His Call forcryingoutloud!!! And if you're "in transit," you have your fucking CELL PHONE handy, or some aide with a cell who can put you on to take the call. Really small-time! And what a piss-ant "excuse"! I guess that's what we've come to expect from the teabaggers.

HAH!!!!

And they have the gall and the arrogance to think they're even fit to stand on the same stage with the Dems, much less assume they can "govern" better.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I said it about the bush crowd and I'll say it about this one, too.

Fuckers.

[monmouth]

4. The man could speak in a two-car garage and still make an impact....n/t

[Cha]

5. Thanks for the update in pics, Clio..

and the brilliant commentary to enhance.

[patrice]

6. The last one is my favorite. Very evocative!!! Will save it to my collection, later.

Thanks for posting, Clio the Leo!

[NJmaverick]

8. K & R!

[Botany]

9. I loves me some Obama.

n/t

[kirby]

10. Whose idea was it...

to have President Obama speak to a manufacturer for the Oil and Gas industry while the Gulf of Mexico is under assault? I mean, this would have been the perfect opportunity to promote alternative energy--to announce massive funding for solar or wind or highlight manufacturing jobs for those sectors. But Oil and Gas?

Nice pictures, but horrible messaging.

[Clio the Leo]

15. You want me to post every photo op he's done at wind turbine plants and ...

.... and electric battery production facilities in the last year? ..... Because I can.

Might take a while to post them all though.

[kirby]

18. No...

But he should not have been going to Oil/Gas companies during the Gulf disaster.

[Arugula Latte]

11. That last one is amazing ...

a work of art.

[Clio the Leo]

16. Yep, the pool photographer yesterday was better than average. NT

[Beacool]

12. Thanks, nice pics.

Quick, grab Hillary's cup and let's sell it on eBay!!

:D

[politicasista]

13. Nice photos. Thanks n/t

[argonaut]

14. If you don't mind me posting it here, I saw this fantastic photo on the White House flickr.

It's probably my favourite photo of Obama I've ever seen. Hell, if this was a painting it could be his official portrait.

[Clio the Leo]

17. Isn't that neat?

Lots of good photos uploaded recently to the Flickr stream. I usually try to do those on Sunday because it's a slow news day, but if anyone doesn't want to wait...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/