Photos: GET! ME! OUT OF HERE!!!!! (The Obama Presidency, Day 938)

[Clio the Leo]

** Warning: There is an absurd amount of photos of children in this thread. Look away if you are offended by small sized human beings.**

President Barack Obama walks with, from left, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D- Minn. , Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. , Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, third from right, and others, upon his arrival at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in St. Paul, Minn. , Monday, Aug. 15, 2011,prior to the start his three-day economic bus tour.




President Barack Obama boards his bus after arriving at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, on Air Force One, seen reflected in the side of the bus, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in St. Paul, Minn. , to start his three-day economic bus tour.






CANNON FALLS, MN - AUGUST 15: Madison Wood, 3, waits with others for the arrival of President Barack Obama at Lower Hannah's Bend Park on August 15, 2011 in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. President Obama is on a bus tour of Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois where he is scheduled to speak with average Americans about economic issues at town hall style meetings.



Seven-foot, eight-inch tall, Igor Vovkovinskiy, the self proclaimed biggest supporter of President Barack Obama, takes a photo with cheerleaders from the Cannon Falls high school prior to a town hall event at Lower Hannah's Bend Park, in Cannon Falls, Minn. , Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. The President is on a three-day Midwestern bus tour.








"You know, they took away my Blackberry so now, when I wanna call China, I gotta do like this."





U.S. President Barack Obama meets a local woman following his lunch with five post-9/11 Minnesota veterans at Old Market Deli in Cannon Falls, Minnesota August 15, 2011. Obama is traveling on a bus tour through Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.


President Barack Obama talks with, from left, Lydia Schaefer, 6, her grandmother Ruth Rebbe, and her sister Morgan Schaefer, 10, outside The Coffee Mill Restaurant, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Zumbrota, Minn. , during his three-day economic bus tour.


President Barack Obama looks at the pie selection with owner Carol Jackson as he stops at The Coffee Mill Restaurant, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Zumbrota, Minn. , during his three-day economic bus tour.







"I got all the piiiiie!!! And now there's none for youuuuuu!"


(and the secret to staying fit is to hand off the pie to someone else)




U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured in front of a barn during a town hall-style event at Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa August 15, 2011.














U.S. President Barack Obama meets young children from the public schools in Chatfield, Minnesota, during a stop on his bus trip to the Midwest August 15, 2011. Obama blasted Republicans over taxes on Monday

[glowing]

1. Man! Kids live this President. I can't say the same for many politicians.

[66 dmhlt]

22. Some politicians have the touch - and some don't ...

[treestar]

31. Babies know when a Republican is holding them!

They are smart that way!

[patrice]

2. Delight! -full.

[hayrow]

3. What happened to the rule that every 4th or 5th issue on this site has to have a photo

of Michele Bachmann working on a corndog?

[hay rick]

42. Working on a corndog?

Thanks for the visual.

[otohara]

4. Great Pics w/the Kids

thanks for posting

[onehandle]

5. That first photo is the first shot I can recall with the President and Senator Franken.

All nice shots. That last one is packed with charisma.

[rurallib]

6. Ya gotta love this guy.

[femmocrat]

7. Fabulous photos! Thanks Clio!

K&R

[gblady]

8. Thanks, Clio.....

Great to see your photo threads...
this one is an absolute delight!

[Botany]

9. The little all American girl (black) with what could ....

... be her white mother waiting to see the President w/ joy all over her face ...... I have something in my eye. :cry:

[monmouth]

19. What a beautiful child she is too. Future model....n/t

[Mortos]

45. or future president...

Aim a little higher.

[Oceansaway]

10. thanks...n/t

[Tx4obama]

11. For the folks that love to see Obama with babies ...

Here ya go ...

Barack Obama and Babies
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5cIEvZe-Eg

The Obama Babies
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKQfM3UFj2Q

[Cracklin Charlie]

12. Love that one of President Obama with the kid's group!

It's like finding ET in the group of stuffed animals in Eliot's closet.

Thanks, Clio!

[Kind of Blue]

13. Thank you, Clio! So refreshing to see

people loving him up!
KnR!

[Whisp]

14. great pics. thanks for posting. rec'd

[CakeGrrl]

15. K/R - great to see him on the road!

[handmade34]

16. Thank You!!

Love them all

[flamingdem]

17. Sweet and genuine, thanks nt

[Inuca]

18. I was not crazy about the bus tour

idea. Seeing these made me change my mind.

[AlmostUlyanov]

20. Why won't he help that little girl with her shoe?

Monstrous! :scared:

[Enrique]

21. those pictures make me think no one stands a chance against him

or I should say, they show a big advantage Obama has against everyone else.

[stlsaxman]

23. KICK AND REC!!! KICK AND REC!!! KICK AND REC!!! KICK AND REC!!! n/t

[Tarheel_Dem]

24. If they could vote, this would be a slam dunk!

:kick:

[Pirate Smile]

25. K & R. Don't ever stop doing these threads, Clio!

:D

[shireen]

26. that photo of him surrounded by kids -- priceless! nt

[Wait Wut]

27. He always looks genuine.

Whether smiling, laughing or concerned. That's why kids love him. They can sense bullshit a mile away. I bet he has the same effect on animals. Well, except for elephants.

Great pics! Thanks for giving me a better start to the day!

[uponit7771]

28. All those kids want to primary Obama too, they don't know a congress exist either.

[renate]

29. love the pictures of the President.... not crazy about the bus

Whose idea was it to have it be all black? Obviously the windows had to be opaque, but that is not a warm-and-fuzzy-looking bus--it looks like something Donald Trump would ride around in. This may be a stupid little quibble, but I think some red, white, and blue would be better.

But the pictures of Obama with the kids are ridiculously charming!

[jaysunb]

41. It's hard to get "bullet-proof" material in pastels.

:evilgrin: :hi:

[struggle4progress]

30. +!

[placton]

32. he looks soooo hopey-changey!

great image guy!

[gademocrat7]

33. Thank you, Clio.

Great photos!

[Control-Z]

34. That barn photo

looks like it came off of a West Wing episode. So perfect...

But those three kid pics at the bottom, especially the middle one where the kids appear to be tickling the president, are just amazing.

Thanks!

[Scurrilous]

35. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Brigid]

36. Hand off the pie?

But what if it's his favorite kind? :rofl:

Loves these pics, BTW. :)

[Major Hogwash]

37. Wow, all those lilliputians swarming him like that.

What an opportunity for a kid! To meet the first real President of the 21st Century!!

Man, these are cool photographs.

[Marnie]

38. Not to be too cynical but how hand picked are his audiences.

[Mortos]

46. They aren't, unlike George W. Bush and right wing republicans

who ban anyone who even thinks about having an independent thought.

[leveymg]

39. Life inside the moveable bubble. No wonder he seems so out of touch with the other America.

[jaysunb]

43. Most Americans don't think like you.

I certainly don't, and your "turd in the punchbowl" is beneath you.

:evilfrown:

[leveymg]

50. They just don't say it out loud. And, I wasn't the one who spoiled the punch.

I wasn't consulted about this bus tour of the heartland, and frankly nobody who was part of planning it can say it. But, the whole thing seems so contrived. Transparently, embarrassingly so.

Okay, get mad at me for saying what's obvious for those with eyes who will see. I don't enjoy this pariah role for one minute, but someone needs to say it: this show isn't working because so many Americans aren't.

[hay rick]

44. Bubble bursting.

Reality sucks.

[Mortos]

48. Reality doesn't suck, people who feel the need to shit all over

anything positive about the President, suck.

[Mimosa]

55. It's not about HIM, for Gawd's sake.

It's about the people who are running out of hope, who can't sleep at night, worrying. People who never dreamed they'd have to start begging for government assistance. And they're scare they can't get gov hel

So in the end it is not a Barack Obama fan club. Not when millions are HURTING!

[jaysunb]

56. OK, if's it's "not about him,"

then, why trash a positive thread about HIM, and a bunch of happy people ? :shrug:

[Mimosa]

54. Leveymg, many of us are scared, hurting. Happy days aren't here.

So thanks for the reality check.

That big black bus looks scary.

[Number23]

40. Been a long time since we had a pic thread. Too long

Thanks for posting. :)

[Guilded Lilly]

47. I genuinely like and believe in this man! And Al Franken, too!!! :D

[Hotler]

49. Where are the pics of him visiting union halls and...

hugging union members. Oh, I forgot. Unions and their members have not sacrificed enough yet.

[defendandprotect]

51. "Pretty is as pretty does" --

Time for a challenge to this corporate-president and his

corporate team --

[Mosaic]

52. GoBama!

Let's win and bring the real change! :applause: :patriot:

[Glimmer of Hope]

53. These are great to see. Thank you!