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Pete Souza recalls Obama scandals of 2014... (Original Post) HipChick Jul 2017 OP
I love his tiara malaise Jul 2017 #1
Thanks for the chuckle happy feet Jul 2017 #2
Now we got 'em! MyOwnPeace Jul 2017 #3
They warned us that Obama thought he was a king. lapucelle Jul 2017 #4
LOL............. good one Angry Dragon Jul 2017 #44
It is worse than that xxqqqzme Jul 2017 #55
What an awesome man madokie Jul 2017 #5
That time when Dijon mustard was a Faux scandal: Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author onethatcares Jul 2017 #11
Well done, too. brush Jul 2017 #26
Great post. tavernier Jul 2017 #7
But what about the tan suit?!!! csziggy Jul 2017 #8
You beat me to it! MontanaMama Jul 2017 #18
Tan suit is OK -- I once had one. But that gray tie -- that's impeachment worthy. nt NCjack Jul 2017 #20
Oh the humanity! MontanaMama Jul 2017 #32
The undisputed Best President of the 21st Century. Marcuse Jul 2017 #42
Didn't they have a cow when he took off his jacket murielm99 Jul 2017 #50
Yeah, tie & suit weren't a good match. nt irisblue Jul 2017 #53
But, but, but republican repeal of safety regs Achilleaze Jul 2017 #9
Can't forget... jaxind Jul 2017 #10
and the time he didn't have onethatcares Jul 2017 #12
Don't forget the bike helmet! tanyev Jul 2017 #13
Trey Goudy Soxfan58 Jul 2017 #14
That tiara picture... 3catwoman3 Jul 2017 #15
That one and the one where he's hugging the little girl with Lincoln's sarge43 Jul 2017 #17
I don't remember that one. 3catwoman3 Jul 2017 #35
I'll see if I can find it. n/t sarge43 Jul 2017 #46
This one. Dr King's arc of history sarge43 Jul 2017 #47
Thank you. 3catwoman3 Jul 2017 #48
all genuine smiles, too NewJeffCT Jul 2017 #22
Has everyone forgotten that time . . . ? gratuitous Jul 2017 #16
Haha, that could help the GOP lose Florida voters IronLionZion Jul 2017 #19
I totally missed that one. 3catwoman3 Jul 2017 #37
I just get sick when I see pictures like this. SpankMe Jul 2017 #21
This exactly! smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #30
I think we're all forgetting "flagpin-gate"? flibbitygiblets Jul 2017 #23
Don't forget Umbrella-Gate! sheshe2 Jul 2017 #24
A good man. Even if he wasn't president. A very good man. nolabear Jul 2017 #25
egregious! cross dressing and reaching over the sneeze guard.....heinous Thomas Hurt Jul 2017 #27
Gross, that should have been and immediate Doreen Jul 2017 #34
This just makes me weep for what we had. Such an amazing man. onecaliberal Jul 2017 #28
Best smile in the world! But this was NOTHING compared to the Grey Poupon Scandal of 2009, lol. octoberlib Jul 2017 #29
Cookiegate! Turbineguy Jul 2017 #31
Another one I missed. 3catwoman3 Jul 2017 #40
I've never seen the tiara photo. CrispyQ Jul 2017 #33
It is totally... 3catwoman3 Jul 2017 #36
Wow. It seems like it was another lifetime ago. Yavin4 Jul 2017 #38
It surely does. 3catwoman3 Jul 2017 #39
There was also feet-on-the-desk-gate pandr32 Jul 2017 #41
Like almost all of these made up scandals. rogue emissary Jul 2017 #49
Haaaa!!! louis-t Jul 2017 #43
😍 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓 sprinkleeninow Jul 2017 #45
President Obama is FINE. StepnKretchit Jul 2017 #51
Are those blood diamonds in the tiaras? Tsk, tsk! spooky3 Jul 2017 #52
Blood plastic crystals, I think jmowreader Jul 2017 #54
I remember one scandal alright! Geoffrey Zakarian calimary Jul 2017 #56
Muslim Prayer Curtain!!!!! Fritz Walter Jul 2017 #57

Response to Blue_Tires (Reply #6)

murielm99

(30,736 posts)
50. Didn't they have a cow when he took off his jacket
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 04:59 PM
Jul 2017

and worked in his shirt sleeves in the Oval Office?

I know they were critical of Michelle for showing off her toned arms, but I think they criticized the President for short-sleeved shirts, too.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
9. But, but, but republican repeal of safety regs
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 08:23 AM
Jul 2017

liberated the restaurant to lower the height of the sneeze guard by 8 inches, according to what some say. So this SCALDING OBAMA SCANDAL, could actually have been a nefarious republican set up.

How much simpler the world is now that we have only to deal with the russian ACTS OF WAR on America aided and abetted by the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief and his republican Cabal of Colluding Cronies.

onethatcares

(16,167 posts)
12. and the time he didn't have
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 08:28 AM
Jul 2017

his wedding ring on.

Jeez, no one would ever recognize him while he was hitting on some hottie at the bar.

3catwoman3

(23,975 posts)
15. That tiara picture...
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 08:52 AM
Jul 2017

Last edited Wed Jul 12, 2017, 12:52 PM - Edit history (2)

...is one of my all-time favorites of the many heartwarming pictures over the 8 years. The little girl to his left with one hand on his arm, and her other arm around his back, and her head tilted toward him, is especially sweet.

3catwoman3

(23,975 posts)
48. Thank you.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 04:33 PM
Jul 2017

Of course, I have seen that one. I must have been so attuned to her cute little face that I never noticed the portrait in the background.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
16. Has everyone forgotten that time . . . ?
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 08:57 AM
Jul 2017

During the 2008 campaign, when candidate Obama had (hide the kids) orange juice with his breakfast? The monster! Fortunately, Tweety was all over it, but the fix was already in, and the nation's nightmare was on like Donkey Kong:

https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2008/04/11/on-hardball-matthews-and-shuster-critiqued-obam/143185

IronLionZion

(45,433 posts)
19. Haha, that could help the GOP lose Florida voters
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 10:03 AM
Jul 2017

by insulting their state's oranges. Unless the coffee is from Hawaii, it was imported.

3catwoman3

(23,975 posts)
37. I totally missed that one.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 12:43 PM
Jul 2017

I am not a coffee drinker, so I always decline the coffee offer. And, I always have orange juice with breakfast when eating out. What the hell is weird about that?

NOTHING!

SpankMe

(2,957 posts)
21. I just get sick when I see pictures like this.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 10:22 AM
Jul 2017

I really do. It's an in-my-face reminder of how we went from the most human, decent and cool president ever to an ignorant, fat, hyper-white bigot. How dafuq did we whipsaw so far in the opposite direction from one presidency to the other?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
30. This exactly!
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 11:14 AM
Jul 2017

I have the same feeling. First nostalgia for what we had and then suddenly I remember where we are now and a wave of nausea overcomes me. I can barely wrap my mind around it. It's heartbreaking!

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
23. I think we're all forgetting "flagpin-gate"?
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 10:34 AM
Jul 2017

That horrible time in our nation's history when the president forgot to signal his patriotism by wearing a flagpin on his lapel? Oh, God, the flashbacks I'm having just thinking about it. Because as we all know, being all flagged up is the one and only thing that distinguishes the patriots from the terrorists.

OMG, and remember the "terrorist fist-bump" with Michelle?

How did we ever survive?

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
27. egregious! cross dressing and reaching over the sneeze guard.....heinous
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 10:56 AM
Jul 2017

Its a wonder the country survived.

(snark)

Yavin4

(35,438 posts)
38. Wow. It seems like it was another lifetime ago.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 12:44 PM
Jul 2017

It's like we went through some sort of dark portal and into this alternate dimension of complete bullshit.

pandr32

(11,581 posts)
41. There was also feet-on-the-desk-gate
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 01:26 PM
Jul 2017

Don't forget the outrage about him relaxing in contemplation with his feet elevated on the desk and his chair leaning back with his arms folded behind his head!

And then there was his golfing, and beergate, and don't forget the executive orders, and the Obama holidays! The real howling I remember, though, was the staff he took with him overseas at taxpayer expense!

rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)
49. Like almost all of these made up scandals.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 04:33 PM
Jul 2017

We had tons of pictures that showed past president with their feet up on the desk. Still didn't stop the Republicans from losing their minds.

 

StepnKretchit

(60 posts)
51. President Obama is FINE.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 05:54 PM
Jul 2017

He exudes FINESSE. Without even trying.

That is why the little men look at President Obama with detest.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
56. I remember one scandal alright! Geoffrey Zakarian
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 10:29 PM
Jul 2017

was totally outraged!!!

The pompous Food Network dickhead tweeted about what a disgrace it was that President Obama was in the Oval Office wearing a casual shirt and jeans. For Shame!

Reality Check: it was a photo of the President at his desk, working the phones, ON A SATURDAY!!!

And it was because there'd been some breaking news that had just happened, that needed the Commander-in-Chief's immediate attention, interrupting an otherwise quiet uneventful Saturday afternoon with the family in the Residence. Guess the ultra fastidious GZ, who must wear suit and tie to take a shower, is a major league pissant.

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