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Related: About this forumPresident Obama Gets Lifted in The Air by a Republican Pizza Owner in Florida Campaign
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)This is awesome! Thanks for posting it.
SunSeeker
(51,378 posts)Mutt22
(76 posts)and I've seen the still picture too. I think this is awesome. It shows that the President is actually a real person and a likeable guy. You think Rmoney would have went for this? My guess is he would have looked awkward as hell and have a "someone get this guy away from me" look on his face if this happened to him. I actually don't think anyone likes Rmoney enough to give him a bear hug.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Romney would have a look of total panic on his face.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Qutzupalotl
(14,230 posts)They have a tough job but have to gauge everyone's expressions every second.
polichick
(37,152 posts)toddwv
(2,830 posts)I don't think it would've ended well...
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Cause I just loved the pics. I am tweeting this!!!
The Old Creak
(238 posts)a really cool dude!
Cane4Dems
(305 posts)He'd probably try to crack a lame joke and be like "well I think I'm going to have to take a shower now"
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)To be fair, I think Bush would probably have let the guy do it.
Clinton too, especially if it was a she.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Bush was an idiot ... a horrible president ... but he seemed approachable. I don't know if he was, of course, but he seemed like a guy you could shoot the breeze with and not feel uncomfortable around. Hell, it's why he won in 2000 - people felt they could have a beer with him.
Romney? He's so stiff and awkward that he doesn't seem approachable AT ALL.
jjewell
(618 posts)But that video scared the shit outta me. I had a sudden flashback of JFK riding through Dallas in a convertible.
I love that Obama is cool people, and a sorta "regular kind of guy", but damn... The first black President, close to
election day, in the South, surrounded by, and hugging complete strangers with the Secret service 20 feet away??
The man has a massive set of gonads is all I can say...
Release the Returns.
Romney 1040
Obama/Biden 2012
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)most are first or second generation from someplace else and brought their attitudes on race with them. In my area, most of the folks are Long Island and Queens. My in laws came from Detroit when my wife was in Jr. High. I'm here only because the wife was not that impressed with Wyoming when I took her home. We met in the AF.
That said, I think the younger southerners, forty and younger, are evolving, judging from my travels around here.
jjewell
(618 posts)I'm just sayin...
skeewee08
(1,983 posts)JeffHead
(1,186 posts)well in advance of Obama just showing up "unannounced". They are very careful in these situations. Especially with all the death threats this man has received. A shout out to these dedicated people protecting our President.
cormac69
(8 posts)I'm sure it was a nervous few moments.
cormac69
(8 posts)Does Mitt eat pizza? Is he allowed? He doesn't look like someone who likes being touched let alone picked up.
greiner3
(5,214 posts)Ordered, en mass, a carton of underwear.