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Showing Original Post only (View all)'Oh my God, it is Obama': Alaska mom, baby meet ex-president [View all]
An Alaska mother is cherishing cellphone photos she snapped of her wide-eyed 6-month-old baby in the arms of former President Barack Obama.
Jolene Jackinsky was at Anchorage International Airport on Monday looking for an airline when she ended up in a waiting area for private flights where a man she thought looked like Obama was sitting.
"As I got closer, I thought: Oh my God, it is Obama," she recalled Friday from Newhalen, a small Alaska village where she's vacationing.
Obama then walked up to her and asked "Who is this pretty girl?"
Read more: http://www.startribune.com/alaska-mom-snaps-cellphone-pics-of-obama-carrying-her-baby/433232113/
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What a priceless photo! And the little one will have this wonderful memento for the rest of her life
Rhiannon12866
Jul 2017
#1
I did that to Tom Hayden in 1980--the "You look just like" thing. See my post #29 for the story. nt
tblue37
Jul 2017
#30
In 1980, when my son was 13 months old, a very nice man sat next to us on the plane.
tblue37
Jul 2017
#29
Our last real President is a superstar. I hope his time is not the last time a human being holds...
NNadir
Jul 2017
#14