Amazing OH-Bama Photos from NOLA.....

[Laura PourMeADrink]

This is the OVERFLOW crowd !!!!



Barack Obama gets high fives and adoring looks from students at Washington Carver Elementary School during his visit to New Orleans.



Barack Obama mimics a young students who tilts her head and holds it there as she asks him for an autograph on a photo copy photo of the candidate at Washington Carver Elementary School during his visit to New Orleans.




Barack Obama tucks in a napkin in his shirt as he sits at Dooky Chase Restaurant in New Orleans. Coming up to join him is Norman Francis, president of Xavier University. Chase said she was now supporting Obama.



Barack Obama hugs Leah Chase as Norman Francis, president of Xavier University looks on. Chase said she was now supporting Obama, but Francis said he didn't make endorsements.



Barack Obama and Leah Chase chat over bowls of gumbo. Chase said she was upset because she had only a 5 minute warning on the candidate's visit. "You know I like to do things right," she said


An enthusiastic crowd applauds as Barack Obama delivers his stump speech at Fogelman Arena on the campus of Tulane University in New Orleans:

[NYCGirl]

1. Great photos! NT

[rox63]

2. Great pics!

Thanks for posting them.

[blogslut]

3. I love this one!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. me too. It just warms the heart. These kids must be so proud of him ! nt

[TwilightGardener]

12. CUTE!!

[Kittycat]

14. Adorable picture :)

We always do that with our boys. Cute moment :)

[workinclasszero]

17. Yeah

Thats a great pic!:)

[Recursion]

28. I love it!

I could go on about reaching out to the leaders of tomorrow or something, but mostly I really admire the photo's composition.

[K Gardner]

4. Now, that's a President ! K&R

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. I know ! There's such a genuineness to him - as opposed to --

remember when DimSon went there !

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

5. Looks like a good cross section of America

Great pictures!

[durrrty libby]

7. "adoring "? That sums it up quite well

[dkf]

9. Come on its a cute photo.

Geez.

[Scriptor Ignotus]

15. you smile when it rains out, don't you?

can't you let a nice moment pass without saying something disparaging?

[durrrty libby]

22. I "adore" the rain.

[K Gardner]

16. Go away. Absolutely NO reason for you to jump in here and start your nasty b/s.

[durrrty libby]

19. One word from the OP's text sets you off. Must be a real stinger

[gateley]

10. I always enjoy looking at photos of both of the candidates functions. I think

it's because it's encouraging seeing so many people involved in this election.

Thanks!

[blogslut]

11. Aha!

Obama's a lefty! Proof!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. funny. would love to know what she's saying here.

[blogslut]

21. I bet it's good

Looks like he is getting schooled. And look at how he's listening. This man is so refreshing.

[NYCGirl]

25. Leah Chase is a remarkable woman and a true force of nature. She's 85

and still going strong!

[midnight]

18. Very pretty pictures. I don't see him working as hard as

Edwards did for the people of Nola. I'm not thrilled that when so many are going without, fancy resturaunt photos are being shared.

[BeyondGeography]

20. I dunno, you Edwards people are starting to sound a little cultish

[NJSecularist]

Funny how the Edwards supporters get on Obama for eating at a fancy restaurant

While Edwards has a mansion and gets $400 haircuts.

[Kitty Herder]

24. The pictures with the kids are adorable!

[NYCGirl]

26. Lots of people work at those fancy restaurants and depend on them for their

source of income. The restaurant business in NOLA is key to their economy.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

33. You are so right. I went to NOLA recently and our cab driver said

"Please tell everyone to come back, we are dying here." And it's not just the poor - they are mostly all still displaced. It is the average middle income people. They had homes destroyed and insurance couldn't cover. So they are having to pay rent (which has risen) and a mortgage (which for some has risen). People we talked to said that if tourism doesn't pick up they may have to leave their beloved city. Even those who rebuilt find their homes in a war zone of abandoned homes because their neighbors could not.

I actually loved what Edwards said about Nola - when he was president he would appoint a cabinet level position and every day he would ask that person, "what have you done for NOLA lately."

I wish Obama would pick up on this. Katrina was my second biggest beef with AssHat.

[orlandomom]

27. Fancy?

Get a clue. I've Been there. Far from a "fancy" restaurant. Just good down home food in the heart of the community.

[Recursion]

29. Dooky Chase is a "fancy" restaurant now?

What do you call Ben's Chili Bowl?

(Incidentally, next time you're in DC, eat at Ben's. U Street metro stop.)

[K Gardner]

30. A bowl of gumbo with hot sauce and napkin tucked in shirt = Fancy Restaurant?? LOL.

[Eurobabe]

23. I love to see him interact with the kids

those photos are absolutely adorable. One can only hope this man is president.

[Recursion]

31. Not to slight Kerry, but...

...remember his "cheesesteak" moment? Or the foie gras faux pas?



That's a man about to tuck in to some good red-state eatin'...

[Raiden]

32. The Cult is growing!!!

OMG "Save the Children"!!! ;)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. If it is a cult - it's a wonderful cult and I don't mind one bit being a part of it ! Join us - it'

a wonderful feeling to let go of all the hate! I have been a bitter hater of AssHat since 2000 and it is a huge burden off my shoulders to let it go and move toward the positive !