Did the President "jump the shark" with this NATO conference photo opportunity?
The President’s Michael Dukakis Moment
President Barack Obama throws a football on the field at Soldier
Field following the NATO working dinner in Chicago, Illinois, May 20,
2012.
So is he alone or just showing off in front of the NATO military leaders?
Kind of like another famous moment in democratic politics photo opportunity history!
Image Credit(s): AP | White House Photo by Pete Souza
Upon further inspection of the photo of the 44th President throwing the ball, his eyes appear to be focused on an end zone "jumbotron" display ... is this possible - Barack unable to take his eyes off of himself?
Kind of adds to the jump the shark moment.
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CUDDLY BUT STILL CRABBY 2012/05/21 15:29:13YES - Explain+7BHO never passes up an opportunity for a photo-op.
He throws a ball just like a little girl with her arm in a cast. How manly.























has he EVER passed up a Staged Photo-Op?
Silly me, I thought the bamster was starting to work on a 3d child.
*Waits patiently for the author's snarky and derailing reply....
No one gets hurt or have their freedoms abridged.
George Bush actually was a military-trained ... wait for it ... PILOT! Yes, he could legally and legitimately fly the plane he landed on that aircraft carrier.
Barack Obama was elected President but he was never a professional athlete - shark, JUMPED.
Again, your reference and photos are soooo 2003.
Actually, Bush couldn't fly the miltary plane- W Bush WAS suspended from flying on August 1st, 1972. A written order was written, dated August 1st and passed up the chain of command.
http://www.boston.com/news/na...
Fail on your part.
Obama - still a failure as anything but a socialist, divisive, ideal-based leader.
The economy is a fail. Transparency is a fail. Deficit and debt are a fail (nearly 6 Trillion in less than 4 years). Job creation is a fail (the longest run of OVER 8% unemployment in the nation's history), The nation's credit rating is a fail - first EVER downgrade of the confidence that the U.S. will honor its debts. And, of course there's more - much more.
My judged failure by you pales by comparison to the failures of the President you support - says more about YOU, and your thought processes, than it says about ME!
I never came out in support of #43 Bush - last I looked, he is not on anyone's ballot for 2012.
All that you have mentioned is because of the GOTP obstructionists, who from the time of Obama winning, has had one thing on their minds- Obama a one term POTUS. Using filibusters to get their job done. Put the blame where it belongs.
Your character is quite transparent- you would rather side with a corporatist party who's hate for Obama is greater than that of creating jobs, HC and improving peoples' lives in this country. Typical con.
Do you have any proof that Bush's pilot license was "suspended"? You like to spew rumors, like CBS Dan Rather but you don't even know how USAF pilots are certified!
Obama received the most contributions from wall st and corporations than any other president in the history. Let me name a few for you, GE, JP Morgan, Goldman, British Petroleum, Fanni and Freddie, AARP, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, the big 3 pharma, GM, Chrysler, hedge funds, CITI Bank, Sylondra, Beacon, other green energy that sucks tax payers money then give to Obama...
Why don't you look it up so you'll have some credibility and don't just recite Dem talking points???
Unlike you, I do my research. I just don't take my talking points from Fox news.
http://www.boston.com/news/na...
Obama received the most contributions from wall st and corporations than any other president in the history. Let me name a few for you, GE, JP Morgan, Goldman, British Petroleum, Fanni and Freddie, AARP, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, the big 3 pharma, GM, Chrysler, hedge funds, CITI Bank, Sylondra, Beacon, other green energy that sucks tax payers money then give to Obama...
Only poof you have is a little leftist link??? I do know the training, selection and certification process in USAF, do you?
I served, I got my wings, and you?
You can't stand it because Oblamer couldn't even produced a real selective service card. Several times, he nearly took out his own eye when he was returning a salute after exiting Marine1. But he is the
"medal of honor recepient' from Rev. Wright's church, no doub about it!
"Obama received the most contributions from wall st and corporations than any other president in the history. Let me name a few for you, GE, JP Morgan, Goldman, British Petroleum, Fanni and Freddie, AARP, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, the big 3 pharma, GM, Chrysler, hedge funds, CITI Bank, Solyndra, Beacon, other green energy that sucks tax payers money then give to Obama's campaign..."
Have fun watch us vote on Nov 6!
You say all this about Obama. But here's just a short list of his accomplishments: He kept us from going into Depression- Bush put us in this recession. Obama inherited 2 wars and $4T in debt because of this. He saved the auto industry and thousands of jobs. He's set up Pell grants for higher education, more money to infrastructure- which creates both public and private jobs. Enacted the Lily Ledbetter Law for equal pay for women, his stance on all women having the right to birth control. His Gay Marriage stance and overturned DODT. Along with better medical, housing and pay for all veterans. But his military actions will be his shining ones-using drones instead of putting our troops in harms way and giving the order to kill Osama Bin Laden- something Bush refused to do his own words-
Oh, I will have fun in November- watching all you Romney people burn. I have one parting word - BAIN.
With that said, Obama definitely took full advantage of what media calls a photo-op. He's "throwing" a football (American sport) at an American stadium.
What gets mt goat is he does this right at the spot that NATO emblem has been painted on the field.
Obama is trying to show dominance over NATO. Trying to show the World and Americans he is a "Military Leader".
PHOTO-OP that has failed.
That's kinda the opposite of a Greece like moment. It's more like a Germany, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, or American type moment.