swagger??? most of the time he struts around like a pimp...
Posted on 05/12/2011 1:33:04 PM PDT by Lucky9teen
By now, the photo is a classic. It's become one of the most viewed images on Flickr, a mesmerizing picture that suggests as much as it reveals.
But look deeper and that photo becomes historic in a more subtle way. It's a snapshot of how much this nation's attitudes about race, women and presidential swagger are changing, several scholars and historians say.
"When Obama was elected, there were some people who thought that we had crossed a racial threshold," Ambar says. "What his presidency is revealing is that there are many crossings."
A black man becomes 'protector in chief'
There's no historical precedent for this image, she says. White Americans now see a black man not just as their president but their "protector in chief," Contee says.
Women at the center of power
Yet you see two powerful women in the Situation Room photograph -- Clinton and Audrey Tomason, director for counterterrorism, who is straining to see from the back. Their inclusion shows how far women have come, Ambar says, even though Clinton's response is ambiguous because she's covering her mouth in what looks to be alarm.
Obama gets a little swagger
Yet Obama's willingness to be photographed without the typical Oval Office swagger gives birth to a new type of swagger, says Contee of Jack & Jill Politics.
She says that photo shows Obama's self-assurance and leadership style. He seeks out the opinions of his advisers. He believes in collaboration -- all while he's taking down the baddest terrorist on the planet.
He doesn't need to wear a "Top Gun" flight jacket to project strength.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
What I saw was the military guy doing his job and everyone else watching. Oh, and a very small looking Obama.
Uncle Joe (he’s moving kind of slow), is waiting for “Jersey Shore” to come on with “The Situation. What else would a situation room be for!
I thought about that, but opted for a “clown” hat instead.
Major barfer. Let them prop up their guy now because when the Won and his corrupt administration fall, they’re going down hard and the MSM is going down with them.
B.S. The president looks angered and annoyed, grumpy IOW.
.. out having a great time golfing when, Bam! That damn Panetta done went and done it! I told him not too!
swagger??? most of the time he struts around like a pimp...
Pretty sure there’s been both women and black people in the situation room before, mr author. Considering the position currently held by Clinton was most recently held by a black woman, a black man before that, and a another woman before that going back through the past 15 years or so. Good Lord, these liberals live in a fantasy world.
It's not Photoshop. It has the same layers as the Birth Certificate, so it must be real.
Yeah ... they do realize this was a staged photograph ... right?
not only staged,
but Zero was photoshopped in.
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