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What 'Situation Room Photo' reveals about us (barf alert)
CNN ^ | May 5, 2011 6:24 p.m. EDT | By John Blake

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 ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: obama; osama; situationroom
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Me thinks these "several scholars and historians" have brown stuff all over their noses, and/or pockets lined with cash..

Or maybe they are just completely delusional...jeesh. Talk about barf alert...

1 posted on 05/12/2011 1:33:07 PM PDT by Lucky9teen
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To: Lucky9teen
You mean this one?

Photobucket

Yup. It speaks volumes about that three ring circus of idiots that run this country and our military.
2 posted on 05/12/2011 1:37:53 PM PDT by NWFLConservative (Game On.......Fight Like a Girl!!...............Saracuda in 2012)
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To: Lucky9teen

It’s a Rorschach test for the Left... they’re telling us what they so desperately want.


3 posted on 05/12/2011 1:39:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islamophobia: The fear of offending Muslims because they are prone to violence.)
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To: Lucky9teen
Oh yeah, our protector in chief cowering in a corner like a whipped dog and that woman of strength ready to throw up...
4 posted on 05/12/2011 1:39:10 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Put Obie in a dress and call him "The Last Queen of Scotland".)
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To: Lucky9teen

Hoo boy - yep major barfer there.

Let’s knock down another barrier - Palin ‘12!!!


5 posted on 05/12/2011 1:40:06 PM PDT by PreciousLiberty
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6 posted on 05/12/2011 1:40:23 PM PDT by frithguild (The Democrat Party Brand - Big Government protecting Entrenched Interests from Competition)
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To: NWFLConservative

That’s a pretty good Photoshop except Biden’s hat should definitely be a dunce cap.


7 posted on 05/12/2011 1:41:24 PM PDT by PreciousLiberty
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To: Lucky9teen

i believe morgan freeman was the first black president or protector in chief in the movie... armageddon or was it sudden impact... one of those...

so it isn’t that big of a deal...

but i do love the photoshoppe hysterical record...

teeman


8 posted on 05/12/2011 1:41:45 PM PDT by teeman8r (armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: frithguild

this pic is my fava favorite.

LOL

t


9 posted on 05/12/2011 1:43:18 PM PDT by teeman8r (armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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10 posted on 05/12/2011 1:43:27 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Lucky9teen
He doesn't need to wear a "Top Gun" flight jacket to project strength.

Geee... no bias here...

11 posted on 05/12/2011 1:44:06 PM PDT by lwd
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“A black man becomes ‘protector in chief’”

“Obama gets a little swagger”

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Author should lay off the controlled substances. There is nothing that indicates Obammie has that ‘protector in chief’ look or that he ‘gets a little swagger’.

You see Obama in a tiny little chair - all hunched over - looking like a kid while the grown-up discuss grown-up things.

He just came in from the golf course. It looks like he’s wearing Joe Biden’s jacket which is 3 sizes too big for him.

Our poser in cheif is a joke.


12 posted on 05/12/2011 1:44:35 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I'm a Birther - And a Deather)
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To: Lucky9teen

White Americans now see a black man not just as their president but their “protector in chief,” Contee says.

Oh yeah... I see him now. The guy cowering in the back ..right?


13 posted on 05/12/2011 1:45:58 PM PDT by ILS21R ("Every night before I go to sleep, I think who would throw stones at me?", she said.)
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To: Lucky9teen

I think the message most people get is that Obama is in anything but control.

The person making the decision needs to be in the power seat, because he has to be able to hear everybody and repsond to everybody. With him in a corner, he cannot hear everybody nor is he able to respond to everybody.


14 posted on 05/12/2011 1:46:46 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: gov_bean_ counter; All

In an orthodox Jewish publication, the “women of power” were removed from the photo, until protests were voiced.


15 posted on 05/12/2011 1:47:33 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: frithguild; PreciousLiberty; All

This hat is now being auctioned (on Ebay?) for charity.


16 posted on 05/12/2011 1:49:36 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: Lucky9teen

Holy CRAP! What a complete load of horse pucky! These people couldn’t be more pathetic and in the bag for bambi and the rats if they tried!


17 posted on 05/12/2011 1:50:02 PM PDT by vpintheak (Democrats: Robbing humans of their dignity 1 law at a time)
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To: Lucky9teen
White Americans now see a black man not just as their president but their "protector in chief," Contee says.

In a parallel universe, perhaps. In this one we need protection from his economic disastrification program.

18 posted on 05/12/2011 1:51:26 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Lucky9teen
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.

GIVE ME A FRIGGIN" BREAK!!!!! IT WILL A COLD DAMN DAY IN HELL BEFORE I SEE THAT ASSCLOWN AS MY PROTECTOR!!! AND YES, DAMN IT, I AM SCREAMING!

19 posted on 05/12/2011 2:02:33 PM PDT by pgkdan ( "Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine / There's always laughter and good red wine / ...Belloc)
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To: Lucky9teen

Obama is scared white.
Hillary is scared sick.
Biden is waiting for the cartoons to start.
20 posted on 05/12/2011 2:11:15 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Obama can't see something pure like the truth without wanting to abort it.)
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