[Long Island Pete]

Why wait?

[MinuteGal]

"Venus Rising from the Sea", the subject of countless masterpiece paintings throughout artistic history.

Venus was the Goddess of Love.

Obama, rising from the sea, is the Goddess of Hope and Change.

Leni

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Watching how he's increased his workouts recently, I'd bet money he was anticipating trying to redeem last year's photo where he was not as lean as magazine buyers would have liked.

But you know what strikes me in the majority of his pictures -- even his childhood ones -- he is a loner. Always by himself, not seeming to need anyone. He's rarely physically affectionate so it almost seems forced to me. Others love on him, but his hands are rarely around others. Here's what I mean: