Obama starts Midwest trip with a bang (Great action photos included)

Chicago Tribune ^ | February 9, 2009 | Frank James

[Zakeet]

Fortunately, Barry struck the chopper in a place which will cause no damage -- his head.

Even better, this appears to be about the only bang the Great One is getting out of Porkulus Maximus spin trip.

[Zakeet]

Barry was off on his great adventure to peddle this:

[50sDad]

Gerry Ford was hounded for the rest of his life over this kind of thing. Dan Quyale misspelled one word, and heard about that forever. Maxine Waters says we landed on Mars, and it is gone the next news cycle.

Don't ever tell ME the newspeople don't lean way left.

[ushr435]

(I have yet to get tired of this photo!)

“Hope and change - hope and change - ‘BONK’ - hope and change!”

You are right, no real difference.

[Political Junkie Too]

An astute Secret Service agent quickly wrestled Marine One to the ground.

-PJ

[y6162]

Our president, Steve Urkel seems to be quite clumsy. Last week he was trying to walk through a White House window.

[Doctor Raoul]

NYT HEADLINE: “Bush Helicopter Attacks Obama”.

[Darkwolf377]

I screwed up!

Gonna get reeeeeeally tired of that one fast...

[martin_fierro]

[Doctor Raoul]

"Did I do that?"

[JusPasenThru]

Hope and change. Hope and change.

BAM!

Chope and hange. Chope and hange......

[An Old Man]

Never mind the 1, did he scratch the helicopter?

[A_Former_Democrat]

Dope and mange, dope and mange.

[Phantom Lord]

Dan Quayle misspelled nothing. There are alternate and accepted spellings. He got it right.

And it was Sheila Jackson-Lee who thought we landed on Mars.

Maxine Waters does her investments at Solomon Barney Frank.

[DManA]

He’s not a Lincoln, he’s a Ford.

[ravingnutter]

Good thing it wasn’t worse...or I would be convinced he is the Anti-Christ.

[Niuhuru]

Maybe it’ll knock some sense into him.

[expatpat]

Where’s Gerald Ford when you really need him? Is Chevy Chase still alive?

[CJ Wolf]

RIP

[GraceCoolidge]

The funny thing to me about all that is that Gerald Ford probably was one of the most accomplished athletes to serve as President. I’ve read that one of the reasons he was photographed so often falling on the ski slopes was because, as an advanced skier, he didn’t think it was a big deal— he thought it was well known that skiers fall. I’ve read that it really bugged him to read the jokes about his clumsiness from reporters and pundits who probably couldn’t stay upright on skis on the bunny slopes!