Posted on 09/02/2009 5:54:42 PM PDT by mystery-ak
It is a clear homage to perhaps the most iconic White House photograph. Almost 46 years after the world first saw two-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr playing under the Oval Office desk as his father worked, the White House has released a picture of Sasha Obama, 8, hiding behind a sofa as President Obama reads briefing papers at the same desk. According to the White House, Sasha is sneaking up on her father as he nears the end of a working day behind the Resolute desk, which was a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1879. The original photograph, taken in October 1963, a month before President Kennedy was assassinated, shows John Jr peering out from under the desk as his father, like Mr Obama, reviews briefing papers. It was a photograph that helped to promote the image of Kennedy’s Camelot — the youthful President running the country with a young family playing at his side in the White House.
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Is there anything about either family that isn’t staged?
Bammy ain’t Kennedy...not by a trillion light years. Kennedy wasn’t all that great either.
As I recall, Clinton had someone hiding under the desk too.
They forgot to put the work on top of BO’s desk. Look at Kennedy’s..
Sept 8th....Well....Children....what can you do for YOUR President? vs....What can you do for your country.....PUKE!
ROFL
You know what? He really didn't have a good start... Bay of Pigs... getting us in Vietnam... I'm sure there are other stuff that is inconvenient to the Kennedy admirers...
And note that JFK kept his jacket on.
At least Kennedy’s desk is full of stuff, it actually looks like he is working.
There is nothing on barry’s desk, is he working?
As a side note who dresses these kids? What is she wearing, did she just get back from dance class?
He is soooooo gay.
What a strange picture of Hussain’s kid.
Shoddily dressed in trash lycra clothing and a leg and bottom shot.
Nothing cute about the backend of an eight year old.
The Kennedy picture is a classic because it shows a little child in a cute pose.
They dont get it, do they.
John John’s photo was staged when Jackie wasn’t there.
The press secretary wanted the press to have access to the kids. Jackie didn’t. this was done when she was gone.
That photo of Obama’s kid doesn’t even come close to capturing the same feeling as JFK,Jr.
I’m so tired of this administration and thier hokey posed crap. At least Kennedy had the decency to keep his jacket on. I can’t believe there isn’t a halo in this picture too.
FUBO
This has to be staged..how often is he even in the Oval, he’s always on vacation!
Didn’t you hear? 0 is the Messiah. He’s fixed everything; we’re just too stupid to know it yet. ;)
As I recall, Clinton had someone hiding under the desk too.
“They forgot to put the work on top of BO’s desk.”
If you put too much on top of Zero’s desk, he will want to take another vacation/s;)
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