It's a new look he's trying out.
Posted on 01/01/2010 1:35:21 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Barack Obama ends Hawaii holiday looking tired President Barack Obama appeared far from refreshed towards the end of his winter break in Hawaii but his daughters enjoyed trying out a surf board.
Published: 8:18PM GMT 01 Jan 2010
His care-free children Sasha and Malia were spotted smiling and playing with friends as they took to the water.
But in sharp contrast, Mr Obama looked weary, as if the repeated interruptions to his family holiday had taken their toll.
He has had to address criticism over national security after it appeared that a lack of communication between government agencies allowed the Nigerian syringe bomber Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab to attempt to blow up an airliner as it prepared to land in Detroit.
He also faced the grim news that seven CIA operatives had been killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan.
An aide insisted the 48-year-old US president had found his holiday "rejuvenating", and Mr Obama managed to spend five hours on the golf course on New Year's Eve and take his family to see the film Avatar.
But his greying hair and drawn look in a photograph taken on Thursday seemed light years away from his bright-eyed appearance at his inauguration less than a year ago.
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Let’s wind back the clock to exactly one year ago when the inauguration was the hottest ticket on the planet. The entire world was being prepped for the new messiah’s debut. The guy with the rock star status promised that things would be “different” and “fundamentally changed,” and much of his base acted as though he himself would personally deliver that new microwave, car, or job. Well, here we are one year later, and I don’t see anyone swooning. The only vibe I pick up is one that says, “We’ve been had.”
You are right. He has always been lukewarm at best. I am remembering his emotion when obama was sworn in.
When did Obama start wearing eye glasses?
It's a new look he's trying out.
Golf is strenuous. Especially when you not only have to swing a little ball lots of times, but also while you are looking for terrorists. Exhausting, I’m sure.
Frankly I'm more worried about how WE, the U.S.A., will look after a full term in office!
Fantastic!!! lol
FUBO is right.....couldn’t care less what the eff he does after that....
"I used to be the coolest thing. People used to wear me on their t-shirts."
He doesn't have a clue that he has caused millions of Americans to have no holiday or vacation at all.
The obvious answer is to never interrupt him again. Let’s just let him have a vacation from now until January 20, 2013.
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Brilliant post.
Obama DOES loathe the American people. He does not believe in us, in our strengths, ingenuity, and determination. He sees us as suckers (blacks, and all liberals who bought his crap), or usurpers (the hardworking of any race) who probably deserve less than life in his eyes.
The truth is that he has been taught to hate himself, since birth, and his entire being is a facade to prove to himself that he is The Best, The Messiah, to keep the self-hatred at bay.
Neglecting and rejecting your child, then allowing him to be emotionally and sexually abused, is a recipe for a sociopath. He’s got as much to prove as Hitler and he wants to shape the world as much. As the adoration leaves, he may become even more dangerous than he is now.
As gay as a picnic basket! LOL!
Seriously, in the more official White House business photos, he doesn’t look too effeminate. But, jiminy crickets, look at the photos of Barack at rest. The golf photos!? His whole body positions, mannerisms... He makes $3 bills look straight.
Poor baby, those pesky tasks to defend the Nation against the crazy muslims, dead CIA operatives killed by the same crazy muslims, etc., dare to interrupt "Dear Leader's" well deserved and refreshing vacation.
Guess what pal, you wanted the job, to occupy the "Office of the Presidency". Guess what! Playing golf, basketball and giving teleprompter delivered BS speeches is not, what the "Office of the President" is all about.
It involves character, responsibility, wisdom,tough decisions and balls of stainless steel to be an effective President. You ain't got none of it so far. Time for you to go back to basics and prove that you earned the salary/expenses we the tax payers are forking over for your sorry ass.
I know I will be clobbered for this, but he has the body type. Also, his marriage to a woman who is not on his level appearance-wise, and has very masculine mannerisms, is highly suspect (although I also think this latter reflects his control-freak nature too).
Certainly ... in addition to being an 'affirmative action' president with no real qualifications for the job ... thrust forward by the liberals based solely on the color of his skin. If he had been Caucasian and run for the highest office in the land, with his lack of credentials and experience, it would have been a non-starter. Particularly if he were a conservative republican.
Geraldine Ferraro, a Hillary supporter, said essentially the same thing during the campaign .... Obama is where he is because of what he is.
I think he knew he had to get married. Remember, “they” didn’t pay for his Harvard Law education for nothing. He was being groomed for the Presidency, and he needed the wife-n-kids on the resume as well.
I've picked up on a second vibe: "we're screwed."
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