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Thursday, July 9, 2009 12:00 AM

Picture of the day

President Obama gets caught enjoying those famous Italian vistas just a little too much

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Thursday, July 9, 2009 02:55 PM

whatever

1. Looking ain't no crime.

2. This is a snapshot still. It is impossible to tell whether Obama is sneaking a peek (as if anything were wrong with that) or just got photographed at an angle and instant in time during which a woman's butt intruded his field of vision.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:02 PM

are you sure?

are you sure he's not just in mid-Michael Jackson Memorial Dance Move?

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:04 PM

"G"8

Look at all three images and you start to think that the G in G8 stands for Gluteus.

To be fair, on the linked images, one would probably instinctively glance at anyone who dropped some papers right in front of them. The expressions? Well...

Funny, in any case.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:07 PM

No worries, no harm done

Like Republicans didn't look at Sarah Palin as masterbation material either.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:17 PM

appreciating the well-formed exterior of a nicely costumed human female will not be enough....

we still have the endless charges that President Obama is not a native born U.S. citizen (there are some twits out there who are convinced that Hawaii and New Mexico are not, repeat NOT official U.S. states), the endless charges that President Obama is a Muslim and the twaddle that President Obama is (a) the reincarnation of Hitler, (b) the reincarnation of Stalin, (c) the AntiChrist, (d) any combination of the above.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:22 PM

when he starts

"hiking the Appalachian Trail" (as I hear the kids now call it), then we can worry.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:22 PM

sandals

A thoughtful man like President Obama is likely just checking out those stylish sandals to see if he should buy a pair for Michelle.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:30 PM

Grasping at straws

Must be a slow news day. This is silly. Not offensive mind you, just plain dopey.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:30 PM

Tom...

Well he may be a foreign-born, Muslim, terrorist-loving, facist, I mean communist, no I mean facist again, spawn of Malcolm X and Beezlebub ready to hurl this country into socialist totalitarian, one-world supplicating dark-age.

But at least he isn't gay.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:33 PM

Can Anyone Blame Him?

I mean really.... look at her.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:35 PM

I Agree JT

Looks like he's checking out her footwear, some just can't avoid looking for titillation in everything I suppose.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:36 PM

Re: sandals

A thoughtful man like President Obama is likely just checking out those stylish sandals to see if he should buy a pair for Michelle.

Good one, JT! If Obama reads salon.com, he might just use that excuse.

I didn't notice the sandals. I'll have to take a second look at the photo.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:47 PM

Re: NKennedy

"It is impossible to tell whether Obama is sneaking a peek (as if anything were wrong with that) or just got photographed at an angle and instant in time during which a woman's butt intruded his field of vision."

You're kidding, right?

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:49 PM

in berlesconi's neighborhood..

opportunities abound. or temptations.

i think king obama will get the most trouble from his daughters, who are probably much less tolerant than madame.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:53 PM

He's in trouble, make no mistake

I'm sure he'll be straightened out, or de-straightened as required.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:53 PM

definitely ...

... those are just the kind of sandals that would appeal to Michelle. And heck, looking at Michelle, I gotta think he's a booty guy (haven't there even been some remarks to that effect?).

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:55 PM

This is absolute proof

This is absolute proof that Obama is worse than Ensign, Sanford, Craig, and Foley combined. IMPEACH NOW!

Thursday, July 9, 2009 03:58 PM

Ok, great.

We now know he's male and not gay. I'm pretty sure Michelle could have told us that. When girl with an ass that pretty walks past me I look, too.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 04:00 PM

Time to repost McCain's grab-ass shot from the debates

A true classic!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/10/17/mccain-licked-in-last-chance-debate-115875-20812085/

Thursday, July 9, 2009 04:01 PM

Hu-man?

From the headline, I was certain this would be the video of him stumbling.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 04:05 PM

when in rome (or L'Aquila...)

isn't it the accepted stereotype of italian men to howl and bray like beasts at the mere silhouette of a woman?

Thursday, July 9, 2009 04:07 PM

Is that Joan Walsh's ass he is contemplating?

Bravo Joan! Bravo!

Thursday, July 9, 2009 04:08 PM

Demonstrating Good Taste

Michelle is such an elegant fashion icon and consistantly shows good taste like her $6,000 clutch.

Now Barack wants to show he has "good taste" as well - I wonder how far he undressed her?

And he's doing his best to erase racial boundries: he's hoping, he's willing to change, and his motto is "Yes We Can".

Watch out Barack, that pricey purse may raise a knot on your head that's so big it will take you two weeks to walk around it.

Now if it were Sarah Palin who got caught looking at a good set of male glutes (or motorcycle boots JT) she would be castigated as a bad mother.

As Drudge alludes, maybe that young lady is BO's idea of a second stimulus package - well, "all men are pigs" - right? So now we can call BO "Porky the POTUS"

Good fun guys!

Thursday, July 9, 2009 04:19 PM

My dear Tom in Central Illinois,

" the endless charges that President Obama is a Muslim and the twaddle that President Obama is (a) the reincarnation of Hitler, (b) the reincarnation of Stalin, (c) the AntiChrist, (d) any combination of the above."

Nonsense! He is simply putting a Mussolini spin on the failed Bush administration.

You are unfamiliar with the famous poster?

Why do you think Fairey, chose that image. He is well known for expropriating fascist, communist, monetary and totalitarian imagery.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 04:54 PM

At least he didn't bow to it

I would have.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 05:04 PM

shoot

that one glimpse alone probably convinced Sarkozy that Obama is someone he can trust. Watch relations between the USA and France improve even MORE after this.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 05:11 PM

OMG how old are they?

A pack of naughty school boys on a field trip. Especially little Mitya Medvedev, blushing like a virgin from the seminary.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 05:12 PM

LOLROF

I love this photograph. Michele won't. Barack's a dead man. Busted! A worldwide APB.

I've been married for 29 years. About twice a year my wife catches me checking out some young lovely. "Roll 'em back in, sweetheart," is what I usually get. I just tell her, "I am married. I am not dead."

Thursday, July 9, 2009 05:18 PM

Man, how could you not look?

Given the proximity, the "field of vision" thing (see Seinfeld cleavage peek episode), that you're a non-homosexual male (and maybe even that wouldn't matter) . . . a nice ass is a nice ass.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 05:20 PM

The real question

Why does President Obama's left leg seem to be rising? Hmmmm.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 05:21 PM

G8 = G 8n't that chick fine?!?

To paraphrase Kenan Thompson. Zut Alors!

Thursday, July 9, 2009 05:40 PM

The Messiah Sins

Sarkozy is witness to the fall of the Messiah.

Oh, maybe I have judged too harshly - The Anointed One is simply enjoying the ass-thetic beauty of one of his creatures.

We know how the Secretary of State walks with her arm in a cast, and we know how the Supreme Court nominee walks with a cast on her leg - but how will the leader of the free world walk with his ass in a sling?

Remember, Michelle has experienced Chicago politics - Barry better learn the use of sunglasses.

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