New Official Photo

[babylonsister]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/8390033709/in/photostream





President Barack Obama is photographed during a presidential portrait sitting for an official photo in the Oval Office, Dec. 6, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

[hlthe2b]

1. Love his facial epression. Hand placement a little strange to me--looks like he is self-guarding

Nonetheless, it ia very nice portrait.

[babylonsister]

2. I think this is a picture of confidence; love it! nt

[NYC_SKP]

9. That hidden hand is the hand that holds the "stupid stick"...

...that he uses to beat Boehner and Mitchell with when they piss him off.

[GeorgeGist]

3. Call me crazy ...

but he appears to be standing not sitting.

[AtheistCrusader]

12. A portrait sitting is the event at which one takes a bunch of portrait photos or a painting.

Does not require or imply the subject is sitting down.

[DetlefK]

4. To me, his posture says: "Oh yeah."

Look at his chin: He's standing leaned back there. Combine that with the crossed arms.

(His eyes are too neutral for this smile, but it's a scripted photo anyway.)

[narnian60]

5. Perfect, Mr. President!

[Doctor_J]

6. Well, he's the best looking prez since JFK

It's nice not to have a gin-blossomed idiot in the WH. Just looking at him compared to Chimp makes you feel better.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

8. Ain't that the truth! n/t

[Doctor_J]

13. Looking back, it is amazing we survived 2001-2009

a true testimonial to the American spirit that during 8 turbulent years, with absolutely no leadership at all, we (just barely) survived

[ProfessionalLeftist]

15. We'll be living with the disastrous results for the rest of our lives tho. n/t

[sheshe2]

7. Mr President...

[SpankMe]

10. Everything's good, except for the crossed arms.

Most body language analysts say that crossed arms are a sign of defensiveness, reluctance or a "blase" attitude.

Or, it could be he was just cold.

In any event, I'm going to download the hi-res version, frame it and put it in my office in order to A) Inspire me; and, 2) Piss of the right-wingers in the office. (As an avowed liberal, I am WAY in the minority here.)

Thanks for the post.

[Doctor_J]

14. I am no analyst, but his pose looks to me

comfortable. I could see him striking this pose while saying, "Very funny, Senator McTurtle. Now let's get serious about fixing this thing"

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. I like it.