PHOTOS New Official White House Photos (August 31)

[Jackeens]

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Local fishing guide Dan Vermillion reacts as President Barack Obama almost hooks a trout on the East Gallatin River near Belgrade, Mont., on Aug. 14, 2009.

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President Barack Obama looks at the Grand Canyon in Arizona on Aug. 16, 2009.

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President Barack Obama meets with Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer following a town hall meeting on health care insurance reform in Belgrade, Montana, on Aug. 14, 2009.

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President Barack Obama talks with Senior Advisor David Alexrod on the Colonnade of the White House on Aug. 13, 2009.

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Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Joseph Medicine Crow shows a drum to President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama during a reception for recipients and their families in the Blue Room of the White House on Aug. 12, 2009.

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President Barack Obama hugs Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient actor Sidney Poitier during the award ceremony in the East Room of the White House, on Aug. 12, 2009.

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk in the Blue Room of the White House before the start of the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony on Aug. 12, 2009.

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President Barack Obama talks with Stephen Hawking in the Blue Room of the White House before a ceremony presenting him and 15 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Aug. 12, 2009.

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama with Justice Sonia Sotomayor prior to a reception for the new Supreme Court Justice at the White House, on Aug. 12, 2009.

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President Barack Obama and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs walk through the Rose Garden back to the Oval Office after a senior staff meeting outdoors on a pleasant summer day in Washington, on Aug. 12, 2009.

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President Barack Obama listens during a health care reform meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on Aug. 7, 2009.

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President Barack Obama's daughter Sasha hides behind the sofa as she sneaks up on him at the end of the day in the Oval Office, Aug. 5, 2009.

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President Barack Obama greets a young supporter at a campaign rally for gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds in Tyson's Corner Va., on Aug. 6, 2009.

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President Barack Obama jokingly points out cake crumbs that Vice President Joe Biden dropped on the floor in the Oval Office following a birthday celebration for the President on Aug. 4, 2009.

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President Barack Obama, with daughter Sasha, looks at the card given to him during a birthday party with his staff in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on Aug. 4, 2009. Daughter Malia and First Lady Michelle Obama look on at left.

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President Barack Obama presents cupcakes with a candle to Hearst White House columnist Helen Thomas in honor of her birthday in the James Brady Briefing Room, on Aug. 4, 2009. Thomas, who turned 89, shares the same birthday as the President, who turned 48.

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President Barack Obama tries out the fly fishing rod given to him on his birthday by a group of avid fisherman on his staff, on Aug. 4, 2009.

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[CakeGrrl]

1. Birthday Pies!

:)

[Pirate Smile]

40. PIE!!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

44. Love it!

[Hutzpa]

2. haaaaaa

you gotto love #13 Sasha sneeking up on her dad.

Great Pics, thanks for posting Jackeens.....:thumbsup:

[Greybnk48]

3. These pictures are great! Thanks for posting them.

I love Obama, and Joe Biden too. What an awesome ticket.

[Jayberwock]

50. Grand Canyon is my new desktop photo!

That is a classic American image.

[Uzybone]

4. Sasha Obama = secret agent, Joe Biden = slob

great pictures.

[loudsue]

11. Joe gets a bad rap here & in the press.

I like the hell out of Joe Biden. The cake might be crumby, but HE isn't.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

14. I agree.

I think Joe is still the coolest VP in my book. I don't like how the media sometimes portrays him as the clumsy uncle.

[Jennicut]

19. He is lovable with a great heart.

[goclark]

30. I love Biden

[Cha]

35. Joe Biden doesn't get a bad rap from me..he's

the best. The presstitutes are a lazy bunch of ineptitude and some people buy into that.

[MissDeeds]

46. Love Joe Biden

The man has integrity, depth, character, and intellect. And a killer sense of humor.

The pic of Obama with Helen Thomas rocks, too!

[Demoiselle]

47. Me too. nt

[stlsaxman]

52. Hear Hear! That photo made me wonder if Barack was being shitty to Joe... i HOPE not, but

it sure looks that way. :(

[Control-Z]

53. hey, hey

you've never dropped a crumb?

i love Joe. he is so human.

frankly, i don't trust the people with every hair in place, who never spill or drop a thing.

[Jackeens]

5. I suppose 15 is Crumbsgate. Clio? What have you to say for yourself?

[onehandle]

6. Cake crumbs!? Did Joe offer to resign?

Impeach Joe Biden!

[byebyegop]

32. Crumbgate!

[sandnsea]

7. Birthday Pies! rotfl

He really does love pies, lol.

Those pictures are all terrific. I've been waiting for those flyfishing pics. That guide is a lifelong Dem and was thrilled to be able to guide Obama. Said they talked about family and day to day things for the most part.

[Retrograde]

10. My late father always had a birthday pie

He just didn't like cakes.

Isn't casting around indoors sorta dangerous? Not to mention bad for any furniture that might get snagged?

[progressoid]

12. That's what I do for my birthday too. Pie rules!

[Clio the Leo]

8. Hey now! Dont forget the red meat!

[nc4bo]

9. I looooooooove these photos, all of them!!! nt

[politicasista]

13. Kiddies in the Oval Office

Can't beat that! The photos are all nice.

Thanks Jackeens. :)

[scheming daemons]

15. THIS picture has me reminiscing about "Camelot"

[Althaia]

28. here's a photo from 'Camelot'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/nov/05/usa?picture=339372883

[goclark]

31. I was thinking that too -- she is adorable

Whenever I see her I think about my father -- I always wanted his full attention.

Have you noticed how she pouts when her sister gets to hold his hand?

[babylonsister]

16. Gorgeous! Thank you! nt

[Jennicut]

17. Fishing, Grand Canyon, Native American headdresses, Steven Hawking, Joe's crumbs, Helen's b-day

I love them all. :)

[Beaverhausen]

18. Sasha is such a 'daddy's girl'

Great pix!!!

[samplegirl]

20. Thank you

It's always neat to see the new pictures. Biden needs to clean up his act.

[BrklynLiberal]

21. #14 brought tears to my eyes. That young man will remember that day forever...

[blogslut]

22. I choked up when the president presented the medal to Mr. Poitier

Talk about passing the torch...

Thanks for the photo. Now I have that memory saved in digital form as well. :)

[OneGrassRoot]

26. That one really got me as well. Thanks, Jackeens....

you really provide so many smiles and feel-good tears for many of us here.

:hug:

[prolesunited]

39. I love that one

You can never underestimate the role his portrayal of African-Americans on the big screen had in furthering civil rights.

[moonbatmax]

23. I've said it before...

...and I hope it ain't insulting, but the difference between Obama and the last guy is:

Obama makes this look GOOD!

Seriously, just seeing him doing his thing, with confidence and competence,
gives me confidence, in him, and in our future.

[1776Forever]

24. Looking at these I think of the saying - "When the Student is Ready the Teacher Will Come"

I really think President Obama was sent to all of us as a teacher. A teacher of how to be the best we can be. Father, husband, leader, you can go on and on. He is just him and that is plenty! How can you look at these pictures and not just think he "belongs" in the Oval Office.

Blessings to him and his family and many thanks for being there!

:applause: :yourock: :applause:

[Cha]

36. That was eloquently

stated, 1776Forever~ I know I'm learning so much..and I was really ready!

[1776Forever]

49. Thank you - We think alike - I had prayed for so long for something to happen & it sure did!

:fistbump:

[JNelson6563]

25. Fabulous.

Loved them all. :toast:

[Divine Discontent]

27. #15 ---- LOLOLOLOLOL - "good grief, Joe!"

some very very good pics there! love the sneakup of his girl, wonder if he knew she was coming from the get go & let her think she was sneaky, or if she startled him, Joe is being Joe, and I love the pics with Joseph Medicine Crow!

[madmom]

29. #8 looks to me like..

Michelle is having a "yes dear, I KNOW dear.." moment. You know like one of those times when they are trying to tell you something you already know or YOU were the one who told them. LOL is so nice to see "normalcy" in our first family.

[WestSeattle2]

37. I took another look at that photo and you are so right...too funny.

[madmax]

33. Young blood in the White House

It's a GREAT feeling. :bounce:

[robo50]

34. That White House Flicker stream is ENDLESS... showing just how

much and how active Obama has been in the last few months!

WOW!

[gauguin57]

38. Barack Obama: President, Bassmaster.

He's the fishin' magician.

[awoke_in_2003]

41. Is it just me...

or is there something different in the pics of him with African American children? The looks on the kids faces are different than when they meet just any famous person. To me it seems like the joy of knowing that, finally, ANYONE can grow up to be the president. Those pics always give me the same choked up feeling I had when I left the voting box.

[liberal N proud]

42. This is a timeless/priceless photo

[GreenEyedLefty]

43. Barack and Michelle are the finest First Couple, ever.

JMO!

And I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes to make birthday pie (my daughter loves pumpkin pie more than life itself, it seems).

[mnhtnbb]

45. Hey--has Obama changed the rug in the Oval Office? Wasn't Bushie boy's

yellow? Anybody have a pic?

No. I'm wrong. Same rug

Oval_Office_from_above.jpg‎

[frylock]

48. looks like an ugly stik..

did he catch anything? looks like he's having a lot of fun out there!

[Mad_Dem_X]

51. Great pictures! I especially love

the one with Sasha sneaking up on him, and the one with the cake crumbs. LOL!

[grantcart]

54. c'mon Joe was just leaving something for BO

I know because I do it all day long.

[Norrin Radd]

55. Awww, Joe! Why couldn't you have landed some of that

staining pie on that ugly bush carpet, and those hideous couches?