BBC News: Obama photo evokes Kennedy Moment

[HopeOverFear]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8235356.stm

The US White House has released a photograph of President Barack Obama's daughter Sasha sneaking up on her father as he works in the Oval Office.

The image has drawn comparisons with the famous 1963 image of John F Kennedy Jnr playing underneath the Oval Office desk as his father reads documents.

That picture helped create the image of "Camelot" associated with the Kennedys.

Mr Obama has said being able to work and live at home is "one of the huge benefits of being president".

The photograph, taken in early August and released through the official White House Flickr website, shows eight-year-old Sasha Obama sneaking up on her father from behind a sofa as he reads at the desk.

She and her older sister, Malia, are the youngest children to live in the White House since the 1960s, but Mr Obama and his wife Michelle have always said they want their daughters to have as normal a life as possible.

In an interview with the BBC in June, Mr Obama said his family life works well in the White House and his family were his favourite way to unwind.

"One of the huge benefits of being president is I now have this nice office and I go upstairs and have dinner with my family just about every night," he said.

"We've got a very good deal."

[LisaM]

1. It's a very cute picture but....

MR. PRESIDENT, PLEASE GET RID OF BUSH'S UGLY CARPET NOW!

[Jennicut]

2. Waste of money in a recession to replace the carpet...maybe when things get better

[LisaM]

3. No, it must go.

I don't care if he has to take up a collection in a cup from tourists visiting the WH. It infuriates me every time I see it.

[Jennicut]

6. LOL...I know. Maybe we can start a collection on DU.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. I'll have it if he doesn't want it - ours is threadbare!

[MissDeeds]

14. A bare floor would be preferable n/t

[robo50]

15. I don't think anyone but YOU care about that carpet problem,

most of us are focused on the real issues.

I don't find anything wrong with that carpet, and I don't care who chose it. Priorities in life are important to keep in order.

[MissDeeds]

12. +1

The warmongering plans that took place over that carpet should have called for a fumigator at best, or an exorcist at worst. I cannot believe it's still there!:wtf:

[robo50]

16. I think no one cares, if you want to change it, send in a donation

for the full cost of replacement.

We have lots of other priorities.

[MissDeeds]

17. I hope ethics are worth more

than a donation. Like I said elsewhere on this thread, pull the damned thing up. A bare floor would be preferable.

[saracat]

4. This is a bit stagey for me. And creepy.

I really wish the Obama/ Kennedy references by both the WH, who says they don't do it(LOL) and the media would stop. The two men have little in common. They have their individual pluses and minuses. Each is their own man.

[HopeOverFear]

5. Good points, saracat.

I agree.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Of course it is.

For you.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

13. Her response is very stagey.

[hedgehog]

8. I think this was a kid having fun sneaking up on her father.

The Kennedy reference was added by the media.

[Cali_Democrat]

10. Bingo. n/t

[KingFlorez]

11. Don't over analyze