President Obama greets tourists at the Lincoln Memorial during a surprise visit - pics

[Kadie]

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 9: U.S. President Barack Obama shakes the hands of tourists visiting the Lincoln Memorial during a surprise visit a day after budget negotiations with Congress prevented a government shutdown April 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Obama Administration and congressional leaders reached a deal on the FY 2012 budget that averted a government shutdown, which would have included all national parks and monuments, at midnight last night.



pics from daylife.com

[City Lights]

1. Great pics!

Looks like fun!

Rec'd.

[bluestateguy]

2. Thank God this man is the president

I remember how ashamed we all were to be Americans just three short years ago.

[Drale]

12. If Bush tryed to do that

I'm gonna say that the statue of Lincoln would come alive, pick him up, and throw him across that national mall, and it would be a huge you tube hit.:rofl:

[SidDithers]

18. Lincoln would never have had a chance...

Bush would have tripped going up the stairs.

Sid

[MineralMan]

3. Just look at the people's faces!

This is an enormously popular President, folks.

[rfranklin]

24. Obviously a bussed in crowd....

of union thugs.

[malaise]

36. Yes indeed

Those faces are expressing genuine fondness for Obama.
Great pics

[otohara]

4. more pics

http://theobamadiary.com/

[lamp_shade]

17. Hey... thanks. That's Chipsticks (Jackeens) site. And what a great site it is.

Thank you. I had lost track of her.

[Shiver]

5. On first glance,

that third picture from the bottom looks like that girl is giving him the finger. :rofl:

[lamp_shade]

6. Thanks, Kadie, for posting these. You're a breath of fresh air.

[Kadie]

23. Hi lamp_shade!

:hi:

and thanks.

:)

[Frustratedlady]

7. Love our Prez! I'll bet he keeps the SS guys hopping.

I can't remember another First Couple who would pop up at various places to greet people like this couple does. They seem to actually enjoy surprising people.

Love the one of the girl reaching out to him.

[SheilaT]

26. Bill Clinton was known to go out to

local shopping malls and do his own Christmas shopping.

[sufrommich]

8. That little girl in the blue jacket who wormed her way to the front

of the crowd is too cute.

[Kadie]

22. more pics with her...

:)

[sufrommich]

30. Love these pics. She's an assertive little tyke. Not the

least bit shy.

[JanetLovesObama]

9. Thank you ! Made my day ! And

thank God for our awesome POTUS !!

[livetohike]

10. Thank you!

:kick:

[jdlh8894]

11. Thought he was in Williamsburg w/his family? n/t

[babylonsister]

15. That was canceled/postponed. nt

[liberal N proud]

13. Abe smiles

[felix_numinous]

14. OMG I was planning to go there today!

But guests didn't make it. :wow:

[Kadie]

34. Oh no!

Can you imagine having the president show up while you are on a tour?

:)

[babylonsister]

16. Love them! Thank you! nt

[tabasco]

19. Third pic is priceless. n/t

[Graybeard]

20. Wonderful. I hope to see more of this leading up to 2012.

President Obama being the regular guy he is. And the baggers still try to infer that he is some sort of alien being? Great pics.

[Rex]

21. Bush and Obama...everyone wants to touch Obama, they love him.

Square that fact with this picture.

[Kadie]

35. I remember that picture.

The look on her face is priceless!

:)

[Justitia]

25. great pics - thank you! Definitely needed this today. That girl (#3) is sooo excited! -nt

[alphafemale]

27. The American people hate him..obviously.

:sarcasm:

[WhoIsNumberNone]

28. So I see we had an 11th hour budget deal...

Not to be a wet blanket, but dare I ask what concessions had to be made to make this happen?

[WhoIsNumberNone]

31. Ah- there it is: My looming sense of dread.

The government is temporarily still running and the non-rich paid for it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x852021

Nice photos though...

[sufrommich]

32. In a picture thread? Really? nt

[jaxx]

29. The government is open and the President goes to the people.

The pics are great, look at the people, they are so happy to see him.

K&R

[BlueGirlRedState]

33. Thanks for the pics and the blog

Great pics! We were there last summer. Thanks for the link to the blog, I just subscribed. Looks like my kind of place.

[mistertrickster]

37. It's almost like he works for the American people or something. nt