Taken 2/29/12 in the Oval Office - Live Long & Prosper!
OBAMA & UHURA GIVING THE VULCAN SALUTE. I CAN DIE HAPPY NOW.
I don’t know if it’s the fact that I don’t sleep anymore or maybe it’s my jail cell in the library (lol art school?) or I’m sailing into the Le Fleuve PMS but Obama makes me emote, man
(Source: barackobama, via hinaika)
Stephon stood just a few feet away from Barack Obama. The president, busy shaking hands, looked right at him. “It was like he was waiting for me to say something,” he said later.
So the 26-year-old Prince George’s Community College student took his cue and spoke to President Obama in his first language: American Sign Language. “I am proud of you,” Stephon signed. The president, almost involuntary, instinctively, immediately signed back.
“Thank you,” Obama replied.
This is one of those moments that humanize the office of the presidency.
Five years ago, Barack Obama stepped onto a stage in Springfield, Illinois, and said he was running for president. Here’s a look at what’s happened since (includes Tumblr hearts).
I am still stuck in bed with golf ball tonsils and this may have just made me emote
Newsweek: How Obama's Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics
Presenting the first three paragraphs of Andrew Sullivan’s epic takedown of President Barack Obama’s critics, on newsstands & online today.
You hear it everywhere. Democrats are disappointed in the president. Independents have soured even more. Republicans have worked themselves up into an…
This is so good.
Impassioned Excoriation of the Day: Comedian/author/vigilante pundit Baratunde Thurston eloquently expresses the outrage of many at the racist subtext inherent in the supposed debate surrounding President Obama’s nationality.
[thanks anon!]
