Presidential candidate Barack Obama tips a cowboy hat given to him by a volunteer after a rally in Austin, TX, on Feb. 23, 2007. Between 15-20,000 people gathered at a concert venue and waited through drizzly weather to hear Obama speak.
This photo first appeared on the Texas Observer Blog and was quickly picked up by at least the following outlets:
UPDATE III: Finally made the print version of the Texas Observer.
UPDATE II: This photo and its back-story were featured in an article in the Austin American-Statesman, which ran on the front page of the Sunday Life & Arts section, August 10, 2008. See how it was laid out on the page here.
UPDATE: A version of this image is now available on T-shirts designed and for sale by Mario Prado. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Obama campaign.
The Autry Center's Museum of the American West, as part of its exhibit "Cowboys and Presidents." (More info.)
"Viva Obama!" (at about the 1:33 mark)
"I Got Dumped for Obama" (at around 1:50)
www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/02/21/predict...
www.newwest.net/topic/article/clinton_obama_seek_their_in...
A Daily Kos comment thread, where it was cited as evidence that "the media" likes Obama.
bobgeiger.blogspot.com/2007/03/credit-where-due-on-great-...
The People's Republic of Seabrook
buffistas.org/showthread.php?thread_id=483&post_id=423 (that link cracks me up just 'cause it's so unexpected)
It was also forwarded to my boss at the Post by coincidence, so it apparently made the rounds. Please email me for any licensing requests.
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ahtrini4u 40 months ago | reply
It actually IS Obama's Nation!
Sundials by Carmichael 40 months ago | reply
Impeach him!
conqui5tador 40 months ago | reply
@ahtrini4u
Actually, it's NOT obama's nation any more than it was "Ted Kennedy's seat" in Massachussetts...and we all know how that one turned out. ;-) Later this year and again in 2012, you and your socialist brethren will get the same lesson again and learn that the nation belongs to ALL of us, and not one person.
MonPriscilla 39 months ago | reply
He's soooo cool.
Media Hero 39 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Editorial Views, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Kombizz 37 months ago | reply
nice catch
conimarie1961 36 months ago | reply
Love this photo!!
CameliaTWU (off for a while) 35 months ago | reply
Sundials by Carmichael 35 months ago | reply
An insult to cowboys.
J Centavo 31 months ago | reply
I may have to throw my cowboy hats away now :(
Dan Stiver 29 months ago | reply
Obama comes to Texas after the election:
Texan #1: Hey! The president's a ni...
[Clock bell chimes]
Texan #2: What did he say?
Texan #3: He said the president's near.
Texan #1: No, gone blame it dang blammit! The president is a ni...
[Clock bell chimes again]
(Don't get offended, it's a reference to Blazing Saddles...)
Dan Stiver 28 months ago | reply
I just noticed that Obama has really long fingers!
Edna Barney 26 months ago | reply
THE MAN WHO SHOT OSAMA! Many a man would face his gun and many a man would fall, but the man who shot Osama Bin Laden, was the bravest of them all. ;)
Allen Hayden 26 months ago | reply
I'd just like to take this moment in history to thank those who actually DID shot Osama Bin Laden. Maybe Obama should change his game plan from "hope" to "Shot to Kill" and from "Change" to "Reload." I'd wear that shirt. War IS after all, THE ANSWER.
Kryddor 23 months ago | reply
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Very nice photo.
great pic!!!!!!
conqui5tador 22 months ago | reply
January 20, 2013...end of an ERROR
Tetley T 16 months ago | reply
Great shot!
SS&SS 2 months ago | reply
"KOOL PHOTO"
HERES MY VERSION
Beast 1 2 months ago | reply
Barack le plus grand des CowBoy.
Move It Along Ppl 2 months ago | reply
Il n'est pas bon, il est comme les autres!