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President Barack Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff
member can pat his head during a family visit to the Oval Office May
8, 2009. The youngster wanted to see if the President's haircut felt
like his own. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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Richard-, Diana Pappas, pompomflipflop, emily7m, and 842 other people added this photo to their favorites.
maxedaperture (49 months ago)
Hah, that's awesome.
roninzer0 (49 months ago)
so cute.
Richard- (49 months ago)
Great one Pete. What was the verdict? Same feel?
Oh Nuts (49 months ago)
Cute and awesome.
Shamrockah (49 months ago)
Classic capture and moment for that kid to remember forever.
kimba714 (49 months ago)
Love this!
Michael Saffle (49 months ago)
Bowing again? Didn't he learn his lesson? ;-) Great pic!
jdog1063 (49 months ago)
Obama:
"And son, if you ever become President, this is what you do to a Saudi King, OK!"
sgtpepper23 (49 months ago)
hey jdog1063,
why don't you go back to freerepublic, hotair, stormfront, limbaugh or malkin websites?
Your spamming is getting ridiculously embarrassing.
bamalibrarylady (49 months ago)
That is so cute!
José Chareyron (49 months ago)
estei (49 months ago)
Love this picture. Shows a president that isnt an angry old man.
Bush and the others might also be good with kids and the like. But they never allowed it to be shown.
This man is a natural, the genuine article.
Please keep photos like this coming.
suswhit (49 months ago)
sweet!
MaryTClark (49 months ago)
Super sweet. I love that he's a kind and approachable man.
Samden1 (49 months ago)
Obama effect all the way to Scandnavia
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1VccsxQ9GY
tamago (49 months ago)
American child receives deeper bow than a king... news flash! ;-}}
rmcarrier1 (49 months ago)
Hey JDog, would you prefer he kissed the man and held his hand, like Bush did? ;)
KraftyMiles (49 months ago)
See, it's these shots I enjoy, the more personal side to a public figure.
missdorice (49 months ago)
superbe clichée j'aimerais tant être à la place du petit garçon,beautiful and so cute
Donna Will (49 months ago)
Love this shot, so cute!
Felipe Cantillana Photo © (49 months ago)
cool!!
sails away [deleted] (49 months ago)
super super cute.
LaDeeVah (49 months ago)
Absolutely charming.
TheApiarist (49 months ago)
i can't ever see our (British) Prime Minister ever doing that, more's the pity...
lvgraham (49 months ago)
that is a true, African American moment -- the President really is like me. :-)
ki.p [deleted] (49 months ago)
adorable
skomra (49 months ago)
This will be one of the photographs his administration is remembered by. It's great that this comes directly from the White House, in this a new era of openness and access, and we get to see it immediately and without the filter of the corporate news media. Awesome.
amy_b (49 months ago)
death by cute.
jcgr (49 months ago)
Very funny!
sahaskatta (49 months ago)
i can't believe he bowed to that kid? first the Saudi King and now this?
/sarcasm
cpalmeno (49 months ago)
awwww.
randubnick (49 months ago)
Great photo! This image captures something wonderful about the character of Barack Obama!
Linda Lee Hassan (49 months ago)
Love it!
rachel_ann94 (49 months ago)
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
andyfox1979 (49 months ago)
obama's hair looks less dense than the child's hair.
purplepurr (49 months ago)
This photo made me tear up. So touching and inspirational.
Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches (49 months ago)
That's awesome.
DanCleary (49 months ago)
@sgtpepper23
Whether this photo warms the cockles of your heart or not, I think you're gonna have to expect a few references to the Saudi bow with a photo like this.
mollyluise (49 months ago)
heartwarming <3
drruss-47 (49 months ago)
Knock,knock.......anyone Home in there?
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cageyness (49 months ago)
Speaks to identity, dream building, and is a great example of the potential significance of this moment in history…doesn’t hurt that it’s toothache sweet either. :)
Can you say ‘Someday I want to be President?’
Rezkojoe (49 months ago)
Practicing for the next visit to Saudia Arabia?
ericlee_us (49 months ago)
"Knock, knock....Anybody home? Guess not."
Andrea Scher (49 months ago)
this makes me so happy.
:)
Lucky-me (49 months ago)
Obama sure is fond of bowing...is He hiring Mini-Me or practicing for his first meeting with Ahmadinejad ????
Donna Will (49 months ago)
Y'know, he's not actually bowing...sheesh. He's leaning down so the kid can reach him.
throwbooms (49 months ago)
This sure isn't openness... it's pure fawning by the press. Socialism sucks, no matter what color skin it wears.
Shazz Mack (49 months ago)
This wonderful photo captures this culturally-significant time in American history - shown through a very personal and human moment. Lovely.
mollyluise (49 months ago)
I pity all the sad people commenting who see this and twist it into something negative. Your lives must be pretty lame if that is how you view everything, even a kind moment between the President and a child.
denslow_burhans (49 months ago)
Photo ops with children are manipulative. It causes choruses of "Awwww" and fawning everywhere. Wise up people, everything politicians do is agenda driven. And they're hardly working for the best interests of the American people. It's criminal.