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President Barack Obama "meets" with speechwriter Cody
Keenan, who dressed as a pirate for an Oval Office photo taken for use
in the President's humorous speech to the White House Correspondents
Association dinner May 9, 2009. "But as I said during the
campaign, we can't just talk to our friends. As hard as it is, we also
have to talk to our enemies, and I've begun to do exactly that,"
the President said in his speech.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.)
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andypickens, manu contreras, leandrodemori, phil dokas, and 591 other people added this photo to their favorites.
poky_77 [deleted] (49 months ago)
LOL
roninzer0 (49 months ago)
YARRR matey! this is great!
Oh Nuts (49 months ago)
LOL pirates in the oval office :)
Poops Magee (49 months ago)
I can see this being used in attack ads in 2012 with a slow ominous zoom.
knots (49 months ago)
the pirate lobby must be regulated
eoconn (49 months ago)
hilarious! i love how they still look so serious in conversation...
Blue387 (49 months ago)
Did you meet without preconditions?
Chris Devers (49 months ago)
Unlike the Bush administration, at least Obama has a Somalia policy.
Here's the part where Cheney is going to start whinging on about negotiating with terrorists.
d i l l w e e d (49 months ago)
It looks to me like Cody has been touched by His Noodly Appendage and is attempting to convert our president to Flying Spaghetti Monsterism.
jdog1063 (49 months ago)
Obama:
"Sorry mate, those Navy Seals didn't know the kid's ages when they shot them in the head. I was a million miles away and didn't know anything about it!"
francolivorno (49 months ago)
Beautiful shot !!
chrisfurniss (49 months ago)
I love this man.
graveyardfields (49 months ago)
So am I to understand that Barack Obama *does* negotiate with pirates?
BlueisCoool (49 months ago)
So Funny!
Edward Hoover (49 months ago)
Best part of the Correspondents Assn. address. LOVE IT.
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Anna Rascouët-Paz (49 months ago)
Pirates.
P. Van Orden (49 months ago)
ROFL. The Prez has a great sense of humor.
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THROUGH_HAWAIIAN_EYES (49 months ago)
Too much!
7ylerStrause (49 months ago)
He should have been meeting with Jack Sparrow
danedeasy (49 months ago)
BEST PRESIDENT EVER! This is proof.
caddyroyalty (49 months ago)
OMG I Love this!
Balliolman (49 months ago)
Arrr! Jim, lad! :)
Timmy (49 months ago)
"President Obama discusses maritime strategy with Somalian ambassador."
Joseph Petrella (49 months ago)
Arrrg Is this a commercial for freecreditreport.com Triple Advantage
Celticfield (49 months ago)
Nice shot!!!!
Nice weekend Mister President!!!
Alt.Frames (49 months ago)
Thomas Jefferson is rolling over in his grave, but it's still lol funny.
{Linda} [deleted] (49 months ago)
That is just awesome. Greetings from Beaufort, NC....should join us at our pirate festival.
DrewVigal (49 months ago)
Are they having a discussion or an ARRRgument?
donbuciak (49 months ago)
this makes for good p-rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
zikay's photography(no PS) (49 months ago)
这位酷哥翘着二郎腿跟总统讲话，一副目空一切的样子。
如果换成一中国人，早就谦恭致敬了。
PhotoSenseDatum (49 months ago)
Looolll!
Dave Arnold Photo (49 months ago)
show me another President who is so real!
wdunleavy (49 months ago)
What the fuck
Rebekah Niles (Wednesday) [deleted] (49 months ago)
finally we are opening dialogues with pirates
Michele Brutti (49 months ago)
:))
NotAnna (49 months ago)
Fun shot, Pete. I so wish I had your job.
B.Thomas (49 months ago)
They should have done the Captain Morgan pose.
simpolman (49 months ago)
I for one think that speaking with the enemy makes Obama look weak. He should have made him walk to plank. That'd send the right message to those scalawags!
TJ Morris (49 months ago)
Best. President. Ever.
Owen's (49 months ago)
Damn Climate Change causing Pirates!
bex finch (49 months ago)
this is amazing
tamago (49 months ago)
This Administration just gets better and better! Competence and Camaraderie... We are blessed! ;-}}
Brian Zhang Larsen (49 months ago)
somali representative?
nhr (49 months ago)
> somali representative?
No, a mouthpiece of these ne'er-do-well hoodlums from the perfide Albion ;-)
azleem (49 months ago)
lol
chezarie (49 months ago)
EEEEK! Those gosh dern pirates are every where !!!
ronnie.b. (49 months ago)
Great stuff!
eyllom (49 months ago)
we need more pirate lobbying
ehsametrical (49 months ago)
ithink it's a rather distasteful joke seeing as how real pirate attacks are on the rise again. Making light of desperate starving dudes with guns taking people hostage is not funny to me, sorry.
AnNamirâ„¢ c[_] (49 months ago)
Haha, this is cool!