Caption Obama with Shovel

yahoooooo ^ | 06/14/08 | yahoo/AP

[TornadoAlley3]

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., right, fills sandbags surrounded by the media at a sandbag station in Quincy, Ill. Saturday, June 14, 2008

[EagleUSA]

“I’ll show those conservative patriots just how much bull^%$# I can heap on them....”

[1rudeboy]

What is that, a gardening shovel? Hurts my back just to look at it.

[SevenofNine]

OH LORDY Monk or dead you got check this out LOL!

[TornadoAlley3]

[Old Sarge]

"No, no, you know the deal: you mentioned my middle name, you didn't quote 'Jerry McGuire' enough, and your skin's not the correct hue. You stay in rehab until your thoughts are in order. Now here, have a cracker, crakcer..."

[So Cal Rocket]

Gonna have to dig a bigger hole under the bus to fit everyone I know under there.

[rabidralph]

Baby's got some new shoes!

[lilylangtree]

“The disgusting and menial things I have to do to get whiteys votes.”

[al baby]

Can ya dig it baby

[TornadoAlley3]

Alvin Borntrager, 10, left, and Noah Borntrager, right, continue to fill sandbags while Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., center, speaks to reporters after filling sandbags with volunteers at a sandbag station in Quincy, Ill., Saturday, June 14, 2008. While flooding around the Midwest is more serious in Iowa and parts of Wisconsin, the water is rising in Illinois and more water is on the way.

[Doogle]

.."this better go over well...if I have to bowl again I'll be back up to two packs a day again"

[bmwcyle]

He will make a good home builder like Jimmy.

[Roccus]

Wonder how much this photo-op hindered the real work going on there?

[eyedigress]

I asked for a left-handed shovel dammitt!

[savedbygrace]

He’s never actually had to use a shovel to do his shoveling, so he’s not familiar with the tool.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Nobody is paying any attention to him. Heck, they have work to do.

[mikrofon]

Barack H. Obama, PHD*

[kingu]

Eh, suppose he's ok, or something, but kinda hard to believe this claim of 'change' - Seems the standard photo-op to me, whole bunch of people fly in, take pictures, blab a bit, then fly on, while me and the kid are here filling sandbags. If all them photographers and reporters filled a bag each, it'd maybe be worth it.

[TornadoAlley3]

Associated Press - June 14, 2008 9:23 PM ET

QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - Barack Obama has stopped by the Mississippi River city of Quincy in his home state of Illinois where he used a shovel to fill sandbags as a precaution against the rising river.

Obama said since he’s been in public office he has not seen “this kind of devastation.”

Obama pledged to push the federal and state governments to provide aid to the stricken areas.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Well, I buried Hillary, and Wright and Pfleger and Malley. The graveyard is getting crowded, isn’t it? That’s the way we do things in Chicago. Jimmy Hoffa - eat your heart out!

My, this BS is getting deep. Where are my hip-boots, not hip-hop boots, you dumb ass?

[savedbygrace]

He's all shovel and no hat.

[USNBandit]

I’m guessing that Alvin could pretty much kick Obama’s butt at any kind of manual labor.

[TornadoAlley3]

[Kickass Conservative]

McCain would have been there helping, but due to the injuries he received being tortured in a North Vietnamese Prison Camp, he cannot lift his arms. Wonder when the lib media will make an issue of McCain not being there to help alongside the Messiah.

At least we know Obama is qualified to be a ditch digger.
Unfortunately, that is about all he is qualified to do.

[Ol' Sox]

"Goldang - if all these jackarses would put down the cameras and shovel some sand, I could be outta here in no time!"

[musicman]

"A strong back is a terrible thing to waste"

[BerniesFriend]

BHO had some remarks afterwards..”I consider it an honor to work here..digging this hole to china..fortunately my uncle ended WW2 with a shovel..he buried Hitler and Breznev and ended the war between the states..anyway..I have to go now..there are 56 other states for me to visit..today we visit the underwater state of Atlantis..”

[CaptRon]

That’s the hole he digs every time he speaks without a teleprompter. Surprised the press covered it; they ignore the gaffes.

[savedbygrace]

"Hey, it's stuck. What do I do now?"

[SevenofNine]

Barek is amish LOL!

[EternalVigilance]

"Even I never thought they'd buy this BS I'm shoveling..."

[gov_bean_ counter]

Feet too close together. Body leaning too far forward. Left hand not supporting. Implement too far away from the body.

No way in h*** was there going to be any dirt on the working end of that shovel. He just shoved it in the ground.

[TornadoAlley3]

I thought the same thing about McCain and how last weekend Obama was riding a bike, this weekend the shovel, trying to show he is younger, stronger than McCain. McCain better get to hiking the Grand Canyon.

[Veto!]

Gotta hand it to him, he’s 37.6% more coordinated than Kerry.

[TornadoAlley3]

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., gets a hug from a volunteer at a sandbag station in Quincy, Ill., Saturday, June 14, 2008.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Finally had to get a shot of dirt on the shovel. Other pictures don’t look right.

[TheWasteLand]

Ow! I think I strained my credibility.

[TornadoAlley3]

[savedbygrace]

It’s obvious he’s never used that type of shovel, or any shovel for that matter. He’s a poser.

[EternalVigilance]

At least we know Obama is qualified to be a ditch digger.
Unfortunately, that is about all he is qualified to do.

"Paw. Why does every trench this city boy digs go off to the left?"

[Ol' Sox]

Lets see - Shovel - check, sleeves rolled up - check, gloves - check, work boots (black) - check, John Deere hat....John Deere hat?!....dammit, where's muh John Deere hat!? How can I shovel sand if I don't look the part?

[gov_bean_ counter]

Actually #39 nails his qualifications.

Tote and drive.

[TornadoAlley3]

[silentreignofheroes]

Picture says alot.

[EternalVigilance]

Once moral giants trod the land.

Now it's mostly pygmies.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Sixteen tons and whadya get, another day older and deeper in debt...

[Ol' Sox]

Take a guess where the cameras are.

[jerry639]

What is that, a gardening shovel? Hurts my back just to look at it.

Yep! That's what it is. It is a back breaker but I doubt he used it long enough to even tire his back.

I could loan him a real shovel but it takes a real man to use it.

[Prole]

"Barack Obama practices with dirt before he shovels his latest pile of bullsh!t onto the American public."