President gets down in front of daughters at lavish White House soul concert

Mail Online ^ | 10 April 2013 | Louise Boyle

[LucianOfSamasota]

President Obama showed off his grooviest 'dad dancing' on Tuesday night as he got down to the best of Memphis Soul at a White House show.

The President enjoyed a star-studded concert celebrating the sound of Soulsville as he and wife Michelle belted out the classics performed by artists including Queen Latifah, Booker T. Jones, Cyndi Lauper and Justin Timberlake.

He was also joined on the front row by daughters Malia and Sasha who giggled and shook their heads at their dad's dance moves.

Timberlake leaned in and serenaded the first couple from the stage with his version of the Otis Redding classic (Sittin' on) 'The Dock of the Bay accompanied by legendary guitarist Steve Cropper.

Obama opened the concert by saying: 'Let's face it, who does not love this music? These songs get us on the dance floor.

'They get stuck in our heads. We go back over them again and again. And they've played an important part in our history.

'Memphis, Tennessee, was segregated in the 1960s, but blacks and whites came together despite the institutional racism to create a soulful blend of gospel and rhythmic blues music that sought to 'bridge those divides, to create a little harmony with harmony.'

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Imagine if Sarah Palin were President and she had such a gig with the likes of Ted Nugent, Kid Rock and others performing.

The media would be calling her and her family low-life rednecks and hillbillies and demanding she resign for such frivolous spending of taxpayer money, especially at a time of such financial crisis.

Instead, they plant their heads firmly up their Obama’s and praise these two hood rats that hit the AA lotto.

[csmusaret]

Scathing critique of current POTUS...http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/scott/130301