Posted on 09/03/2009 6:09:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The US White House has released a photograph of President Barack Obama's daughter Sasha sneaking up on her father as he works in the Oval Office.
The image has drawn comparisons with the famous 1963 image of John F Kennedy Jnr playing underneath the Oval Office desk as his father reads documents.
That picture helped create the image of "Camelot" associated with the Kennedys.
Mr Obama has said being able to work and live at home is "one of the huge benefits of being president".
The photograph, taken in early August and released through the official White House Flickr website, shows eight-year-old Sasha Obama sneaking up on her father from behind a sofa as he reads at the desk.
She and her older sister, Malia, are the youngest children to live in the White House since the 1960s, but Mr Obama and his wife Michelle have always said they want their daughters to have as normal a life as possible. In an interview with the BBC in June, Mr Obama said his family life works well in the White House and his family were his favourite way to unwind.
"One of the huge benefits of being president is I now have this nice office and I go upstairs and have dinner with my family just about every night," he said. "We've got a very good deal."
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It’s pretty rare to actually catch Daddy Mac at WORK!
P.S. It’s not CUTE when you’re a pre-teen. A toddler? Yes.
He didn’t notice the door opening? This is so staged.
That picture is so embarrassing..........
As for the kids, living in the White House likely has its perks and drawbacks.
And now for something completely different...
Camelot's a silly place.
Maybe the daughter is just learning to crawl to dad on her knees the way he wants everyone else to?
I mean, you never know.
What 8 year old crawls along a couch in plain view of the photographer? When the kids were 3, they did that sort of stuff - but by 8? Not hardly!
The Kennedys had "Camelot" and the Obamas have "Ghettolot." LOL! Hopefully, they will be returning to live there again before long!
Cute kid, bet she has a birth certificate.....
Maybe she is a little slow I mean look at her parents
Maybe she’s in that awkward “I think I’m a lizard” stage.
It's true! It's true! The crown has made it clear.
The climate must be perfect all the year.
A law was made a distant moon ago here:
July and August cannot be too hot.
And there's a legal limit to the snow here
In Camelot.
The winter is forbidden till December
And exits March the second on the dot.
By order, summer lingers through September
In Camelot.
Camelot! Camelot!
I know it sounds a bit bizarre,
But in Camelot, Camelot
That's how conditions are.
The rain may never fall till after sundown.
By eight, the morning fog must disappear.
In short, there's simply not
A more congenial spot
For happily-ever-aftering than here
In Camelot.
Camelot! Camelot!
I know it gives a person pause,
But in Camelot, Camelot
Those are the legal laws.
The snow may never slush upon the hillside.
By nine p.m. the moonlight must appear.
In short, there's simply not
A more congenial spot
For happily-ever-aftering than here
In Camelot.
Look, leave Sasha out of this. It’s not her fault she’s being used by the message machine in that place.
Best,
Chris
John John was 2 yo when the photo was taken, Sasha is 8 or 9 yo and way too old for this not to be staged. The original was probably too but most likely they got him to do what he’d done befrore to capture the photo unlike Sasha who is obiviously way too big to be hid behind a sofa.
...a future carjacker
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