White House To Press Pool: No Topless Pics Of President Obama

by Ray Rahman | 6:22 pm, December 29th, 2010

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“I’m not going to let you guys take a picture of me with my shirt off,’’ President Obama said to reporters earlier this year, during a trip to Florida’s Gulf coast. And Sheryl Gay Stolberg reports in the New York Times that the ban on photographing the Commander-in-Chief’s naked torso is also in effect in Hawaii: “The White House gave the press pool traveling with the president strict instructions that there would be no long lenses or other sneaky attempts to take pictures of a shirtless leader of the free world.”

So what is Obama trying to hide? Just his ripped bod, apparently:

The subject of images of Mr. Obama sans shirt has been a touchy one during his presidency. In 2008, when he was president-elect, some pictures emerged from him body-surfing in Hawaii, and he seemed a little sheepish when they were splashed all over the tabloids and magazines. (“Buff Bam is Hawaii hunk,’’ The New York Post exclaimed.) Ever since, the White House has been determined to avoid a repeat.

Michelle Obama has done her part to protect her husband’s body from the American public; during that trip to Florida, when reporters suggested that pictures of President Obama enjoying a swim would be “a good thing,” she replied, “No, it’s not.”

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Judge Mental

But we’ll still get to see the lovely Mrs. Obama in a bathing suit, yes?
Jackie_Treehorn

Something else for the American Right to bitch about as they sit there in their moms basement shoving cheeseburger after cheeseburger down their maws…..
BarneyFranken

Jackie_Treehorn said:
Something else for the American Right to bitch about as they sit there in their moms basement shoving cheeseburger after cheeseburger down their maws…..

WTF are you even babbling about? Nobody is interested in seeing Obama without a shirt, least of all anyone on the right.

Seems if anyone would be upset, its the screaming throngs of Obamaites not being able to have an O-gasm at the mere glance of his pecs again like they had in ’08.

So yeah, you have no point and don’t make sense- and especially so when you add a non sequitur about cheeseburgers and basements. That is supposed to insult who on the “American Right” exactly?

So you might want to work on your comments, because this one sucked. I’d include that on my list of new year’s resolutions if I were you.

Now if you don’t mind, I have a couple dozen white castles to eat, then I need to buy a space heater because its getting cold in my mom’s cellar. :) Happy New Year!
lazzzlo

WTF are you even babbling about? Nobody is interested in seeing Obama without a shirt, least of all anyone on the right.

Haven’t y’all seen an adult on vacation?

oooh….white castles…..i’m salivating…they are no where near me!
Probably NOT wrong

White Castle! Damn two bites and they are gone.
Need about a dozen of those lille suckers just for a snack!
Good though!!
writer

Vladimir Putin has challenged him to a pose off.
chatmandu002

Wait!!! Will the White House outlaw topless photos of Sarah when she is president? LOL
Harry Flashman

Interesting. The press would have stood on each other’s faces to get a picture of George Bush taking a dump if they thought they could discredit him with it.

They’re told not to take a picture of Obama shirtless and they thump their little tails, wriggle, and say, yes ma’am and hope to be scratched behind the ears later.

Good job, O Defenders of the Truth. Good job.
raincoaster

Well, it’s just like we all told Tara Reid: if you don’t want topless pictures of you all over the damn place, keep your clothes on, tramp.