(1) Pete Souza: “The President was playing golf at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, Calif. As he was finishing his round, he began to shake hands with guests waiting for a wedding ceremony about to begin. The bride and groom were waiting inside but when they looked out the window and saw the President, they decided to make their way outside. I made a grab shot as the bride, Stephanie Tobe, and her soon-to-be husband, Brian Tobe, came running to greet the President.”
(2) Vice President Joe Biden, Dr Jill Biden and President Obama walk towards the Oval Office after Biden announced that he won’t seek the presidency in 2016 (Photo by Mike Theiler)
(3) President Obama hugs a young girl as he greets family members and coworkers of fallen firefighters during the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)
(4) “The Bear needs his space. @POTUS gestures for the press to move along during his walk back to the White House” (Photo by Doug Mills
(5) President Obama meets with Vice President Biden in the Oval Office prior to the Vice President announcing that he will not be a candidate in the 2016 presidential campaign (Photo by Pete Souza)
(6) President Obama visits with Ella Harper Rhodes, daughter of Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, in the Oval Office. Ella is in costume for the White House Halloween celebration event (Photo by Pete Souza)
(7) First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden react after Prince Harry of Wales hands the First Lady a ball that came to him while watching a wheelchair basketball game in the field house at Fort Belvoir, Va. (Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
(8) The President and First Lady react to a child in a pope costume and mini popemobile as they welcomed children during a Halloween event on the South Lawn of the White House (Photo by Pete Souza)
(9) President Obama talks with 14-year-old Ahmed ‘Clock Boy’ Mohamed during Astronomy Night on the South Lawn after inviting him to the event at the White House. Mohamed was handcuffed and questioned by police when he brought a homemade clock to class at MacArthur High School in Irving, TX, and officials mistook it for a bomb (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty)
(10) The President greets families of firefighters during the reading of names at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service at Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md.” (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Okay who picked #6?
😳
You?
You can’t vote!
You made the list. Do you just make up rules because it’s your Blog???!!!
Excuse me - that’s totally the same as saying PBO shouldn’t have been able to vote in 2008 and 2012 😏
And you have NOOOOOOOOO idea how long I grappled with the moral dilemma of whether I should fiddle with the votes on these Photo of the Year posts when the results weren’t to my liking. And NONE of them has been to my liking!1!1!
Will I fiddle ……. 🤔
Uh oh, I think I’ve unleashed the dark side of blog mistress 😬
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smh - I for one have always known that fiddling is in *your* dna, Chips. Not to worry, on the matter of the end of year pics *I* have quietly endorsed your fiddling, so all is good. 🙂
VC, what are you doing? Are you buttering her up?
Calling it as I read it. 😀 Also, too, she is my twin after all, and I myself have been tempted … *ahem*… to fiddle with these monthly choices.
This is sounding somewhat like a rigged election, to us innocent bystanders (who vote!) LOL! TOD, we may have some undercover trolls, Heaven forbid!
Nah, no sweat, no trolls. Everyone who votes is eligible or everyone is eligible to vote.
Chips 😄😄
I had vowed to make a fresh effort to cut down on my cursing, but I have responded in this manner to the voting on most of the photo of the year posts:
WHAT THE F***ETY F***??????!!!!!!????????
😕
/speaking to self/ I wonder if she’s only remembering the ‘fresh effort’ *because* we are near year’s end?
I picked it, but it was a tough decision between 6 & 8.
Right now #6 & 8 are in first & second place ranman 😊
Am I the only one who had never heard of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee before it was announced that PBO would be on this show?
Absolutely! (Not 🙂 )
I hadn’t heard of it either Donna 😊
I’m in the same club with you. never heard of it but I will be watching because it has PBO!!!
Never heard of it. Never. ☺️☺️
Never heard of it, also dislike Jerry Seinfeld, but I will watch it!!
Oh goody! I get to vote again! 🙂
These photos just knock me out; yes, No. 6 was the one that made me laugh out loud. I am so happy that our President can relax ( for a few minutes) with a delightful little child - while the congress of the united states is still plotting and planning how to overthrow the kingdom !!
Heaven forbid that healthcare last another month, or two; what is wrong with those idiots???
At nearly 80 years of age and paying through the nose for Medicare, Kaiser, and something in-between; I applaud his desire to ease the pains of the masses and to employ everyone that wants a job. Even I have a part-time one that is allowing me to get a manicure/pedicure once a month, as well as a hair-do. Thanks to each of you and to whomever started me receiving “The Obama Diary w/ Photos”. Looking back over the years that I recall, every President since Harry S. Truman, Wow; this is a God-sent man. Yvonne D, Baskerville, looking forward from 1936.
WHEN OUR ENERGIZER PRESIDENT MAKES HIS FINAL EXIT OUT THE WH DOOR…SO GOES THE COUNTRY!
Yvonne, thank you for commenting and we look forward to you being with us next year. Bless you 😊
Welcome, Yvonne. #6 is a fav of mine, too.
So nice to meet you, Yvonne!
HF2 this ones for you 🙂 😯 🙂
HAH-I’VE BEEN AWAKE FOR SEVERAL DAYS…BUT IT’S MY PAIN PILLS THAT DON’T WORK..LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
I don’t believe that he’s been awake for a straight 87 hours. In my scientific opinion (IMSO), your body is entering the shutdown death zone at 54-72 straight hours.
Darn it! 4-way tie: 6,7,8, and 9.
I simply cannot choose so I abstain.
I DON’T SELECT ANY…THEY ARE ALL EXCEPTIONAL!
*cough-cough* Not voting is a vote for the
repubs…ahm… .er… for the ….. *JUST VOTE!*Not gonna do it! Nope! Can’t do it!
If my favourite (all three of them) doesn’t win in October I’m holding you accountable!!
So which is your pick?
/whisper/ The first or the second time I voted?
Wait! What? You’re not commiting VOTER FRAUD, are you? What are you some kinda GOP mole - Canadians for Trump?!!
Security!!!!! Get her!!! 😠
Please, not Trump! /disgust/ This Canadian draws the line at that idiot. My rule is if it’s not specifically stated that you can’t do it, then that means you can go ahead with your own interpretation. *smirk-smirking*
Yeh that was kind of extreme but still you’re a Cheaty-McCheatystack. One person, one vote Missy!
Why I oughta ask Mama Chips to invalidate your votes, ya vote pirate! Arrrgh!
“Cheaty-McCheatystack” 😆
‘Vote pirate’? /affronted/ Hey, each time you vote you are just *one* person, and you do make just one vote! Also, too, there are persons with multiple personalities (not admitting I’m one, of course) - what about being fair to them, huh? I’m not admitting to anything, but my lawyer thinks we could make a good case for my *possible* voting habits when the choices are overwhelming. So there! 😀
Morning, D-ette! It’s majorly overcast where I am, but life’s good.
PERSONALLY I ALWAYS SHAVE BEFORE MY WORKOUT AND NOT BEING FAMOUS IS ALOT MORE FUN!!!!! THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNYYYYYYYYYYYYY!…NITE ALL!…I LOVE MY PRESIDENT..POOR GUY…HE LIVES IN A BUBBLE!…SWAT THAT FLY MR. PRESIDENT AND PRESS ON!….:)
MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE…MY AMAZING FRIEND AND YOUTH PASTOR FROM MY EX-CHURCH HAS BEGUN HIS NEW MINISTRY AND YOU WILL LOVE IT…HE IS THE ONE WHO ADOPTED THE LITTLE BOY FROM KENYA WHO HAD BEEN THROWN IN A COOKING FIRE…HIS BLENDED FAMILY IS FILLED WITH ADOPTIONS…CHECK THIS OUT…MARK LYNCH IS AN AMAZING CHRIST LOVING SOUL….basicandsimple.org
Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee:
http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/president-barack-obama-just-tell-him-you-re-the-president
Ah, didn’t see yours, df!
Here’s link if you need it! 😀
http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/president-barack-obama-just-tell-him-you-re-the-president
Thanks Dudette for the link. That was so funny and now I can watch it anytime on my phone. 😊
Thank you so much Dudette - they even have a worldwide view and didn’t stop us from watching
Your repertoire of music and presidential comedy is the best of the best
Thanks sweet 99ts! Glad you’re able to watch it. POTUS is so funny!
Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PBO is an absolute natural at comedy. He really has a great sense of humor.
Your feet hurt and you’re having trouble peeing. I’m dying 😆 😆 😆
PBO is hilarious. He is comfortable in any setting. 🙂
LOL! “You’re a comedian with the President going nowhere. Back it up”
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PBO is the coolest President Evah!!!!!!!
“I’m really big with the 0 - 8 yr old demographic.” - POTUS
❤️😀❤️
That was one of my favorites, too. I kept thinking Jerry would say “where are these 0-year-olds?”
And our own little 4+-year-old calls him “Bobama.”
And with this I bid you all a good night!
So it appears that the firing and regrouping did nothing for MSNBC. I am so sick of the coverage of Trump, and devoting complete shows to his racist, hateful rhetoric.
OH, POTUS with Jerry Seinfeld and now THIS?? OMG, my night is MADE!!
I loved POTUS’ explanation of how politics is like football.
Gnite
Wimp 🙄
😄😄😄 I have to work in the morning 😘
Excuses, excuses 🙄
I voted for #8 - so much world love wrapped up in one picture. I also loved the picture with VP Joe. I am glad he decided against running for President - he can spend his last year as VP getting “stuff” done rather than conversing with the seriously stupid GOP.
Jerry: How many world leaders do you think are completely out of their minds?
PBO: A pretty sizable percentage.
….
PBO: .. and of what happens is these guys… I think, the longer they stay in office, the more likely that is to happen.
Jerry: Of course, they lose it!
PBO: i mean at a certain point, your feet hurt and you’re having trouble peeing…
>>> At this point, I knocked over my cup! Bwahahaha! 😂😂😂
G’night & sweet dreams, all y’all; Pete S, and his team, did his usual awesome job with this years’ pictures. Kudos to Robert
PBO talking about when cursing is really valuable. LOL! 😂
OMG! I love him so much! ❤️
BEST POTUS EVAH!!!!
When he was talking about the age group he appeals to, I started remembering all those videos of babies saying “BARACKOBAMBAAAAA”!!
You could see that Seinfeld was genuinely interested in the answers to all his questions, the minutiae of every day life for PBO in the White House! They’re both so funny!
New post
https://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/31/president-in-car-getting-coffee/