I'm not the one putting the image out there.
"What a 5-year-old’s request says about Obama’s race role; Enduring image speaks to Obama’s racial significance" by Jackie Calmes |
New York Times, May 24, 2012
WASHINGTON - The photo is tangible evidence of what polls also show: Obama remains a
potent symbol for black people, with a deep reservoir of support. As
skittish as White House aides often are in discussing race, they also
clearly revel in the power of their boss’s example.
May not matter much: Why Barack Obama now has a battle on his hands for the 2012 election
Electoral map doesn't look too good, either.
The boy in the picture is Jacob Philadelphia of Columbia, Md. Three
years ago this month, his father, Carlton, was leaving the White House
staff after a two-year stint on the National Security Council that began
in the Bush administration. As departing staff members often do,
Philadelphia asked for a family photograph with Obama....
“People are struck by the
fact that the president of the United States was willing to bend down
and let a little boy feel his head,’’ said the White House photographer, Pete Souza....
When the pictures were taken and the family was about to leave,
Philadelphia told Obama that his sons each had a question. In
interviews, he and his wife, Rosean, said they did not know what the
boys would ask....
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Oh, btw, Zimmerman had some cuts and abrasions, but I've given up on the agenda-pushing AmeriKan media and it's divisive race baiting.
