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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPresident's Republican Guard
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a Republican member of the Cabinet, feigns being a blocking back for President Barack Obama as he arrives backstage to meet with GOP House leaders before speaking to their issues conference at the Renaissance Baltimore Harbor Place Hotel in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 29, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza) TOD
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President's Republican Guard (Original Post)
bigtree
Jan 2013
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. That's funny. Ray LaHood seems like a decent and loyal guy.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)2. report today
. . . he's leaving.
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)3. i couldn't imagine LBJ, JFK, or FDR striking such an undignified pose
he's the leader of the motherfucking free world, his team should have never let him be photographed cowering.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)4. team player
. . . not the best strategy to just run into the offense without your blockers. Besides, he's ready to break free for a quarterback sneak, to the left of his guard, right up the middle of the field
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)5. don't buy it
it's undignified.
Cha
(297,491 posts)7. I suppose this isn't "dignified"(sniff) for him/her
either?
President Barack Obama blocks a shot while playing basketball with personal aide Reggie Love at St. Bartholomews Church in New York, Sept. 23, 2009. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)
http://theobamadiary.com/