Daily POTUS Hug

[bigtree]

Last edited Thu May 17, 2012, 06:15 PM - Edit history (2)

President Barack Obama awards posthumously the Medal of Honor to Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, widow of Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., US Army, Wednesday, May 16, 2012, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Sabo was killed in 1970 in Cambodia during the Vietnam War.


(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


a bonus hug from First Lady Michelle Obama:


REUTERS/Larry Downing

[patrice]

1. That's a hug from all of us, Rose Mary.

[malaise]

2. I watched that live yesterday

Rose had me in tears

[lamp_shade]

3. Thank you, Bigtree. An EXCELLENT new feature.

[bigtree]

4. ha!

. . . let's see if I can keep it up. This man is a hugger, though. I don't think he'll disappoint, but I'll probably have to double-up some days or go to the archives.

Hope the more serious-minded folks in GD can stand it. If not . . . to a dungeon with us!

[pinboy3niner]

6. No...

...dungeon for you!



But a few curmudgeons with their pitchforks and torches may try to send you to the hugitentiary.

[flamingdem]

5. A possible alternative to cute kitties, etc.

Though these may not always serve to diffuse DU tensions they are refreshing

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R

[CTyankee]

8. Mitt Romney would never do this and who would want a hug from him anyway?

Just the thought of it makes me a little queasy...

[bigtree]

9. White House Photo of the Day

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet the family of Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., U.S. Army, outside the Oval Office prior to a Medal of Honor ceremony honoring Specialist Sabo, May 16, 2012. Pictured, from left, are: Kathleen Starkey, sister-in-law; Rose Sabo-Brown, widow; Frances Buccelli, mother-in-law. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)