The boy salutes President Barack Obama, (different view)

[nmbluesky]

A young boy along the rope line salutes President Barack Obama after the President spoke at the NALEO Conference in Orlando, FLorida, June 22, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)


US President Barack Obama salutes an audience member after speaking to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials during their annual conference at the Walt Disney World Resort June 22, 2012 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

[handmade34]

1. wonderful

[roguevalley]

16. that baby is one serious little honeybun. babies and children really relate.

[BlueCaliDem]

2. What a darling. So cuuuute! The president is a wonderful man.

Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[pacalo]

3. That's adorable!

[unblock]

4. look mommy! the nice man thinks the lights are too bright just like me!

[rocktivity]

22. DUzy candidate!

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[FailureToCommunicate]

5. Fox headline: "Obama uses gang sign to little boy"

(Look at the intensity of the older man holding the kid!)

[LoisB]

6. FailureToCommunicate has just made my day! Your comment is hilarious but it wouldn't surprise

me in the least if you are right. Who can forget the "terrorist fist bump"?

[patrice]

8. That old man's face speaks very eloquently and deeply. nt

[freshwest]

9. Rush will say, 'Eager crowd of illegals on welfare high-five Obama.'

They cannot stand the fact that this man stands for all of us, no matter who or what we are...

They can't bear to look at the love in the eyes of people inspired by the best POTUS of my lifetime...

[siligut]

10. "...this man stands for all of us, no matter who or what we are..."

He gives me hope.

[freshwest]

15. He even stands for people I don't like, which makes me humble, too.

It's what we need in this time, to realize that we really are all manifestations of whatever we choose or hope to be. It's not really about him or up to him, he is just a facilitator, IMHO. Does that make sense to you?

It's healthy to feel good about something, to give strength to endure the hard days ahead. And he said we would be going through hard times and many changes, early on in his first campaign.

I'm not sure where this idea of an omnipotent leader who was going to wipe all our tears away came from, but had to listen to a lot of that from the right wing nuts early on. He's not a father figure, he's not a god. He's just the POTUS.

I think some people really want a daddy in D.C. and others hate the idea of having one. Neither is the man, but the right desperately needs an authoritarian to make them feel safe. That's why Obama scares them, so they project he's a coward. He's flexible, thus unpredictable to him.

We are in charge, and when many focus all the blame on him, it's missing the mark. That's what the media has done, made him the scapegoat for everything that's going on. Obama is not Jesus coming to save us, and never claimed to be.
Someone posted this as a signature and I looked up the original article, but this part is enough:

In short, if you’re still disappointed in Barack Obama, it’s only because you never understood whose job it was to produce change in the first place. But don’t take out your own failings in this regard on the rest of us...

Let's keep our spirits as high as we can, there is enough trouble we cannot avoid in life and has nothing to do with Obama. Henry Ford said something that I've had to face often:

If you think you can do a thing, or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

That's the kind of belief I see in the eyes of the people at these rallies. They need some relief, some validation. Those who stand safely to the side to say nothing will change, will get what they believe. It's just the way it works.

JMHO, everyone has one...

[rocktivity]

23. Another one DUzy Candidate!

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[FailureToCommunicate]

28. ...

[freshwest]

7. Aw, man. Making me cry. What a great kid.

[The Wielding Truth]

11. Our President has earned his respect. Very moving.

[Politicub]

12. Awwwww... But why

does this make me tear up a little?

[Riley18]

13. Made me tear up too! What a great kid.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

14. The look in the man's eye's holding

this child is of hope and respect. Shit, I'm out of Kleenix

[Rhiannon12866]

17. K&R! Wonderful photos...

This president has a remarkable way with children...

[stanleyyelnatsdotCOM]

18. Republicans could learn a thing or 2...

Naw! Ain't never gonna happen.

Click to read More...> Here

[nolabear]

24. That link thing's kinda weird.

I can't decide if it's spam or smart marketing. Good luck, though.

[Botany]

19. I loves me some President Obama

The President returns the salute with his own proper salute and shows that young
man respect and courtesy.

damn I got something in my eye.

[DallasNE]

26. I'll Bet That Romney Couldn't Think On His Feet

Like that. But, watch, there will be a staged event where some kid is coached to do this and the advance notice Romney people will say, look how ordinary Romney is.

[Botany]

27. the man is a class act

BTW although Obama never was in the military he went out of his way to
learn what a proper salute should look like and how it is given.

[CanonRay]

20. Issa has already opened an investigation on the kid

Salutegate...

[rocktivity]

21. Let's spin that oldie but goodie "Eyes Right!"

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[DallasNE]

25. Look At Those Face In The Audience

That is part of the story as well. I'm sure that young boy did this on his own after someone in the family earlier told him about respecting the President of the United States. Those on Fox News could learn a lot from this young boy.