IN PICTURES / Barack Obama visits Israel

[Phx_Dem]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1004843.html

Also:
http://thepage.time.com/photos-obama-in-israel/

[bdamomma]

1. great pictures

I hope he meets with the Palestinians too.

[Phx_Dem]

3. He met with Fayyad and Abbas in Ramallah. nt

[bdamomma]

6. glad he did.

[question everything]

4. He has

Look again at the pictures. The tops are with President Abbas.

[question everything]

2. Thanks for posting

He looks cute with a white skullcap.

And I think that President Shimon Peres is twice his age (or close enough).

[Scurrilous]

5. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Barack_America]

7. Wow. They certainly got the photo-op they were looking for...(more PICS)

Powerful symbolism


This one is also touching



And, finally, this one for the "Obama looking cool" aficionados.


(first and last are Reuters, middle is AP)

[TrogL]

8. His body language is perfect for the occasions

I suffer from Asperger's syndrome (yes, Michael Savage I have a formal diagnosis), meaning I have huge troubles interpreting body language. At worst, it goes completely over my head; at best, I've got a bunch of memorized rules (eg. if someone's mouth is downturned and they're leaking water - they're probably upset). Hence, I find it hard to 'read' many people.

Obama makes it perfectly clear even to me that he's fully in control of the situation (watch his hands), is meeting as equals (watch the eye contact, open posture) and displaying emotion compatible with the occasion (compared to what Dubya might do).

[monmouth]

9. I love the respect he especially shows to elder statesmen, the touching

subtly of the arm, leaning in closer to listen, etc. These visuals make an impact, at least they did on me. They just loved him, you can tell.

[Barack_America]

10. Kick. nt

[PlanetBev]

11. Being Jewish, and seeing Barack in a yarmulke and laying a wreath

brings tears to my eyes and makes me so proud...

Especially after eight years of that other idiot.

[leftynyc]

15. Same here

The pictures of him at Yad Vashem have caused quite the lump in my throat.

[Sparkly]

12. I was just going to post...

...that the photos alone should have the McCain camp worried. Obama is so photogenic, and looks so natural with citizens and prime ministers alike. The pictures are all amazing.





Edited to add another one. There are so many to choose from!

[hisownpetard]

13. No winks? No tap dance? No cutesy little shrugs for the camera? No head rubs or belly bumps?

Oh, wait - Obama's a Democrat!

I love this man. Look at his face. This is the face of someone who is intellectually curious to learn from every experience he has,
not someone who's mugging for the photographers and wishing he were somewhere else, with a bottle of Jim Beam, a pretzel,
and Karl Rove whispering sweet nothings over the speaker phone.

[Rainbowreflect]

14. His facial expressions are appropriate for what is going on.

No smirking, grimacing, or scary evil grins.

[hisownpetard]

16. What a pleasure and what a relief!

[TheDonkey]

17. Great pictures