Of all the shots of Obama the AP could have gone with, they chose this one:

[EFerrari]

It must have been the only bad one because the man is preternaturally photogenic.



What petty assholes.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090510/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_correspondents

Btw, their contact is: [e-mail]

[pnorman]

1. We've all cracked up on worse shots of Bush43!

Lighten up!

pnorman

[EFerrari]

3. They had rolls of film and he's as photogenic as hell.

Maybe I'm being petty as hell but I don't think so.

AP is not a neutral party.

[pnorman]

20. All I can say is:

Don't sweat the small stuff! I'm sure that O'Bama doesn't! He has a lot worse on his plate, than a chicken-shit editor trying to sneak in a cheap shot.

pnorman

[EFerrari]

26. It's going to be a cold day in hell when they actually succeed

in making him look clumsy or awkward because he didn't come that way. You're probably right. :)

[bliss_eternal]

21. you're right...

...he's quite photogenic. i have stacks of magazines and newspapers featuring his photos--as well as sites bookmarked w/photos of the man w/his family and this is theworst photo i've seen yet.

i've been here a while. i have yet to see your petty side.
just my .02. returning to lurk mode.

[EFerrari]

23. Hi, my friend.

It's good to see you, bliss.

I don't know. My belly flipped. Maybe I'm just overreacting.

[bliss_eternal]

27. no way...

...you've been in the industry long enough, to know you can trust your gut when you get a vibe on stuff like this.
...good to see you as well, friend. :hi:

:pals::hug:

[snot]

33. not that i recall.

[pnorman]

38. You don't recall pics of Bush43 and his "pretzel burn"?

Or that CLUELESS look on his face, as he tried to exit from a locked door at that Peking banquet? Or several others (that turned out to be crude Photo shop jobs)?

C'mon! Fess up!

pnorman

[sandnsea]

2. It's not that bad

He looks like he's laughing and having a good time.

[EFerrari]

4. It's not that it's bad as much as they had to really look for something

this awkward and un-presidential because Obama is naturally very graceful. Unlike Bush, he'll give you many more good shots than bad ones. He has no bad angles. In other words, they had to look for this one.

[flvegan]

5. Stop being on defense.

Fuck the AP and the media in general. We focus on damage control for an unflattering picture. The GOPigs never did that, that I can recall. They just sent the ball back to our court to deal with.

[EFerrari]

6. So, your advice to me is to emulate the Thuggery? Thanks, I'll pass.

:)

This pix is payback for the general despair of the right wing nuttery at the dinner.

[flvegan]

7. No, my thought

is to forget what the MSM feeds you and focus on not trying to defend against the shitty advances of how they try to twist us. Dems are always on defense, it's BS and this is why.

[EFerrari]

10. Oh, yeah. Of course it's BS. It just caught my attention this time

because you have to work hard to find a bad shot of Obama. He's a photographer's dream.

Fuck them, I agree completely.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

8. uh .. they released at least 15 photos

I work at a paper and did the national news page tonight.
i had a bunch of great shots to chose from.
the one you posted was the only bad one. there usually are duds on the wire for any of event of anyone.

I have major problems with ap and their rightwing 'analysis" pieces by fornier, but there's no issue here
you may have an issue with the place you found the pick, as they make the call from ap's bundle

[EFerrari]

11. The one I posted was the one that came with the first story.

I didn't choose it but thanks for playing.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

12. the first story where?

yahoo? a newspaper?
the first batch of photos on the wire were the great pics of the arrival

[EFerrari]

13. I posted the link in the OP.

It was at yahoo. I don't run around looking for bad pictures to bitch about. It was just the first story I found and that was the photograph they went with.

ETA: Sorry if I sound crabby. I love his set and the comedy set. It just seemed like a stupid petty thing for AP to do, to release this picture with that story.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

15. looks like your issue is more with yahoo news

that's the photo they've chosen from ap's offerings.

there were good ones. i used two of 'em tonight.

and don't take this as rude, an attack on you, or a defense of ap - who i think are 99% of the time a bunch of hacks

but just wanted to clarify

[EFerrari]

18. So, did yahoo! bundle it?

Maybe they were just trying to be funny?

Man, I AM losing my sense of humor. Not good. lol

[Heidi]

30. Yahoo! chose it from a bundle of 15 or so photos provided by AP.

Who knows why they chose what was likely the least attractive photo in the bundle.

[EFerrari]

32. Maybe they were trying to go with funny.

Thanks, Heidi.

[emilyg]

9. Not important.

[blogslut]

14. That's him giving

the "wassup" to Michael Steele!

An awesome moment.

He looks just fine to me :)

[EFerrari]

16. Is this AP trying to participate in the night's comedy?

[blogslut]

22. It's probably not him doing that

It's actually a shot of him calling out to someone from the dais.



I really don't think the pic is that bad. If the lil' web drones at AP/Yahoo think they're hurting his image with it, they're sadly mistaken. He looks like a human being having some fun.

[EFerrari]

24. It's so weird because I usually don't pay attention to this stuff.

Now, the pic you posted has a context. The one that I saw at yahoo! didn't. Whatever.

lol

[MilesColtrane]

17. He looks like a big band singer.

Just needs one of those giant, old timey microphones in front of him.

[EFerrari]

25. It does. It looks just like that but with no horn section behind him.

Now go look at the pic blogslut posted in #22 which has the full visual context.

[bliss_eternal]

28. lol.

good description.

[opihimoimoi]

19. The piece was about Obama making FUN of many things Red and Blue

The Picture is Perfect for the effect......he is laughing his ass off at the Pubs and said it the manner displayed...LOL...

The Poor Pubs...Trapped like Balls in a Vice....IE the Larry Guy?

[Warren DeMontague]

29. I think he looks fine, there.

At least he's not barfing on the PM of Japan.

[EFerrari]

31. Or groping the German head of state!

[Vinca]

34. OMFG - they made O that Boehner color that doesn't appear in nature.

:rofl:

[a kennedy]

35. I feel pretty stupid......but I didn't get that about Boehner...

what did he mean by that remark...... :blush: :shrug:

[Vinca]

36. Boehner apparently spends half his life in a tanning bed and

looks like a cross between a very old carrot and a rotting orange. Maybe it does exist in nature.:rofl:

[a kennedy]

37. oh ok, thanks.......didn't know about the tanning bed....

great line.....

[konnichi wa]

39. It looks like he's enjoying himself, I don't see anything wrong with it

what am I missing??

[rockymountaindem]

40. He looks good to me

He's got some 1950s club thing going on in that pic.

[muffin1]

41. There are probably better pics...

but I kinda like this one! He definitely has a wacky, playful side.
Yum.:P