PHOTOS: The Obamas visit Kempton, picnic in Noblesville, and skate in Lafayette, Indiana

A house built by the great, great, great, grandfather of Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is seen in Kempton, Ind., Saturday, May 3, 2008. Sen. Obama visited the house with his wife, Michelle.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (right) is followed by his staff and secret service agents during his visit to a house which his great great great grandfather built, in Kempton, Indiana May 3, 2008. The Indiana Presidential Primary will be held on May 6. REUTERS/Jason Reed


U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) helps a resident of Kempton, Indiana, up a small hill during a visit to a house which his great great great grandfather built, in Kempton, Indiana May 3, 2008. The Indiana Presidential Primary will be held on May 6. REUTERS/Jason Reed


U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) meets with locals alongside a corn field during a visit to a house which his great great great grandfather built, in Kempton, Indiana May 3, 2008. The Indiana Presidential Primary will be held on May 6. REUTERS/Jason Reed


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, hugs his wife Michelle before speaking at a park in Noblesville, Ind., Saturday, May 3, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)




Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, shakes hands with supporters after speaking at a park in Noblesville, Ind., Saturday, May 3, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, greets supporters after speaking at a park in Noblesville, Ind., Saturday, May 3, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, hugs his daughter, Malia, as he helps her roller skate at Great Skates Fun Center in Lafayette, Ind., Saturday, May 3, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


Sasha Obama, a daughter of Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., roller skates towards Sen. Obama as her mother, Michelle, watches at Great Skates Fun Center in Lafayette, Ind., Saturday, May 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

:rofl: Such great pics, as usual. Love the hugs!

My reaction - OMG Nnnnooooooooo!!!! :wow: :scared::wow: :scared: :wow: :scared: :wow: :scared: :wow: :scared: :wow: :scared:

Thank GOD! it was roller skating and he didn't even do it. :)

on terra firma. :D

Can you imagine what Scarborough and Matthews would be saying about his skating??????

get off the ice!

but they should have skates. :wtf:

And how cool is it that he got to see his ancestor's home!!!

Yes We Can

You can't fake being nice.

Thanks for the photos, Number 3 was my fave also. KnR

But I also was taken with number 2 and the last one. The look on Sasha's face with her outstretched arms reaching for the safety of her dad's outstretched arms. Magnificent.

Of Great People!

Thanks for posting them.

Great pix. :)

Those smiles should melt the coldest hearts.

I am familiar with Kempton, but not with the house in the photos. The Barnetts lived in Kempton for generations. Their descendants have moved on, and moved out.

So Obama does have ties to Indiana..how fortuitous.

That's quite a house his great, great, great grandfather built.

much on it last night..being so tired. Good to come back to it today:)

have been making me homesick! But, not enough to move back there. But I do think it's time for a visit! Good thing it's almost summer and time to take my boys to stay with family for a month. They LOVE spending summers there. Fishing, waterskiing, tubing, county fairs and being spoiled rotten by family. It doesn't get any better than that for a couple of boys!

I just want to comment on the complete courage of Michelle Obama to jettison the candidate's wife garb and don an orange (I repeat, orange) t-shirt and "ballet flats" with a lilac cardigan and skinny jeans. If she becomes first lady, she will make as much fashion news as Jackie Kennedy did in her day. How refreshing to see a new kind of woman with a new kind of style.

(P.S. I've given high praise to Hillary for her campaign makeover. And it's appropriate for her age. Although I am closer to Hillaryl's age than Michelle's, I must say I'm tired of seeing the female politician's uniform. Hooray for orange ballet flats!)

Michelle was wearing, frazzled. I didn't see that & I really like the whole unique mix it up theme in wearing clothes. It's a statement.

I understand the girls are young etc. etc. but this shows a different side of the man most people in the country have not seen.

it's just too damn exciting -

The lady in photo 7 with the teal jacket looks like she's crying ... is that the case? Perhaps overcome? And those Obama girls are going to be very beautiful like their mama!

And, btw,

since when the fuck do you skate indoors at a "picnic?"

Ugh.

And FUCKING INDOORS to boot!

That's it.

No way can I vote for him now.


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I've been forcing my kids to take twenty dollars out of my pocket on friday nights and put those damn things on their feet and spin around in circles INDOORS for years now. Someone call child services. I have finally seen skating for the torture and demeaning activity that it truly is.

Thank you anonymous DU poster for helping me see the light.

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