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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 09:39 PM
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Photos: " ... A Los Sueños de Nuestros Niños" (The Obama Presidency, Day 485)
Edited on Wed May-19-10 10:02 PM by Clio the Leo
Obama welcomed Calderon to the "Casa Blanca" – the White House – and made a toast to "the dreams of our children."

"Together, may we realize those dreams. And together, may we deserve them -- by going forward in partnership and respect."




http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/05/19/state-dinner-with-mexico">State Dinner with Mexico
A guest at the White House welcoming ceremony awaits the arrival of the Mexican President Felipe Calderon on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, May 19, 2010. U.S. President Barack Obama and Calderon will juggle the hot issues of immigration and drug violence with the pomp and ceremony of a state visit when the Mexican leader comes to the White House on Wednesday.


















"Hmm ... who let the teabaggers in here?"











http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/05/19/president-obama-and-president-calderon-mexico-hold-joint-press-conference">President Obama and President Calderón
President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon walk from the Oval Office to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, for their joint news conference.













President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk out to welcome Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his wife Margarita Zavala to the State Dinner at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 19, 2010.


















... and then they go upstairs and chit chat ....





The party and entertainment tent on the South Lawn of the White House awaits the guests for the state dinner


A place settings are laid for the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama for the President of Mexico Felipe Calderon and his wife Margarita Zavala at the White House in Washington May 19, 2010.




Actress Eva Longoria




New York Jets football player Mark Sanchez


Governor Bill Richardson and his sister Vesta Richardson




Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Bianna Golodryga


Actor and comedian George Lopez and his wife Ann


Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and his wife Mary


Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and husband Paul Pelosi


Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles, California, and Prisila Rodriguez


Mexican television personality Giselle Fernandez


Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Cory Booker and Gayle King













... and what was, no doubt, the high point of the day....

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/05/19/welcome-mrs-obama-bienvenida-sra-zavala">Video: “Welcome, Mrs. Obama!, ¡Bienvenida, Sra. Zavala!”
First lady Michelle Obama and Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala visit New Hampshire Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md. , Wednesday, May 19, 2010. The school, which was awarded the USDA's Healthier US School Challenge Silver Award in 2009, serves more than 400 Pre-K, Head Start, first and second grade students, many who come from Central America, South America, and other countries.












First lady Michelle Obama, right, talks with students, including the second-grader, far left, who told Obama during the first lady's visit to her gym class that her mother said President Obama was "taking everybody away that doesn't have papers," during a visit to New Hampshire Elementary School with Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala










First lady Michelle Obama eats a piece of broccoli













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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 09:45 PM
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1. Now I'm verklempt!
A Los Sueños de Nuestros Niños

Thanks for the many uber interesting pics of this day, Clio~
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The Wielding Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 09:48 PM
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2. Who cannot love the looks of them! Deep intellect and classic interactions.
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 10:03 PM
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3. Update: Added video of the First Ladies with the kids. NT
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 10:18 PM
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4. I bet Michelle is counting all the money
her friends are going to make off of cheating those kids out of an education!!

:banghead:

ANY one - and I mean ANY PERSON ON THE PLANET who believe that Barack Obama doesn't care about children and their education has some SERIOUS issues...


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politicasista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 10:22 PM
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5. Great pics. Thanks! n/t
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 10:33 PM
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6. Great pics.
Edited on Wed May-19-10 10:33 PM by Beacool
Clio, you're the fashion guru, there's something weird about the fit of Michelle's gown on the bare shoulder side. The skin under her arm poofs over the dress in the front and back. Is the cut maybe too high on the side? Notice how Eva Longoria and Gayle King don't get that effect with their gowns. Of all the gowns in these pics, Eva's is my favorite. The cut is great and the color suits her olive skin tone. Orszag's girlfriend is very beautiful (he's not!!).

:)
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:08 PM
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9. Well....
.... yes, I guess you could say it's cut too high. But from a purely technical perspective, what's causing that is that bodice would work better on someone who's bustier than Michelle is. This happens somewhat often on the brides and bridesmaids I work with. They complain about that and I can understand if it bothers them, but lol, it ONLY happens on the skinny girls as Michelle is blessed to be.

The bodices on Eva and Gayle's dresses don't have the structure that Michelle's has, they're softer. That's why you're not seeing that.

I think, sometimes, you can have TOO much advice because I still stand by my statement that she NEVER looked better than in this photo, back before he was elected, when she (probably) dressed herself.



This was my favorite gown she's worn as First Lady (from the 2009 Governors Ball.) The President doesn't seem to mind it either, lol.



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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:21 PM
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18. Yes, she looks great in both gowns.
I love the hairdo in the pic with the pink gown. I agree about the blue gown, it is not suited for a woman without much of a chest. In profile it made her look as if she had no breasts.



:hi:
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:35 PM
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22. oh yeah, LOVE the hair....
... but I'm partial to curly bobs. ;)
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:14 PM
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15. And on a related note...
.... check out the Louboutins on Capricia!

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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:23 PM
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19. Yeah, I'm drooling.
Although terrible choice if you're walking on grass.

:D
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 10:39 PM
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7. Oh my stars! So many pics! And what's with Cory and Gail?
They must both be gay! (Sigh, kidding!)

Fab pics, I have to go back again and again to absorb all you've brought us, stuff we will NEVER see on the 'librul' media. Dammit!
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tishaLA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 10:59 PM
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8. I love Cory B
I'm really a revolting sort of fangirl..I even follow him on twitter and send him tweets all the time.
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:11 PM
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12. ahhh ... that's normal...
.... I crush on about half of the bloggers. Ezra, Dave Weigel (he's FUNNY!) and Brian Beutler (who is even sexier since I discovered he's been shot!) lol
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:13 PM
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14. Ahh, that's cute. He's a gorgeous, smart man. What's not to like?
Tweets? What is that? Kidding. I don't even own a cell phone (yet), so I'm way out of this loop.
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:10 PM
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10. I know!
I didn't know he was single. Gayle better hold on to that!
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givemebackmycountry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:11 PM
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11. Thanks! GREAT pics.
Each and every one of them.

Question?

Why does Rham always look like he's seconds away from leaping across a table and ripping somebody's lungs out?

LOVE Michelle's hair and those pics of her with BO fussing over him are priceless.
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:12 PM
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13. Becuase...
... he's always seconds away from leaping across a table and ripping somebody's lungs out. :)
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PopSixSquish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:27 PM
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20. Because Rahm is Usually Seconds Away From Leaping Across a Table
and ripping somebody's lungs out?:shrug: He's wound pretty damn tight.

Seriously though, dude you're sitting next to Eva Longoria. Why do you look like you'd rather be anyplace else?

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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-10 01:00 PM
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26. What are her brains like?
I think he's probably way more impressed with intelligence than looks. Is she a smart person, or no? (I don't know, I'm asking....)
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-10 08:12 PM
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29. She is very active in Latino rights and immigration reform....
.... which was why she was there to begin with. ;)
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asphalt.jungle Donating Member (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:17 PM
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16. Peter Orszag ain't playing around
revenge of the nerds.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:21 PM
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17. I kept wishing they would invite Jan Brewer - Could you imagine?
The stares and glares she would've received? The gossip surrounding her.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

What can I say - when you're from Arizona, you have these fantasies.
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PopSixSquish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:31 PM
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21. I Like You - You're Evil
:bounce:
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:37 PM
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23. Well ..... if her current "look" is any indication....
.... we'd have a FIELD day picking apart her ensemble.

Normally I wouldn't do that to another woman ... but if anyone deserves it .... ya know.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:41 PM
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24. I always say that an ordinary person becomes beautiful when they are full of love and
a beautiful person becomes ugly when they are full of hate.
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-10 11:54 PM
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25. yep and....
Edited on Wed May-19-10 11:55 PM by Clio the Leo
.... too much sun exposure and a bad wig doesn't help.



SUNSCREEN people!!! SUNSCREEN!!!
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-10 02:57 PM
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27. Here's one woman who will not take any #@$* from Rambo


:7
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-10 08:10 PM
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28. And in lieu of no photo thread tonight here's a belated shot of..
Olympic gold medallist skater Shani Davies arrives for the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama for the President of Mexico Felipe Calderon and his wife Margarita Zavala at the White House in Washington May 19, 2010.


.... which was posted too late to make the cut last night.
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CitizenLeft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 02:18 PM
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30. I just freakin' adore her.
I especially love the Making-the-Prez-Spotless photos whenever they come up. Love it!

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