Do you have a picture of our President in your home?

Mine is in the front room so whenever someone comes in the front door they will see this picture.

So no - I don't have a picture of Dear Leader in my home.

Note - this isn't a comment on Obama so much as the creepy and weird practice of leader worship. And it is generally dictators who have statues and giant posters and pictures of themselves everywhere.

Our President is not a dictator nor does he act as one.
I have his picture proudly displayed because I believe in him, in us, in the USA

:D

:rofl:

and whether or not you have a picture up or not is fine with me. i was going to frame the front page of the Reno Gazette the day after he was elected (I volunteered in Nevada back in 2008) but when i got around to it, he was kind of making me crazy so i didn't. but i still have it and may someday put it up.

It really matters not if some one has a picture of our President on their wall, in their house or whatever. What mattered to me is the response that question would garner.

It's actually a photo magnet that declares me an honorary member of his 'kitchen cabinet'. Don't know why I am, but it makes me smile.

I have a postcard-size pic of the First Family! Black and white! :patriot:

It felt good to smile after 8 years of Dubya. :thumbsup:

for as long as I can remember,it was neither weird nor creepy.

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If so, then yes. I have an Obama magnet with is face on it.

Not displayed though. Quite frankly at this point I'd be embarrassed to.

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So no.

I heard there were no casualties from his war.

LeftyMom means the wars he CONTINUES TO PROSECUTE, rather than the newest one, which he started.

Let's see...2009 to 2011? Are there no more casualties or deaths from those illegal enterprises?

I have 2 postcards sent by some Democratic organization. One of the President alone and one of the whole family.

It's on the driver's visor of my car.

figure in my home.

younger, both daughters, and the children, grand children, and the great grand children.

Why would we want a photo of a politician?

Its small, she liked it ... and she decided to put it there.

Her board has lots of random images.

I was 9 years old, and the picture was JFK.

:)

His place beside Bill Clinton yet. Wow me, Obama! ;)

Bill = wow, but Obama = somehow different?

Does not compute.

Entered office during a recession and left the middle class in prosperity. Obama had the chance to take much needed drastic action, but that would have required debt forgiveness which means his (and bluedog democrats) banker donors would have taken a hit. So we are left where we are. BTW, I have the photo of Obama/Biden and wives victory pose after election, a token of gratitude for my volunteer work on the campaign. It is tucked away for safekeeping. I don't hasve it hanging in my home because I no longer have a home. When that changes, (remember that word?) I will frame it.

My house has my paintings and the paintings of my friends on the walls. It also has my sculptures and some that my son made and that a very close Native American friend made.

:thumbsup:

...and in my garage, too, in case anyone cares to have a look when I'm leaving and arriving.

of the President in our home! I imagine the families he visited a year or two ago do have pictures of him in their homes.

:hi:

And no, President Obama has never been in my home either. If he had, I certainly would have a photo of him inside of my home, too, Secret Service permitting, of course ;)

over my kitchen (and some in other rooms). They are still young and like seeing their projects, and I like seeing them too. I don't have any pictures of politicians on my wall, but my husband does have his picture with Houston's past mayor (Bill White) and perhaps we'll frame that at some point since we are both big fans of his.

Though my grandparents I recall had a photo of JFK.

A friend from India has a photo of Gandhi.

Interesting, I think it's rare here. The suggestions regarding dictatorship on this thread cause me to ask - did people keep pics of Hitler and Stalin in their homes?

I definitely would if I were in it and have seen a photo someone with a son in the marines has with the POTUS and a few other marines.

Also I did have some photos of the inauguration on my computer for a while - was a great reminder of how happy I was to see the Shrub gone and that Obama was President now.

Very widespread in eastern bloc countries and in China.

I would consider it in very poor taste if I went to someone's house only to see a huge picture of GWB looking down on me. The entertaining areas of your house should be about welcoming people, not saying "these are my political beliefs... got a problem with them?"

I have a photo of my grandfather (he was my mother's stepfather)on my face book. He was the Democratic senator in VA.

had a photo of himself with GWB.

At some level, it's just bragging rights, so it wouldn't matter who was the President - just, look I got a photo with the President.

Let us know that it was really the right house for us. House was built in 1927; I think that picture has been there almost that long.

...than you care to believe. For example, a total loss of democracy.

to entice her to live with a nephew and his wife. She said when she saw a picture of GWB on their fridge with the inscription "to my good friends A---- and L---- from your grateful president," she knew she'd never live there.

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One "3D" with him and VP Biden in my bedroom and one on the fridge that was actually a Valentine's Day card from the husband!

(To clarify: Pres. Obama and VP Biden were NOT in my bedroom. Just the 3D poster is. The husband isn't that open-minded.)

Unless of course it was a family member...but since we aren't members of the 1%...can pretty safely say that won't happen!:patriot:

I do, however, have a picture of my brother in his full military uniform on my wall!

Photo of Jeff Barnes, Former Linebacker for the Oakland Raiders. I met him, (huge guy!)and he made me laugh so hard..sweet guy..but a tiger on the field.

Yes.
I have several hundred of them:
DVD's with a collection of favorite photos I downloaded during the 2008 campaign.
A few collectors magazines that came out after the inauguration with TONS of photos.
Special edition newspaper inserts from the 2008 campaign and the 2009 inauguration.
A copy of the photo of Obama holding 'the three legged dog' is on the front of my fridge held there by a Obama 2012 magnet.

And my brother, an artist, has promised to paint me an oil of Obama as soon as I can decide on which photo I want painted.
Twenty-five years ago, for my grandmother, he painted a portrait of JFK - almost everyone in my grandmothers neighborhood has a picture of JFK somewhere in there house on a wall.

I've never done that. Only friends and family.

He is a politician..and why on earth would I want a picture of one?

Where the Pope's picture hangs next to that of JFK. I would have never thought "North Korea"... not in a million years. I'd think of the Jeffers and Orrs and Dugans and O'Malleys and others... even the Gulizias...

One of MLK and the other of JFK. They'd be on church fans, portraits hanging on the wall or SOMEWHERE in that house.

This is a cool thread. I think it's nice and it's getting me really nostalgic to see all of the folks with Obama paraphernalia in their homes.

I'm not comparing Barack to Lil' Kim, the practice of hanging the portrait just seems odd.

In fact sent it back a while ago to protest policies.

Michelle was kind enough to send me a picture of the entire family, and it is on my refridgerator... alongside other pictures of my family.

I also have a picture of the President in my living room.

I want to find the official photograph for purchase, frame it, and hang it next to the official photo of JFK that was my grandmothers... I think I'll find a print of the picture of MLK and Joan Baez, and add it to the photo arrangement.

Right next to my Democratic Underground bumpersticker :)

and on the opposite wall, I have my JFK in a rocking chair salt and pepper shaker :)

The Lincoln Memorial at night.
The O in Yorker is white, like a full moon.

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When I was a kid we had three pictures of JFK on the wall. Two of them were color picture cut out of LIFE magazine.

But I have a small picture of Bernie Sanders stuck on the wall in the den. He inspires me, as the President inspires you. Nothin' wrong with that:)

it was on some fundraising thing they sent me.

I thought it was cool to have a signed photo of our 44th President, so I kept it. Haven't seen it since the move, though.

Its going next to the framed photo of FDR that came with our house when we move in (one of things that let us know the house was meant for us).

hanging on my bedroom wall with a bottle of baby oil on the self beside it.

:P :silly:

Thanks for asking!

them away so no one sees them who might come around. :-(

One of Biden and Obama
One of a contemplative/reflecting Obama

And my favorite, the photo from his childhood I downloaded from the internet. Odd, I only find good uncropped images of it on conservative sites today.

I've never had a picture of a president in my home except in old newspapers and magazines that I take to be recycled.

Right on a decor table that you can't miss as soon as you enter my house. And proud of it!

I've never had a pic of a prez - wtf

I do have a fridge magnet with Dubya that says "A village in Texas has lost its idiot"

Does that count?

from La Prensa (MX). It's not hanging anywhere tho.

I grew up in a family that loved JFK like a son (Irish Catholics). There was a nice framed image of him in my grandma's living room- next to the pope. I wonder whatever happened to that picture?

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Above my computer.

Threw it out with the other junk about the time Health Care Reform became health insurance reform and the public option was being traded away.

I've never displayed a picture of a politician in my home.

Kinda creepy if you ask me...

As many others have said, that seems creepy and well, just plain weird to me.

....one of President Obama alongside a portrait of President Bush hanging in my basement over the trap that leads to my septic tank....

it's a watercolor painted by our own DUer Mimitabby.

:thumbsup:

Tasteful.

I have a page from my college newspaper with his image set against a rising sun and the complete text of his inaugural speech on my bedroom door. There are various postcard images of Barack, the Obamas, and the Obamas and the Bidens on our refrigerator.

"Fired up! Ready to go!"

i keep everything..for years..if you sent me a birthday card 30 years ago, i have it. I contributed, I voted for him..that was in 2008. My feelings have changed.

taken from behind Obama. The Obama family is silhouetted.

But I personally wouldn't feel comfortable having a portrait photo of any president hanging, even of a long-gone one like FDR.

but a few of my coworkers had his family pic up in their cubie.

I know people with images of Elvis and Sinatra in their homes ... I think it is silly, but do you think they worship those people??

I guess if it was autographed. But, actually I would be creeped out knowing total strangers had pictures of me on their walls or refrigerators. I know people do that with superstars. You have to even be careful with photo albums that belong to old people. They'll slip in a few pictures of a dead guy in a casket. Especially, the MLK image. As a child, that fascinated me. Why keep that photo? I guess for the memories. I think once I got past the age of 13, I had to know you really well to even keep your photo, much less stick it on the wall with Mom and Dad and my kids. I actually think he's been a good president. He'll get my vote. But, he's essentially another rich politician to me. He's not a friend or relative. He's just doing his job. And, he's paid well to do it.

xmas gift from a lady I worked on his campaign with. We met working there and have become very close friends.

but usually i dont have pictures up of people who dont know my name

I bought a cheesy plaque and hung it over the back of the toilet when all my freeper in-laws were coming for my boyfriend's b-day. I made it look like a shrine with candles and all.

Best laugh I've had in weeks

Minus the candles (we have a guest using that bathroom now).


Cost: $9.95

Giving the freeper in-laws chest-pains: priceless

But if he does, I'll be sure to snap a pic while he's here :silly:

http://www.halloweenexpress.com/catrageous-cat-eyes-p-11255.html

maybe an idea.

:shrug:

I brought it home from Washington when I when there in 2009. It's in the dining room right now because the dogs bark at it.

LOL

or do I really want to know?

My dad's brother had a huge picture of Kennedy on one wall and his wife had a smaller picture of Eisenhower on the facing wall.

- and that only because it was a gift from a friend who knows I am a bit of a history buff.

Such silliness. I am a huge supporter of the President, but a picture is tres creepy.

but, in my home office, where I do have clients come from time to time, I do keep a pic of the current President, whomever it may be. Barack Obama is looking at me right now...as have Bush and Clinton.

sP

..but I have the official framed portraits of FDR and JFK from my parent's home,
plus a framed copy of the famous photo of LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act with MLK looking over his shoulder.

^^a cropped 8X10 version of this one^^


They are not in a very prominent location, on my desk against the wall behind my monitor.
They tend to get dusty, but I KNOW they are there,
and they area constant reminder of the type of "Democrat" I am.

I can't envision adding Obama to this collection of "Democrats",
unless he radically changes direction.



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I just received a mailing from the DLC asking for money. In the envelope was a black and white photo of a very worried looking Obama, hands clasped in front of face. It is now between my photos of John Lennon and Groucho Marx. But seriously...

I have never had a picture of a president in my home. They aren't my family or my friend.

I've never had a photo of any political figure in my home. Why would I start now?

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proudly where it is seen by all...

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It makes me think of an odd old British lady collecting memorabilia of the Queen.

It'd be a highlight of my life to have him visit.

Presidents are welcome. Politicians are not. So, no... No picture of any living politician, ever. Not even if it's an autographed picture (as if I'd ever ask for one) of me shaking his or her hand.

Our courthouse even left up GB picture until early 2010. Every time I go to the courthouse I look at where it should be.

BTW: I'm talking about Hope, AR

The hometown of both Bill Clinton and Mike Huckabee

Now I'm off to strangle a prole!

But then I'm trying to why I might have a picture of your President in my home.

http://www.amazon.com/President-Barack-Obama-Life-Cutout/dp/B0016NK4UQ

It's a great conversation starter.