PHOTOS The President in Canada (UPDATED again!)

[Jackeens]

(How GREAT is this photo?!



WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 19: A girl salutes while waiting for U.S. President Barack Obama to depart the White House February 19, 2009 in Washington, DC)



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(The woman in the first pics is Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha%C3%ABlle_Jean)

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090218/obama_visit_090219/20090219?hub=TopStories&s_name=

More later


All from www.daylife.com

[AspenRose]

1. And I was JUST THINKING: Where the hell is Jackeens with the Canada pictures???

No lie! :rofl:

Thanks!

[Jackeens]

3. Oi AspenRose, patience is a virtue!!!!!!!!!

[AspenRose]

4. It's all good

:hug: Canada is probably my favorite country. (I haven't been to Ireland yet.)

[Jackeens]

8. When you get to Ireland....

....the first 36 pints are on me. :-)

[Cha]

23. Lol! Think and ye

shall get~ Aren't they just amazingly Awesome! I love Canada and her Canadians:*

[goclark]

38. I was waiting for the best pixs and here they are ~

:bounce:

[Hope And Change]

2. K & R!Thanks for posting!

[uppityperson]

5. What an elitist lightweight. Makes that poor guy carry him through the snow! seriously, thanks for p

Thank you for the pictures. They make me smile and I like the cardboard cutout one in the middle. I am so glad to not have to look at mrbush anymore.

[Jackeens]

15. ROFL!!!!!

[tabbycat31]

6. I love the snowman

[firedupdem]

7. I love these pictures!! I am so proud of my President...

8,000 people met shrub to protest when he staggered his drunk ass to Canada.

These pics make me get teary eyed. Go President Barack Hussein Obama!

[JPZenger]

9. k and r

[AspenRose]

10. I bet they put kool-aid in the Canadian water supply, eh!

:rofl:

[NYC Liberal]

11. I love #14! From the distance it looks so lifelike

:rofl:

[Flying Dream Blues]

12. Thanks, Jackeens! Pints are on me when I make it to Ireland.

It's so fun to have people all over the world celebrating with us. One world and all that!
:hi:

[Jackeens]

13. It's a deal FDB!! (The Irish Coffees will be my treat!)

[Vinca]

14. It's so nice to have a president who isn't a target for shoes.

I love the Mounties - they look so sharp!

[Mira]

16. I got to be the fifth recommendation. What a difference a man makes.

Remember the unholy welcomes for unholy Bush?

Thanks Jackeens - as always

[Spazito]

17. Thanks, Jackeens, for these pics...

As a Canadian, I am proud we are hosting President Obama and are out in force to welcome him! A note of interest, normally it is not the Royal Canadian Mounted Police you would see in the pics, it would be a military contingent. I LOVE the fact it is the RCMP for President Obama's visit this time!

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Edited to add: Notice the difference in the smiles on harper's face versus President Obama's:



Geez, Stevie, take that broomstick out of your ass once in a while.

[Jackeens]

18. What a great welcome you gave him, Spazito -

:thumbsup:

[AzDar]

19. I've GOTTA stop clicking on these threads. They ruin my mascara every time!

:hi:

Beautiful.

[SeaLyons]

20. Great Pics....thank you for posting....

K&R

:hi:

[madmom]

21. Do you think it makes him feel creepy seeing people carrying life-size

likenesses of him? The posters and shirts no problem but the cardboard cutouts creep me out. Anyway....great pics!

[Jackeens]

22. Probably!!

[iamthebandfanman]

24. i havent been able to go to canada since 2006

the hard times finally caught up to me and my annual trip..

hope that changes soon! i miss visiting my wonderful neighbors to the north!

[rvablue]

25. O, Canada! Thank you for the warm welcome!

The folks toting around the life-size images are cracking me up!!!!

And the little girl....how adorable and inspiring! I hope her parents see this online and get a copy for her!

Oh what a difference an election makes. Brings tears to my eyes, considering what the tone of the reception was for our last President.

Thanks, Canada, our neighbors to the North!!!

[kimmylavin]

26. Wow.

People from another country HAPPY to see our President?
Weird. :)

Another great collection, Jackeens!

[Arugula Latte]

30. No shoes were thrown.

(It looks like it's too cold to take 'em off anyway.) :)

[Arugula Latte]

27. Kicking for cross-border friendship and international love vibes!

:kick: :grouphug: :loveya: :toast:

Oh, and hands across the ocean to Ireland, too. Sing with me, Canadians, Americans and Irish ... "Someone's carrying a lifesize Barack cut-out, my lord, Kuuuum-bay-yaaaaah..."

[EraOfResponsibility]

40. LOL!!

[Canuckistanian]

28. Thanks for the pics, Jackeens

I'm only about a mile from these where these pics are taken, but I'm stuck at work. x(

Looks like Obama is getting along well with our Governor-General, Michaelle Jean!

[DeepBlueC]

29. sniff, sniff...beautiful

:cry: for the joy of it all

[quantass]

31. Darn it..i forgot to put it on CBC...and CBC always gets all obsessed when they find something so it

would have been good. Wellp, at least i do see they are still talking about all things Obama...LOL, now they re talking Obama soup....gotta love CBC

[Metric System]

32. Obama and GG Michaelle Jean meeting? So cool. I love her!

[Spazito]

36. Not only that but he spent much more time with her than was expected...

which was great, imo, the Canadian media is all over it, lol.

[goclark]

39. What race is she?

:shrug:

[Clintonista2]

41. She's from Haiti

[Spazito]

42. She is Haitian by birth, not African American n/t

[Number23]

44. Well, duh! If she's Canadian, how can she be African-American??

:)

[Spazito]

45. The poster I responded to described her as African American....

but deleted that part of his/her post after I corrected the misconception. She is Canadian now, born a Haitian.

Edited to add: She is very proud of her Haitian heritage as are we.

[Number23]

48. Ah, I see...

:)

[Sultana]

47. LOL!

Didn't you know that every Black person is African-American... :rofl:

[Number23]

46. Thanks for that! I was just wondering who was the pretty brown lady he was meeting with.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada

http://www.gg.ca/gg/bio/index_e.asp

"She is fluent in five languages: French, English, Italian, Spanish and Creole."

You GO, girl! :)

[ellie]

33. Yay Canada!

[firedupdem]

34. Thanks for the updates!!

I'm loving Ms. Jean's coat and hat! She's a cutie and My President is looking extra handsome today. I'm a mess when I look at pics like this

:cry:

:bounce:

:woohoo:

[Dulcinea]

35. Great pictures, especially the snowman!

How refreshing to have the President of the USA visit another country & be welcomed! What a great change from the last 8 years.

[Jennicut]

37. Props to the Canadian people for being so gracious and welcoming of our President

and for making a really cool Obama snowman.

[akbacchus_BC]

43. Beautiful photos, thanks Jackeens. I saw some of the footage on

CBC this morning and it was so compelling to watch, I ended up being late for work. I love our Reporters and Newscasters and the interviews with some of the supporters were awesome.

Seems as though someone traveled all the way from Vancouver Island to Ottawa to get a glimpse of President Obama. The crowd would have been bigger but due to weather conditions, a lot of people from Quebec were not able to make it.

Canadians love President Obama and we are thrilled he chose to visit Canada first, says a lot about his character.

[wroberts189]

49. Canada has Obama fever ..very contagious

and to answer the first question its a wonderful pic.



knr

[BlooInBloo]

50. Is there a separate thread about his little souvenir trip to get cookies for the girls?

[Jackeens]

52. Bien sur!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8211303

;-)

[BlooInBloo]

53. thanks!

[blaze]

51. Thanks, Canada, for the warm welcome!!!

Sigh.

It's just so nice to see our President welcomed anywhere!! :)

Thanks Jackeens, as always, for your great threads!!! If you ever find yourself in Denver, I would love to be your host! :hi:

[Capt. America]

54. I love my black President. The world loves my black President. He is one cool MF!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

55. Awesome Awesome Awesome

THANKS!!

Awesome! :loveya:

[shellgame26]

56. it looks pretty darn cold

Awesome pics, as usual. Thanks Jackeens!

[democracy1st]

57. that lil girl's salute blew me away

[Iwillnevergiveup]

58. The day was cold

but the hearts were warm. This is only the beginning - wait until Barack crosses the Atlantic. I feel we have many more fantastic photos coming of our smart, personable President engaging with the rest of the world. May take some getting used to, huh?

K&R

[OneBlueSky]

59. isn't is great to have a president who's welcomed with enthusiasm and respect . . .

when he visits other nations? . . . can you even imagine people wearing Bush t-shirts and carrying Bush posters on one of his visits? . . . unless they were effigies, that is . . .

I've said it before and I'll say it again . . . just by virtue of his being elected, Obama has done more to advance good relations between the U.S. and other nations than Republicans did in their 20 most recent years of reactionary rule by the chimp, his father, and that third-rate actor with the pompadour . . .

[vaberella]

60. Who's the lady in the Sgt. Pepper coat...it's snazzy. I thought that guy was really carrying Obama.

n/t

[madrchsod]

61. "what a difference a day makes...."

[Botany]

62. theme music

http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/cananthem.htm

[Sandrine for you]

63. Thank's for the pics, and thank's to the american people who

give us the occasion to love your president, after 8 years with a moron.

[IntravenousDemilo]

64. Well, you could have easily expected we'd give him a good welcome up here.

Canadians caught Obama fever well before the election. Many of us were practically drooling at the prospect of an Obama presidency.

And now we have the two best-looking heads of state in the entire world.