PHOTOS The Obamas meet the Trick-or-Treaters (plus Gibbs & Rice in their costumes....seriously)

[Jackeens]

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First lady Michelle Obama comforts a crying child with the promise of a cookie

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama distribute candies and cookies as they host a Halloween reception for military families and children of White House and Residence staff at the East Room of the White House

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice dresses as the Disney character Goofy at a reception for children of military and White House staff families during Halloween at the White House

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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs wearing Star Wars' Darth Vader costume, with his son Ethan, talks to the media as during a Halloween celebration in the East Room at the White House

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[Kdillard]

1. Thanks Jackeens. What a fun event.

[polichick]

2. Wow - that's so cool! nt

[HowHasItComeToThis]

45. GOTTA LOVE THE SECRET SERVICE

[Hutzpa]

73. What has that got to do with them giving out candy to kids??

:silly:

[jbnow]

89. Well Secret Service are at the party too nt

[daleanime]

131. Who's that in the "Storm Trooper" uniform?

:rofl:

[HowHasItComeToThis]

153. PROBABLY A REPUBLICAN MIDGET

[givemebackmycountry]

3. HOW FREAKING COOL IS THAT!

Look at the First Mom, look at her HAIR!

Here is why I like these people.
They just don't give a shit what other people may think.
If it's for the kids, and the kids have fun and get all excited and happy?
It's fine by them.

GOD, it's good to have some REAL people in the "peoples" house again.

I think maybe a BLOWOUT for New Years Eve?

(thanks Jackeens, you're the best!)

[cyndensco]

62. What do you find special about her hair?

Just curious :hi:

[NOLALady]

113. Her hair?

:shrug:

[redwitch]

135. The furry band.

I think. She looks great.

[givemebackmycountry]

142. You guys need to lighten up...

Yes, her HAIR!

It's crazy funny and obvious that she took some time with her cute outfit.
Can you imagine Laura Bush doing something like that?

Sometimes you have to read the entire post before you respond.
God, you mention a womans hair and it's like you committed a mortal sin.
Glad I didn't say anything about her shoes, or I would be banned for life!
Did I mention I thinks she ROCKS!



:hi:

[Lisa0825]

150. What confused me was "first mom."

To me, Michelle is First Lady, and "First Mom" would be her mother. So I couldn't figure out what might be special about her hair, because it looked just plain normal to me.

[bbinacan]

4. Great pics. Thanks. n/t

[intheflow]

5. Are those Secret Service guys

dressed as Chewbacca and a storm trooper? :rofl:

[liberaltrucker]

10. That's strictly on a need to know basis

:spank:

:)

[chitown606]

35. Nope

I think it is Reggie Love

[TX VN VET]

64. I hope not!!

Hard to do thier job in a costume.

[AnnieBW]

77. Stormtroopers can't hit the broad side of a bantha

Every geek knows this.

[intheflow]

88. +1

:spray:

[file83]

122. A Wookie on the other hand...

can rip your arms off!

[BR_Parkway]

106. Would have loved all the Secret Service guys as Stormtroopers - Beck would have

melted into a puddle of tears at the imagery

[Canuckistanian]

143. That was my first thought

They're standing in the back in every shot - you KNOW they're the SS detail.

I think Obama should have them at EVERY public appearance!

:rofl:

[firedupdem]

6. How cool is this for those kids!! I can't even imagine! Love it ! n/t

[mikiturner]

7. Clearly, the Obama's are Pagan Worshippers

Celebrating this heathen holiday! </pearl clutching>

[Enthusiast]

110. Nice image.

The pearl clutching I mean.

[bluestateguy]

8. See Obama really does have stormtroopers!

nt

[valerief]

9. Thanks. Great pix. nt

[and-justice-for-all]

11. Ok, who is the repuke in the stormtrooper costumn??

[NewJeffCT]

18. are you kidding - he's one of the leaders in Obama's

Commie-socialist-fascist-hitlerian-stalinite-maoist army.

[AlbertCat]

120. Commie -socialist-fascist-hitlerian -stalinite-maoist army.

Yes! The Obamas should have dressed as Hitler and madam Mao!


Or even better... Barack as Glenn Beck (he coulda cried all night) and Michelle as Michelle....Malkin! (she coulda screeched all night)

I know, I know...Too frightening for the real children.... and the GOP children in Congress and the media.

[AnnieBW]

75. I hope not Secret Service

Because Stormtroopers can't hit the broad side of a barn!

Ooops... here comes the 503rd...

[GoCubsGo]

12. I loooooove the leopard print!

Thank you! Where are the girls?

[underpants]

15. Mmm yes

I love leopard print

[druidity33]

103. Josie the pussycat?

Or is she just a leopard...

[Ian David]

13. ...

That's the best Dennis Kucinich costume ever... oh, I'm sorry! Nice to see you again, Mr Kucinich!"

[JNelson6563]

14. Awesome!

Very cool!

[underpants]

16. The official WHITE HOUSE WOOKIE!!!

[blogslut]

26. Care to take a guess who's hiding under that costume?

I'm hoping it's Reggie. Swoon!

[MarjorieG]

39. Maybe Marvin, as Chewbacca?

[starroute]

50. My son points out another Star Wars character

The woman with the red face in front of the Storm Trooper is dressed as Shaak Ti -- I wouldn't have known.

http://images.google.com/images?q=Shaak+Ti

[NewJeffCT]

123. I think it's more likely to be Ahsoka Tano

from the popular cartoon network series - Star Wars: The Clone Wars

[AnnieBW]

74. I see Gibbie borrowed Cheney's Darth Vader suit

I hope he fumigated it, first!

But the big question is, what did Sasha and Malia go as?

[MrMickeysMom]

119. I'll betcha it was an opportunity for him to send a "shout out" at Cheney...

... you know, in the only "fuck you" kind of way you can while you're standing around a bunch of kids at Halloween.

[ind_thinker2]

17. spocky!

[tishaLA]

19. Michelle Obama is the shit!

How cool is she with that outfit--and totally getting into it? Love her.

[chitown606]

36. I agree

She is a Bad Chick sorry Bad FLOTUS!


That sweater is cute. I love the way she brought her common style. LOVE HER!

[renate]

96. welcome to DU!

(I see you've been here since August but just 6 posts... chime in a little more often, chitown!!!! :) )

[Phx_Dem]

47. She totally is! She's rockin that catsuit.

meow

[alsame]

20. Best. First. Couple. Ever. nt

[EndersDame]

21. Why is Michelle wearing leopard print when she is obiviously a fox?

[PSzymeczek]

69. Every time I see pictures of Michelle

they make me smile. She would be so much fun to hang out with!

[EndersDame]

78. She would be a blast intelligent, caring , and there is a sparkle in her eyes

that to me says she has a "wild" side to her

[progressivebydesign]

79. my husband said to me the other night....

"the First Lady is so unbelievably hot!" This is a guy who just never utters stuff like that... I think he has a little crush going.

[katkat]

116. hot

Look at Gibbs in his costume, I always knew he was hot.

I'll bet this whole thing has the far right evangelicals Halloween is of the devil types brains melting down into little puddles like the Wicked Witch of the West.

[Bitwit1234]

22. When has the white house seen such joy.

Can you imagine the previous administration giving candy to kids. Heck if cheney had showed up the kids would have screamed in fright.

[peacetalksforall]

54. He wears his costume all year long in the form of that snarl and frown. scary (s tuff).

And let's not forget his doomsday dungeon drone.

[Jackeens]

23. POTUS deemed FLOTUS to be “a very nice-looking Cat Woman."

:-)

MEOW: POTUS, FLOTUS – as Cat Woman! – first grandma Marian Robinson and some 2,000 children and a few hundred adults are trick-or-treating at the White House for Halloween.

Pool reports Obama dressed in casual slacks, checked shirt and a black sweater, while FLOTUS got into the spirit of things with an orange-and-black leopard-type top and cat ears, black eye shadow, her hair in a bun and lots of gold bracelets on one arm.

POTUS deemed FLOTUS to be “a very nice-looking Cat Woman."

http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1009/meow_6b713da0-5db7-4df8-beb1-dbb946d04433.html

[PSzymeczek]

72. Looks like she had something sprayed in her hair, as well.

n/t

[Fla Dem]

24. Great up close and personal photos as usual, but I did a double take on #5.

At 1st glance the 2 chefs in the upper left corner looked like KKK.

[progressivebydesign]

80. Geez, I saw that too and did a double take. n/t

[Myrina]

84. Same here!

:wow:

[Bucky]

134. I'm so glad I'm not the sicko around here

Note to self: have eyeballs bleached.

[blogslut]

25. Squeeee!

The Big White Haunted Mansion looked great lit up in an eerie orange glow!

Michelle is officially the bestest, funnest First Lady EVAR!

Obama is punk cause he didn't dress up but I will forgive him because of that damned smile and the fact that they opened our house to the kids for Halloween.

Thanks, Jackeens!

These pics make me very happy. :hi:

[Bette Noir]

91. It wasn't a Mr. Rogers costume?

[TommyPaine]

86. I thought Obama was supposed to be Bill Gates.

[csziggy]

93. I thought he was Carlton Banks (from The Fresh Prince of Bellair)

The uncool cousin.

[katkat]

118. Obama dress up

If Obama had dressed up, we'd be seeing it for years on wingnuts' posters.

Still, I hope that's not why he didn't dress up. Probably just a guy thing.

[xxqqqzme]

147. I noticed the orange lighting

as well. It looks very cool.

Was anything like this ever done in the last 8 years? Bunch of humorless, selfish, arrogant bastards.

[xxqqqzme]

148. dupe

how did that happen?

[Scurrilous]

27. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Iwillnevergiveup]

28. Fantastic pix!

I see Robert Gibbs dressed as Dick Cheney.:hide:

[dflprincess]

43. That's was my thought

:rofl:

Actually, when I saw the first picture of Darth Vader (#19, I think, before Gibbs took the mask off) - I wondered how Cheney had gotten into the party.

[RoccoR5955]

112. Mine too!

I kind of wondered about that one myself, however, the whole thing brings tears to my eyes, to see that the current President MAKES the time to come out and do things like this with kids of our military, who have to bear so much grief.
Obama is simply awesome in this respect.

[prolesunited]

29. I saw Barack last Halloween at a campaign rally

I handed out all my candy to people waiting to get in. It was an awesome evening.

It's awesome to see them this year in the White House having so much fun.

[Cha]

57. This has been quite a year

for you in between your last Halloween experience and seeing the White House Halloween tonight!

I know I was really scared last Halloween just thinking about the upcoming election:scared:

[d_b]

30. awesome

what a treat for the kids. :D

[jenmito]

31. That's so great! Are the Obamas the first First Family to do this? n/t

[Top Cat]

32. Thanks...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

33. Who's Obama supposed to be?

Dean Venture?

[Jackeens]

34. The President

:toast:

:hi:

[HopeOverFear]

37. ROFL @ Dean Venture

maaan, the Ventures Bros is the bomb show!

[BluDemocratGirl]

101. He's Cormfortable Man!

LOL

[AlbertCat]

121. Dean Venture?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[TankLV]

127. A Health Insurance rep...

[annabanana]

38. Aw THANKS Jackeens... Those are great.

I love seeing Michelle getting "into it" and growling!

[SeattleGirl]

40. #19: Michelle does Eartha Kitt as Cat Woman

I love that photo!

[Hekate]

67. Michelle is great as Eartha Kitt! Rowr! nt

[Odin2005]

41. Gibbs and his boy's costumes are the best!

:D

[Hekate]

68. Ooops-- Gibbsie came as Cheney! Very scary! nt

[Blasphemer]

42. C'mon Mr. President... not even some coke bottle glasses or a handlebar moustache? ;-)

Great pics... everyone looks like they were having fun and Michelle looks fantastic!

[Greg K]

44. I see Robert Gibbs went as Dick Cheney

[mzmolly]

49. Ha! Isn't that great?!

:hi:

[Hekate]

70. Dang--you beat me to it. LOL

[HopeOverFear]

46. VIDEO

http://necn.com/Boston/Nation/2009/10/31/White-House-trickortreaters/1257033475.html

[1badjedi]

48. So I wonder

what was in the goody bags. They look choice. :)


btw great pics. Good to see them having fun and spreading it around.

[Bette Noir]

92. I read they had white M&Ms stamped with Mr. President's signature,

cookies made by the White House chef, game booklets, and mixed dried fruit bags.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

51. Love the pics! If I were a kid, I'd have asked for 2 treats (1 to eat and one to keep forever).

Lucky kids.

[BrklynLiberal]

52. Certainly looks like everyone was having lots of fun!!!

[graywarrior]

53. I want to live in their neighborhood!

[Schema Thing]

55. Obama as "the Cos". a little lame

but it sure is nice to have fun, family people in the people's House.

[Hekate]

71. Piffle, I say

[Cha]

56. PObama just used this as an excuse

to get comfortable under the guise of Halloween costume:rofl:

Michelle looks stunning in her leopard persona and the kids..well, they just all know how to have FUN!

Gibbs and little Gibbs..A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!

Thanks Jackeens~Happy Halloween!

[Fire1]

58. Forget the fact that he's POTUS. He's just a wonderful

person. A lovely family, too.:loveya:

[Justitia]

59. A special Halloween treat from Jackeens! Thank you so much! -eom

[Solly Mack]

60. I had fun looking at the pictures

K&R

The real thing had to be a blast!

[hileeopnyn8d]

61. Where are the girls?

I was looking forward to seeing their costumes.

[Myrina]

85. Maybe tomorrow....

... I'm sure it had to be kept secret for their own protection, at least until they're safely home and changed back into normal clothes.

Too easy to pick the girls out in a crowd by their costume, and if an opportunistic cretin was in costume too ... very risky.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

63. I love the orange lights outside!!

Channeling their inner Clark Griswold!!

:rofl:

[donheld]

65. +1,000,000

It's so great to have a Presidentual family who know how to have fun!

[Can of Whoop-ass]

66. I feel a cold wind..........

hahahahahaha, I'll git you Michele, my pretty........

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[jaysunb]

94. Very Cool

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[AnnieBW]

76. Fairies in bubbles?

Who were the fairies inside of bubbles? Are they local DC performers?

[mdmc]

149. "what life is like in the White House bubble"

:)

[Kind of Blue]

81. Good stuff, Jackeens! The first lady is so much fun.

And Gibbs' boy is adorable. Thanks for sharing.

[seaker]

82. Thank you

The pictures made me happy and glad. I wasn't scared at all!:hug:

[AnnieBW]

83. Finally, an Asoka!

I just noticed in #13, we have someone dressed as Padawan Asoka Tano! Hubby and I were just commenting tonight that we've NEVER seen anyone dressed as Asoka - not at Shore Leave, Dragon*Con, or tonight. I'm glad that SOMEONE finally did that costume!

[impik]

87. Best White House Ever

Seriously, how awesome is this?!

Thank you.

[Bette Noir]

90. Dayum, that looks like fun.

Michelle is adorable in that leopard get-up. Mr. President looks like such a dad.

[roody]

95. Goofy is a good costume for Rice, spewer of goofed up

lies about Cuba at the UN.

[renate]

97. you had me at #17

I love this family. :loveya:

Thanks, Jackeens!

[Are_grits_groceries]

98. My fave:

Chewy looks like he is going to kick some serious ass.

They have more fun in one night than all the 'fun' in the last 8 years.

[Can of Whoop-ass]

107. Who are those GOP KLAN guys behind Michele and Barack?

Shrubya and Cheney?

[GoCubsGo]

111. They're pastry chefs, silly!

:-)

[Sherman A1]

99. Thanks for posting

Great pics!

[Are_grits_groceries]

100. Love this kid's remark about the goodies:

"I'm not a fan of dried fruit," said a 9-year-old Cleopatra, aka Grace Hammond of Arlington, who nevertheless acknowledged that this was the swankiest address she'd ever trick-or-treated at.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/31/AR2009103101526.html?hpid=artslot

LOL!

[vaberella]

102. Obama was Mr. Rogers for Halloween, wasn't he?! I love Michelle's costume--uber cute.

Ugh that looked so cool!!!

[WCGreen]

104. Dam those folks know how to have fun....

[Jennicut]

105. Ahsoka was there, in the fifth pic! I am a Star Wars geek. It is Anakin's apprentice.

And Gibbs as Darth Vader and his son as Boba Fett rocks. Michelle looked great as a kitty too. Obama needs to dress up next year....as a Congressional bill.

[Stables2010]

108. Raw Video!

http://www.necn.com/Boston/Nation/2009/10/31/White-House-trickortreaters/1257033475.html

[Buzz Clik]

109. Obama's costume.

He was terrifying. He looks just like the anus in the office next to me.

[proReality]

114. Great fun!

Thanks for the pictures.

[onager]

115. Faux News Headline: "Obama Free Candy Socialist Welfare Scheme!"

Subhead: "Observes Pagan, Anti-Xian Holiday in White House."

[grantcart]

117. Freepers complaining about Satanic rituals in the WH in 3.2.1.

[Politicub]

124. Love these pics and the Obamas

It looks like the kids were having a blast

[Maraya1969]

125. Picture #4. Does Michelle NOT look like Lucille Ball?????

[proud2BlibKansan]

126. What!? The POTUS isn't wearing a costume?!?!

Proof he's on the front lines in the librul war on Halloween!!

:sarcasm:

[Deep13]

129. He's dressed as a state governor.

:evilgrin:

[Deep13]

128. Look at all those cobwebs! The WH has really gone to hell!

:evilgrin:

[Gedankenaustausch]

130. It would have been really funny if

the First Lady would have done 'slutty cop' instead. Now THAT would have been a great White House Halloween!

[Clintonista2]

132. LOL that's awesome

I love gibbs :rofl::rofl:

[CatWoman]

133. two observations:

I simply LOVE Michelle's blouse, and bracelet accessories.

2. This WH is just dripping with class.

[BeatleBoot]

136. Gibbs Dressed Up Like Dick Cheney for Halloween...

Scarey Stuff!


:rofl:

[onehandle]

137. Finally! Satan and all dark forces ascend to the White House.

All according to plan. Evil we can believe in.

Fox News has their stories for the week.

[Catshrink]

138. Michelle is a beautiful Catwoman.

Move over Halle Berry.

[CrispyQ]

139. Mrs. O would make a seriously hot Cat Woman!

Meow!

[AspenRose]

140. Did they reinstate the Halloween party at the Naval Observatory?

I haven't heard

[Jeneral2885]

141. USSS

I tip my hat off to the Secret Scervice personnel--this must be one of the toughest for them protecting their principals.

[yourguide]

144. They dressed up like the Bush administration

Goofy/Rice as Bush
Darth Vader/Gibbs as Dick Cheney
Michelle/Catwoman as Liz Cheney


Just saying...

[Blue_Roses]

145. this is so cool!

:D I'm so glad he's our President!:bounce:

[Raffi Ella]

146. Great photos.

Michelle's costume is SO cute.

[shireen]

151. Michelle is adorable!!!

I guess the president dressed up as the president .... :P

[thelordofhell]

152. Freeper caption for #19

The President and the First Lady gleefully give out packages of Presidential menthols to kids on Halloween.