President Obama and Family serves lunch at So Others Might Eat - pics

[Kadie]

President Barack Obama serves lunch to people at So Others Might Eat, a social services organization, in Washington Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.


President Barack Obama serves lunch to people at So That Others Might Eat, a social services organization, in Washington Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.


U.S. President Barack Obama (R) chats with people as he gives out meals in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day during a volunteer work project at the So Others Might Eat dining room for the homeless in Washington January 18, 2010.


U.S. President Barack Obama (R) distributes meals in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day during a volunteer work project at the So Others Might Eat dining room for the homeless in Washington January 18, 2010.


President Barack Obama hugs his daughter Malia Obama, 11, as they serve lunch to people at So Others Might Eat, a social services organization, in Washington Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.


U.S. President Barack Obama (C) shakes hands with people before giving out meals in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day during a volunteer work project at the So Others Might Eat dining room for the homeless in Washington January 18, 2010.


First lady Michelle Obama serves drinks at So Others Might Eat, a social services organization, in Washington Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.


U.S. President Barack Obama (L) greets people and gives out meals in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day during a volunteer work project at the So Others Might Eat dining room for the homeless in Washington January 18, 2010.


President Barack Obama pauses as he serves lunch to people at So Others Might Eat, a social services organization, in Washington Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.


President Barack Obama smiles as he serves lunch to people at So Others Might Eat, a social services organization, in Washington Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.


President Barack Obama points as he serves lunch to people at So Others Might Eat, a social services organization, in Washington Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.


Sasha Obama, 8, daughter of President Barack Obama, grabs a glass to help serve lunch to people at So Others Might Eat, a social services organization, in Washington Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.


White House photographer Pete Souza takes a picture of President Barack Obama and workers before he serves lunch to people at So Others Might Eat, a social services organization, in Washington Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.

[HipChick]

1. K&R

[NightWatcher]

2. wouldnt it be better to change the policies/practices that put them in the soup lines?

how many in the soup kitchen are there because their job was outsourced?
how many are in poor health and have no insurance?
how many are bankrupt and have lost everything to predator lenders?

[amborin]

8. jobs, jobs, jobs, needed!

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. +1

:thumbsup:

[crispini]

19. It's called "leading by example."

Of COURSE it would be better, but the two are not mutually exclusive.

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[dionysus]

26. can't even let them volunteer in a soup kitchen without complaining?

[jonathon]

28. Get Geithner out of office instead of photo opts....

If he wasn't actively working as a front man for the pro-corporate agenda, these pics would be inspiring.

But, with the corporate insurance bailout and the bank bailouts and the never ending policy initiatives that work against the people whom are being broken by the corporations, these pics seem hollow and empty.

[JDPriestly]

43. I'd like to see photos of Geithner, Summers and Bernanke

serving food directly to the poor -- and the report had better correctly state that they served food for at least eight hours. Maybe while those three are at it, they could also clean up the kitchen and the communal bathrooms because those are as much a part of feeding the poor as is the handing out of cooked food on plates.

I'm serious. Geithner, Summers and Bernanke should earn their keep for a change. And they should set an example for the CEOs that have to fly in their own jets and live on huge estates or behind the gates of their high-priced communities.

It is wonderful that the Obamas are spending their holiday in this way. But where are the other members of the cabinet? Especially Obama's financial advisors, all of them?

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[EFerrari]

34. "An edifice that produces beggers must be restructured" '' MLK.

[defendandprotect]

39. A post after my own heart --- thank you!!

Americans need jobs -- which means the overturning of these corporate trade agreements --

Unions --

Real health care as other nations have it -- not fake corporate/fascist health care --

Re-regulation of corrupt capitalism ---

:loveya:

[JVS]

40. But that would upset powerful people and not be a nice photo-op

[Starbucks Anarchist]

46. Yeah, let them starve!

:woohoo:

[Scurrilous]

3. K & R

:thumbsup:

[lunatica]

4. Thanks for these

Sasha is turning into a beautiful teen. I'm impressed with the Obama's continued community activism.

[The Midway Rebel]

5. We have an awesome First Family! eom

[bluestateguy]

6. Thank God that this man is the president

A breath of fresh air after 8 years of being ashamed to be an American.

[rucognizant]

35. I agree

However one nagging detail. POTUS is wearing sanitary gloves to serve up the food......but then shaking hands with people destroys the sanitary factor!
He needs catering 101!

[perro azul]

45. Did God control the election? I thought American citizens elected him.

How could I be so stupid?

[azmouse]

7. Beautiful pics!

Thank you for the reminder of how different this man is from the last occupant of the WH!





Remember boosh with the plastic turkey?

[madmax]

10. +1

[butterfly77]

17. This is a piece of shit...

and I am not talking about what is on the tray..Fake,phoney,lying,thieving,piece of shit!!!

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[azmouse]

36. Take your Obama hatred elsewhere.

I've read your posts on DU and you have nothing good to say about Obama.

[blue neen]

11. I love the picture of the Prez and Malia!

:yourock:

[malaise]

22. I love the example he is setting for his daughters

Service matters.

[ima_sinnic]

12. beautiful--made me a little teary-eyed

btw--if anybody's keeping track--I meant to rec, but hit unrec instead :(

[seaker]

13. Walking the walk!

I love my president!!!!

[bluestateboomer]

14. I know he's a good man....

It would be better if the government he heads wasn't owned by the corporate elite.

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. Yea it would be better if that were the case. It would be better if he didn't cater to the

corporate elite, too.

[ChadwickHenryWard]

16. That really is remarkable.

For the President of the United States to do charity work - that's something out of the ordinary. To fake it while on campaign, sure, but for a member of the ruling class to come down and even be seen with those that have nothing is nothing short of extraordinary. Consider me impressed.

[SammyWinstonJack]

20. Seriously? You're easily impressed, obviously. Or were you kidding? I hope that is the case.

[dionysus]

27. why am i not surprised you couldn't let a thread like this stand?

:rofl:

[azmouse]

21. Obama wasn't raised in luxury the way boosh was.

He understands poverty.

[Arkana]

18. "YOU FOLKS READY FOR SOME PIE??!??!?!?!!"

[BeHereNow]

23. Mr. President, you'd better keep a Louisville Slugger near the White House door...

Your daughters are GORGEOUS and the suitors will be
coming to call very soon!
Those girls are SO beautiful!
BHN

[DesertFlower]

25. great pics. thanks for posting them.

[goclark]

29. I have a Dream that one day, on DU

people will be able to sit down at their computers together and realize how fortunate we are to live in a country where our President cares enough to feed the homeless and not give them a fake turkey.

Thank you for the lovely pictures.

[truedelphi]

44. And the homeless in the know might be even more grateful if it were

Not for the fact that Obama's good and wondrous "Insider Elite Buddies" will be making even more of us homeless.

[Skittles]

30. how tall is Malia?

she's striking like her mom

[greyghost]

31. No... She looks like his Mom, same facial structure.

[johan helge]

37. I suggest all "unmotivated" liberals

look at these pictures, and ask: Do they really not care whether the Repubs win the WH back?

[kjackson227]

41. Right?!?!? How many times have we seen Darth Cheney...

and Dumbya doing something like this? Personally, I NEVER HAVE.

[lsewpershad]

38. K&R

[BlancheSplanchnik]

42. too late to REc

but here's a kick.

He's the real deal. Amazes me when I see people here--here! of all places!--spewing remarks that he's blind to people's suffering.

I see him as working ceaselessly in spite of being mired in an edifice of corporate scum=repukes=conservatives.