Obama, called the last Kennedy brother, to eulogize Ted at Saturday funeral | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times.
When Bobby Kennedy, by then senator from New York and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, was cut down by an assassin at age 42, his brother, Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, offered the eulogy:
My brother [...]
It was another first in presidential history.
When President Obama left the White House on Thursday for Andrews Air Force Base, the Marine One helicopter that lifted off from the South Lawn was piloted by the first female helicopter aircraft commander in Marine One history. Maj. Jennifer Grieves of Glendale, Ariz., flew her first Marine One [...]
The 44th president threw out the ceremonial first pitch, something no one in office had done since Gerald Ford at the 1976 All-Star Game in Philadelphia, won by the NL at a time when it was dominating. It was important that he was part of this, because his call to public service by all Americans [...]
He is known in some circles as the First Fan, a devotee of the Chicago Bulls, a president so passionate about sports that he went on ESPN a few months ago to announce his bracket predictions for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
But tonight, President Obama becomes the nation’s baseball guy, throwing out the first pitch [...]
Harmless gesture? Michelle Obama with her hand on the Queen’s back as they met at Buckingham Palace
She is not renowned for public displays of affection. Which made the Queen’s decision to put a friendly arm around Michelle Obama’s waist at a Buckingham Palace G20 reception - prompting the U.S. President’s wife to return the gesture [...]
Fortunately for President Obama, most of the blame falls on the shoulders of his predecessor, the Texan who just packed his boxes and returned to Crawford, Texas.
CNN — After firing the CEO of General Motors and putting Chrysler on a path that could lead to bankruptcy, the still-popular President Obama moved from the domestic battlefield [...]
The president hadn’t posted a single update since taking the oath of office.
Many of my Twitterholic friends were disappointed. They had expected daily 140-character updates from the White House.
The good news: Barack is back. A new status update posted on Wednesday invited followers to submit questions to the White House’s new Open for Questions initiative. [...]
When President Barack Obama walks before the cameras on national TV this evening for his second formal White House news conference (5 p.m. Pacific), we’ll all get the latest retweaked version of his main economic message: a little more hope than gloom, more push for his (overly?) ambitious budget plan and a repetition of Treasury’s [...]
Obama’s teleprompter
Earlier today, we told you that someone something claiming to be the president’s teleprompter set up a Twitter account under the name TeleprompterOne read that story here. Following the program, the teleprompter appeared eager to reveal some details tweeting:
“Good Evening My Fellow Americans The interview with Jay went great. I got to meet Jay’s [...]
“Not all Americans are Irish, but all Americans support those who stand on the side of peace and peace will prevail,” Obama told Prime Minister Brian Cowen in the Oval Office, praising the two countries’ deep ties.
On tap for the evening’s festivities — which Obama described as “rambunctious” to East Room guests — was green [...]
By taking a seat Thursday night on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” Obama will become the first sitting president to appear in such an unlikely venue, erasing — perhaps once and for all — any vestige of the line that separates news from entertainment.
It will also extend Obama’s habit of speaking past the Washington [...]
President Obama vowed to try to stop the faltering insurance giant American International Group from paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to executives, as the administration scrambled to avert a populist backlash against banks and Wall Street that could complicate Mr. Obama’s economic recovery agenda.
via Obama Orders Treasury Chief to Try to [...]
President Obama’s top economic advisers on Sunday disputed claims that the administration is receptive to the idea of taxing employee health benefits, but would not rule out the option.
“He is open to all ideas,” said Austan Goolsbee, of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, on “FOX News Sunday.”
via White House Will Not Rule Out [...]
OH.. MG! Will you people get a life? The First Lady doesn’t wear sleeves-
and her hubby (OH BTW he IS our President) doesn’t wear a suit coat in the Oval Office.. OMG What will we do? So the new first couple is not the standard Stick in the mud fuddy duddies that we have had [...]
There is much to be said about a First Family who will be buying a rescue dog for the First Family Pet.
The Obamas’ one dog-related sticking point, now that the breed is decided, is the new pet’s name, People reports:
“Oh, the names are really bad. I don’t even want to mention it, because there are [...]
