More on that famous "at 22" picture of Perry and Obama

Prince Of Dorkness

The above image is being gleefully posted on forums such as Free Republic and Rush Limbaugh's equally fascist brother is tweeting it to all his followers. It was also posted here.

Nobody is mentioning that Obama's photo was taken while he was a senior majoring in political science at Columbia University. That's the Ivy League, Tea... people. He was the first black president of the Law Review.

And despite what the photo suggests, at age 22 Rick Perry was not some glory-drenched fighter pilot strafing Vietnamese civilians with napalm. He was a male cheerleader at Texas A&M with a D average.

This is not what America needs.

unsung

America is better off without both of them.

Prince Of Dorkness

unsung wrote:

America is better off without both of them.

That may be the case. I reserve judgement.

I just want people to know what they're actually looking at... the suggestion is that one was a brave heroic fighter pilot and one was a stoner hippie drifter. And that just isn't accurate.

Godfather.

Godfather.

quimby20

actually, 1/2 Black. Just to be accurate. The First black president was Clinton. And a pretty good president at that.

BinauralJam

quimby20 wrote:

actually, 1/2 Black. Just to be accurate. The First black president was Clinton. And a pretty good president at that.

Nice

VINNY GOOMBA

quimby20 wrote:

actually, 1/2 Black. Just to be accurate. The First black president was Clinton. And a pretty good president at that.

I saw a segment on Colbert or Stewart (I can't remember which) which claimed he wasn't black at all by a black historian woman, her name also escapes me. Her argument was that the term "black" with respect to American history, is associated with people descending from African slaves. She went on to say that there was a certain identity that they share because of that, and that technically Obama cannot claim this lineage being born in the USA to one Kenyan parent who obviously immigrated here much later. Obama is more of a true "African American" in that sense. I thought that was an interesting way of looking at it.

StillHere

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

unsung wrote:

America is better off without both of them.

That may be the case. I reserve judgement.

I just want people to know what they're actually looking at... the suggestion is that one was a brave heroic fighter pilot and one was a stoner hippie drifter. And that just isn't accurate.

I for one, think its great that Obama is (was?) a hippie

chadwick

what is perry doing in a fighter pilots outfit then? he was never a fighter pilot in some quick ass jet?
was he getting in or out of the jet as a passenger? maybe modeling for calvin klein or something?
why suggest being a fighter pilot...that i do not like. i am sure this kind of stuff is everywhere. sad really.

SatansFuton

Here's a better picture of Perry looking like a dork as opposed to Maverick.

Prince Of Dorkness

quimby20 wrote:

actually, 1/2 Black. Just to be accurate. The First black president was Clinton. And a pretty good president at that.

I said "of the law review." At Columbia. Bill Clinton was the first black president of the United States.

unsung

StillHere wrote:

I for one, think its great that Obama is (was?) a hippie

Obama is the furthest thing from a hippie.

StillHere

unsung wrote:

StillHere wrote:

I for one, think its great that Obama is (was?) a hippie

Obama is the furthest thing from a hippie.

oh you got that ??

JOEJOEJOE

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

unsung wrote:

America is better off without both of them.

That may be the case. I reserve judgement.

I just want people to know what they're actually looking at... the suggestion is that one was a brave heroic fighter pilot and one was a stoner hippie drifter. And that just isn't accurate.

I know of a stoner hippie drifter who drifted to Seattle from San Diego!

Godfather.

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

The above image is being gleefully posted on forums such as Free Republic and Rush Limbaugh's equally fascist brother is tweeting it to all his followers. It was also posted here.

Nobody is mentioning that Obama's photo was taken while he was a senior majoring in political science at Columbia University. That's the Ivy League, Tea... people. He was the first black president of the Law Review.

And despite what the photo suggests, at age 22 Rick Perry was not some glory-drenched fighter pilot strafing Vietnamese civilians with napalm. He was a male cheerleader at Texas A&M with a D average.

This is not what America needs.

it's just propaganda man and all sides use it I don't think it's enough to get yer panties in wad over
besides you gatta see the humor in it at least ...and yes I am expecting you to throw it right back at me first chance you get



Godfather.

Godfather.

JOEJOEJOE wrote:

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

unsung wrote:

America is better off without both of them.

That may be the case. I reserve judgement.

I just want people to know what they're actually looking at... the suggestion is that one was a brave heroic fighter pilot and one was a stoner hippie drifter. And that just isn't accurate.

I know of a stoner hippie drifter who drifted to Seattle from San Diego!

then worked at a gas station ?

Godfather.

Smellyman

everybody sees Obama as a white guy....not black

Godfather.

Smellyman wrote:

everybody sees Obama as a white guy....not black

Really ?????

Godfather.

Byrnzie

My first thought when I looked at the picture was that it was a pro-Obama picture.

Obama caught my eye first and I thought 'dude'. Then I looked at the other picture and thought 'wanker'.

Thoughts_Arrive

Jimi Hendrix wannabe....

chadwick

Byrnzie wrote:

My first thought when I looked at the picture was that it was a pro-Obama picture.

Obama caught my eye first and I thought 'dude'. Then I looked at the other picture and thought 'wanker'.

i agree wholeheartedly. obama looks great and is easy to check out. the jet-fast gentleman is hard to look at rather uncomfortable to me. eyes looking back at cool-breeze badassness who's slicker than a $3.00 bill in alfred hitchcock's fanny pack purse.

young obama is pretty cool looking to my notion, looks smarter than your average badass student. anyone know obama's grades from school? i have heard obama writes a great number of his speeches. maybe he writes em all, i dunno.