Slog - Comments on Where Barack Obama Got His Smile http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile In part, it appears, from his grandfather, Stanley Dunham: Full, indisputably adorable picture here. (Via Sullivan)... Copyright 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:10:52 -0800 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:01:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by John Bailo
Cute.

John McCain got his smile by gritting his teeth while the Cong bashed his arms and legs.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180039 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180039 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:07:42 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant Is that John McCain in the background about to throw a stick at them?

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180040 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180040 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:08:59 -0800 Comment by Cindy It would have to be a time-traveling McCain. McCain was around 30 when this photo was taken.

If McCain can prove that he can time travel, that would be the biggest October Surprise ever.

]]> Cindy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180052 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180052 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:13:07 -0800 Comment by leek That's a pro-America protester in the back, trying to protect the older white man from the leglock of a dark-skinned Muslim boy.

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180055 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180055 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:15:56 -0800 Comment by w7ngman #3, maybe that's how McCain knows how to find Bin Laden.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180066 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180066 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:19:18 -0800 Comment by Bub That photograph is so SOCIALIST.

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#2

Obama is 8, and that's Bill Ayers...quick, get off the beach...HE'S GOT A BOMB!!!!

]]> Hippie Dippy Weatherman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180076 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180076 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:29:55 -0800 Comment by PC Hey John:

please stop trashing your guy. he gave a lot for his country -- he even tried to commit suicide, you know? Tried to hang himself in his cell with his shirt or something.

So I wouldn't make light of his POW time, once again you are not being respectful of a patriot. It's pretty unAmerican of you.

Your socialistleftyhonestlyredistributionistpal to pal around with--

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180081 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180081 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:32:05 -0800 Comment by CommonKnowledge Happy childhoods at the beach equal great presidents?

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]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180090 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180090 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:39:25 -0800 Comment by Andy Screw the SLOG. I should start reading Andrew Sullivan's blog every day. Apparently that's where all the SLOG's material comes from!

]]> Andy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180091 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180091 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:43:32 -0800 Comment by John Two I have nothing but respect for any survivor of prison camps, Viet, German, Russian, Korean, Japanese or American. That experience in its worst moments is hard to fathom from the outside. Bravo to those who survived to live another day. Bravo to the human spirit and lives that continued.

All that, however, does not change the spectra of the Obama presidency toward which America is moving.

Thank God.

Those who bait Mc Cain's service for fun have not been in any war.

]]> John Two http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180098 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:47:59 -0800 Comment by Andy Niable So sweet my teeth now hurt.

And hey, other Andy, go ahead and read Mister Sullivan's blog as well, it can be quite a hoot. Or do the doctors limit your computer time?

]]> Andy Niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180101 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180101 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:49:58 -0800 Comment by Inquiring minds.... Bailo, did McCain get all bashed up by the Viet Cong before or after he started making those anti-American propaganda films?

And did he learn to smile before or after he plagarized the "cross in the sand" story?

]]> Inquiring minds.... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180112 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180112 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:02:11 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I hear that John Marx McCain learned to smile from the Marxist guerrillas he grew up with in Panama, where he was born.

In fact, his grin is evidence of this - he learned how to fake sincerity from his Marxist nanny while burning down American flags.

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]]> ho' know http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180129 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180129 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:20:04 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Awwww... :-)

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180132 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180132 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:24:11 -0800 Comment by whatevernevermind The two of them in that photograph seem to be sharing more joy and love than I've ever known in my entire life, but that man with the future president on his shoulders is still the guy who named his only daughter "Stanley".

]]> whatevernevermind http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180137 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180137 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:26:47 -0800 Comment by 4f...sake very sweet

]]> 4f...sake http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180138 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180138 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:28:42 -0800 Comment by max solomon @9: it don't hurt.

you tell me where the ambition came from.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180142 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:35:06 -0800 Comment by cranky and the ears he got from his grandma.

]]> cranky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180222 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180222 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:40:38 -0800 Comment by elenchos Can we PLEASE get some comment moderation on this Slog?

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]]> wanda http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180286 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/where_barack_obama_got_his_smile#c1180286 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:28:13 -0800 Comment by superyeadon @22, get over yourself. it's just a little blog. let 'em talk, even the dipshits.

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