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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,741 posts)
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 02:54 PM Feb 2019

Barack Obama wore a black bomber jacket with '44' on the sleeve and the internet is obsessed

Unless he’s wearing a tan suit, it’s not often that Barack Obama‘s wardrobe causes a stir. That all changed Wednesday evening.

The former president turned up in Durham, N.C., on Feb. 20 to watch the North Carolina Tar Heels play the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Both teams wear blue and white, but Obama eschewed team colors in favor of basic black. The reception his look has received, however, is anything but basic.



Eagle-viewed viewers noted that the former POTUS’s black bomber jacket — which some have now dubbed an “O-bomber” — has “44” stitched in white on the sleeve. It’s a reference to his standing as the 44th president, and it’s fair to say that a little bit of embroidery has never caused such a fuss.

The look has earned Obama — often ribbed for wearing “dad jeans” — some sartorial street cred.

Obama flexing on them with the 44 on his jacket pic.twitter.com/YTLrPPJKnX
— MB (@babyitsmb) February 21, 2019

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/barack-obama-wore-a-black-bomber-jacket-with-44-on-the-sleeve-and-the-internet-is-obsessed/ar-BBTTvbw?li=BBnbfcL

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Barack Obama wore a black bomber jacket with '44' on the sleeve and the internet is obsessed (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 OP
OMG! Hugin Feb 2019 #1
Obama still rocked the tan suit better than Mitch McConnell Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 #2
Hey, Obama makes Dad Jeans look good, baby. Hugin Feb 2019 #5
Dump's tan suit was supposed to be KKK white, but he soiled it - perhaps bugger juice. erronis Feb 2019 #18
Actually I think the idea is that it caused a stir cause it's BADASS ... not negative (nt) mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #4
Yeah, I was being... Hugin Feb 2019 #8
They'll probably blame him for Zion's injury Clash City Rocker Feb 2019 #27
44 is a much better # than 45 lame54 Feb 2019 #3
He EARNED that 44. Scarsdale Feb 2019 #16
Pres Obama is a man of the People.. Cha Feb 2019 #6
I'll admit I've watched the video in the ESPN tweet multiple times... DesertRat Feb 2019 #29
It's Awesome! Big Smile on Obama's Cha Feb 2019 #33
Good gawd PBO looks great. MontanaMama Feb 2019 #7
Imagine how this angers the vile MAGAcretin malaise Feb 2019 #9
Makes me so darned happy MontanaMama Feb 2019 #13
Thanks. There is iced coffee coming out of my nose now... johnnyfins Feb 2019 #20
Here to serve johnnyfins... MontanaMama Feb 2019 #21
Maybe, just maybe... N_E_1 for Tennis Feb 2019 #31
Ha! Love it. honest.abe Feb 2019 #10
Okay I admit it, I'm obsessed too... FM123 Feb 2019 #11
That's not a "bomber jacket"... ADX Feb 2019 #12
Thanks! Cha Feb 2019 #34
He can still get it... HipChick Feb 2019 #14
#44 was worn by Hank Aaron, Reggie Jackson, and Willie McCovey. Nice company! George II Feb 2019 #15
OMG! He sure knows how to rock a bomber jacket! BlueIndyBlue Feb 2019 #17
Really at least he's samplegirl Feb 2019 #19
I'm still trying to figure out how the woman he's talking to managed to blast her way into those catbyte Feb 2019 #22
Indeed. progressoid Feb 2019 #26
Stretch leather or faux leather. I have some Spanx faux leather leggings that are so comfortable. Glimmer of Hope Feb 2019 #28
Oh, that's Obama talking to her! Thanks. mobeau69 Feb 2019 #32
Thank You DU... johnnyfins Feb 2019 #23
Welcome to the real world. Boomerproud Feb 2019 #37
I only have one thing to say... llmart Feb 2019 #24
no kidding... Blue_playwright Feb 2019 #35
$595.00 progressoid Feb 2019 #25
Hate to be the 45th rec. ecstatic Feb 2019 #30
Rag and Bone, almost sold out on Barneys IronLionZion Feb 2019 #36
Sold Out! All sizes. Lifelong Protester Feb 2019 #38
My President Lifelong Protester Feb 2019 #39
I bet he doesn't need to take Crestor. Ilsa Feb 2019 #40

Hugin

(33,047 posts)
8. Yeah, I was being...
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 03:05 PM
Feb 2019

sarcastic.

You know it's coming... Once the Republican Apparatchiks see people liking anything Obama, they'll have to smear it.

Clash City Rocker

(3,389 posts)
27. They'll probably blame him for Zion's injury
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 05:23 PM
Feb 2019

I’m just waiting for some kind of weird conspiracy theory about it.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
16. He EARNED that 44.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 04:25 PM
Feb 2019

It was not given to him by the Russians, or any gop member (as if!). The last LEGITIMATE President. Now we have a lumpy, orange, repulsive, ignorant blowhard in the WH. He no more belongs there than he does in polite company.

MontanaMama

(23,295 posts)
13. Makes me so darned happy
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 03:58 PM
Feb 2019

to think about the orange tub-o-goo rage eating his crap fast food over it.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,664 posts)
31. Maybe, just maybe...
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 05:49 PM
Feb 2019

When he’s in his casket...not in the “he looks like himself” vein...more like “looks great in there”...”good riddance” vein.

 

ADX

(1,622 posts)
12. That's not a "bomber jacket"...
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 03:31 PM
Feb 2019

...it's actually an MA-1 flight jacket.

That aside, BHO looks great...

BlueIndyBlue

(96 posts)
17. OMG! He sure knows how to rock a bomber jacket!
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 04:28 PM
Feb 2019

Not to discount his brilliance and other non-surface attributes but damn he is looking good . He looks so much better now that he is out of office but how I wish he were still there. I'm not sure who's fashion statements I love more PBHO or FLMichele.

samplegirl

(11,463 posts)
19. Really at least he's
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 04:31 PM
Feb 2019

not wearing a suit that’s miles to big with a tie so long it’s dangling past his dick.

catbyte

(34,334 posts)
22. I'm still trying to figure out how the woman he's talking to managed to blast her way into those
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 04:55 PM
Feb 2019

leather/vinyl pants/skirt.

johnnyfins

(810 posts)
23. Thank You DU...
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 04:55 PM
Feb 2019

... I spent many years reading RWNJ forums, to see what the other side was up to. What a self-imposed, tortuous, wilderness it has been. I recently decided to read DU and sign up. It is refreshing to read and interact with logical, intelligent, humans.

This thread made me laugh out loud at my desk!

Blue_playwright

(1,568 posts)
35. no kidding...
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 06:01 PM
Feb 2019

I miss the time when watching the SOTU had eye-candy center-stage. Smart, kind, hip and good looking. PBO has it all. And Dolt45 has nothing. I hope seeing this online this week is eating at him. Cause you know, like a crazy ex-girlfriend, he totally cyber stalks the Obamas.

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
40. I bet he doesn't need to take Crestor.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 08:22 PM
Feb 2019

His BMI is obviously well under 25.0, possibly a 20.0.
He can actually walk a golf course.
He doesn't wear a dead rodent on his head and the look is simply handsome without AquaNet.

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