PHOTOS A Rainbow World!

[Jackeens]

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama With World Leaders at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, Sept. 23



Alhaji Dr. Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, President of the Republic of The Gambia




Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, and his wife, Mrs. Djoudi Hadjir




Toomas Hendrik Ilves President of the Republic of Estonia, and his wife, Mrs. Evelin Ilves




Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, and his wife, Mrs. Koroma




Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon, and his wife, Mrs. Chantal Biya




Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan, and his wife, Mrs. Miyuki Hatoyama




Marcus Stephen, M.P. President of the Republic of Nauru




Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal




T.H. Milo Djukanovic Prime Minister of Montenegro, and his wife, Mrs. Djukanovic




Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, and her daughter, Saima Hossain




Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, and H.H. Sheikha Mozah




Madhav Kumar Nepal, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, and Mrs. Nepal :shrug:




Minister of Foreign Affairs King-Akerele of the Republic of Liberia




Y.B. Datuk Anifah bin Haji Aman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, and Datin Siti Rubiah Abdulsamad




Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, and his wife, Mrs. Erdogan




Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam, and H.R.H. Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Zariah




Apisai Ielemia, Prime Minister of Tuvalu, and his wife, Lady Ielemia


Lots more at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/


And, of course, the Spanish Prime Minister's goth daughters :-)

[NoSheep]

1. Beautiful photos! Thank you so very much for posting them. I am so

proud that I have a President who can embrace all people as equals better than most of those who have represented our country.

:toast:

[roguevalley]

17. I love these! Obama's smile never changes and Michelle is textbook

on how to stand in heels and a dress. Lovely stuff.

[drmeow]

39. Not only does his smile never change

it looks sincere in every single photo. He really looks genuinely happy to be there - and I think its because he IS genuinely happy to be there.

[PopSixSquish]

2. Aw - The New Prime Minister of Japan and His Wife are Adorable!

and Mrs. Chantal Biya is working that outfit for all it's worth...

[goclark]

23. I was going to say the same thing~

and Mrs. Blya looks like she is some hotnumber.

Bet she spent 5 days picking out the right dress for that moment.

I would not have picked it for her but she was rocking it!

[tabatha]

3. Just gorgeous! Thanks!

And Michelle looks fabulous.

[Schema Thing]

4. what stunningly bad lighting.

[drmeow]

40. Yeah, I noticed that, too n/t

[onehandle]

5. This is proof that Obama is a elitist who cannot relate to the common man.

Look who he hangs out with.

World leaders? Foreigners?

Joe 'Wal-Mart' wouldn't be seen with them.

Or wear clean underwear.

[Bobbie Jo]

6. It's a world of laughter, a world of tears......

It's a Small World After All. :grouphug:

[charlie and algernon]

7. The Leaders of Montenegro and Qatar married some serious hotties

and for the counter, I love that Tuvalo can elect two overweight frumpy people. Unfortunately they would never have a shot here in the US.

[OneGrassRoot]

8. Seriously....

Can't you imagine Jon Stewart or Colbert showing a slide show of these images? I could hear their voices commenting as I looked at the images of these world leaders and spouses.

(The images are beautiful, btw...thanks for sharing. And, POTUS and FLOTUS are consistently classy and stunningly attractive, IMHO.)

Still, am I the only evil one or did anyone else have laugh-out-loud moments as I scrolled down?

All in good fun, realizing that beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder, it's only skin deep, and other applicable sayings. ;)

I nearly had a Depends moment when I saw the :shrug: inserted after the Nepal picture. I'd love to know what Michelle and POTUS were thinking when some of these people walked up.

:hi:

[Voice for Peace]

60. laughed out loud, yes

what a fascinating collection of short and tall people in funny clothes, with all sorts of expressions

[alsame]

9. How beautiful these pictures are. Thank you Jackeens. nt

[mopinko]

10. those poor short people!

just sayin'.

beautiful thread. man, am i proud of our potus.

[Raven]

11. Just thinking the same thing...B&M are taller that everybody! n/t

[nyc 4 Biden]

13. X

T.H. Milo Djukanovic has Obama beat by a couple ".

[Saphire]

12. that was my thought too! It's also a short world.

[rainbow4321]

43. My daughter went to the UK this summer

and was clothes shopping in a town more or less in the countryside..she's 5 foot 8 with realllly long arms/legs.
Now, granted her grandmother dragged her into a women's store and not a teenager shop but she couldn't find anything that had sleeves longer than her mid forearm. If she did find something that fit sleevewise it fit like a huge loose balloon around her waist. She said that she felt REALLY tall and towered over everyone in the crowds that they went thru.
I think she did finally find something she liked that actually FIT but it was in a store for younger people and it took a while to find!

[ecstatic]

32. I know. I wonder if it seems awkward at times...being so much taller

[mopinko]

38. for most ordinary human, i am sure it is.

for them? ha

[BlooInBloo]

36. Yah - I always forget how short much of the world is.

[Rozlee]

47. "Poor" short people? Thems fightin' words !

I'm 4'11" and weigh 110 lbs. although in my misspent youth I weighed mostly around 96 lbs. When I bemoaned my short stature to my mother, she just winked and said, " You'll have twice the men to choose from. You'll be able to date the short good-looking men as well as the tall good-looking ones." She was right! And it was fuuuun! :)

[Patiod]

69. I hate short girls

they steal all the good tall men!

the only advantage of being almost 6' is that I can reach over little people at a bar and get my drink.

Small consolation for you stealing all the tall guys, though....

[DevonRex]

14. Michelle's dress is absolutely gorgeous. That's officially my favorite

so far. And wow. Nepal doesn't grow 'em tall does it?

[mimitabby]

15. really nice photos!

it was fun to see what "fashionably dressed" means in different corners of the world!

(I want to see MORE , MORE!)

[polichick]

16. So nice to see - and it's great how cozy some of those women are with the First Lady. nt

[Hutzpa]

18. My God

those photos are all excellent....:wow: the President of Cameroon's wife messes the photo with her sleeping
while standing.....dang!! :P :D otherwise they are all cool pics.

[ellie]

19. Awesome!

[Libertas1776]

20. Hmm...

The Cameroonian Peggy Bundy?

[tosh]

41. But ya know what?

I'll bet Camaroon Peggy is a load of FUN!!

[Number23]

57. LOL!! That woman looks straight crazy

But she looks like she is LOVING life and having a ball. :)

[Confusious]

64. Looks like she ready to start singing a tune to me

[Princess Turandot]

21. There are 134 photos in this album of leaders posing with them! ..

134! They must've been on their feet for at least 90 minutes doing this!

Here's the link to run them as a slideshow to see them all.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/sets/72157622444106644/show/

And world leaders: don't feel bad when you look at your photo: POTUS & FLOTUS looked better than almost everyone!

[Uzybone]

22. Thanks again Jackeens

[donheld]

24. very nice

[nostalgicaboutmyfutr]

25. In most of the images B&M look like cutouts! EOM

[Thrill]

26. Apparently the Spanish PMs daughters photo should have never been posted

UH OH

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93054?fp=1

[Hutzpa]

27. And

they should never have been allowed to appear in public like that....looking gothic.

[Crosseyed Jesus]

30. Why Not?

Their parents are obviously too Liberal for some? I prefer them over the fashionably propers of the Bush twins!

[BrklynLiberal]

46. oops. Too bad their wishes were not respected..even if out of ignorance.

[Cha]

28. I just went upstairs to take a pic of a big ol' Rainbow out

my cupola window~

And, here you have all these humanoid rainbows.. Wow, I don't even know where some of these countries are but they certainly have colorful representatives!

Thanks Jackeens~

[Control-Z]

29. Other than the horrible

posture, the goth daughters look beautiful. That posture is part of a "statement", if I'm not mistaken. One of my daughters and her friends all walked around like that for a few years, along with pigeon toes and a most annoying shuffle.

[Voice for Peace]

61. their mom looks like a cool person

[Dangerously Amused]

31. BE-YOO-TEE-FUL pics! And Michelle looks absolutely, stunningly GORGEOUS!

[WestSeattle2]

33. I'm embarrassed to admit I've never heard of a couple of

these countries/territories....perhaps I should log-off DU and do my homework. That said, excellent photos!

FWIW, what's the big deal about Spain's first daughters? What, they're not allowed to be kids?

[Chulanowa]

34. Holy shit, Americans are fucking HUGE

Michelle could eat the Nepalese president in a single damn bite!

[Buzz Clik]

35. Prince Bolkiah is competing with Kim Jong Il for captain of the All-Time Hair Team

[Chulanowa]

37. nah, he just got back from Kentucky

That's his new Daniel Boone-style coonskin cap!

[tomm2thumbs]

56. reminded me of Gilbert Gottfried a little bit

[Justitia]

51. And, he's wearing a b-day party hat, even! LOL -eom

[Catamount]

42. Wonderful stuff!

Thank you so much--I really enjoyed viewing the wonderful, colorful collection of "friends" of the USA and our beautiful first family!

[GreenPartyVoter]

44. Thanks! I enjoyed those very much! :^)

[BrklynLiberal]

45. Great pics. Love the First Lady's dress....

Thanks for posting...

[Hamlette]

48. So that's how Obama finds the time. He sends a cardboard cutout to events like this so he can fix

real problems.

Clever

(no, really, except for the hands, doesn't it look like cardboard Obama?)

[Justitia]

50. I had the same thought! That MUST be a cardboard cutout of the POTUS!

Great pics, as per usual Jackeens! Thank you so much!

[Patiod]

70. Another thing to criticize Obama for (true - from wingnut sources)

"he looks the same in all the pictures"

So....our President is able to muster a smile and get through a day with WORLD LEADERS without gakking or walking into a door or giving anyone an unwanted massage, and that's NOT A GOOD THING???????????!!!!!!!!!!!

[defendandprotect]

49. FL Michelle looks lovely -- beautiful dress, beautiful color -- perfect for her -!

[Oeditpus Rex]

52. Makes me think of the last line in 'Crazy People':

"Because Americans are just too damn tall." :D

[angee_is_mad]

53. The Fashionastas brought out the platforms

so as to not be overshadowed by Michelle. It didn't work because she likes GORGEOUS!!!

To see what I mean check out pics #5,9,10.

[PBS Poll-435]

54. Rec #51!

:D

[firedupdem]

55. Wow!!! Beautiful....

Michelle's dress is perfect! Love it! They look great...can't help it but I giggled at some of those folks. Very nice pictures!!

[proteus_lives]

58. Wow! Makes you realize how tall the Obamas are!

Very cool!

[PBass]

59. I LOVE THIS THREAD

And this is the type of thread that would make the typical Right Winger's head explode (to see all those 'coloreds' in positions of power).

Feel good thread of the week!!!!!

[Voice for Peace]

62. this one cracked me up

the expression on the husband's face


also, those Estonians are TALL

[Confusious]

65. You could fit two obamas in that guy

And a third in his mustache.

[Confusious]

63. Two things

People are funny, even presidents and their wives

And If I had to smile that much, my face would hurt.

[BJ10]

66. I know, I'm shallow...

But I gotta say, Mrs. Djukanovic and H.H. Sheikha Mozah are HOT!

[4_TN_TITANS]

67. HTF does Michelle keep the exact same smile pic after pic?

She's had some serious coaching in how to model.

[Jennicut]

68. Aww, the goth daughters are cute.

Also, Michelle is so beautiful here...wonderful smile, great dress.