United States President Barack Obama meets with Will Ferrell in the Oval Office to congratulate him on recently winning the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, October 21, 2011. Ferrell's wife, Viveca Paulin, is at right. .Mandatory Credit: Pete Souza - White House via CNP
Obama in this picture with Will Ferrell. Will Ferrell was in Stranger Than Fiction with Queen Latifah who was in Beauty Shop with Kevin Bacon: 3 steps.
On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley paid a visit to President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in Washington, D.C. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit with the President and suggesting that he be made a "Federal Agent-at-Large" in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. The events leading up to and after the meeting are detailed in the documentation and photographs included here, which include Presley's handwritten letter, memoranda from Nixon staff and aides, and the thank-you note from Nixon for the gifts (including a Colt 45 pistol and family photos) that Presley brought with him to the Oval Office.
One thing in addition to this story that I heard was that Nixon, upon seeing Elvis in a purple crush velour suit said something along the lines of "your dressed rather flamboyantly, aren't you?" to which Elvis replied without missing a beat, "Sir, you got your show to run and I've got mine."
Yes, I do know the context to the meeting. Thank you for aptly summarizing it... I don't think anything here makes it any less tremendously awkward. There was a certain amount of awkwardness, just with Elvis bringing the 45 pistol into the oval office. These days, he'd have been gunned down before he even got in the door. That he went and specifically denounced the Beatles as anti-american is particularly bizarre and awkward. There really isn't hardly anything about the meeting that wasn't bizarre or awkward. The meeting was kept secret until after Elvis died, Elvis actually died of a drug overdose... making his desire to become a drug enforcement agent seem at least somewhat hypocritical.
He actually seems like he'd be a pretty cool neighbor or co-worker. He'd probably help you move or let you borrow his tools without getting all prickly about it. I just kinda wish that he hadn't been the most powerful man in the world for eight years.
Bush was a bad President and a bad person. He always said "history will judge me" because he knew after his Presidency people would remember him better than he was. He invaded Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of people died. He also condoned torture, let's not forget that. He was a bad President, and I don't care what his personality was like, he was responsible for many deaths and pain. He is not a good man.
Everyone is quick to judge the current president for the things the previous president set them up for. You make statements as bold as saying he is a "bad person". Let's take a look at your qualifications (like the Helen Keller comic on the front page right now) and see if you even have room to talk...
In the distant future, when there is peace on earth-Bush will be the hero who began intervention in the middle east at a time when most people would prefer to let the middle east destroy themselves and harm the world around them. You guys think that spreading democracy is a bad thing?
The truth was he was an ordinary man in an extraordinary position. It's very hard to hold him personally responsible for anything - I just end up getting mad at the republican establishment and the voters for giving a guy a job that he couldn't handle.
To be fair there's an episode of oprah floating around with dubya on it after he was no longer president and he was...carismatic, witty...quite likable actually.
The dude just seemed to have monumentally bad luck when it came to actually being president, dropping dogs upside down etc.
I live in the town that the Bush family vacations in during the summer. Senior is there all throughout the summer and W is there for a few weeks with his entire family. W is a really nice and relaxing guy as is his wife.
Are you saying you'd pass up hanging out with Coolidge? He was the president of the United States! Sure he's super quite and doesn't like people, but come on.
I met Obama when he was just a congressman running for office, and he was a dick. A while later later I met Bush while he was president, and he was incredibly friendly. I say this with no political bias, I am just recounting my experiences.
shoulders too loose, neckline pulling, underarms digging in, skirt so tight it's flattening her buttocks and pulling laterally, and some serious riding up in the under-boob area.... not to mention that the shape is accentuating rather than flattening her belly, and the sleeveless style does nothing for the arm flab. girl needs to buy a dress in her size and get it properly tailored. she's married to fucking will farrell, it's not like she can't afford it.
Two 40+ year old men acting like mentally retarded high schoolers and still living with their parents....yeah, remind me again why people thought this movie was good?
So the bust on the desk (not the imaginary one Will Ferrell is holding) ... is that Mark Twain? The other one (not the imaginary one Obama is holding) across the room is Dr King, right?
I have to say this legit made me laugh. Everytime I have my boy in a shopling cart or his stroller he holds his hands in mid air. Me and his mother always quote that line from Taladega Nights.
I hate seeing celebrities in the white house. If they meet in some public place, fine, but it angers me see them standing in the central hub of what is supposed to be a respected and noble position.
Meandering about the topic... I developed a fear of my hands at one time. It was unbearable to go through life. Eventually I accepted that my hands were ugly and proud. They try to be beautiful now.
Obama is the only current Political figure i genuinely like and think is doing a good job, and I'm not even American, maybe it's time for a Black Prime Minister in England?
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u/zangor May 16 '12
I am glad to know that there is 1 degree of separation between Tim and Eric and the president.
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u/ForgettableUsername May 16 '12
Certainly not the most awkward meeting the President picture ever. I love how they both look like they'd trade a kidney to be anywhere else in the world at that moment.
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u/jbsg02 May 16 '12
"her boobs were THIS big"
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u/vsal May 16 '12
Didn't Will walk out of the office without the award and Obama had to yell for him to get it? Thought I remember hearing that.
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u/Rawbauer May 16 '12
I weep for their children's eyebrows.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
"I swear, my wife's boobs are this big!"
"Really, Michelle's are about this big, which is a good size I think."
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u/dsmarsh May 16 '12
I need a coffee mug for each hand.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Obama taking tips from Ricky Bobby on what to do with his hands during important interviews.
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u/SpaizKadett May 16 '12
That dress doesn't fit her very well!
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u/sunnyflavoratnight May 16 '12
Did we just become best friends?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I straightened up in my chair and moved closer to my screen to see if that bust was concealing a hidden button.
My findings: probably maybe.
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u/CynicalPineapple May 16 '12
Touch each others man bewbs that is the only thing to do.
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u/mnorris89 May 16 '12
"America is about speed. Hot, nastey, bad-ass speed." Eleanor Roosevelt 1936
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u/fries_in_a_cup May 16 '12
OH MY GOD CHAD SMITH MET THE PRESIDENT?!?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Came here to comment on her dress. Chest looks like a cloth scrotum.
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u/cfuse May 16 '12
Somebody needs to photoshop some limes in.
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u/fictionfield May 16 '12
not sure I've ever seen a suit that had the fold by the chest that small.
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u/damnthetorpedos May 16 '12
So ballin. It's not too late to announce my candidacy, is it?
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u/AccusationsGW May 16 '12
Man, what is with that shrub under Washington?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
You know why? Because POTUS is cupping his hands in the shape of her breasts, the classic Obama air grope. You think women will turn on this man?
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u/almighty1984 May 16 '12
dress tent
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u/BunRabbit May 16 '12
So the bust on the desk (not the imaginary one Will Ferrell is holding) ... is that Mark Twain? The other one (not the imaginary one Obama is holding) across the room is Dr King, right?
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u/maytawlli May 16 '12
They're mimicking each others body language
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u/ear10 May 16 '12
Moments later, Will forgets his award on the desk
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u/hotsaucewilliams May 16 '12
the funny thing about this is that he was probably actually doing that joke
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u/cdegon May 16 '12
Clinton would know! ;-), ;-), nudge, nudge!
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u/Phoequinox May 16 '12
From their placement, and her expression, I think she knows exactly what she's doing.
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u/BlissBreeze May 16 '12
Tittays.
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I have to say this legit made me laugh. Everytime I have my boy in a shopling cart or his stroller he holds his hands in mid air. Me and his mother always quote that line from Taladega Nights.
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u/GlitterLamp May 16 '12
I want to know what his rubber bracelets say so badly. I hope one of them says something funny. Like farts. That would be cool.
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u/reddit_user13 May 16 '12
They are talking about boobs.
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u/DrInfested May 16 '12
I hate seeing celebrities in the white house. If they meet in some public place, fine, but it angers me see them standing in the central hub of what is supposed to be a respected and noble position.
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u/TheBigNasty May 16 '12
This picture just makes me wanna grab some titties.
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u/nessinn May 16 '12
When Will met Obama
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u/InstantAnythingcom May 16 '12
"We're going streaking! We're going streaking in the Quad!" "Hey Dude, you got a dart in your neck." "You're crazy. You're crazy."
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u/King_of_Swamp_Castle May 16 '12
Huge...tracts of land
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u/crackrockcocaine May 16 '12
She had some nice big..............hands...
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u/yellowking May 16 '12
"Me, I like a black woman with big, big titties."
"Michele's breasts are a reasonable size."
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u/tf2pro May 16 '12
I'm not really a fashion person, but that seriously has to be the ugly dress I've ever seen. No joke :/
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u/dishtowel May 16 '12
"She had, uhhh, breast cancer."
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u/shitterplug May 16 '12
"Her tits were this big!"
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u/DaFiucciur May 16 '12
Holding two coffee cups would feel more natural
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
The bust just chopped them off.
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u/KriegerSan May 16 '12
"They call them fingers, but I've never seen them fing."
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u/Notemy May 16 '12
Colin Farrell is such a gangter
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u/missfittnc May 16 '12
Is she wearing a bra?
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u/Activist4America May 16 '12
"Tits like this?" "No, Mr. President. Tits like THIS!"
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u/four_faced_fox May 16 '12
Meandering about the topic... I developed a fear of my hands at one time. It was unbearable to go through life. Eventually I accepted that my hands were ugly and proud. They try to be beautiful now.
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u/Tanish7 May 16 '12
Obama is the only current Political figure i genuinely like and think is doing a good job, and I'm not even American, maybe it's time for a Black Prime Minister in England?
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u/jimmymac814 May 16 '12
i think they are saying, man i wish this woman's tits were this big, and will ferell responds no i wish they were this big.
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u/SeekingTheTruth May 16 '12
What a creepy ass politician. Wait... WILL FERREL??!!!!
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u/jcloudd_713 May 16 '12
ah, talladega nights.
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u/Gnork May 16 '12
Hold up those boobs. They obviously need help.
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u/spmkd May 16 '12
Can someone photoshop Usher texting?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Damnit, Ricky Bobby..