# Awesome, candid photoset from Election Night from Obama **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722 "2008-11-07T21:51:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/1 "2008-11-07T21:51:04Z")
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/sets/72157608716313371/comments/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/sets/72157608716313371/comments/) ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/2 "2008-11-07T22:00:32Z")
Michelle Obama has the most perfect eyebrows. Mundane and pointless, but somehow I’d never noticed that before. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/3 "2008-11-07T22:00:44Z")
I thought I was done with the tears in my eyes stuff. Beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/4 "2008-11-07T22:02:41Z")
That really makes you feel a part of something doesn’t it? Really brings it down to everyday americans, human beings. Heck I’m psyched for the guy and for the country. ---
**Author:** ![Jeeves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@Jeeves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeeves)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/5 "2008-11-07T22:08:08Z")
These are nice, and it is so nice to have a president who not only can use technology, but embraces it, and embraces sharing knowledge. I appreciate that these photos are creative commons licensed as well. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/6 "2008-11-07T22:28:19Z")
Oh snap! Obama’s a Mac user! Wait 'til LOUNE hears about this! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/7 "2008-11-07T22:29:48Z")
(I knew there was another great reason why I voted for him.) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/8 "2008-11-07T23:09:01Z")
I spotted my former boss in a crowd shot! Not hard to do as she was the focal point of the picture! ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/9 "2008-11-07T23:43:07Z")
If you click on his name, it’ll take you to every freakin’ picture taken throughout the campaign! (I don’t have a flikr account so maybe this is not news to y’all…!) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/10 "2008-11-07T23:50:21Z")
Those two little girls are just beautiful. I hope they don’t have to sacrifice too much. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/11 "2008-11-08T00:10:10Z")
Wow, that was really cool to see. I hope there’s more of this throughout the next 4 years. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/12 "2008-11-08T00:27:19Z")
I really love [this one](http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/3009095236/in/set-72157608716313371/). Looks like it was taken right after the victory was assured and announced on the news, and Obama himself looks like he can hardly believe it. What a grin! 😃 Also, bonus points for terrorist fist bump. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/13 "2008-11-08T00:53:10Z")
These are awesome, thanks for the link. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/14 "2008-11-08T00:55:59Z")
Beautiful photos. Is anyone else struck by the part where, despite all the blather about family values for the past bazillion years, this is the first time in ages that an actual family is moving into the White House? When the four of them are together, they radiate a sense of family-ness that’s almost palpable. I can’t find the article right now, but yesterday I read that their priority is to keep the girls’ lives as close to normal as possible, so they’ll probably keep making their own beds, taking the lessons and playing the sports they play today, stick to their bedtimes, and maybe keep getting their $1/week allowance. How many other Presidents-elect have walked their kids to school the day after the election? (Gosh, I hope they got to go in late!). Talk about family role models! I just hope they can come close to living up to all of our expectations. Thanks for sharing the link! GT ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/15 "2008-11-08T00:59:37Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > Is anyone else struck by the part where, despite all the blather about family values for the past bazillion years, this is the first time in ages that an actual family is moving into the White House? When the four of them are together, they radiate a sense of family-ness that’s almost palpable. Yeah, we have to go all the way back to the Clintons in 1992. They do seem to exude more “family charm” then any first family in my personal recollection, to be fair. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/16 "2008-11-08T01:02:14Z")
Wow, it is just impossible to take a bad picture of these people, isn’t it? Amazing. Joe Biden’s wife is gorgeous, too. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/17 "2008-11-08T01:14:46Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Oh snap! Obama’s a Mac user! Wait 'til LOUNE hears about this! I looked through the pics, but missed that one. Can you point me to it? I’ve got a buddy who’s a _big_ Mac fan that’s convinced Obama’s going to get us all killed. I _really_ want to mess with his head about Obama winning. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/18 "2008-11-08T01:30:27Z")
> [@jali](#): > > I thought I was done with the tears in my eyes stuff. > > Beautiful. Me too. I am cramping my style with all this open weeping I have been doing lately. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/19 "2008-11-08T01:34:17Z")
Not of Obama, but from one of his rallies and more tear-jerking material: [1000 Words](http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/dintofinley/2008/11/1000-words.php) ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722/20 "2008-11-08T01:36:22Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > I looked through the pics, but missed that one. Can you point me to it? I’ve got a buddy who’s a _big_ Mac fan that’s convinced Obama’s going to get us all killed. I _really_ want to mess with his head about Obama winning. 😃 I found [this one](http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/3009087034/in/set-72157608716313371/) but Obama isn’t holding the laptop. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-candid-photoset-from-election-night-from-obama/471722.md?page=2)