Election Issues Today

Presidential Pecs - Putin Put on Notice - New Prez no Puss

This is pretty much a throw-away blog.  Presidential photos of bare chests are hardly the material of serious politics.

Could there be an underlying message…an unspoken way of matching the Putin propensity for public display of muscle?  A warning that the new U.S. Prez is ready to match Putin…pec for pec?

Political ploys or plots?   Will Russia “test” the new President? Do the photographers care?  The press seems preoccupied with pecs and potential photo ops.  Thankfully, the Obama vacation in Hawaii managed to keep a low key for the family…for the most part.  I, at least, haven’t seen any swim suit photos of Mrs. Obama or the girls.

Could the press photographers and paparazzi giving the new first family a break?  Sort of a “honeymoon” from the constant attention of the past year?   I guess the Obama family will really never be the same, will they? Not for the next four years, or eight years, or twenty-eight years.  They are now part of the World stage, part of the story of our World’s civilization.

Like the Kennedy’s and to a lesser degree, the Clintons and the Bushes, this family’s image has entered the public consciousness around the globe.  Let’s just hope that the image remains favorable.