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Obama Bans Topless Photos

No more hunky 'buff Bam'

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 30, 2010 2:24 AM CST | Updated Dec 30, 2010 6:40 AM CST

(Newser) – President Obama is apparently getting shy (or flabby?) in his advancing years as president. Reporters have been given strict instructions not to snap pics of a topless president while he's vacationing in Hawaii, reports the New York Times. That means no more hunka-hunka shots and no more memorable headlines like the New York's Post's "Buff Bam is Hawaii Hunk" after Obama was snapped shirtless several times while vacationing as president-elect.

A modestly dressed President Barack Obama smiles with a shave Ice on vacation in Kailua, Hawaii.
A modestly dressed President Barack Obama smiles with a shave Ice on vacation in Kailua, Hawaii.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Younger prez didn't seem to mind the last shirt-free photos.
Younger prez didn't seem to mind the last shirt-free photos.   (YouTube)
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COMMENTS
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Angelique
Dec 30, 2010 4:56 PM CST
I'll bet he's getting flabby, and I'll bet it was Michelle who ordered the ban. "Barack, you can't let the kids of America see that you're eating doughnuts instead of vegetables! No more shirtless pics until you start eating your spinach!"
Ucantusethatname
Dec 30, 2010 1:19 PM CST
I'd prefer that he ban tax cheats from cabinet positions.
aprilalison
Dec 30, 2010 12:57 PM CST
Really dude? You're in a public position in a public place. Sure, limit whatever you want at your own home, but you elected to be in a very public position. If you're in a public place, people have the right to take your picture, regardless of what you're wearing. I'm sure Clinton wasn't real keen on people taking pictures of him stopping for a Big Mac (http://tinyurl.com/billclintonpic), but he took it in stride like a man and didn't ban photos of him eating. Were Obama to see the press and give them a little wink and a smile, even a light flex, he would come across as so human and endearing, but instead he comes across as elitist and not in touch with reality. Seriously dude, get a clue. He is acting like he doesn't even want a second term.

 
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