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Sasha in Oval Office Evokes John-John

Photo of youngest Obama visiting Dad echoes Camelot image

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 3, 2009 1:38 PM CDT

(Newser) – A new photo released by the White House shows Sasha Obama sneaking up on her dad from behind an Oval Office couch—recalling an iconic image of John Kennedy Jr. hiding under his dad’s desk in 1963. That picture became part of the Kennedy family’s "‘Camelot’ image," writes Eliot Sefton for the First Post. The new picture was taken last month and appears on the White House’s Flickr site.

It’s “neat timing” to release such an image, a DC observer says. It follows the death of Ted Kennedy and coincides with a White House effort to bring back the upbeat feeling of the inauguration.

Sasha hides behind a couch in the Oval Office.
Sasha hides behind a couch in the Oval Office.   (Flickr's Official White House Photo Stream)
John Kennedy Jr. playing in the Oval Office at the White House, Washington, DC, October 15, 1963.
John Kennedy Jr. playing in the Oval Office at the White House, Washington, DC, October 15, 1963.   (Getty Images)
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COMMENTS
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serfinWI
Sep 5, 2009 12:27 PM CDT
for what? That's how Democrats think, in metaphors, not real life.
serfinWI
Sep 5, 2009 10:51 AM CDT
Or flunks the bar over and over
nick
Sep 4, 2009 11:23 AM CDT
Go easy, it's a metaphor.
 

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