a year ago today…..

Ted Kennedy – February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009

“grandma? guess who i met today?”

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet people as they arrive for lunch at Nancy’s Restaurant in Martha’s Vineyard in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, August 25

on course

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President Barack Obama plays golf at the Mink Meadows Golf Club, in Vineyard Haven, Mass., on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Wednesday, Aug. 25

crest of a wave

First lady Michelle Obama waves at the crowd while her husband orders from a window at Nancy’s Restaurant in Martha’s Vineyard

executive order

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama order from a window at Nancy’s Restaurant in Martha’s Vineyard

crowd-puller

President Barack Obama goes to lunch at Nancy’s in Oak Bluffs August 25, 2010 while vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard

to date

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama leave State Road restaurant in West Tisbury, Mass., after dinner with Vernon Jordan and other friends on Tuesday, Aug. 24

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ain’t that the truth?

teabaggers rip elisabeth posters from their walls

From an interview with The View’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Does Barack Obama give off such an air confidence that he puts an interviewer at ease?

Hasselbeck: The president is an incredibly cool guy. We were able to go backstage with him [after the show] in our Green Room and talk about how everything seemed pretty orderly with him there and how comfortable everyone was. And there was definitely a moment – I mean, he and I looked at each other, and I remember him answering my question and I could see the intensity in his eyes. He wasn’t just answering me, he was sending through me a message to the American people that felt special.

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