(1) President Obama in Kotzebue, Alaska (Photo by Mark Seliger/Rolling Stone)
(2) Pete Souza: “The President’s daughter Malia stopped by the Oval Office one afternoon to see her dad and, while they were talking, she wiped something from his face.”
(3) Family Portrait (Photo by Pete Souza)
(4) Pete Souza: “The President greets nine-month-old Josephine Gronniger, whose father, Tim Gronniger, brought his family by the Oval Office for a family photo.”
(5) Pete Souza: “An amusing moment as the President made a last minute plea with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., following their meeting at the White House.”
(6) The late Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s daughter, Malana, reaches up to President Obama next to her sister Eliana, right, as their mother Jennifer hugs first lady Michelle Obama after the president eulogized Rev. Pinckney during funeral services at the College of Charleston TD Arena in Charleston, S.C. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
(7) Pete Souza: “The Obama family and Biden family greet Pope Francis as he arrives in the United States for the first time at Joint Base Andrews.”
(8) Vice President Biden and his granddaughter Finnegan Biden tour the Dachau concentration camp in Germany with Max Mannheimer, a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor (Photo by David Lienemann)
(9) Touring the Panama Canal Miraflores Locks in Ancon, Panama (Photo by Pete Souza)
(10) Pete Souza: “Throughout the first half of the year, the President met often with our team during the P5+1 negotiations with Iran. Several times he conducted secure video conferences from the Situation Room while the negotiators were on the ground in Switzerland.”
The Obama Diary 
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You. Congrats GGail on #1! 🙂
Thanks HF
Good way to end the year, eh?
Yeh You! Congrats! 😀
Thanks Dudette 🙂
Congrats GGail!
Hi there carolmae, thanks 🙂
Shenanigans!
I slid in when you were distracted with your get rich scheme
Apparently.
😀
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My vote is in the Lead, it’s also the only vote 😀 😀 😀
😆 Bet you voted for 11!
Smart azz 😀 😀
Although I did scroll up to see *if* there was a #11
Ha ha!1!1!
😀
Howdy!
YES!!
WOW! All of these pictures are amazing, I absolutely love #2 and #5.
#4 is heartmeltingly yummy, but I didn’t vote for that one, cuz… #1!!! 😀
Rev Pinckney’s daughter reaching for the President….is so heartrending….
It is a lovely one. Maybe VC aka Cheaty McCheatystack could stack the votes for that one.
😆 😆 😆
That was my pick Prettyfoot, it’s just stunning.
yesssssss
Happy New Year from Lurkerland (aka Iowa). A day of massive emotions here – early this morning, my dad passed away after a lengthy illness. 😦 Yet today is my last day at work, as I am retiring after 31 years. 🙂 The timing didn’t quite work out on that one. My dad was a pretty liberal 87.5 year old Democrat, I definitely will miss discussing politics with him!
Peace be with you….Sorry for your loss.
Oh wow {{{{muscatinegal}}}}, I bet you do have a tidal wave of emotions rolling inside you today. Take it slow and remember your dad is no longer in any pain or discomfort. You will always have him with you in your heart and your memories.
Then may you enjoy retirement and all it has to offer.
So sorry muscatinegal. Hope you were able to spend a lot of quality time with your dad this year. I imagine you were hoping that once you retired you could spend even more time with him, I am so sorry. He is at peace but always with you…..
Wow, muscatinegal, you’re going it through some major life changes all at once. I’m happy for you in your retirement. 31 years is a very long time. I hope you found it rewarding and will be able to pursue new passions and live happily in the months and years to come.
I’m very sorry to hear about your Dad. May the love of your family and close friends surround you with warm and loving memories.
Remember to take very good care of yourself – mind, body, and spirit. Be at peace. Be well.
Thanks all for your kind wishes. A strange thing happened – I woke up at 1:53AM, which is very out of the ordinary for me. Later found out that’s about when my dad passed away. Perhaps he was thinking of me then. 🙂
So sorry {{muscatinegal}}, may he rest in peace.
yes he was….
Blessings to you and your family
muscatinegal, I had that same thing happen to me. My mom was in the hospital and she wasn’t doing well at all. For some reason, I don’t know what it was but I woke up at 4:00 a.m. and something told me to call her hospital room, the nurse informed me that she had just passed and that they were in the process of calling me. I felt she was at peace when she passed away.
Blessings to you Muscatine gal. Loss of a parent is excruciating. Sounds like you and he had a great relationship, which will be a huge comfort to you as days pass.
Hugs to you, muscatinegal. And eternal peace to your father.
Blessings and healing to you and your family. We are so connected to loved ones.
Oh, muscatinegal, I can’t imagine what a difficult time this is for you. No matter how much you may think you’re prepared for the loss of a parent, it’s still a terrible blow. And changing the pattern of a lifetime is a serious adjustment. Please allow yourself time to grieve and to find your way in this time of transition. And please, please, let us know how you are.
I’m so sorry for your loss. May he RIP. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Wishing you the best in retirement.
Sorry for the loss of your Dad. May RIP. and Congrats on retiring. It can be fun. Please take care of you and your family. (((hugs))).
condolences. so sorry for your loss.
What a wonderful way to get to the finish line, muscatinegal, Your father can be proud of the fine person he helped bring into the world.
Happy New Year…..Let’s hope.
Funny you should post this Yardarm, because a dear friend of mine just recently did the Snoopy dance at a holiday get-together 🙂
Whatever floats the boat, eh? 😆
eh in_deed. Happy New Year my brother ❤
Love it! Happy New Year, Sailor Friend! 😀
{{{9t9}}}.
Hello, TODable TOD Community 😉
Happy New Year!
Wow.
So many Photographs, Thank you Lady Chips!
Congrats to all the Au ⭐ winners, starting with the Fine Post and several posts since last night.
Fantastic!
It is impossible to make a selection from the 10 Pictures above. I ❤ ❤ ❤ them all 😉
I am so glad that PBO and family has had several years now to have a peaceful and uneventful Xmas & New Year holiday vacation.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TOD FAMILY. I AM SIGNING OFF BUT WILL BE LURKING.
Happy New Year dear JoJothecat ❤
Sen Murphy from the Constitution State, Connecticut has been tweeting out ever one of the 372 mass shootings in 2015. No doubt that he has help…….but what a dedication.
https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT
He’s now on Dec 2nd.
Yep, noticed that. He’s awesome!
Decided to tell him. Thanks Nena!
😎
Great Job, Dudette 😉
Thanks Nena!
Well done, Dudette!!
Thanks Bob!
Dudette, you have a gift for doing the right thing, just as you always add the right music just when it’s needed. I think it’s some extra special empathy.
Aw, thanks so much {{{ jackiegrumbacher }}}
Well said and many thanks for the link sweet lady.
And in Conclusion
This is my all time favorite, number 1 photo of the year. It just says everything about our leader, his family and our country.
Right beside you jg! Best of the year.
Could not agree more, JackieG!!!
Happy New Year to you and your loved ones!
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Thank you Lynn!!
Happy New Year to your and your loved ones!
The Queen’s New Year Honors list has been announced, and once again, several leading British actors have been awarded for their services to drama.
http://www.people.com/article/idris-elba-recieves-obe-award
Golden Globe nominees Idris Elba and David Oyelowo are both to be awarded an OBE. Elba, 43, known for his role in the hit BBC crime drama Luther, has described the honor as “beyond special,” while Oyelowo, who played Martin Luther King Jr. in 2014’s Selma, explained why the award has particular sentimental meaning.
With 1,196 people on this year’s list, which recognizes the achievements and services of extraordinary people across the United Kingdom, more than three-quarters of recipients have undertaken outstanding work in their communities.
NOTE: I think we should bring Chipsticks’ outstanding work in her community to the Queen’s attention. Chips deserves to receive this award too!
Aw, that’s wonderful! I’m very happy to see Idris and David O. receive such recognition!
I like the idea about our Chips too! 🙂
Dudette, I thought of you when I saw this article 🙂
Really? I wonder why. 😉
His first name begins with an I and his last name begins with an E.
Do you need any more vowels to solve this?
Ian Eagle?
Who????!!!!!!
Hahahahahahaha Don, it that a real person/actor?
You’re famous for making schit up! 😀
He’s an American Football broadcaster.
LOL! 😀
I guess they’re gonna call it “The You-Shall-Not-P*ss Act”
Man, these haters really need to find jobs/hobbies that don’t involve obsessing over other folks’ body parts.
small govt hard at work… do they HEAR themselves?
They hear nothing. They know nothing.
How is this going to work, are they planning on following people into the restroom and see what they pull out and go from there.
Letter to Ayla. Your parents gave you a power name whether or not they knew it. Check out the ‘Clan of the Cave Bear’ series. Fiction,,,yes. Anthropological….highly probable..
Don’t read the comments. I swear sometimes I wish there was a way where, one day of the year, you could take one good shot at either bopping stupid, mean people on the head with a nerf bat or making bird poop drop on their heads from the comfort of your computer screen.
“making bird poop drop on their heads from the comfort of your computer screen”
This suggestion gets my vote Dudette
Dudette, I stop reading the comment sections a long time ago for any article about the Obamas. Haters, sit and wait for anything concerning the Obamas, so that they can post hateful comments. It is so sad.
It really is said. I get to work out my block button finger though. < Silver lining.
*sad*
For 4 billion dollars I might add.
Dang George! Maybe you shouldn’t have done that. You and Ted Turner oughta have drinks together!
Trust me, this guy has much more to say, he’s dying to open his mouth.
So a white guy sells something for 4 billion dollars and the word slavery somehow ends up in the conversation. Sometimes I just don’t know, I really don’t.
I was able to finally watch the Video from last night……1963 Corvette and All 😉
Fantastic!
OMG! I just busted out laughing when he said that. 😀
“Sizable percentage” of the Congress is crazy.
I fixed it for you, O.
That too!
Tacky actor/comedian David Spade is probably having a mini meltdown at the success of Seinfeld’s episode with President Obama – HA!
He’s a “Has-Been” Hater. Screw him!
Well he isn’t as crazy as Victoria Jackson. Something must be in the water at SNL.
I don’t know who Victoria Jackson is – will google her now…
David Spade
Dennis Miller
Victoria Jackson
All of them were on SNL at one point in time and now all of the them are haters.
Yeah, all completely cuckoo. Lorne Michaels is a Republican.
Joe Piscopo is now trending into that Crazy Train……from Liberal to GOPerlite to now Indy.
Not Joe Piscopo! His Sinatra was the best!
I believe Jon Lovitz is in that club too.
You can’t tell with Jon Lovitz, I don’t know if its an act with him.
Not an act. Google “Jon Lovitz, Obama”
Here she is
Victoria Jackson has led an interesting life which began with a very strict religious upbringing and led to cast membership on Saturday Night Live and then to the ranks of conservative Americans who have joined the Tea Party. Unfortunately, she leaves too many gaps for the reader to fill in. She talks about the bad treatment she received from fellow cast members Jan Hooks and Nora Dunn on SNL but does not go into detail. She tries to explain how her religious faith caused her to turn her back on the liberal anything-goes attitudes of Hollywood but again, we needed more detail.
Even those of us who are sympathetic to her cause and agree with what she says need to understand what exactly turned her head around and set her on the path to conservatism. This book just doesn’t do that. “Is My Bow Too Big? How I went from SNL to the Tea Party”
I guess she got seduced by the dark side.
Am sure Putin & Erdogan are close to, if not # 1 & 2, on the list …. with a pack of Arab kings in the top 10 ….
Woooooooot! 😎
Thanks meta! I now want to read “The Whites”
I will not google the other books for fear I will want to read them too and I don’t have enough time for all of these and TOD too 🙂
Inorite? I’m going to pick up Fates and Furies soon.
Only in 3 states……that Gas is above $2:00
Thanks, Pres Obama!
Fuzzy science.
Sometimes the fuzziness makes things interesting. 🙂
Vote!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/31/photo-of-the-year-wildcards-part-2/
CHANGE is afoot!!
Its a bad year for Daesh! New Leader for 2