President Obama, Pundit Kitchen says, “You’re Welcome”
At Cheezburger, our mission is to make everyone happy for five minutes a day. Often, around the office, we’ll say something to he effect of “we’re not ending world hunger, but that doesn’t mean our work isn’t important”.
Every few weeks we get an e-mail like the one we got last week from a fan of our site who has been sharing our stuff with a friend who’s been in the hospital for five weeks….it’s been cheering her up.
Or, once I met a fan of our site who told me the primary way he communicated with his 17 year old daughter was through LOLcats.
And then, today, I found out that one of our pictures made it all the way to Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States!
From the book Game Change which gives an inside account of the 2008 presidential campaign:
Obama attempted to retain his balance through the outbreak of Palinmania. When his team’s first instinct was to criticize Palin’s selection, he dialed them back. He counseled them repeatedly to keep their eyes (and train their fire) on the top of the ticket. When Jarrett informed him of a series of meetings she’d had in New York with frantic Democrats in that first week after the conventions, Obama said, “Just tell them to calm down.”
A couple of days later, Jarrett received a viral email that pictured Obama staring forward sternly and pointing in the direction of the camera. Above his head were the words “EVERYONE CHILL THE FUCK OUT,” and below that, the message “I GOT THIS!” She forwarded it to Obama.
“That’s what I was trying to tell you!” Obama replied.
That picture came from one of Cheezburger’s sites, Pundit Kitchen. How cool is that?!
Caption by Barack2thefuture
lol.. obama rocks:)
bob forton
16 May 10 at 2:13 pm