HONOLULU - Look out, ladies. Barack Obama has taken his shirt off in public again.
The 47-year-old senator from Illinois, who created a minor sensation with a shirtless photo on his last trip to Hawaii, stripped down to his trunks on Thursday for an impromptu body surfing excursion.
Obama and a few friends waded into the water and sportily rode a few waves to the delight of other beach revelers. Earlier in the day he went snorkeling with his family.
Despite the hectic schedule of being the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Obama works out regularly and plays basketball to stay fit.
People magazine published a photo of the buff-looking senator emerging from the ocean in January 2007 on a page with other Hollywood stars.
His vacation here this week was Obama’s first return to his childhood home — his grandmother still lives in Hawaii — in nearly two years.
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Photo credit: Reuters/Hugh Gentry (Obama welcomes the crowd at Keehi Lagoon Park in Honolulu, Hawaii)
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Try this headline and story… Obama vacationing in Hawaii, suspected to shower COMPLETELY NAKED.
You title is like giggling that he has nipple then you add a photo of Barack with a shirt on. Jeez, great photojournalism!
- Posted by Curtis SpanglerWow! Obama must be the first guy ever to take his shirt off while swimming in Hawaii!!
- Posted by Kat HildebrandYa’ll really do need to get to work on finding a constructive hobby.
McCain versus Obama.
Leadership versus Celebrity.
McCain is running for President of the United States.
Obama looks like he is running for Student Council president.
- Posted by carlWow, what outstanding reporting. I can’t believe somebody took off their shirt while enjoying the beach. And I didn’t know that US Weekly had changed its name to Reuters. Way to push the teen-heartthrob Tigerbeat meme. Keep up the great work.
- Posted by Templeton PeckWhy in the world would I care about whether or not Obama has his shirt on or not? Not newsworthy…Why don’t you guys try to pin him down on a policy instead of this waste of space news? If you could do that….you would be better than any of the others. Cant be done! No policy..no experience.
- Posted by DJ126The only reason this is reported as news is: Obama does not have any policy. He’s off on vacation surfing…nice that he can afford that one. Of course his tax plan….wow, I’m not even poverty level..so I guess he can afford a vacation this year.
- Posted by CJSo Obama takes his shirt off while in the ocean?? Yes Reuters most people do that sort of thing, big story.
The point? This is just another thing that Obama can do that McCain can’t or just for decency, he probably shouldn’t take his shirt off.
Yeah, thanks for this big breaking story.
- Posted by BacchusI believe Reuters expects Obama to go swimming/ surfing while wearing a suit and tie.
- Posted by SanjivThis non-news item is just another “puff-piece” by the Obama-loving media. I wonder if Obama visited his grandmother while in Hawaii. After all, she is just a “Typical white person”, all of whom Obama considers to be racist.
- Posted by HephaestusWhat is this, 1908? Men take their shirts off to go swimming in this century. Pretty sure it happened some time after the airplane was invented, but before World War 2. Did they just thaw you out or something?
- Posted by beedogsHow desperate is the McCain campaign?
But the bigger, more important question is, “Will this nonsense resonate with a gullible American electorate?”
- Posted by mikeMcCain CAN’T take off his shirt. It would show the “Anti-American” Tattoos he got as a celebrity film star in Vietnam.
- Posted by Sam SmithI’m renting “All the President’s Men” to remind me of the good old days when journalists actually covered REAL NEWS.
- Posted by gina wynnWhat a bizarre headline. Obama takes shirt off AGAIN? Are you a professional journalist, or a high school cheerleader?
- Posted by Mark FThe Big Story is really that McCain WON’T take off his shirt.
What is he hiding?
He doesn’t want Americans to see his cancer-riddled body.
If we did, we’d all understand that his VP pick could really be our new President.
McCain’s just a front to keep Republican cronies and corporate hacks in power.
Now, let’s see McCain without his shirt on.
- Posted by stevieYou’re kidding, right?
Right?
- Posted by Chris N.Are you nuts?!? Wars around the world, and THIS is news?
The next time folks ask why news orgs are dying, at least I’ll have an example I can point to.
- Posted by dbwell at least he doesn’t have man boobies!
- Posted by buffduffcrappy healthcare, soldiers and iraqi and afghan terrorists dead, McCain’s pushing for a new Cold War? Yes, reuter’s article is the cause of this. Rueter’s article on Barack’s shirtless body has ruined this country, taken us off the path of “what we once were, what we could be…”
just wow…
We should just head back to sixty years ago when things were great…when reuter’s wasn’t publishing this crap and everyone was free…sure..what we once were…better healthcare, no soldiers dying, no terrorists, no cold war…Reuter’s, what have you done to this Nation?!?!? David, you are a twat!
- Posted by karlthomas“People magazine published a photo of the buff-looking senator emerging from the ocean in January 2007 on a page with other Hollywood stars.”
Other Hollywood stars? Nicely slippery way to perpetuate the Republican’s “celebrity” smear.
Like John McCain, I’m old enough to remember when Reuters was a genuine news service. This piece is truly pathetic and you should be ashamed.
- Posted by Squeaky McCrinkle