Obama's Flickr Pool Beats Ours

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The Obama family follows the election closely, by David Katz

One of the things we've loved about the Obama campaign was their embracing of social media like Flickr. Their constant stream of photos was a great source of the progress of the campaign and gave viewers access to events in a campaign that have never before been seen. Even better? This new Election Night behind-the-scenes set which features some amazing pics, giving us an unprecedented look at what it was like for the Obama family and campaign on that historic night.

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these pictures are really cool...

FDR had the fireside chat, Kennedy us widely considered to be the first president to embrace tv, I think Obama is our first true information age president. Could he write the first presidential blog?

That press conference today was fine, except for the fact that slobbering worshippers of the The Messiah put a goofy sign on the front of his podium.

"The Office of the President Elect" stated the podium. What the heck is that? Yes, we know he is God, but do they have to make up new "offices" for him.

And they used the US Seal on the sign, or at least a similar seal. I don't blame The One for that podium, but this deification could lead to some resentment when the glow comes off his administration.

"The Office of the President Elect" stated the podium. What the heck is that? Yes, we know he is God, but do they have to make up new "offices" for him.

My understanding is that they're using that term because it sounds a TON better than the "Obama Administration Transition Committee"... plus, it allows them to tout their new website, change.gov, which actually does have the potential to be something cool ("participant government").

Minor quibble, but aren't ".gov" domains supposed to be reserved for official government agencies/programs not some 501(c)(4)? Look for moveon.gov coming to an internets near you...

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