Thursday, October 23, 2008

A Paolo Nutini moment


And I thought hello new shoes,
Bye bye them blues,
Take me wandering through these streets,
Where bright lights and angels meet,
Stone to stone they take me on,
I'm walking to the break of dawn...

Barack Obama is probably more photogenic than any Presidential candidate since JFK . Kennedy's big grin was the centerpiece of his charm (my mother remembers that "Kennedy was 'all teeth'), but you don't often see Obama smiling for the camera. Below, a comparatively rare smile.