Either some idiot photographer thought her arm was blocking the stars or the photo editor came to the same conclusion and mirrored her in. Either way they’re idiots.
Dillankid
Probably the most likely argument.
Theblackknight
thats not a salute, the lights where in her eyes,right? right?
DaveP.
At least she- and Barry- salute better than John “I’m the next JFK!” Kerry. Now THERE’s a trainwreck.
Ernest Young
Out of curiosity, why is it considered sooo bad to salute left handed (especially if a person IS left handed)
Frank
Left handed people are evil, that’s why.
BJ
We are too!
Wait…what?
Jeff Stevens
All the research I can find says Obama did not salute left handed. The most common was a photoahopped photo.
When I see a kid salute wrong I usually see it as cute.
I was thinking the same thing, kids tend to do things incorrectly and it can be cute. I’d say the little girl is 4-6, so it’s alright. Old enough to be in girl scouts, then we’ll have to talk.
Bob
At least they have the flag hanging in the right direction.
Mark
He probably used a left handed salute because of balance and composition. While incorrect, it creates a better photo in terms of use of space and proportion of the foreground to background. Unfortunately, photographers and art directors love taking license with reality for the sake of “looking good” despite those of us who know better.
Cameron
Balance and composition you say?
Zoom the picture out, have the girl stand underneath an American flag set on a blank background. Have her do a proper, right hand salute.
Mission accomplished.
terrible swift sword
It is also endearing , sweet and naive.
She is just a little girl , cut her the slack we call “childhood”
It was massively annoying to be on deployment and only be able to ship things to yourself by way of USPS…
ENDO-Mike
Honestly I’ve never tried through Fedex or UPS, but the rates to FOBs across the world that I’ve shipped to have been basically the same price as the continental USA. Seems to take less than 2 weeks too, which I think is pretty good for that rate.
kevin
I thought Noobama’s salute was to grab his crotch.
I’m pretty sure the target audience for this (service members and their families) have seen, more than once, a child make just such a salute. Having the photo this way could very well have been intentional for just that reason. Tug the heart-strings…
And it could be some schlub at an agency who thinks his doorman is in the military because of the gold braid.
Punish3r
Ive had LT’s salute me with there left hand before so when a 8 year old girl does it im not as effected lol
Priest
“little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse.”
CDBingham
The reason the USPS has good rates for shipping to APO and FPO is because they dump the mail on the Military to take care of. This has been going on since the 80’s. I am not saying this is good or bad just a fact. I don’t know if the military gets a cut of the postage for operational expenses but if I had to guess it would be no. http://hqdainet.army.mil/mpsa/
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“Who does she think she is… Obama?”
+1,000,000
Either some idiot photographer thought her arm was blocking the stars or the photo editor came to the same conclusion and mirrored her in. Either way they’re idiots.
Probably the most likely argument.
thats not a salute, the lights where in her eyes,right? right?
At least she- and Barry- salute better than John “I’m the next JFK!” Kerry. Now THERE’s a trainwreck.
Out of curiosity, why is it considered sooo bad to salute left handed (especially if a person IS left handed)
Left handed people are evil, that’s why.
We are too!
Wait…what?
All the research I can find says Obama did not salute left handed. The most common was a photoahopped photo.
When I see a kid salute wrong I usually see it as cute.
I was thinking the same thing, kids tend to do things incorrectly and it can be cute. I’d say the little girl is 4-6, so it’s alright. Old enough to be in girl scouts, then we’ll have to talk.
At least they have the flag hanging in the right direction.
He probably used a left handed salute because of balance and composition. While incorrect, it creates a better photo in terms of use of space and proportion of the foreground to background. Unfortunately, photographers and art directors love taking license with reality for the sake of “looking good” despite those of us who know better.
Balance and composition you say?
Zoom the picture out, have the girl stand underneath an American flag set on a blank background. Have her do a proper, right hand salute.
Mission accomplished.
It is also endearing , sweet and naive.
She is just a little girl , cut her the slack we call “childhood”
0123
That last bit was sarcasm, right?
It was massively annoying to be on deployment and only be able to ship things to yourself by way of USPS…
Honestly I’ve never tried through Fedex or UPS, but the rates to FOBs across the world that I’ve shipped to have been basically the same price as the continental USA. Seems to take less than 2 weeks too, which I think is pretty good for that rate.
I thought Noobama’s salute was to grab his crotch.
I’m pretty sure the target audience for this (service members and their families) have seen, more than once, a child make just such a salute. Having the photo this way could very well have been intentional for just that reason. Tug the heart-strings…
And it could be some schlub at an agency who thinks his doorman is in the military because of the gold braid.
Ive had LT’s salute me with there left hand before so when a 8 year old girl does it im not as effected lol
“little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse.”
The reason the USPS has good rates for shipping to APO and FPO is because they dump the mail on the Military to take care of. This has been going on since the 80’s. I am not saying this is good or bad just a fact. I don’t know if the military gets a cut of the postage for operational expenses but if I had to guess it would be no. http://hqdainet.army.mil/mpsa/
nice photo shop job..by a true patriot who respects the presidency and his country..
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/photos/lefthand.asp
Bet none of you know that in the Army you salute with your left hand while you’re carrying a guidon. Maybe this girl had a package in her right hand…
I did not know that! Excellent point John.