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    Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
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    Image of ceejeemcbeegee is not here ceejeemcbeegee is not here
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    Did my President just say, "What up Queen?"


    SWOON!

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    Image of Meritxell Meritxell
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    *swoon* Obama is such a Mary Sue.
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    Image of Rooo sez BISH PLZ Rooo sez BISH PLZ
    01/28/09

    @Meritxell: Canon Sue, behbeh.

    And we likes it, precious, because it is well-written.
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    Image of JinxyMcDeath JinxyMcDeath
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    Did he call her Queen????
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    01/28/09

    @JinxyMcDeath: Oh, I thought that was to Beyonce...
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    Image of secretlycontroversial secretlycontroversial
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    I CANNOT wait for the day that Barack Obama greets me and says, "What's goin' on, Queen?"
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    01/28/09

    @secretlycontroversial: I live for the day that he says to me, as I heard on NPR this weekend, "that is how I roll."


    *faints*

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    Image of tailfeather tailfeather
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    Awww, he did it with the wrong hand! How adorably dorky dad of him!
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    Image of JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    It may not be th Beyonce dances but I have solid proof that Mr. President enjoys a "little dance" every now and then - when he's taking a break from RUNNING SHIT:


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    Image of ms.creant ms.creant
    01/28/09

    @Jessica Hussein Lovejoy is now on Facebook! Friends, plz?: I am now transfixed and in awe.
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    Image of Remedios Varo can't see no huevos. Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    This video was choreographed by a dude, FYI. Not that that means anything, I thought it was interesting at least.
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    Image of randomnessish randomnessish
    01/28/09

    @Remedios Varo rides again! (frmrly LateNightQuesadilla): Bob Fosse?!?!


    It totally looks like Bob Fosse. I think someone ganked his moves.

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    Image of FrancescaFiore FrancescaFiore
    01/28/09

    @randomnessish: It is Fosse!! You sure know your choreographers. It was supposedly inspired by this video, which never fails to fill me with delight. Just like Obama! It all comes full circle!

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    01/28/09

    @FrancescaFiore: YES that is definitely what I was thinking of.


    The second I saw the video to Single Ladies, I was all, "OH MAN IT'S THE BOB FOSSE WALK IT OUT!"


    Although, of course, you can catch a Bob Fosse shoulder-roll anywhere...

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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    01/28/09

    @FrancescaFiore: Gwen Verdon is cooler than Beyonce. Even in that outfit.
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    Image of Kali Mama Kali Mama
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    Oh hey I totally found a great actor that could play obama on SNL


    <

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    Image of R_Claw R_Claw
    01/28/09

    @Kali Mama: Is his head shrunken or is taht pic distorted? That's scary!
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    Image of Lisabel (ne: Dagnabbit) Lisabel (ne: Dagnabbit)
    01/28/09

    @Kali Mama: I can't see the pic! :-( But I just saw Matrix:Revolutions again (oy, just as disappointing) but remembered this guy, Harry Lennix:



    It's not that hey looks like Barack, exactly, but he always plays Barack-like characters: politicians, leaders, handling crisis with class,etc. And he's got the stage and film skills to pay the bills. Hello, biopic!

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    Image of Hamsterpants Hamsterpants
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    It's official, we will never ever have a cooler president than the one we have now.
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    Image of hellosunshine hellosunshine
    01/28/09

    @Hamsterpants: So very true.
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    Image of Lisabel (ne: Dagnabbit) Lisabel (ne: Dagnabbit)
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    Okay, I'm not a raving Bey stan by any means (and I still think "At Last" is and always will be Ms. Etta's) BUT hearing her introduce "Mr. President, this is my husband (Jay Z)" off screen was kinda nice, because it was rare. I gotta respect the girl for trying to keep her married life private, as opposed to some other celebs.


    Back on topic, the idea of Barack doing at least the hand wave of "Single Ladies" with his girls is AWESOME.

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    Image of Boredinacubicle Boredinacubicle
    01/28/09

    @Yes.We.Did.Dagnabbit.: Not to burst your bubble, but I think that was Mary J. Blidge introducing her husband.
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    Image of Lisabel (ne: Dagnabbit) Lisabel (ne: Dagnabbit)
    01/28/09

    @Boredinacubicle: (pop!) Oh shoot, you are right. Good call. How the hell did I mix those two up?
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    Image of Anovelista Anovelista
    01/28/09

    @Yes.We.Did.Dagnabbit.: Sorry - I tried to reply below but then my Firefox crashed AGAIN even before I could edit properly.


    Anyway, @Boredinacubicle is right - that wasn't Beyonce. It was Mary J. Blige (in white) introducing her husband Kendu. The president already knows Beyonce and Jay Z. pretty well.


    I watched the entire video a few times the other day and posted it on my blog and I'm pretty sure it was not Beyonce herself who asked the president about the dance - I'm pretty sure it was a guy.


    If you've got 11 minutes, the entire video is pretty interesting:


    [tinyurl.com]

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    Image of Lisabel (ne: Dagnabbit) Lisabel (ne: Dagnabbit)
    01/28/09

    @Anovelista: Thank you! My recessionista self doesn't have HBO, so this is the most I've seen of this event. Fun footage.
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    Image of LadyFabulous LadyFabulous
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    Does anyone else want to see him in that single ladies skit with JT on SNL??
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    Image of Remedios Varo can't see no huevos. Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.
    01/28/09

    @LadyFabulous: YES! That was my first reaction.
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    Image of Mediokra Mediokra
    01/28/09

    @LadyFabulous: Barack Obama is warmed up like a dance biscuit.
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    Image of Radisbeautiful Radisbeautiful
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    Crap I don't think I could love that man more!
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    Image of mommy_dearest mommy_dearest
    01/28/09

    @Radisbeautiful: I know! I'm so full of love for that guy, and everything he does (almost) just makes it more intense!
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    Image of hannapdx hannapdx
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    I know one thing...He liked it and he put a ring on it (Michelle)
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    Image of SkipToMyLou SkipToMyLou
    01/28/09

    @hannapdx: Michelle Obama ain't no "it".
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    01/28/09

    @SkipToMyLou: I know, I just had to incorporate the line
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    Image of Slumdog_Mamabear Slumdog_Mamabear
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    Ahhh, Dude I am so disappointed. I thought we were going to get to see it.
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    01/28/09

    @Slumdog_Mamabear: Follow the link.
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    Image of Slumdog_Mamabear Slumdog_Mamabear
    01/28/09

    @BrutallyHonestBabes: I mean him actually doing the dance. I wanted to see him just break out his best Single Ladies butt shakin moves.
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    Image of CrossWord CrossWord
    01/28/09

    @Slumdog_Mamabear: I think he did it--the little hand waving part.
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    Image of AthertonMerriweather AthertonMerriweather
    01/28/09

    In reply to Barack Does A Little Dance For Beyoncé
    Did somebody say John Legend?
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