Presidents And First Ladies In Swimsuits: From Buttoned-Up To Barely Clothed (PHOTOS, POLL)

We were inspired by French First Lady Carla Bruni and President Nicolas Sarkozy who tested the waters at Cap Negre last weekend, and Barack and Michelle Obama, who will soon be Vineyard-bound. During summers-past, presidents and first ladies around the world have been spotted wearing swimcaps, doing waterobics, and dancing by the sea. Get thee to a body of water, but beforehand, check out the bods on these politicians and their spouses in swimsuits.

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[Cakey4814]

No Hillary we weren't inspired by Carli..only you were..(guess this won't make the top 10 either)..lol..

[KillBillV2]

Honestly Carla Bruni isn't looking that good in that photo.

[chulanow]

They need to include Michelle Obama on this list.

[Bulbul]

1. Obama
2. Bill and Hill
3. Fox

And that`s all folks.....

[Solja]

Bill and Hill? Oy!

I am a liberal but I can see when somebody isn't in shape, and those two were not in that picture.

[Tef Kon]

Wish I was in as good a shape as President Obama. Fit but not over the top. Healthy balance!

[clsmithj]

What no swimsuit pics of Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, and Rosalynn Carter? This blog does not deliver!

[eastcoastprogressive]

Glad to see puritan prudery has mostly died.

[skepticalatbest]

Mmmmmmmm, Carla!
Homer Simpson

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[karenla]

actually, I would rather thing of presidents and most first ladies in their street clothes...I have no desire to put them in bathing suits and see them flex or unflex...

[ckfan]

uh, then you didn't see O's photo.

[tomasedison]

Gerald Ford worst president ever. His administration sadddled us with Cheney and Rumsfeld for the next 30 years.

[FHTB]

Still he doesn't look bad in the swimsuit...

[Aesthete]

I think he was a model in his youth.

[t iessa]

He was just a puppet like so many presidents.

[Solja]

Sorry, but I can't agree. I don't know how a POTUS could be worst than George W. Bush. Maybe Nixon, but Bush takes the trophy, probably for the next 100 years or so.

[Libertyfan]

The two worst this century were clearly Carter and Johnson.

[ckfan]

Carter was inept, but Bush was much worse.

[barrycourage]

Our president is the sexiest man alive.

Looks like he has lost some weight and has been working out.

WOOF!

[karenla]

You've got to be kidding?

[montecarlo408]

Oh, and your picture shows how Pamela Anderson-like your figure is...

[Libertyfan]

No he's just smoking two packs a day. Keeps the weight off.

[FabulousAt52]

I'm just posting this here to see if it will eventually [finally] get posted!

The first time I posted this it was deleted. Not merely held up in "pending" until there was a sufficient number of pages to 'bury' it hundreds of posts back.... but deleted completely. That really annoys me, because it happens way too often if you ask me!

Anyway, since we are being invited to LOOK and CRITIQUE politicians and spouses in swimsuits, I expect my opinion to be allowed like everyone else's, Thankyouverymuch!

Nancy Reagan: The *Original American Anorexic*.
Why didn't anyone help and intervene for that woman??
She is absolutely skeletal; and had been for most of her public life. How come no one [was] screaming how "unhealthy" she was at that weight?
They surely would have been if she was 40 lbs overweight! But there she is a good 40 lbs. UNDER-weight, and she's all admired for her petite-ness and fashion choices.....

America is really screwed up about body image.... and Nancy Reagan and her 'style' of skeletal remains didn't help.

[ckfan]

I saw Prez O this week at a rally in VA. He's easy on the eyes. And pure sex appeal. Woof! Woof!

[Mix1453]

This poll is worthless on many levels.

The most important being that it doesn't include JFK and Jackie.


Obama is too skinny...too ordinary
He looks like every other guy at North Avenue Beach in Chicago

[burtmckinly]

Bob Dole, on the other hand.... And did you happen to notice the lovely young woman filming him in the background?

[FabulousAt52]

No but apparently you did. Ridicule much?

[ckfan]

Skinny and ordinary????????? LMAO.

[KillBillV2]

JFK looked fat in his bathing suit, I'm sorry.

Obama is in way better shape and looks a million times better.

[Unshriven]

What, no Putin?

[LMurphy418]

I vote for Obama as best pres in the suit.