First Ladies Posing With Ridiculous Things

The main job of a first lady is to pose for pictures with random objects.

1. Michelle Obama and a dirty potato

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2. Michelle Obama and Big Bird

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3. Laura Bush with a bobblehead of herself

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4. Laura Bush and Big Bird

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5. Barbara Bush with Red Sox pitcher Kurt Shilling

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6. Barbara Bush with a basketball spinning on her finger

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7. Nancy Reagan with Mr. T in a Santa suit

Ultimate WTF.

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8. Nancy Reagan with Alf

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9. Nancy Reagan with a goose shaped jello mold

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10. Betty Ford with Liza Minelli and Liz Taylor

I’d love to be a fly in the martini glass of this crew.

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11. Betty Ford (center) with a modern dance troupe

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12. Pat Nixon and Big Bird (again)

13. Lady Bird Johnson with 4 empty chairs

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14. Lady Bird Johnson with a movie camera

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15. Jackie Kennedy with a typewriter. This is as ridiculous as she’d get.

I know this isn’t really ridiculous, but it’s as crazy as she got. The woman would NOT pose with any weird stuff or take an unflattering photo. That’s why she’s Jackie Kennedy and we’re not, I guess.

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16. Mamie Eisenhower with a newspaper cake

I think Mamie is my favorite - she looks like she just got caught doing something she’s not supposed to in every photo.

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17. Mamie Eisenhower and a giant floor buffer

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18. Bess Truman with a giant painting of Harry

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19. Eleanor Roosevelt with a can that is totally grossing her out

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20. Eleanor Roosevelt with an figurine of FDR held by Frank Sinatra

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21. Lou Henry Hoover on a donkey with a gun

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22. Grace Coolidge with a Girl Scout cookie

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23. Grace Coolidge with a raccoon

This is almost as weird as Nancy and Mr. T.

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24. Florence Harding with parasol

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25. Helen Taft with a movie camera

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26. Edith Roosevelt and a dromedary

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