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Montage with only 1 photo of Obama, several of Bush concerns some guests at America's Freedom Festival

Obama is the best president we have had in a long, long time. He will be president for 8 years. My nation, our nation, will move forward and be very progressive about many topics and problems.

We elected the right candidate. Let our slide shows, our powerpoints, our musical acts reflect the fact: Obama is President.

thank goodness

Seems like an attempt to create controversy where there was none.

I agree with Anonymous. Who cares how many pictures were there. It's not Obama day or President's day.

It's Independence Day.

I definitely noticed there were a lot of President Bush and I don't remember seeing the one of President Obama, but I just figured it was because they did the slide show two years ago when they released their album.

I didn't find it a problem at all I just thought it was funny they couldn't find the time to update their photos for this performance. They should probably update it for next time....

The observation about the nature of Provo's Freedom Festival with regard to the linkage of patriotism and conservative politics seems spot on to me. I've lived in several cities and the whole celebration in Provo seems overly political and extreme (even nationalistic) for this holiday. I much prefer Independence Day, Fireworks, BBQ and family time.

Quit trying to make an issue out of a non issue. This is our Birthday, not Bush's and not Obama's.

Get on with your life and quit nit picking at every little thing.

No surprise here.

Utah is the only state that gives Bush a positive rating still.

Utah is one of the most conservative states in the union.

Why wouldn't they continue to pay homage to Bush while at the same time bash Obama?

Provo's Freedom Festival misuses the 4th of July to link patriotism to scary right-wing politics. Also, by choosing Glenn Beck as host to the Stadium of Fire, the celebration becomes a politicized farce. Instead of uniting, it divides Americans.

Cool,I like it

Best President? Move forward? Very progressive? Can you be a little more specific?

Don't make this about Politics, it is about Country.

"I don't see how that would be possible"

I can.

Many of us are sick of looking at pictures of Obama. I hope I never have to see another of his phony "thoughtful" glances plastered on the cover of so called "news" magazines. I am extremely sick of seeing "Obama wants you to; go back to school, get a better job, grow more hair on the top of your head, have fuller lips, lose weight without going hungry, etc... advertisements on Facebook or on yahoo mail accounts. If you miss his pictures look there.

Could it be that due to Obama's administration not being involved setting up this event that they couldn't get the puppets staged in time???? Who is this Obama guy anyway????

I think most of the commenters here need to get a life. Who cares how many pictures of George W Bush were in the slide show. Like David Osmond said, it was not done on purpose.

As for the first comment, whoever wrote this should really pull his/her head out of somewhere dark and ugly. Barry Obama is NOT the best president we have had, nor will he ever be the best. This country is moving forward, right to the edge of a tall cliff because of this non-American. This great nation will never be the same after he leaves Washington.

I have to conclude it was intentional, as a picture of Obama was included, indicating the program had a makeover to reflect the present.

From a purely marketing persective, if I wanted my program to be well received in Utah County, I wouldn't include many - if any - pix of Obama. Bush (like Nixon post Watergate) had a positive approval rating in Utah County. That's a simple fact. Obama is anethema to the conservative mindset.

Conservative Americans are most proud of their nation when a conservative is in power. That's just human nature. Obama is seen by many in Utah County as ruining the nation. The Osmonds aren't ignorant of that, hence the single picture of (even) Obama bowing down to respect our fallen soldiers.

To Let's get it Straight. Obama is already proving himself to be a disaster. He is the least experienced and least qualified president in the history of this country and this shines through each day. The reason the "stimulus" is not working is that very little of the spending has anything to do with economic stimulus. It is all about political ideology with this president. With that said, I think not getting the photos updated was an unfortunate oversight. Nothing to get bent out of shape over, but, LOL, I am sure they will be up to date next time around.

Independence day is not about BBQ, fireworks, who is president or not president, it is about the day Americans declared their independence! Lets keep our focus on that, instead of counting pictures.

I have yet to see Obama put his hand over his heart in pledge to our country. He is too busy apologizing for us to ther nations

Mountain out of a molehill. Straining at a gnat. Non-issue. Move on!