No one is Allowed to Photograph the Pres Shirtless??...Oh,Grow Up!...We Already Know What it Looks Like

President Obama didn't want a repeat of past beach trips, where the media spent days commenting on his toned physique and great pecs. When press photographers snapped the president elect baring his upper torso on a Hawaii beach vacation in late 2008, for instance, webby pandemonium ensued.

But the White House took measures this time out. "I'm not going to let you guys take a picture of me with my shirt off," he told CNN's Ed Henry on Saturday. In a weekend getaway to the Florida Gulf coast, the Obama administration wanted media attention focused on the region's recovery from the disastrous BP oil spill, not on his pec-profile.
And that remained the game plan for press handlers throughout the weekend. The White House press team kept photographers at a distance when Obama took a dip during the family's weekend trip to Florida.
The New York Times reports that photographers traveling with the president "were led into a hotel by the White House staff and remained there for about three hours while Mr. Obama swam."
The White House released one photo on Flickr, but it isn't as "pec-tacular" as previous shots that landed on the covers of newspapers and magazines, and subsequently fueled hours of chatter from cable news hosts.

Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton told The Times that it was simply easier logistically to rely on the White House photographer.
It's not the first time the White House has rankled news photographers by distributing an official picture instead of allowing them to take their own shots. Just as news organizations don't run White House press releases verbatim, some outlets refuse to run official photos along with their editorial content.

Mr President, If you are on a public beach, you are fair game like anyone else. If people gossip about your physique, so what? You can't go to those extreme measures just to hide your chest. It ain't democratic to make photo-journalists hide in a hotel for three hours in an attempt to control what people focus on. Grow up Bam Bam.