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The definitive Barack Obama portrait

Rob Beschizza at 11:55 pm Wed, Jul 7, 2010

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  • hassenpfeffer

    Kinda reminds me of the opening of the Lynda Carter “Wonder Woman” series.

  • Anonymous

    Here in Africa, they sell Obama everything. here’s some obama underwear.

    http://ericthibodeau.com/PBOunderwear.JPG

    Make your own jokes.

  • querent

    Really? I remember talking with black kids on mtsu’s campus who were wearing obama t-shirts, and wondering, “why?” Like, cause he’s black? Read his speech to aipac. or his comment on the bombing of gaza jan 2009. this man is not a hero. he is not different.

  • Trent Hawkins

    hold on a tick… Someone was reading Drew Carey’s Twitter?

  • johnphantom

    Too bad.

    He is a marker for what the USA has become.

    Unfortunately, this marker shows that he is like all other politicians, and shows nothing of what he promised.

    I will go back to never voting again, unless Palin runs. I will vote against her, no matter what – she is a bimbo.

    • rebdav

      I don’t think the bimbo thing is a real problem, or even an appropriate insult, everyone seemed to understand man-bimbos like Bill Clinton and JFK.

      Not qualified to lead?… Probably more openly than everyone else who shouldn’t be allowed to run for office.

  • Dave

    I took this one in Angola, his face was on a ton of stuff there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/52032399@N00/3822825049/

  • igpajo

    I kind of like this one better.

    • Talia

      Good grief. What an appalling site. Just another cesspit for the far-right crazies. I’m sorry I gave it any traffic.

      • freshacconci

        I’ll echo that. It is funny however to read those comments from a year ago.

    • The Mudshark

      I like both.

    • Dak

      I kinda like this one better.

      Classic.

  • C White

    He looks high.

  • Rob Beschizza

    But only one has green lipstick and sparkles.

    • Antinous / Moderator

      I think that Michelle gave him a makeover. He needed it.

  • Anonymous

    I prefer this one.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28316124/

    It’s the same guy, right?

  • Anony Mouse

    Is anyone else getting a sort of Rocky Horror vibe from this? Dr Barackenfurter?

    • Anonymous

      I’m a sweet bipartisan from bipartisan collaborvania huh huh

      So come into the Senate
      and see what I’ve got in it
      I can see you quiver with
      filibus… tation

  • MrJM

    “Splendid”? Yes.

    “Definitive”? No.

  • Nougat

    Here is a whole wonderful gallery of Obama paintings:

    http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/bad-paintings-of-bar.html

  • JayConverse

    Definitely photoshopped…

  • Anonymous

    The fabric is by South African company ‘Shine Shine’, designed by the highly productive Piet Pienaar and Heidi Chisholm. It’s a contemporary take on ‘traditional’ African cotton print design – itself a hybrid cultural object (see Yinka Shonibare).

    http://www.shineshine.co.za
    http://www.thepresident.co.za

  • rebdav

    Green lips eh’…..
    He’s an alien, GET ‘IM!

    This just in, the birthers already said that two years ago, move along.

  • Anonymous

    He’s kind of a big deal.

  • faggotina

    I have six yards of the fabric that I purchased when I was in South Africa last year. It’s slightly different colors and the whole fabric contains a lot more interesting imagery. Roses, town cars, green birds, the phrase: “hooray for the president.” I’ll sell it to the highest bidder.