Posted by
Gene on Thursday, April 23, 2009 2:56:16 AM
Macho, macho man! What abs! What pecs! What a lot of BS!
The Washingtonian’s May issue features a shot of our “hot” president on its cover, much like these 
except that the magazine “caught him” with sunglasses looking even cooler and hotter.
Gimme a break! to quote the old sitcom. Is this what we’ve become, a nation of “bobby soxers” and groupies drooling over a president of the United States as if he were some brainless, drug-addled rock star?
Actually, that’s not too far from the truth. Our chief executive, the commander in chief of our armed forces, ostensible leader of the Free World–until his last trip to Europe–campaigned as if he were Jimi Hendrix reincarnated so what else could we expect from a pin-up boy?
AOL went further and, to better establish the contrast with Obama’s predecessors, provided America with comparative shots of presidents in relaxation mode: http://news.aol.com/main/obama-presidency/article/obama-washingtonian-cover/438057?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl5|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Fmain%2Fobama-presidency%2Farticle%2Fobama-washingtonian-cover%2F438057.
I’m not sure of the purpose of displaying President Obama strutting along a beach somewhere in Hawaii, wearing shades or not, and proudly displaying his physique as contrasted with an aged President Reagan and a flabby President Clinton. Anyone unaware that Barack was intentionally strutting his stuff in those photo ops must also be unaware that no unscreened papparazzi can just snap pics of a president-elect nor of the real thing even with a telephoto lens. Those men in black with clip on ear pieces are paid to ensure that.
Our new president, (under 100 days he is still new, after 100 days he becomes older), is very much into image, his image for all too image-conscious American voters. Just imagine if FDR had made the covers or Time or Look in his wheelchair or President Taft had posed in a bikini bottom, with or without a wax! The manipulative Obamanians will have none of that!
Whether at the behest of the White House or simply editorial discretion, the usually staid Washingtonian saw fit to change Obama’s trunks from black to red, more contrast and no problem there. It then went so far as to tamper with reality. . .
(Read the rest at http://genelalor.com/)