By Al Schumann on Tuesday May 13, 2008 01:12 AM
Courtesy of these folks, who went ahead and endorsed him anyway.
Comments (13)
W...T...F?!
I mean, like...what tha' fuckin' FUCK...?
Posted by Mike Flugennock | May 13, 2008 8:35 AM
Posted on May 13, 2008 08:35
Boy, that just screams "personality cult", doesn't it; reminds me of North Korean propaganda posters.
Is Obama running for President or running for God?
I keep forgetting, sorry.
Posted by JJR | May 13, 2008 8:56 AM
Posted on May 13, 2008 08:56
He's already a god, like JFK, MLK Jr, and Elvis, whose icons are on display in many American homes; now he's running for President of the US.
Posted by Duncan | May 13, 2008 9:26 AM
Posted on May 13, 2008 09:26
There is a very strong element of Obama I would consider fascist. Some of the stuff his thugs did to Tavis is just sickening.
Posted by henry dubb | May 13, 2008 9:35 AM
Posted on May 13, 2008 09:35
This guy is a...god? Gaaa-hhhhddd!
To compare him to MLK is insulting to King's memory, imho, and I thought the frenzied gushing of people like Alice Walker was breathtaking in the scope of its gall.
To compare him JFK is...well, pretty much on the money. I mean, the guy is an honorary Kennedy now, after all.
To compare him to Elvis is... oh, f'crissake, friggin' ridiculous. I mean, Elvis had some actual talent.
Posted by Mike Flugennock | May 13, 2008 11:34 AM
Posted on May 13, 2008 11:34
Being a resident of Portland, you guys need to realize the nature of the beast involved here. It's the local "alt" weekly, meaning it's even more pimpish and manipulative than the "real" newspaper. Like its "alt," VV-spawn cousins across the land, it makes its cash by selling itself as the quintessence of leftism, while in reality being the quintessence of the "progressive" DP wing, if that.
The whole thing is about striking poses and feeling smug while not actually upsetting a single sugar-spun teacup of the status quo. And it's all rooted in very thorough marketing research. It works, which is why the local DP loves to leap into its arms.
Posted by Michael Dawson | May 13, 2008 1:26 PM
Posted on May 13, 2008 13:26
Save me Jeebus!
Posted by Nicholas Hart | May 13, 2008 3:09 PM
Posted on May 13, 2008 15:09
Condensing the comments gives me a New Age deity for dippy hipsters, whose icon is a sequined, velvet canvas rendering of a charismatic friendly fascist.
Posted by Al Schumann | May 13, 2008 5:49 PM
Posted on May 13, 2008 17:49
Is that painted on black velvet?
Posted by angryman | May 13, 2008 5:57 PM
Posted on May 13, 2008 17:57
doesn't in the least look like our man
Posted by op | May 13, 2008 10:32 PM
Posted on May 13, 2008 22:32
Don't look real for a reason, right? And this little marketing stratpic, interestingly, darkens his skin. Shows you something deep about the marketing of the DP. Last week, this Jordan-crosser blatantly chose White and renounced black...
True art would give him the hue and demeanor of Hillary Duff wading across a puddle, on some sycophant's coat.
Posted by Michael Dawson | May 14, 2008 1:23 AM
Posted on May 14, 2008 01:23
There's a touch of the man who fled in the white Bronco in that rendering, if I do say so myself.
Posted by gluelicker | May 14, 2008 2:42 PM
Posted on May 14, 2008 14:42
Okay, Dawson my comrade. I'll bite. What's your summation of the Mercury ?
Posted by ms_xeno | May 14, 2008 11:54 PM
Posted on May 14, 2008 23:54