How The Right is Trying to Neutralize Obama's Hipness (Let The Barfing Begin!)

Daily Beast ^ | April 29, 2012 | Howard Kurz

[lbryce]

Unabridged Title:Content Section Pouncing on Presidential Coolness: How The Right is Trying to Neutralize Obama's Hipness

The right has come up with a new line of attack against Barack Obama: He’s too cool.

You read that right.

Suddenly, it was an act of unpresidential affrontery for Obama to go on Jimmy Fallon’s show. Never mind that presidents and presidential candidates have been doing the late-night thing for two decades, back to Bubba’s sax-playing moment with Arsenio. Never mind that Mitt Romney recited a silly Top Ten list on Letterman and pretended to be reading Kim Kardashian’s tweets. Never mind that George W. Bush went on Oprah. Obama was a bad boy.

[liberalh8ter]

The real Howard Kurz

[CPOSharky]

So, what is going on? The same LSM that “made” him “hip” is now trying to denounce that “fact” that he is “hip”?

Like he ever was “hip.”

[hal ogen]

Please substitute “dip” for “”hip”. nobama is not “hip”. nobama is a destructive loser.

[blueunicorn6]

Obama isn’t hip, he’s a hep cat.

[Lou L]

Late-night talk show hosts tolerate having Republican Presidents on their shows; Late-night talk show hosts fellate when Democrat Presidents are on their shows.

[driftless2]

Yes indeed, Kurtz is correct. Being “hip” is the single most valuable asset for a president. I’m beginning to wonder if Dems wouldn’t rather have a “hip” prez or one that knows how to walk and chew gum at the same time politically speaking. Yes, LBJ and Carter were real hip, weren’t they? (smirk)

[MrB]

“hipness” simply means “worldly”, or “of the popular culture”,

pretty much, by definition, this is the opposite of a “man of character”.

[griswold3]

Howie is just dying to be with the ‘in’ crowd. Those choosen few who are too cool for the rest of us.
I grew out of that after high school. They were way over rated anyway. They cruised on their looks and connections but never accomplished anything, which fits Obama to a ‘T’.

[GOPJ]

It’s hip to eat dogs?

[Pharmboy]

Hey Howie: if we wanted a hipster president, David Duchovny might have carried the election. Buy a clue: we want competence, wisdom, smarts, humility and someone who loves America and the American Dream.

But I'll give Obama this: he is the only president to sing R&B well (although, admittedly, I never heard the others try).

[Psycho_Bunny]

Wow...Kurz is bizarre.

[TribalPrincess2U]

What hipness? All I see is a low-life thug.
The only difference is this thug gets a free pass
and a blank check because he illegally got into the WH.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

DJs should be "hip."

Presidents should not be "hip."

[Dahoser]

If you’re truly hip, no one can take it away from you. Miles Davis was hip and all the Dana Perino snarks in the world wouldn’t have been able to change that one iota. Barack Hussein Obama? ‘Nuff said.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

The only “Hip” about that narrow assed halfling is the asstounding width of the wookie’s.

[Oratam]

Spaz! Spaz! Spaz!

Everybody . . .

Spaz! Spaz! Spaz!

[BilLies]

If Obama’s mother was alive today she would look like.....

[dagogo redux]

Our Minstrel In Chief.

[astounded]

If anyone here wants to get an idea about what we are up against with the “liberals” out there, take a plunge into the comments that follow the piece by Kurz. It is truly dismaying that the USA has sunk to the level of discourse observed, and that there are so many who believe Barack Obama is the answer. These people are unreal. Truly.

[Paddyboy]

EWWWWWWWWWW...OWWWWWWWWWWW

Dude,,Did you have to make it so big?