Posted on 04/21/2009 7:56:39 AM PDT by Zakeet
The gushing and fawning over our new president will reach new heights -- or new lows depending on your point of view!!! -- when the May issue of Washingtonian magazine is released with a picture of a shirtless Obama on the cover.
Even more disgraceful, the headline will read:
26 Reasons To Love Living HereReason #2: Our New Neighbor Is Hot
Now that's respect for the office, dontcha think?
ABC's Jake Tapper has more:
Garrett Graff, editor-at-large at The Washingtonian, told ABC News the idea for the cover came during a discussion among the magazine’s staff about how, with the arrival of the Obamas, came a “celebrity aspect that has brought energy to the city and the attention of the paparazzi.”“The Obamas are the center of attention here and the whole world is looking to Washington now in a way we haven’t seen in years,” Graff said, calling it “a real golden age of Washington.” [...]
He said they were trying to “capture the energy and excitement” over the Obamas in Washington and “have a little fun.”
“It’s a unique time in Washington and this photo helps capture all of the reasons why,” Graff said. “It’s not a normal way to look at a president of the United States but this is not a normal president.”
Graff said the magazine used the photo to illustrate two things: first, the president himself is hot – “you have a buff president and the paparazzi like taking shirtless photos of him,” Graff said – and second, the Obamas’ presence in Washington is “really hot.”
Yeah, I'd say it's a unique time in Washington: a time when so-called journalists abdicated all of their professionalism to gush, coo, fawn, and swoon over a president much as a teeny bopper does a rock star.
Of course, what's likely missing is how such coverage is at the heart of the separation between how the public views the president and his policies.
As has been reported the past few months, Obama's favorability rating is much higher than support for what he's enacted since taking office.
This is what happens when media members focus more attention on his "hotness" than how he's actually performing at his job.
Sadly, journalists don't understand that by doing this, the president will be able to continually enact policies the public doesn't support.
So don't worry, fellow citizens, that your taxes are going up and new debt levels are being created that will strangle the economy as well as future generation's prosperity. The guy doing it is hot, and that's all that matters!
Barry Beefcake
Narcissist.
The homos in the media are literally orgasmic over the zero.
A Pec-tacular airbrush job...
Can't disagree there, comrade.
Karl Rove was telling the Friends this morning that Barry has an entire team just for his “People mag type” publicity.
He will end up someplace where it is hotter than he is.
What’s amazing is that, as of yet, there isn’t a single major journalist type that has said “Enough, we are all making fools of ourselves”. The group think and willingness to degrade themselves knows no limits.
I am really confused when they say this guy is in great shape. He is not fat but he has ZERO muscle tone.
Maybe the two of them could collaberate on a Calender and make some money to contribute to both of their sagging countrys’ economies.
More like “prick-tacular”. ;-P
remember putin, bare-chested, hunting tigers?
My gaydar is pegged.....
Reminds me of Saddam swimming the Euphrates river all the time so the Iraqis could see how strong and fit their country’s father was.
W could kick his a##. Heck, I’ll bet Sarah Palin could!
I would place a big bet that GWB is more buff and toned than Barack, even though I don’t recall seeing any shirtless photos of him.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 | 11:53 PM ET The Associated Press
When he flexes Russia's diplomatic and military muscle, Vladimir Putin always makes headlines.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stripped off his shirt for the cameras while on holiday in the Siberian mountains last week, prompting comments on websites about the leader's 'vigorous torso.'Russian President Vladimir Putin stripped off his shirt for the cameras while on holiday in the Siberian mountains last week, prompting comments on websites about the leader's 'vigorous torso.'
But few could have predicted the squall of gossip and speculation that erupted after the president stripped off his shirt for the cameras while vacationing in the Siberian mountains last week.
The resulting images, prominently enshrined on the presidential website, inspired admiration, criticism and some racing pulses among his admirers.
Russian media still can't get enough. The tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda on Wednesday published a huge colour photo of the bare-chested president under the headline: "Be Like Putin." Its excuse? A guide showing exactly what exercises were required to build up a torso like the Russian leader's.
Kremlin watchers have been trying to guess what kind of political message the pictures are intended to send, given that the 54-year-old Putin has insisted he plans to step down at the end of his second term next year, as required by the constitution.
One radio talk show host speculated the photos were meant to enhance Putin's personal appeal to voters — a strong signal that he doesn't plan to relinquish power. When the commentator, Yevgeniya Albats, went on to suggest the half-naked photo shoot was unbecoming for a Russian leader, female listeners peppered her with e-mails expressing admiration for Putin's physique.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/08/22/putin-shirtless.html
“I am really confused when they say this guy is in great shape. He is not fat but he has ZERO muscle tone.”
Yup, his delicate flower of a wife can kick his ass any day of the week and twice on Sunday!
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