Comedians still haven't really figured out the best way to get at Barack Obama. Artists, photoshoppers and t-shirt manufacturers, on the other hand, have had a field day with the new President. From the stock Presidential comparisons to pop culture icons, Obama's pretty much been drawn or photoshopped as every consequential figure in American history. Their purposes are different -- some make historical references, others are satire from his detractors, and some just want to make him look cool. One thing's for sure -- the man is all things to all people. Check out our collection:
- Obama Washington:
- Lincoln:
- FDR:
- JFK:
- A frightening Obama-Bush-Cheney hybrid:
- Uncle Barack:
- Run DMC:
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- Barack Obama Windu:
via:// Sebastian Niedlich's Flickr
- Obama Marley:
- Obama as Kanye:
- Alfred E. Obama:
via:// Mad Magazine
- Airbama
- Obama Marlboro Man:
- St. Obama of Assisi
- Che:
- Obama as Mr. T:
via:// Greg Bulmash
- Obama Urkel:
- Terminator:
- Obama Zapata:
- And, uhhh, just for good measure -- Obama nude on a unicorn.
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this is cute but some is not even funny. i mean i hope u ment this a to b a joke an not to be serios. who mad this up? i like the one with steve urkel an the one with alfred.
by:// miz.tweetybird - Jan 28th 2009
blugh. that first one is terrible.
by:// jerry gargiglio - Jan 29th 2009
There's more at my site. Feel free to throw a few of them up:
Obama as Karl Marx: http://barackwillfixit.blogspot.com/2008/11/marxism.html
Obama as Andre 3000:
http://barackwillfixit.blogspot.com/2008/12/barack-3000.html
Obama as Micheal Jackson Zombie in thriller:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gDuM6qdsj00/STxUHr0hivI/AAAAAAAAAJU/i9DY9rYPqZg/s1600-h/zombiebama.jpg
by:// Barack Willfixit - Jan 29th 2009
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by:// gloria - Jan 29th 2009
Some people seem to loose there sense of humor when Obama is the subject of the joke. Get over it, its just a funny picture.
by:// roger3107 - Jan 29th 2009
for good measure! LOL!!
by:// melibeli - Jan 29th 2009
As a liberal arts graduate, what is your take on the reason why Obama has become so iconogenic?
What does it say that people see him as all of these other figures?
Why were there really no such images of George W. Bush in the same vein?
I guess really, what does Barack Obama symbolize?
by:// Charles Jeffrey Danoff - Jan 30th 2009
Stupidity will kill this former greatest nation, home of the free and the brave, Now the free and the brave are ridiculed and worse than ancient Roman societies in electing an unknown foreign tinged 'know little'
arrogant glib talker as 'Jefe' Take energy, that got us here. There was hard work applied to sign up Islam for it's oil --the Key modernly to prosperity, although Russia invades and cowers others for oil sake, we stupidly refuse to drill and produce, although it is the key right now,
by:// richardfusilier@mac.com - Jan 30th 2009
you are one sided during this resurgence of the example of the Weimar Republic/ Be careful !
by:// richardfusilier@mac.com - Jan 30th 2009
only in America !
by:// richard - Jan 30th 2009
I vote for Obama as this century's Uncle Sam!
by:// boredwell - Jan 30th 2009
I like it. It will give all those prankster quite a go for the precious time an energy...although epithet were used to depick Black America as dunm, ignorent, and passive so with that said so-what I welcome the article, although meaning no harm give those who are planning a fair warning.
by:// fruitloop - Jan 31st 2009
"As a liberal arts graduate"
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One more loser standing around, unemployed, with it's hand out for a bailout.
Get over it. The guy's made himself a target.
by:// Ignatz Horowitz - Feb 1st 2009
When will yous get over the fact that he won and is your president, every response that has negativity just insinuates jealousy, envy, and selfishness.
by:// patty - Feb 1st 2009
Ha.. the Obama/Cheney hybrid looks like the Gumbels.
by:// Ry - Feb 3rd 2009
come on people...it is meant as a joke only...they are always making fun of presidents...get over it!
by:// Robin - Feb 3rd 2009
He would look pretty cool with dreads. I almost snorted my coffee when I saw Alfred E Obama. Too funny. I want to learn Photoshop.
by:// GeekLady - Feb 6th 2009
Right, project whatever you want onto the fraudster Obama who has set up the game that way...an imp-oster for sure. The joke will be on you Americans who buy into his hope-nosis.
And if you Americans do not see to it that Bush and Cheney are prosecuted, people around the world will continue to view Americans as being totally irresponsible or worse... numb and dumb.
To know more about Obama's NLP Techniques and its impact on the American people: http://mindtechniqueresearch.blogspot.com/
by:// Sunny - Feb 6th 2009
when are you heavenly bliss loons gonna admit it?
obama is not the first black pres. he's a mut-mix!
this election is historical because he's gonna be uckin up the country so bad -we'll have another war and i think thats what his real motives are.
by:// kenyo - Feb 8th 2009
Ithink it is all really funny,I am african-american I believe at some point you have to have a sense of humor or we will all go nuts in the end peace and have some fun
by:// phyllis miller - Feb 9th 2009