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Opportunists for Obama

Ugh. Another artist opportunist anointed.

obamaPainting.jpg

Comments (17)

1

He looks like he's about to sneeze from the polution in the background.

Posted by muggims | September 16, 2008 10:07 AM
2

He looks sleepy.

Posted by Lobot | September 16, 2008 10:08 AM
3

He looks, well, how to say,,,,a little too gay. But really, it does not look like Obama at all.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | September 16, 2008 10:09 AM
4

Even the tie sucks.

Posted by DOUG. | September 16, 2008 10:13 AM
5

Um, you know, you COULD avoid giving this bad artist exposure by not putting his work up on Slog. There's a ton of really terrible art out there, as any trip to Goodwill or drive around exurban highways will attest. You don't need to show us everything.

Posted by Fnarf | September 16, 2008 10:31 AM
6

Now that Wall Street is going down, so do the "artists" who serve them. Selling high priced Democrat kitsch passed off as art no longer cuts it for Americans.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/16/america/McCain.php

McCain: Greed created Wall Street's problems

TAMPA, Fla.: Republican presidential candidate John McCain says Wall Street's financial turmoil is the result of unchecked corporate greed.

The Republican says government must protect the public from investment schemes too complex for people to understand or regulate.

McCain told a crowd of several thousand at a rally Tuesday in Tampa, Florida, that people have the right to know when their jobs and pensions and the entire economy are, in his words, "being put at risk by recklessness on Wall Street."

Posted by John Bailo | September 16, 2008 10:33 AM
7

is that gregory hines @13?

Posted by max solomon | September 16, 2008 10:34 AM
8

God, that's dreadful. It looks like there's a nuke going off behind him, and those buildings look like something off a poster for 'Dawn of the Dead'.

Posted by Grant Cogswell | September 16, 2008 10:55 AM
9

Jen,
If the "One" had his hands covering his ears, the painting would resemble Evard Munch's "The Scream" especially with that lurid backdrop.

Posted by lark | September 16, 2008 11:01 AM
10

@2:

I think it's those preternaturally long eyelashes that give it that effect.

Posted by COMTE | September 16, 2008 11:08 AM
11

Akhenaten-y.

Posted by Nick | September 16, 2008 11:56 AM
12

Barakhenaten.
Tel-el-Obamarna.

Are there any other jokes to be made here?

Posted by Nick | September 16, 2008 12:02 PM
13

What is wrong with you people? This is frickin' awesome. Reaching out for the "end of days" vote.

Obama as the last man on earth, kind of like the Omega Man. Unfortunately it's the crappy Will Smith version and not the kick ass Chuck Heston one

Posted by Drawmark | September 16, 2008 12:13 PM
14

I agree that it's terribly executed. But I would like to know how this person is an opportunist? Are they actually making money off that painting? It's not like people are buying lots of art these days. Isn't it more likely that the artist is just another scared Obama fan who feels helpless and needs to feel they are using their skills to support him? (Even if they need to keep working on the skills.)

Posted by erf | September 16, 2008 12:52 PM
15

But I love Will Smith!

Posted by DDW | September 16, 2008 2:10 PM
16

Where can I buy the shirt?

Posted by mike | September 16, 2008 4:56 PM
17

Needs to lose the flag pin, make the tie knot about twice as wide, and generally tone down the suck.

Posted by Art teacher | September 16, 2008 5:49 PM

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