Reuters now using words like “uber-cool” to describe Obama
posted at 12:30 pm on December 29, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Just on the company blog, though. Rest assured, for wire stories they put their Serious Journalist caps on.
With apologies to D.L. Hughley, it’s The One’s “Stefan Urquelle” moment.
Barack Obama may be the first U.S. president who can successfully pull off the shaka, a Hawaiian greeting Hawaiians say has various meanings, from “hang loose” and “cool” to “thanks.”…
The president-elect, looking uber-cool with his White Sox baseball cap on backwards, flipped the shaka to a crowd of about 30 people as he left a gym on a Marine Corps base on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, where he is vacationing.
Does he really need the hat to attain uber-coolness? Being married to a “goddess” should be enough. And hey, nothing says creepy hip like a president who hits the gym every morning. Exit question: What other fashion conventions that have been passe for, oh, at least 20 years are we about to learn are “uber-cool”? Obama should start wearing skinny ties just to dare the press to call him outmoded.
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Heh- let’s take this to the next level. He’s wearing his pants- how do I say this in polite company?- several inches below his waist, boxers (no question there!!) well represented.
BillH on December 29, 2008 at 1:41 PM
From the HA Headlines
He looks like an abandoned Volkswagon or Trabant, with both doors left open.
Schadenfreude on December 29, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Will President Shaft be the first one admitted to rehab while he is in office?
faraway on December 29, 2008 at 1:44 PM
HornetSting on December 29, 2008 at 1:40 PM
We can only hope. What kind of advisors will let a POTUS-Elect go out in public dressed like that? It really instills confidence in his professionalism…not.
kingsjester on December 29, 2008 at 1:45 PM
So naive.
So immature.
So inexperienced.
So arrogant.
Not so presidential.
Hail to the ChiefCan’t Touch This
fogw on December 29, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Great minds, Jester. I was just about to comment that the POTUS is such a prestigious office and we have “Ghetto Ken” playing the next POTUS.
I know, I know…racist. I better get used to being called racist…it’s gonna be a LONG FOUR YEARS.
HornetSting on December 29, 2008 at 1:47 PM
I actually work for Thomson-Reuters.
For now….
Ludwig on December 29, 2008 at 1:47 PM
What’s with all this talk on the interwebs about Obama being such a handsome guy? He looks like he’s AT LEAST in his late 60s possibly even in his 70s.
I believe his birth certificate could be counterfeit, but not because he was born in another country, but because he shaved 20 years off his age.
Look at him…
http://www.usmagazine.com/files/onama-b.jpg
Smoothies on December 29, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Schaden-, shouldn’t that be a Volkswagen?
bridgetown, it’s not a good thing. It has something to do with nagging, like an insufferable wife…
Entelechy on December 29, 2008 at 1:48 PM
I’m hoping he brings back Member’s Only jackets, myself.
Slublog on December 29, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Baby Got Barack
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on December 29, 2008 at 1:49 PM
I suspect Ahmadinejad is with you on this one.
Smoothies on December 29, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Entelechy on December 29, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Right on description of our dear April.
HornetSting – I used your pet name for Michelle earlier in this thread. Hope you didn’t mind.
kingsjester on December 29, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Entelechy on December 29, 2008 at 1:48 PM
ha…Oh, the irony!
bridgetown on December 29, 2008 at 1:52 PM
And mullets. The world needs more mullets.
BillH on December 29, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Isn’t it about time for a resurgence of the inimitable Zoot suit?
Hasn’t the uber-_____ thing run its course yet?
Gak!
hillbillyjim on December 29, 2008 at 1:54 PM
For those wondering what the media sees in their uber-kewl rockstar:
Obama is the first black Fred Durst
econavenger on December 29, 2008 at 1:55 PM
“Uber” is such a racist throwback.
shaken on December 29, 2008 at 1:57 PM
I’m hoping for five o’clock shadow, Italian sport coat, T-shirt, white linen pants, slip-on sockless loafers sometimes paired with unconstructed blazers, shiny fabric jackets, and lighter pastels a la Miami Vice.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on December 29, 2008 at 1:58 PM
You have a good one also, emo kid.
Ars Moriendi on December 29, 2008 at 2:00 PM
As a lady, I’ll say that Michelle’s fashion doesn’t particularly impress me, but I don’t find it terrible either (most of the time). Palin dresses for her job, and always looked appropriate on the trail (suits and jackets that were fashionable, but classic). She’s a lovely woman, so, while her makeover was good (and needed to take her from Alaska to the world stage), it just enhanced what was already there. And at least one of them can run in heels (at about 50 seconds in), and the other wears flats.
meltenn on December 29, 2008 at 2:01 PM
If Obama overturns “dont ask dont tell” will that make him the First Gay President?
faraway on December 29, 2008 at 2:04 PM
You go right ahead and think it’s fine. I do not. He is supposed to be the next POTUS. I believe at least a small amount of decorum is in order.
It might be helpful to his future job if one could look at him and see something other than an empty-vee top 20 countdown host.
Maybe I’m just old-fashioned and out-moded, like principles and common sense.
hillbillyjim on December 29, 2008 at 2:11 PM
outmoded without the -. It’s the keyboard; yeah, that’s the ticket.
hillbillyjim on December 29, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Not the first time they have been wrong.
mindhacker on December 29, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Man, the minute he has the presidency in the bag he lets it all hang out. From Wall Street to Rush Street, from $1,000.00 suits to ghetto punk. Barry is an uber fraud.
UnEasyRider on December 29, 2008 at 2:14 PM
sheebe, you’re a jackass.
dakine on December 29, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Sorry in my time working with youths– wearing that baseball cap is not “uber-cool” its a gang symbol.
canditaylor68 on December 29, 2008 at 2:17 PM
“If Obama overturns “dont ask dont tell” will that make him the First Gay President?”
Judging by how the referendum on Gay Marriage went around the nation, it would make him one of many one-term President, so here’s predicting he won’t do it.
It would be a distraction, you see.
Bambi’s next goal is getting Bambi re-elected. Light in the loafers soldiers and sailors can just sip on a big ol’ cup of STFU in the back back seat of the Bambi Busline.
NoDonkey on December 29, 2008 at 2:19 PM
You are more than a jackass dakine, A obamibot idiot.
sheebe on December 29, 2008 at 2:19 PM
I’m only 4 years older than Obama, 51 and the sight of him with a backwards cap on like some young punk from the hood isn’t the image that is going to make people respect america and it’s leadership.
The company I work at has a strict policy that the hats we are required to wear be worn forward to promote an adult and respectful image of the company.
Does the whole country have to go ghetto now?
It is lonely being a white middle aged happily married hetorsexual conservative male now adays. Going to be a long 4 years!
Kevin in Southern Illinois on December 29, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Cool! I could go back to work for the @$$hole who built these!
BillH on December 29, 2008 at 2:21 PM
Out = Uber
In = Hella
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on December 29, 2008 at 2:29 PM
The way he presents himself is so un-presidential, it would be funny if it weren’t so pathetic. The One is the exact same age as me – 47 – and I can attest to the fact that trying to be “cool” at our age comes off as anything but. Sort of a pitiful cry for help.
uncivilized on December 29, 2008 at 2:34 PM
So Michelle is a “godess” eh? My wife will be very happy to know that 34-32-56 is in!
Bevan on December 29, 2008 at 2:36 PM
Looks like a thug you would cross the street to avoid.
Wade on December 29, 2008 at 2:38 PM
It’s über (ueber).
Tzetzes on December 29, 2008 at 2:39 PM
I would not be at all surprised to see uber pres wearing a Che t-shirt either. Fist bumps and backward hats (even on vacation) spell juvenile, not leader.
scalleywag on December 29, 2008 at 2:44 PM
“We don’t need no stinkin’ gravitas!”
cs89 on December 29, 2008 at 2:44 PM
His own grandma would be scared of him.:)
faraway on December 29, 2008 at 2:58 PM
faraway on December 29, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Yeah, cuz she was a “typical white person”.
kingsjester on December 29, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Obama…Bringing back sexy!
Gag me!!!
How old is he anyway? 12!!
What an unprofessinal ass clown.
Winebabe on December 29, 2008 at 3:04 PM
It looks like he’s also wearing an earring. It’s hard to tell but if you look at the pic with an enlargement glass it still looks like there’s something glittery there.
In any event, you may wear them yourselves, or see the ‘modest’ next lady of the people.
Entelechy on December 29, 2008 at 3:11 PM
No, she’d just smack him in the back of the head and tell him to turn his hat around and act his age.
Drop the thug thizzle fo’ shizzle.
thomasaur on December 29, 2008 at 3:16 PM
Those things look like Navaho ‘Dream Catchers”
thomasaur on December 29, 2008 at 3:18 PM
The first Gangsta Prezident, cool!
I expect to see spinners and hyrdraulics on the presidential limo by the end of January.
Wyznowski on December 29, 2008 at 3:20 PM
Only the “typical white” one. The other one would recognize him from the hospital room in Kenya, where she claims to have witnessed the virgin birth. : )
Is it still cool to say “uber”?
capitalist piglet on December 29, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Mullets are for white-skinned lily-livered rednecks. For someone of “Baby’s Got” Barack Obama, coming from the urban sophistication of The Daley Mach- — er, Chicago by way of the serene tropical paradise of Hawaii…
Gotta be the Jheri Curl!
gryphon202 on December 29, 2008 at 3:25 PM
ROFLMAO
brtex on December 29, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Corn rows or extensions like all the cool kids.
thomasaur on December 29, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Some of you need to get out more. Guy wears a baseball cap backwards while working out and you act as if he was wearing a grill (google it), 50 pounds of bling (ask your kid) and his pants down around his crotch. I guess most of the 6 and 7 figure 40+ year old professionals and execs I play hoops with are thugs and gangsters. Not to mention my many military buddies of the same age. The rest of you need to learn some manners. No thinking conservative is as ill-mannered and without honor as guys like sheebe.
dakine on December 29, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Isn’t it funny that now he is Hawaii’s native? If I was from Illinois, I’d be pretty upset. Imagine Hilary saying to NY, hey thanks for electing me, but I’m going to go home to Arkansas now.
I doubt Hawaii wants him representing them. I’d bet the power outage was the spirits of Hawaii rejecting the concept of the president using Hawaii as his ‘home’. But hey, it’s a good gig if you can get it. I suppose if I could pick a place to be home out of Indonesia, Africa, Kansas, Hawaii, or Illinois, I’d pick Hawaii too.
But I guarantee you the spirits on the islands of Hawaii are not pleased at the prospects.
ThackerAgency on December 29, 2008 at 3:40 PM
I’m sure I speak for many when I say “Blow me and f#$k ya’ if ya’ can’t take a little ribbin’”
thomasaur on December 29, 2008 at 3:42 PM
thomasaur on December 29, 2008 at 3:42 PM
+1
Wyznowski on December 29, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Yea and when the frist real problems come up mr. uber-cool will wet his paints.
thmcbb on December 29, 2008 at 3:47 PM
Here ya go.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on December 29, 2008 at 4:05 PM
*Sigh*
Aronne on December 29, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Yes, it is, but only if you’re a leftie.
Irony is indignant, even if you are a “mannered” creature. Millions of examples from the ‘manners’ of the left wouldn’t satisfy you.
Entelechy on December 29, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Yeah, I believe all of that. No reason not to.
BTW, what’s wrong with a grill and 50 pounds of bling? Racist much?
Poseur.
hillbillyjim on December 29, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Not cool: wear a t-shirt bra-less while needing one.
baldilocks on December 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM
wear=wearing
baldilocks on December 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Hey, it’s an improvement over those summer pics of him body-surfing and looking like a dork. I recall earlier in the year in those fluffy-puffy media stories, about how Michelle had a personal trainer and worked our 2 or 3 times a week — with no mention of her hubby being so inclined. Then, lo, after those mid-summer Hawaii pics, we had Barry visiting the gym two, three times a day — and voila! He needs a bra for those awesome pecs!
Such is the progression of an uber-narcissist.
Nichevo on December 29, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Hands can’t be laid on the Obama man, the flim flam man.
His mind may be in the clouds and his talk may be make believe.
Oh lord, the man’s a fraud, he’s a flim flam man. But he’s so cool and cagey , he’s a flim flam man.
Hands can’t be laid on the Obama man, the flim flam man.
He’s wrapped up in a big beautiful box making out like he’ll give you more gifts than Santa Claus.
Oh lord, the man’s a fraud, he’s a flim flam man. But he’s such a cool fox, he’s a flim flam man.
Everybody wants him, the Germans and the Brits, and with all his coolness the Hollywood elites he does disarm.
Oh yeah, the beautiful cool gent, you know he’ll leave you with hardly a cent.
But he’ll pay your bills with with his charm.
Hands can’t be laid on the Obama man, the flim flam man.
His plans may be up his sleeve and his talk may be make believe.
Oh lord, the man’s a fraud, he’s a flim flam man. He’s so cool, he’s an artist.
He’s too cool to be floored, he’s a flim flam man.
MB4 on December 29, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Just what we need…a homeboy for POTUS. He looks silly.
becki51758 on December 29, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Uh-huh. Oh, yeah. Poor little fools. The media are fools, oh, yeah.
Nichevo on December 29, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Gag me.
Terrye on December 29, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Nichevo:
The guy does need a bra. I was amazed that so many people in the media seemed to notice that. It is as if they think they can tell us over and over again that Obama is beautiful and we will believe it…whatever our lying eyes might tell us. It is downright creepy.
Terrye on December 29, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Nah I reckon the guy is angling to be the first president to sign a lucrative sports wear endorsement contract.
Comming to a store near you the all new Nike Air Obama’s.
Dreadnought223 on December 29, 2008 at 5:11 PM
But he thinks he’s gorgeous. As far the bra goes, well, we have mantyhose, so why not the 0-man-bra?
Nichevo on December 29, 2008 at 5:20 PM
I’ll bet Putin laughed his butt off when he saw that pic..
PUTIN: “Boris, look at picture here of Barack Marxovich… Ha Ha.. I would break him like skinny icicle hanging off Dacha Roof… Perhaps I tie Obama’s ears in Square knot…How you say Pussy in english???”
bullseye on December 29, 2008 at 5:21 PM
LOL Terrye. I’m not gonna lie–I’m a little jealous that Obama has a better rack than me. :-(
Smoothies on December 29, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Maybe Obama’s all cut up about Anrie calling him a scrawny little girly man during the election campaign and he is trying to shake that perception everyone has of him by trying to buff up before taking office.
Dreadnought223 on December 29, 2008 at 5:31 PM
They have them in Japan. I saw a whole tv “news” segment on it a couple of weeks ago. It was pretty funny.
califcon on December 29, 2008 at 5:43 PM
The man-bra, in all it’s hilarity:
http://a11news.com/1024/man-bra/
califcon on December 29, 2008 at 5:45 PM
He looks like a nitwit in that hat. This is how little boys without Dad’s wear their hats; Mommy’s too dense to tell him what a fairy he looks like.
Jaibones on December 29, 2008 at 5:58 PM
That’s just wrong!
thomasaur on December 29, 2008 at 6:02 PM
It’s great to see the POTUS in waiting with his cap on backwards.
That’s the kind of adolescent savoir faire that the country has been missing so badly.
It’s good to see he hasn’t fully emerged from his dorm room after 20 years of inventing socialist schemes with his pot-head buddies.
Let’s hope he never does. We need that dorm room mentality in this country.
And anything that distracts him from ruining the country, even if it’s a drug haze, has got to be a big plus for those of us who value our lives.
notagool on December 29, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Vlad has boobs too (scroll down).
baldilocks on December 29, 2008 at 6:12 PM
For crying out loud! America now will have a president who wears his hat backwards. What next? Droopy drawers and the droopy drawer shuffle?
Larry L. Sharp on December 29, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Another walking advertisement for the man-bra: Ted Kennedy (scroll down).
http://www.extrememortman.com/ive-no-idea-how-to-categorize-this-one/extreme-mortman-the-2009-swimsuit-edition/
PA Cat on December 29, 2008 at 6:58 PM
Damn! This is scary!!! We got a man-child as president. I hope the 53% that voted for this imbecile are proud of themselves!!
Sailor on December 29, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Hey Idiot, stick it where the sun don’t shine. Can’t handle good fun?
sheebe on December 29, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Thanks, bullseye. That’s the funniest thing I’ve seen all day.
hillbillyjim on December 29, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Aww come on gang, let the kid have his fun, the crap will hit the fan on the 20th. Boy this is going to be an interesting four years.
N4646W on December 29, 2008 at 7:53 PM
That would be Obama’s base.
Mojave Mark on December 29, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Maybe he can help end my insufferable wait for rolled acid-wash blue-jean pant legs, with boat-shoes to come back in style!
Goody2Shoes on December 29, 2008 at 8:07 PM
Where are the pictures of Obama with his family?
Why only plenty of pics of the president’s pecs?
faraway on December 29, 2008 at 8:34 PM
“uber-DORK” is more like it…
Miss_Anthrope on December 29, 2008 at 8:37 PM
You mean the man-boobs? ‘Cause that’s what he has…
Miss_Anthrope on December 29, 2008 at 8:38 PM
These pics are very creepy.
He is married. He’s on vacation with his family. He’s the President-elect.
So he decides to allow his traveling press corp to snap some pics of himself, alone, with his shirt off.
This is very, very, very creepy.
faraway on December 29, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Great…call me when he can successfully pull off the shocka.
James on December 29, 2008 at 8:46 PM
He’s got a hat on! And its backwards!
Chuck Schick on December 29, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Yeah. Like how Michelle’s supposed to be some sort of fashion plate or (unbelievably) the new Jackie O.
That black widow red and black commie dress she wore on the night Obama won has got to be the most godawful thing ever worn by any president’s or president elect’s wife in the history of the universe.
Or – like saying that Caroline’s lack of experience is in any way shape or form similar to the presumed “lack of experience” of the freaking governor of Alaska!!
They think we actually believe this stuff, just because they say it? I think they do.
Alana on December 29, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Wins.
Jim Treacher on December 29, 2008 at 9:16 PM
All Obama needs is baggie pants and a Raiders jacket and he will be all set. Wouldn’t that be uber-cool? Maybe next Christmas.
Dollayo on December 29, 2008 at 9:26 PM
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