Politico op-ed: Damn, our president is hip
posted at 6:36 pm on April 24, 2009 by Allahpundit
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There’s a germ of a good point here — The One’s cultural cachet does help him with voters, especially young ones, by proving he’s “in touch” — but it’s drizzled with so many gooey effusions and earnest exclamation points that I can only call it Morford-esque. Read it and tell me you don’t hear Phil Hartman doing the “Sassy” voice.
But watch him walk. Listen to him talk. See the body language, the expressions, the clothes. He’s got attitude, rhythm, a sense of humor, contemporary tastes.
This much is clear: Whether dealing with the Wall Street mess, shifting troops from Iraq to Afghanistan or fumbling to fill his Cabinet, Obama leans heavily on personal panache to push political policies. Truth be told, his style is rooted in something elusive and hard to define. Pure and simple, it’s hip…
He is green, open, athletic, tech-savvy, healthy. And his hip image certainly isn’t hurt by his wife, who is so obviously cool — setting trends (Sleeveless! Tending her own garden!), confidently mingling with superstars, gracing magazine covers coast to coast…
He could go professorial on the need for health care reform or describe the minutiae of Middle East politics. Still, he begged to bring his BlackBerry into the Oval Office, a signal that he intends to remain in touch with the 21st century. Very hip!…
Obama strutted onto Jay Leno’s stage and plopped down on the couch, making him the first sitting president to do that. He unveiled his March Madness basketball bracket from the Oval Office. And speaking of basketball, who missed the sight of POTUS dressed in all black, sitting courtside at a Bulls-Wizards game with a cup of beer and high-fiving a trash-talking fan? How hip was that?!
Don’t forget the handshake with Hollywood’s favorite dictator. Quite sassy indeed. Exit question: You know who I bet would find a lot of merit in this piece? Ahem.
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Umm, I think we do. Well, at the risk of being un-PC, maybe it’s Radio, but the same idea.
AZfederalist on April 24, 2009 at 10:23 PM
This is why I dont use Politico anymore.
When has the establishment ever been hip to these people?
thebrokenrattle on April 24, 2009 at 10:29 PM
He’s arrogant.
If “arrogant” is hip, I don’t want to be hip.
uncivilized on April 24, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Which is to say, “He’s incompetent, but DAYUM! he looks gooooood!”
ddrintn on April 24, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Well, I agree about the “green” part, anyway.
commenter on April 24, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Hope to hear more from you. Welcome to this crazy place.
RushBaby on April 24, 2009 at 11:08 PM
This article sounds pretty racist. Don’t black politicians deserve to be as boring as the white ones?
Speedwagon82 on April 24, 2009 at 11:15 PM
But I thought he didn’t look like those other presidents on the dollar bills.
OneGyT on April 24, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Either this is satire…
…or the Secret Service should put a tail on the author to make sure he never gets to point blank on P.BO with a revolver in his pocket.
Count to 10 on April 25, 2009 at 12:32 AM
Seriously? He’s hip? Please tell me this article is a belated April Fools.
Of course, if hip stands for He who Imitates a President, then ok.
macblanegirl on April 25, 2009 at 1:11 AM
Hilarious post.
Patterico on April 25, 2009 at 1:14 AM
“He’s got … rhythm”
Hah. Well, half of him does….
Seriously, when it comes to “cool,” he reminds me of my own oldest child — also has one African parent, and one white one.
When she was about 3 or 4, her aunt (African side) was watching her at a party, and commented:
“Poor kid. Her black half wants to dance, and her white half doesn’t know how.”
Yeah, Obama’s got rhythm — like Urkel had rhythm (or my older kid, or her dad. My younger one, on the other hand….)
notropis on April 25, 2009 at 2:03 AM
It was inevitable that our celebrity-obsessed culture would at some point give us a totally vacuous but “hip” POTUS.
Obama looks just awesome on the cover of People, and isn’t that more important than the fact that he looks like President Peter Principle behind the desk in the Oval Office?
On the rare occasions he’s there, that is.
Meredith on April 25, 2009 at 5:08 AM
Who cares if he’s hip? We just need more pictures of his pecs.
vcferlita on April 25, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Didn’t hip and square go out with the dinosaurs?
qestout on April 25, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Politico defining hip?
Naw
The comment section was more interesting:
this comment was nice:
This was very apt:
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Wonder if M. McCain reads Politco?
Does she have a pseudonym?
entagor on April 26, 2009 at 5:07 AM
For some reason, this line:
Made me think of this commercial
busparking on April 26, 2009 at 5:55 PM
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