BREAKING: The (apparently not) official White House portrait of Barack Obama

[kpete]

Last edited Mon Jun 12, 2017, 03:10 PM - Edit history (1)

I love the tan suit...

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

1. I miss having a real POTUS

[Alice11111]

59. It is strange seeing Obama... the US was respected. I didn't

read 25pc as much news because I knew we had adults in charge, and they knew much more than I did (not true now). I didn't anxiously read the morning news, knowing something else awful or stupid, had probably happened.
I took our government seriously; now, I just think most are a bunch of fakers and I'm contemptuous, at best.

Good portrait.

[ck4829]

2. It's sad when a painting looks more presidential than the Putinist implant

[dixiegrrrrl]

65. It is a JOKE, says the guy who posted the Tweet..

Link to tweet

[ck4829]

66. That just makes the division even greater

[Blaukraut]

3. Tie too long, suit too baggy, but the likeness is pretty good n/t

[mopinko]

13. i agree. he never looked that sloppy.

and much as i love the implicit middle finger of the tan suit, i also love that he had 5 identical blue suits and one tux.
would have been more representative in his usually tidy, tailored blue. all that beige is a little monotonous for me.

[spooky3]

52. I agree. It makes him blend into the beige background.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

61. Looks like he borrowed Lebron Jame's suit! Much too baggy. Like the rest of it though.....

[Yupster]

62. I like it

He will be happy to hear that I approve.

[Brainstormy]

67. Yes. Suit too big. n/t

[kydo]

5. Very JFKish

I love it! The JFK one was my fav but I think Obama's is now my new fav.

[mfcorey1]

6. This is for all the haters who had a meltdown when the president wore this

tan suit to a press conference.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Amazing

That man warms my heart.

[gordianot]

8. Great portrait and remember when Pukes threw a fit over the tan suit?

Take that Peter King and all the GOP obstructionist.

[Aristus]

9. Excellent!

I love the tan suit. That's an artistic middle-finger to the reich-wingers who became hysterically enraged when he wore one. Despite the fact that every President immediately preceding him has been photographed wearing a brown or tan suit.

I don't know why the color of his suit mattered so much to the below-average half of America. But since his skin color did too, we'll just chalk it up to sub-optimal intelligence on their part.

[Aristus]

14. It was a tempest in a teapot for 3-4 days, then died down.

The right-wing goons made up something else about PBO to be outraged about, and moved on...

[NastyRiffraff]

45. They have this weird aversion to brown or tan

I don't understand it. They did the same shit to Al Gore, and of course some so-called progressives chimed in.

[Wounded Bear]

10. I'm a little torn...

I almost hope they don't hang it in the White House until Trump is gone, because I wouldn't put anything past him, including defacing artworks.

OTOH, I hope they hang it prominently to remind Trump of what a real president looks like.

[ismnotwasm]

11. K&R

[Croney]

15. Has he ever worn such a baggy suit?

I don't know; just curious. We all know it covers a very fit and attractive body. This is a President the country can always be proud of.

[FM123]

16. I love everything about it.

[demmiblue]

17. Is this real? The Tweeter is a conservative and I don't see this mentioned anywhere else.

Plus, did anyone else notice the face in the sleeve?

[Justice]

18. The face is excellent, extraordinary but the body looks heavier than Obama, and the suit is way

too big, the tie is too long. Really not good.

[skypilot]

19. It doesn't look finished.

It looks more like a study for a portrait rather than the final work.

[mahina]

20. I think it's awful.

There's none of his spirit in it, the tie is ridiculous, the suit is baggy, the colors are really muddy, his physique and physicality is missing completely, the face has a nasty expression I've never seen on him that does not reflect his bright heart, and it looks like a talented sixth grader painted it.

I do not like it at all and am sorry this is it, if it is.

[Duppers]

42. I agree.

He is much more handsome and polished than this painting portrays.

Disappointed.

[procon]

21. Why is there a fucking monkey's face on his left sleeve?!?

Yeah, that suit is wrinkled and a couple of sizes too big and looks like it came off the sale rack at Ernie's Big & Tall, but the 'artist' painted a goddamned monkey face on the Obama's sleeve!


Editing to add: this info doesn't appear on any other news service. I'm suspicious now that this is a hoax.

[mahina]

24. I missed that.

Awful.

[bettyellen]

51. Huge baggy beige suit w ex long tie? Seriously glad this is FAKE.

[dixiegrrrrl]

64. wow....that is deliberate.

that top black streak of the "face" has no reason to be there, it is not shadow, too dark to be a wrinkle.

[demmiblue]

22. Fake, according to a White House reporter for the Daily Beast:

Link to tweet

[mahina]

23. Thank God.

[demmiblue]

26. People need to suss these things out a little more before posting, imo.

The spread of fake news is getting worse and worse every day.

[skypilot]

27. I second that.

*

[moonscape]

29. Truly n/t

[marlakay]

34. Thankful to didn't like it

I always think of Obamas smile, i hope they have him smile. He got more done in a peaceful smiling way.

[Princess Turandot]

25. Doesn't seem likely this early...

George and Laura Bush's portraits weren't revealed until *2012*; it was done at a WH ceremony hosted by the Obamas.

[procon]

28. The jerk who tweeted this pix self identifies himself as a "conservative".

Matt Mackowiak, is a former press secretary to U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, and he runs a political consulting business for Texas Republicans.

'Nuff said.

[demmiblue]

30. I have said it before, there needs to be a jury option for fake news.

Watch the recs increase, though.

[Glimmer of Hope]

48. Seriously.

[mopinko]

54. this is an excellent idea.

have you posted it in ata?
we def need it before campaign season starts up again.

[demmiblue]

60. I believe it was brought up several times in ATA.

The response, iirc, was something along the lines of fellow DUers would set it straight in the body of the thread. Pfft, as if that matters... 80 people recommended a thread that is totally fake.

Same thing happened with the recent fake Trump Time cover that was posted and recommended by quite a few.

[mopinko]

63. posted over and over.

we at least need a fake news smilie.
i have suggested that a unique was to do post likes would be to open the smilie panel, then add those to the post bottom line like hearts. they said it was a good idea, but i dont think it is high on the list.

i do love that eventually folks debunk stuff, but yeah, that time cover had me banging my head.

[Lil Missy]

31. There's an outline of an ape on his left lower sleeve. This is a racist hit job. n/t

[pnwmom]

36. Yup! n/t

[taught_me_patience]

38. Wow... once you see it... can't be unseen. n/t

[GoCubsGo]

44. Yep! Good eye! n/t

[eleny]

32. I like it

I always liked him in a tan suit. Also, looking to his left - a nice point to make in case it was for that reason. The casual hands in his pockets is very sharp and is so much his public personality. This is a nice contemporary portrait. Oh, and the flag pin! Not too much ad not too little, just right. Just right all around.

[taught_me_patience]

53. How about the racist ape face on the sleeve? n/t

[eleny]

55. Never even saw it

And I appreciate your pointing it out. Sad because it's a nice portrait otherwise. I always liked him in that summer suit.

[gademocrat7]

33. Simply the best!

[pnwmom]

35. Check the tie length. It's Obama's head on DT's body. No, thanks! n/t

[taught_me_patience]

37. Baggy ass suit looks like crap

President Obama dressed much better than this.

[Duppers]

43. Agree.

[roscoeroscoe]

39. I call b.s.

No, no, no.

[bhikkhu]

40. First impression - I don't like it

the background in particular. Remember those cartoons where someone gets hit by a frying pan and stands vibrating, surrounded by lines? That's what it reminds me of.

The likeness is decent but the suit is too casual and loose - not how the man presented himself. And why is the tie trump-long?

[JI7]

41. OP please edit. this is not real and a close look shows it's racist

[LaydeeBug]

46. I agree with the first comment..the suit looks too big. HE looks good though. nt

[bdamomma]

47. what a great picture

I hope President Obama eyes follows don the con. They may even catch don the con talking to it.

so reading other posts this is not the "official" painting. Leave to DU to find out it's not the official.

[Vinca]

49. I cannot tell a lie. I don't like it.

President Obama is a handsome man and always smartly dressed. Although the likeness if there, the painting seems sloppy and amateurish.

[bdjhawk]

50. Righties are so repulsive

Hiding an ape face in a fairly normal looking portrait (altho agree it doesn't do him justice).

Am I misremembering or did a right wing artist put some reference to scandal (blue dress? etc?) in some official portrait of Bill Clinton? These people are such scum. Yet we are supposed to "respect" the office of President and blindly support tRump?!!!!

[demmiblue]

56. Aww... the little shitstain that posted this 'joke' of a picture responds:

Link to tweet

And people still like it (they must have missed the sleeve).

[Cha]

57. That's my POTUS!

[MFM008]

58. Not the tan suit

Obama looks great in anything but he looks a little like a floating head in all that tan in that portrait.