Obama's Time Cover Transition: From FDR To Reagan
(By Mark Finkelstein, NewsBusters.org) - What a difference a shellacking makes . . .
Just after Barack Obama won the White House in 2008, 'Time' photoshopped him into an iconic FDR photo at the wheel of a convertible, jaunty cigarette-holder in mouth.
Obama was riding high as the champion of the left, the promise and personification of a born-again big-government New Deal. That was then, this is the 9+% unemployment, recent-shellacking now. So with which president does Time now find it in the president's interest to be associated? Why, Ronald Reagan, of course.
The new 'Time' cover, unveiled by 'Time' editor Rick Stengel on 'Morning Joe' today, features a Photoshop of a smiling Obama and Reagan, the Gipper's arm approvingly clapped around PBO's shoulder. The legend: "Why Obama Loves Reagan," [a symbolic heart in place of "loves"].
Just after Barack Obama won the White House in 2008, 'Time' photoshopped him into an iconic FDR photo at the wheel of a convertible, jaunty cigarette-holder in mouth.
Obama was riding high as the champion of the left, the promise and personification of a born-again big-government New Deal. That was then, this is the 9+% unemployment, recent-shellacking now. So with which president does Time now find it in the president's interest to be associated? Why, Ronald Reagan, of course.
The new 'Time' cover, unveiled by 'Time' editor Rick Stengel on 'Morning Joe' today, features a Photoshop of a smiling Obama and Reagan, the Gipper's arm approvingly clapped around PBO's shoulder. The legend: "Why Obama Loves Reagan," [a symbolic heart in place of "loves"].
posted by BP News Bureau | 3:06 PM
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