Obama Going MAD

what’s amazing about this parody is how entirely OPPOSITE it is from what we’ve seen!
we’ve seen obama smiling and hard at work at an empty oval office desk.
perhaps this is the ultimate projection by most of the rest of us – “who would want that job?”

I really like this cover. I find it reassuring, precisely because it’s completely implausible. As matt notes, it’s the opposite of everything we’ve seen of Obama, which makes it okay to laugh, and even makes it feel good to laugh. What an absolute relief to know that our President is equal to his task. Just imagine if it were McCain in this illustration and you’ll see what I mean. I know how fawning this sounds, but this would not be funny if we had elected a lesser man. All I have to say is, thank God it’s funny.

I like this cover, too – not because it represents Obama’s reaction accurately (as pointed out above) but that it does represent the state of affairs quite well. It’s a marker; a starting point. We can remember these images when we’re trying to critique his performance 4 and 8 years from now.
“Remember what a sh*tstorm Obama started with? We’ve [hopefully] come a long way…”