Obama was a charming politician who received fawning press despite a rather lackluster record from eight years in office. He oversaw an expansion of the federal government’s scope, used executive orders to bypass Congress, and kicked problems like the country’s massive debt and broken immigration system further down the road.
Still, the liberal-leaning media loved the guy and gave him favorable coverage in magazines, newspaper articles and television segments.
The cover of the June 25-July 8 issue of New York magazine features a photo of Obama with the text “Barack Obama, Where Are You?”
It reminds me of newspaper headlines in superhero movies that say “Superman, Where Are You?” and the like. (See examples below.) As if Obama could swoop in and solve our nation’s problems under current President Donald Trump.
In addition to that magazine cover, Obama has just popped up as a playable character in the video game “Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn” from Mad Dog Games.
Obama plays a gun-toting, drone-strike-using street vigilante in an episode of the game titled “Barack Fu: The Adventures of Dirty Barry.” The game developers say it’s a parody so they don’t have to get legal rights from Obama to use his name and likeness. (See articles by Polygon and Variety.)
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