Little Bammy CLOWNING for Buzzfeed. If you weren't embarrassed by him before, you will be now.
Which image of Obama mugging for BuzzFeed’s cameras diminishes the presidency the most, ranked
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This is what many conservatives think Obama does all day anyway.
10. Count it
CountIt
This is a corollary to the above, ranked higher mostly for Obama's bad acting.
9. Shades
Shades
Republicans are probably happy to see Obama wearing Biden's shades, because, let's be honest, no one can wear them like Biden.
8. Gun shades
Gun
No better. (Update: We have our first actual usage! This one was Michelle Malkin's choice.)
7. The selfie stick
Stick
This is a controversial decision, but we can defend it: How many pundits know how deeply embarrassing selfie sticks are? We propose: Not many. This would however be the most damaging clip for an attack ad -- if Obama could run again.
6. The drawing
Drawing
Barack Obama didn't draw this. I know that's obvious, and I know it's all a joke and so on, but I think that's important to note. That's why he's simply retracing the lines; someone -- also probably not the person who drew this -- put it in front of him and said, no, just retrace the lines on it. So Obama did, gamely, despite it making him look like he's no better at sketching than Napoleon Dynamite.
5. The dreamboat
Chin
Again, this is what some Republicans think Obama does all day.
4. #ThanksObama
Thanks
A meme? How could a president engage in a meme? But, then, the meme is about how Obama is ruining everything, so it's sort of mixed.
2. (tied) The wink and the tongue
Tongue
Wink
Here Obama is literally making himself look foolish, which will, of course, embolden Putin.
1. The mirror
You have already noticed: The mirror that Obama is using for this is dirty. Very dirty. Weirdly dirty.
Is this sequestration? Is it simply that Obama's people and BuzzFeed's people didn't really think about it and were using a room that hadn't been dealt with for a few days? Or is it that this is a metaphor for the decline of the presidency under Barack Obama, to the extent that even the White House, a symbol of the people, is allowed to degenerate.
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