Blatant Reality

I was wandering around Obama’s website today, looking for anything that might be of interest when I stumbled upon this in the “Kids for Obama” section:

You read that right, that’s a list of 10 things that KIDS can do to help out the Obama Campaign.

Now when you think about it, this section is fairly disturbing. For one, its obviously targeting kids that are way to young to even be thinking about politics. I reached this conclusion just by looking at the picture located on the same page:

I guess Obama is following the same strategy that Tobacco companies used to use (still use?) to get people smoke: if you can get them hooked when they are young, you will have them coming back for more for life.

Anyways, another thing that was a little less disturbing but far more funny was the 4th bullet point in that list that asks kids to draw pictures of Obama in the White House. The only reason that is funny (other than the fact that it is obviously targeting the preteen audience) is because of the whole New Yorker incident that happened last week.

With the way that Obama reacted to that caricature of himself and Michelle, I don’t know if he will be able to handle pictures drawn with much less talent and much less tact.

I mean, these are kids, who knows what they might draw? Think about all the problems you could get if kids don’t get Obama’s skin color just right. I mean kids aren’t that good at blending colors let alone picking them (who in the world has ever seen a polka dotted pig in real life?). Should Crayola make a color called ‘Obama’ to help solve this problem?

What will happen if a picture from one of his ‘kids for Obama’ leaks to the press that portrays him as too black, too white or even too green (in the literal sense, not the environmental)?

And what about those ears? People think that George Bush looks like a monkey but Obama’s ears certainly make him a candidate for animal comparisons. Monkey? Elephant? Bush Baby? The jury is still out but what would Obama do if a kid just happened to draw a picture that made him look something a little bit more…errr…wild?

I mean the New Yorker looks tame compared to some of the pictures kids could draw. At least with the New Yorker you could explain everything away with positive meanings. Take a look:

• Obama could be in that style of clothing because he embraces multiculturalism,
• The picture of Osama is there to help remind him who the real enemy is
• The flag is burning because that’s the the only proper and honorable way to dispose of a flag
• Michelle is dressed like that to symbolize that she is a strong, feminist woman who can take care of herself
• The fist bump is just a way to minimize transmitting germs due to extended physical contact as in a hug, kiss, or handshake

Do you think a kid could put that much thought into a picture that? I doubt it.

Anyways I just wanted to throw that out there. What do you think?