He is often labeled “The Most Powerful Man on Earth.” He is also the recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize. Excuse my logic, but seriously folks, are we going to label him Saint Obama?
If the photos tell the story maybe he’s already been canonized.
What I am getting at are photos that anyone who likes to Google can find that show some of our recent presidents with what appear to be halos above their heads.
Upon close inspection the viewer will quickly realize that the “halo” is nothing more than the blurred image of the presidential seal that is hung behind the president’s podium whenever he addresses the media or other official gatherings.
Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and now President Obama have all been immortalized with halo photos as shown below.
Now I am really impartial as far as President Obama is concerned. I am not his biggest fan but then again I am not a detractor. So when I first saw a halo photo last year the skeptical journalistic side of me was fuming that certain liberal members of the media had deliberately shot the photo that way to imbue Obama with divine persona.
Upon calming down over this phenomenon, I started Googling and soon saw that the other aforementioned presidents had also been adorned with halos in their photos.
Once I had the chance to think the whole thing over I must confess that I think the entire staging of these photos may have some positive sides.
We live in what is still the greatest most successful country on Earth. Serving as the president of this great nation is not an easy task. No matter what he does, there will always be some special interest group, lobbyist group or other naysayers that call him out.
When a new president is elected he rides into Washington on the wave of being picked the most popular politician in the country. People have high hopes. So is it surprising or even inaccurate to picture him with a halo? After all, albeit temporarily, the new president is often regarded as a sort of messiah who will safeguard our freedoms and deliver us to a life of prosperity and security. Of course, things don’t always turn out that way.
As well with regard to the halo, serving as president despite all the security protection he receives is a dangerous job. Two sitting presidents have been assassinated and countless other presidents have been the target of thwarted attempts on their lives.
Thus, the office of the president is in my opinion sacrosanct. To those who diss our country, be they Americans or others, I ask you to consider what other nation on earth has so welcomed immigrants from every walk of life and from every country the world over. Furthermore, look at countries such as North Korea, Iran, and now in particular Syria. Their records on human rights are atrocious. We in America like to complain when one of our civil rights is trampled on. Yet unlike Syria and other countries our president doesn’t employ secret hit squads to mow down anyone who opposes him. Here we are free to speak our mind and assemble peacefully to protest that which we don’t like about our government.
In recent years our past presidents and current one, have never been caught being drunk or impaired while on the job. Each of them has had to live in the huge fishbowl existence that the modern day media has created and have all behaved admirably well with grace under pressure.
In short, while someone reading this may not think that our current president or any specific past presidents are holy figures, the office of the President itself is a sacred spot.
Pictured below are some of our presidents wearing halos. If you want to have a little fun, picture what some of the distant past presidents would have looked like wearing one. In particular, I think Martin Van Buren would have looked hideous with one.
Here’s to the presidency and God Bless America.
Copyright 2012; Greg S.
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