A-men brutha!
Obama had the perfect opportunity to make lemonade out of lemons by going along with the gag and getting in a good laugh.
“I must protest, Michelle has never had a ‘fro...”
“This is an outrageous insult to Ms. Angela Davis. The ‘chocolate chip’ camouflage pattern did not exist in her day...”
“I charge artistic plagiarism. The artist clearly modeled me after the statue of Pharaoh Akhenaten. You will be receiving a nasty letter from Dr. Zahi Hawass in the morning...”
“Why did you put Michelle in a long-sleeved shirt? I love the fact that she has no arm flab at her age...”
Alas, no. He could have seen the humor in the situation and endeared himself to the public, but he chose instead to throw an adolescent snit.
I say the New Yorker was testing him and he flunked big time.
The truth hurts, I guess.