Obama “art” coming to a mainstream store near you

Usually, the places where one could usually find displays of Obama “art” were at trendy Democrat parties, streetside cafes, and other liberal enclaves. Now? Stores like Home Goods are selling “art” you can believe in. CNN has to be so proud! Here’s the email I got from HomeGoods:

It’s such a “fresh” concept, that you can’t even find anything about it on the website.

I’d seen something on the Kohl’s website recently about Obama, but can’t find it this afternoon.

I can see having an ‘official’ portrait of a President hanging in your office, but the artwork angle is a little creepy to me and reminds me (again) of the celebrity/idol factor that Obama brings to politics and the presidency – and to our culture. Of course, this is something else that gained popularity over a year ago after Obama himself authorized the use of his image for campaign-created/related artistic posters.

I wonder if over time this will prove embarrassing for Obama. He won over the (mostly) complacent masses with elegant words and soaring rhetoric, but he has a compulsion about wanting everyone to like him, and I suspect now he’ll continue his effort to try and win over all but his harshest critics, and may find that, stateside at least, the celebrity/idol-like image he cultivated and then tried to run away from towards the end of the campaign may be more of a hindrance to him than a help.

We shall see.