Obama gets off his unicorn
October 30, 2008 at 3:42 pm by Ken Edelstein in News
Creative Loafing, Oct. 15
I was so pleased with Creative Loafing’s Obama-rides-a-unicorn cover (left), which graced our election issue.
Something about a presidential candidate going bareback on a mythical creature — look, Ma, no hands! — that gives you just a bit of faith in the guy.
I mean, if he can lasso a unicorn he should be able to rein in Wall Street, find peace in the Middle East, make the transition to clean energy, eliminate the budget deficit and win the respect of cowboys everywhere.
Then, this week, Young Thomas Wheatley — who was tipped off by Christa at Pecanne Log — passed along the deflating news that we weren’t alone in a breakout of obamaunicornitas.
It seems LA CityBeat took the concept one step further by dismounting the Messiah off his high horse, so that he could frolic with the animals (left). I gotta admit that I kinda like it.
At the same time, if unicornitas has now gone bi-coastal, I really am concerned that expectations for an Obama presidency have gotten too high.
October 30th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
And you’re all out of date, too. Unicorns are so 2003/2004. Obviously the mystical creature of 2008 was bigfoot.
October 31st, 2008 at 8:31 am
OMG, I DIED when I saw this. This is why I miss Atlanta and the ‘loaf. Washington City Paper would never do this.
Y’all are on Wonkette, too!
October 31st, 2008 at 10:28 am
Unicorns are not real. Just thought you might want to know.
-RPTH
October 31st, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Actually, Taylor, you don’t have to miss the ‘loaf, because Washington City Paper did this post four hours before Ken did! Atlanta: PWNED.
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