‘The Obama Conquest’: Newsweek‘s Election Cover Depicts Obama As Napoleon

[JRLeft]

Newsweek will be wrapping its print edition at the end of the year, at which time we can bid a fond farewell to all of the magazine’s amusing and sometimes outlandish covers. And it looks like they’re going out with a bang, because Newsweek‘s post-election cover depicts the president as Napoleon Bonaparte victorious after a battle, with the headline “The Obama Conquest.”

The cover accompanies a story written by Daniel Klaidman tracking Obama’s years-long lucky streak in electoral politics.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/newsweeks-election-cover-depicts-obama-as-napoleon/

[reflection]

1. Oh yeah, the right will respond well to this.

[sadbear]

2. I like what it says on the top of the cover.

[madaboutharry]

4. From David Frum, no less!

[liberalmuse]

3. Ouch!

That is going to enrage Republicans. I hope Newsweek has hunkered down and is ready for the barrage of death threats.

[RustyWheels]

5. George Washington's Coat

I believe that is supposed to be General George Washington's Continential Army Coat, not Napoleon's.

[demhottie]

10. Wow- you're right! I definitely thought it wsa supposed to be Napolean

until I had another look. Elsewhere on the web, people have also interpreted it as Napoleon, but yes- youre right.

[texpatriot2004]

14. Good eye you have

Welcome to DU

[alphafemale]

17. That was my first thought as well.

Nothing about that said Napoleon to me.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

22. +1000 nt

[joesdaughter]

6. Looks More Like

General George Washington's uniform.

[Zen Democrat]

7. Barack Obama, Father of the New America

[bamacrat]

19. +1 n/t

[railsback]

8. Not Napoleon.

That's quite a leap. He'd have his hand stuffed between his lapels.

[independentpiney]

9. Definitely a Continental Army coat, not Napoleonic era nt

[onenote]

11. Washington, not Napoleon

Bonaparte typically had a high neck collar.

[RosedaleGuy]

12. Love it...

...I bet the Tea Party's heads would explode seeing Obama in Washington's uniform.

[smorkingapple]

13. If they're gonna go out, this was the way to do it..

[Retrograde]

15. I'm a Bonapartist, so that's fine with me

and his great-nephew founded the FBI, so there's an American connection!

[agentS]

16. I lean both ways with this

If... blah blah blah... then Obama would have had a harder time getting re-elected.
Would he have won if the opposition candidates were better/i.e. not crooked callous and stupid?
Some pundits say Yes, some say No.

I think he would have been tested- tested in a way he had not been in his earlier winning races.
To be fair, he DID beat out Clinton and Edwards, both of whom would have cleaned McCain and Romney's clock like Obama did.
Heck, even if Edwards had 20 out-of-wetlock kids, with ALL of his aides, I would have STILL voted for him over McCain or R-money! The opposition was just that bad.

I think his success is a product of the times we are in, but it took more than luck (i.e. crappy opposition and favorable demographics). It took SKILL- skills the opposition did not have, WISDOM- to know how to strike and when not to strike, and PERSISTENCE- not giving up no matter what, and staying true to a course that you know will work. These are hallmarks of a good general. Is he a "great" general" like Washington or Napolean? well... we'll never know (thanks to crappy opponents), unless he runs for Senate again or the UN presidency.

[ForumPoliticum]

18. Dancing on our graves !!!

Newsweek is dancing on our own graves - http://www.forumpoliticum.com/2012/11/14/newsweeks-dancing-on-our-graves/

[Wind Dancer]

20. Oh FFS!

Doubt you'll be here for very long!

[KatyMan]

21. you need to correct your website

to reflect that it is George Washington's coat.
Why is your FB page a locked group?

[Avalux]

23. I don't see him as Napoleon in that pic - more like George Washington.

Look at the garb in these portraits:





Now you tell me? Even Obama's face is drawn down to resemble Washington in that cover. I DO NOT agree with the Napoleon comparison, and think it's best to not spread mediate.com's meme.