The scolding professor

Here's a news photo of Obama giving the commencement address at Notre Dame last year:

And here's a photo of President Obama giving the commencement address at Michigan yesterday:

See any similarities? It's Obama the Scolding Professor! He wags his finger! He looks you in the eye with a haughty gaze! Why, he must think he's smarter than you!

These news photos conveniently condense two prominent, related Obamemes: Obama the pointy-headed intellectual and Obama the nagging finger-wagger. Given the mainstream media's ongoing interest in pushing the Obama vs. Anti-Intellectualism narrative, it seems safe to say you can expect to see opponents reproducing this visual theme over and over again in the coming months and years. Makes an especially nice contrast with a certain hockey mom, doesn't it?

(image credits: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP top; Paul Sancya/AP bottom)

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[canada goose]

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