Enough of the Obama Lust

Monkey see, monkey do. For lack of originality, the Washingtonian magazine's latest cover deserves a failing grade. Conjuring up images of the New York Post's offensive cartoon was not my intent, yet, the reference to imitation drives the cover's animalistic inference home. Although throngs of white women satiated with Barack Obama's Mandingo mystique have gotten extensive news play, the unabashed sexual obsession with the president should succumb to a natural death like serious journalism. Sex may be the sales belt's oldest tool but what a stereotypical shame!