Obama Expresses Anti-Superman Sentiment
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‘I was always into the Spider-Man/Batman model. The guys who have too many powers, like Superman, that always made me think they weren’t really earning their superhero status. It’s a little too easy. Whereas Spider-Man and Batman, they have some inner turmoil. They get knocked around a little bit.’
In politics there is compromise, and while it pains me to see Sen. Obama come out against Superman, my support remains solid.
Yet, it hurts.
We’ll just remember the good times.
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My Superman tattoo is a bit droopier today. But such is life and I will suck it up and continue to back the Senator.
Maybe you could run a support group here for those of us suffering through this painful episode.
But…but…hasn’t the Senator heard? Batman is just like George W. Bush!
Anyway, Superman wasn’t born in the US and isn’t the child of US citizens. Does he even have a birth certificate?
He’s got a point, though. Superman didn’t earn his superpowers, they were just a by-product of our cah-razy yellow sun.
Obama’s always struck me as a Luke Cage type of hero, just a lot skinnier. Just as awesome though.
Hick, I think Superman has a forged birth certificate, just like Barack Obama (another reason he should be a superman fan).
Yep. And what’s his middle name?
But he did grow up in Kansas, didn’t he?
He’s flip-flopping on Superheroes now too? Geez…
DC did a sort of alternate future story as part of their Armageddon 2001 event, waaaaay back in the mid-90s, in which Superman ran for President, and the issue of his origin came up.
It was successfully argued in a court of law that due to the circumstances of his arrival and the technology inherent in the Kryptonian pod, he actually was found in a “birthing matrix,” which meant that he was effectively “born” in Kansas.
Dubious? Sure. Still: got him elected President.
When did he say he preferred Superman? He posed in front of a statue. Lighten up.
He’s flip-flopping on Superheroes now too? Geez…
Would you stop it? Your boy’s got more flip-flops than Club Med.
Nah, this is one time where the flip-flopping charge is actually sort of funny. Oliver displayed the photo that’s the proof.
It’s okay to laugh, just as Oliver did.
But, if Superman stands for Truth, Justice and the American Way, doesn’t Obama’s stand means he is for Lies, Injustice, and some Middle-East Origin Way?
For a guy who is suppose to be the greatest hero Superman gets knocked around quite a bit. His weakness is a freaking piece of jewelery how lame is that.
Doesn’t Superman also have a good deal of inner turmoil because of his inability to help everyone every time?