Hard to argue with. I think he'd look pretty sharp with a beard. Besides, we haven't had a president with facial hair since like...Taft, if I remember right. Although I don't think any of the styles in this wee stupid slideshow are any good.

Maybe just a standard full, neatly-trimmed style along the jawline, and it would add some gravitas. A jaunty VanDyke or some puffy Martin Van Buren-style sideburns are right out, though.

He's not ghey.

This would be a terrible fuel on an dangerous fire, sad as it is to say.

Is Katie Holmes that desperate for publicity?

I'm going to need some real mock up pics to decide, since the one in TFA looks ridiculous...

Um, yeah...if Obama were to grow a beard, it would not be a scraggly unkempt thing like that.

Yeah, and a turban.

I vote for this look:



/you damn right

Good idea ;)

Did that guy actually get paid for putting out that turd of an article?

stargazer101: I'm going to need some real mock up pics to decide, since the one in TFA looks ridiculous...

Exactly. They either look like pubes glued on his face or squiggly lines drawn on in paint. Obama should only grow a beard if he can grow one that is thick enough to be short but not patchy.

/I less-than-three a nice thick beard

whiskerino shout-out!

Shouldn't this be a shoop contest?

If Obama can grow an "Ed Bradley", he should totally go for it!

/full of hotlinked sinfulness

Well, Lincoln DID have a really long face; Obama's is rounder and, if any, needs a different style of beard.

Man, the worship has gotten so over the top you lot are masturbating over his possible future facial hair.

Why don't you guys take a step back from the computer, put away your Obama signs, take off the Obama shirt, scrape off the Obama bumper sticker and realize that he actually isn't some kind of re-incarnated diety.

Why I should quit clicking on the politics tab.

SpinStopper: Good idea ;)

an "Evil Spock" FTW!

gawd, those mock-ups are... well... just "ewwww"

/not wanting to mar that comforting and pleasant countenance with facial hair
//female relatives think Obama is teh handsome!

Oh mother of god.

I can't even imagine the right wing "ZOMG SEE HE'S MOOSLIM!!!11!one!!" that would ensue.

It would be deafening.

the one from the page looks like that jackass episode where they gave that guy the beard of pubes...

Yes he should, beards are incredibly awesome.

deltabourne: Man, the worship has gotten so over the top you lot are masturbating over his possible future facial hair.

Why don't you guys take a step back from the computer, put away your Obama signs, take off the Obama shirt, scrape off the Obama bumper sticker and realize that he actually isn't some kind of re-incarnated diety.

Did someone poop in your cornflakes this morning?

If the "Obama worship" really bothered you, you wouldn't be biatching about it in some thread. You would avoid it. You'd be elsewhere, doing something productive. Really, it just looks like you love any excuse to belittle people.

We're just having a bit of fun in here. Feel free to join in, but leave you bitter antagonism at the door, please.

OozoSoozo: We're just having a bit of fun in here. Feel free to join in, but leave you bitter antagonism at the door, please.

Beards. Serious business.

I'm here for the MS paint beards, don't disappoint!

Soul patch.

deltabourne: Man, the worship has gotten so over the top you lot are masturbating over his possible future facial hair.

Why don't you guys take a step back from the computer, put away your Obama signs, take off the Obama shirt, scrape off the Obama bumper sticker and realize that he actually isn't some kind of re-incarnated diety.

All conservatives like to have inappropriate relations with young boys. All conservatives are corrupt and take bribes in return for legislative consideration. All conservatives believe Ronald Reagan was a Saint and made no mistakes. All conservatives believe that non-Christians should be tortured and expelled from the country. All conservatives secretly want to gun down liberals on the advice of talk-radio hosts.

It's awful stupid to attribute the motivations and actions of a single member of a group to the group as a whole. Although this IS Fark, after all.

/I've never seen anyone besides conservatives call Obama 'deity', 'messiah', or 'chosen one'. You must really like him.

/he people who support Obama call him Mr. President-Elect.

Darconix: Don't forget, libs, that Obama is still trying to dispel these rumors that he's a secret Muslim. Do you really think the best way to do that is to consciously move closer to a physical resemblance with the bearded fruitcakes half the world away? (Or down the street, if you are unfortunate enough to live in London)

or right next door to Darconix if you are unfortunate to live next to a penis wrinkle.

I'd like to see him with a Kimbo Slice beard.

unfortunate enough, damnit!

I think Obama should grow a bear.

That would be farking AWESOME.

deltabourne: Man, the worship has gotten so over the top you lot are masturbating over his possible future facial hair.

Why don't you guys take a step back from the computer, put away your Obama signs, take off the Obama shirt, scrape off the Obama bumper sticker and realize that he actually isn't some kind of re-incarnated diety.

That is sound advice coming from the people who still wank it over Reagan on a daily basis.

Tastes Like Chicken
Yeah, and a turban.

How do you grow a turban?

//not a farmer

jcooli09:

or right next door to Darconix if you are unfortunate to live next to a penis wrinkle.

By far the best description to date of this particular Farker is "peanut-studded grunt sculpture."

I put him on ignore and my blood pressure went down. You should try it.

Approves like the pimp that he was

BitwiseShift: Tastes Like Chicken
Yeah, and a turban.

How do you grow a turban?

//not a farmer

Well first you get a rotating blade, then you get a rotor...

Oh, wait, turbAN. Nevermind.

Darconix: Don't forget, libs, that Obama is still trying to dispel these rumors that he's a secret Muslim. Do you really think the best way to do that is to consciously move closer to a physical resemblance with the bearded fruitcakes half the world away? (Or down the street, if you are unfortunate enough to live in London)



This is serious business

Why Obama should grow a beard

I thought that was Michelle.

OozoSoozo: jcooli09:

or right next door to Darconix if you are unfortunate to live next to a penis wrinkle.

By far the best description to date of this particular Farker is "peanut-studded grunt sculpture."

I put him on ignore and my blood pressure went down. You should try it.

Very good. I stole penis wrinkle from the douchnozzel thread.

I do apologize to everyone ignoring him for not readcting his post. I know how rude that is.

Beard?
No way. A mustache is where it's at.
Think "President Lando".

I thought that was Michelle's job?

/sure he is, you just keep telling yourselves that, kids

He should grow the dog-startler

A nice Pornstache might be a good look for him.


At least try to grow a neckbeard. Something.


Gotta give the wife something to biatch about.

beyond green: Why Obama should grow a beard

I thought that was Michelle.

As I failed to beat you, I must therefore join you. Please send address of nearest recruiting station to become a member of your minions.

Darconix: Don't forget, libs, that Obama is still trying to dispel these rumors that he's a secret Muslim. Do you really think the best way to do that is to consciously move closer to a physical resemblance with the bearded fruitcakes half the world away? (Or down the street, if you are unfortunate enough to live in London)

Crude: At least try to grow a neckbeard. Something.

Kyle says to go for it!

far_cue: beyond green: I thought that was Michelle's job?

/sure he is, you just keep telling yourselves that, kids

I think it would be awesome to have Obama come out of the closet if not just to see 1/2 the countries head explode.

As a guy with a beard, I say why not. I want my pro-facial hair views espoused in the White House

I recently saw a guy at the local Eat & Park who had half a beard. No, not that way... or the other - it was vertical. The left side of his face was cleanly shaved and the right side was full on old-man beard, reaching a good 5 or 6 inches below his chin at its tip. It didn't look like he had recent surgery or anything... It was 3 a.m. and I think he was just a freak.

Since most of the major styles have been done, and black men tend to lead the way in elegant facial hair stylings (at least since the advent of hip-hop), perhaps he could do some variation of a fractional vertical beard. I'm thinking a 1/4. It could encompass part of his chin like half a fu-manchu with a little beard sticking out. He might go down in history like Pablo Picasso with his asymmetrical face.