| Online: | |
| Visits: | |
| Stories: |
| Story Views | |
| Now: | |
| Last Hour: | |
| Last 24 Hours: | |
| Total: | |
Ouch: The Man Who Made Obama An Icon Just Turned Against Him In A Way That Has To Sting
One of the most iconic images from the 2008 presidential election cycle – Barack Obama’s face on a red, white and blue field, captioned by the word ‘Hope’ – was designed by a man who now says the hope he once had for the current president is lost.
In a recent Esquire interview, artist Shepard Fairey discussed his creation, which attracted controversy of its own when it was discovered the Associated Press owned the copyright for the photo he used as his inspiration. When asked how he thought Obama has done in living up to the hype his posters helped create, Fairey’s disillusionment was clear.
“Not even close,” he responded.
He explained that, based on candidate Obama’s promises, he felt let down by many of the policies of the last six years.
“Obama has had a really tough time,” he acknowledged, “but there have been a lot of things that he’s compromised on that I never would have expected. I mean, drones and domestic spying are the last things I would have thought [he’d support].”
This was not Fairey’s first public criticism of Obama. Last year, he unveiled an updated version of his poster with “Sold” replacing the aforementioned caption.
Looking forward to 2016, the artist is hardly as gung-ho about the presumptive Democrat nominee as he was in 2008.
“I mean nothing against Hilary [sic] [Clinton],” he said. “I agree with Hilary on most issues, but campaign finance structure makes me very angry, because it means that politicians are going to have to raise a huge amount of money, which narrows the field dramatically.”
Are you glad more and more former Obama supporters are now disavowing his policies? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
This post originally appeared on Western Journalism – Equipping You With The Truth
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/ouch-the-man-who-made-obama-an-icon-just-turned-against-him-in-a-way-that-has-to-sting/
