# Obama's thousand yard stare is starting to get a little creepy **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 27, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-thousand-yard-stare-is-starting-to-get-a-little-creepy/544727 "2010-06-27T23:43:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-thousand-yard-stare-is-starting-to-get-a-little-creepy/544727/21 "2010-06-30T01:54:49Z")
I demand that all politicians pose in ways that invite [snark](http://www.willisms.com/archives/tenways.gif) and [ridicule.](http://www.poe-news.com/features.php?feat=31845) Anything [even close to normal](http://www.poe-news.com/features.php?feat=31845) must be [eliminated](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/19/16733/877). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-thousand-yard-stare-is-starting-to-get-a-little-creepy/544727/22 "2010-06-30T02:07:38Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I would have thought it obvious that it was a practiced look. It showed up in the [political posters](http://www.changethethought.com/free-obama-for-america-posters/). That one reminds me of [Che Guerva.](http://wyclefjean.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/che-guevara-albertokorda-1950.jpg) McCain could have done something with that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-thousand-yard-stare-is-starting-to-get-a-little-creepy/544727/23 "2010-06-30T02:34:48Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That one reminds me of [Che Guerva.](http://wyclefjean.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/che-guevara-albertokorda-1950.jpg) McCain could have done something with that. 🙂 When I first saw the election posters they reminded me of the faces of world leaders you see [on](http://media.rd.com/rd/images/rdc/mag0704/cuba-without-castro-01-af.jpg) [buildings](http://www.superstock.com/preview.asp?image=4022-36381&imagex=19&id=5134039&productType=3&pageStart=0&pageEnd=100&pixperpage=100&hitCount=179&filterForCat=&filterForFotog=). I think the thing I’ve never liked is the camera shot looking up at politicians and it seems President Obama got a lot of those during the election. Maybe it was because of the cultivated far-off look that made the shots stand out. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-thousand-yard-stare-is-starting-to-get-a-little-creepy/544727/24 "2010-06-30T02:39:00Z")
The things I will do to not vote Republican. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-thousand-yard-stare-is-starting-to-get-a-little-creepy/544727/25 "2010-06-30T02:56:55Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > Sleep deprivation was a factor in the thousand-yard stare. And of course that’s something that afflicts presidents as well as soldiers. That’s what I thought about the OP picture–dude looks like he didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn last night. ---
**Author:** ![Properties\_of\_Iron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7cd45c/32.png) [@Properties\_of\_Iron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Properties_of_Iron)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-thousand-yard-stare-is-starting-to-get-a-little-creepy/544727/26 "2010-06-30T06:48:56Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > I suppose it’s only a [matter of degree](http://davedupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/2000yardstare.jpg) . . . I have nothing to really add to this thread except that this picture is really freaking me out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-thousand-yard-stare-is-starting-to-get-a-little-creepy/544727.md?page=1)