Obama: President, Celebrity, Bad Ass.

We love Obama like a fat kid loves Big Macs and grape jelly. Though the U.S. president is undoubtedly going to be a known name and face, few have been bonafide celebrities the way Barack Obama has come to be. He doubles as a pop culture icon, his face gracing so many different products and clothing, and not just the shit you find in a D.C. souvenir shop. Obama is haute couture, and we all want to be his friend.

Obama is trailblazing his way into late night television, planning to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Would we ever have seen Bush on late night NBC (besides various impersonations highlighting his monkey-like stupidity on SNL)? Obama's appearance on Leno is going to mean so much more than one might gather at face value. Finally, we have a president with personality, a president that is actually a person and not afraid to advertise that fact. Did anyone hear Obama admitted to trying drugs when he was younger? Rather than chastising him for this, the general consensus seems to be adoration for his honesty. We have a president that does not sit on a pedestal, but rather, on a comfy chair next to a big-chinned talk show host.

What are the stigmas of being so personable and humble, while simultaneously holding the most powerful government position in the country? It seems to garner massive amounts of respect from the people that feel like Obama could have easily been their good-looking next-door-neighbor that tosses their kid's frisbees back over the fence, or better yet, stops by to toss that frisbee for a while before retreating back into his cozy, inviting, all-American house. Obama's youth, vitality, honesty and warmth (not his skin color, as so many people have focused on) have made him a vastly different president than the ones this country has experienced prior to 2008.