All the President's Memes
Why Obama gets so much love on the Internet.
It remains to be seen whether the animated gif and the image macro will become the new campaign button. My advice to candidates running for office: Keep an intern on staff who knows his or her way around Photoshop. You never know when an Internet trifle might be just the thing to nudge your image in a new direction:
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Michael Agger is a Slate senior editor. Follow him on Twitter. E-mail him at Michaelagger1@gmail.com.
Images: Zombie McCain from icanhazcheezburger.com; "I Got This" from punditkitchen.com; "Birth Certificate" from punditkitchen.com; Bradley Manning from http://crushingbastards.org/blog/2011/03/04/obama-yes-we-can-torture-bradley-manning/; "He's Dead" from knowyourmeme.com