SAJA on Obama’s “religious icons” and TIME’s lack of clarity on Hindu forms
June 8th, 2008 by Menachem Wecker
Sree posts on SAJAforum about TIME’s White House Photo of the Day of the contents of Obama’s pockets and “the things he carries around for good luck,” like “a bracelet belonging to a soldier deployed in Iraq, a gambler’s lucky chit, a tiny monkey god and a tiny Madonna and child.” Writes Sree:
That “tiny monkey god,” of course, appears to be a statue of the Hindu monkey god, Hanuman. I wish the photographer and editors had bothered to be as specific with the Hindu reference as they were with the Christian one. John McCain, as you will see below, doesn’t have as many lucky charms.
A witty commenter added, “he walks around with all that crap in his pocket? rather telling …. obviously there’s no room for ‘change.’”