Mad magazine has trolled American politicians for decades. So perhaps Pete Buttigieg shouldn't be too worried
over the course of his presidency, the magazine rushed on Twitter to defend the ubiquity of its trademark red-haired cover boy — whose freckled visage is often accompanied by the motto, “What, me worry?”retweeted by Mad.
Though Neuman’s fame peaked more than 20 years ago, he was invoked by a future commander in chief as recently as 2008. Then-Sen. Barack Obama compared himself to the character at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York one month before his general election matchup with former Sen. John McCain.
“There is no other crowd in America that I’d rather be palling around with right now,” Obama said. “It is often said that I share the politics of Alfred E. Smith and the ears of Alfred E. Neuman.”
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