'Awkward and creepy': What do you think of The Economist's Obama cover? [photo]

Well, this is sure to raise a few eyebrows:

This week's cover preview:
Mission relaunched
September 27th – October 3rd 2014
Read via: http://t.co/oojziSoY1o pic.twitter.com/v7zXxpvYNp

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 25, 2014

Wow.

Not the second term he (or anyone else) was expecting, huh? http://t.co/VZYazPKjlM pic.twitter.com/rQGk4J5bAd

— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) September 25, 2014

No sir. Not a picture we were expecting, either:

https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/515145510319972354

https://twitter.com/TarheelKrystle/status/515145954094092289

https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/515146749313560576

Yeah, it kinda does. See, when we think of President Obama, this is the sort of image that comes to mind:

Economist cover gave #Obama too much cred, Bush actually was a fighter pilot. Obama is, …well Obama.#tcot pic.twitter.com/84bSquNyDX

— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) September 25, 2014

But if The Economist insists on depicting Obama in a flight suit, there are steps they could take to at least make it more believable:

This would be much more realistic if Obama had a coffee cup in his hand and was heading to a marathon of fundraisers. pic.twitter.com/uDHD7yLXtP

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) September 25, 2014

Or, better yet:

.@TheEconomist If you're going to PS Obama into a flight suit, at least start with a plausible photo.@TarheelKrystle pic.twitter.com/bc2gHmImV0

— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) September 25, 2014

Now that’s what we call “fake, but accurate.”