1 | Vichus Smith

January 23rd, 2009 at 9:44 pm

I don’t see it as a stereotype- I just see it as a stupid color choice for ANY person. Blue lips? When does that ever make sense?

2 | lucy

January 28th, 2009 at 4:15 pm

Not a stereotype. I always think Barack looks as though he has blue lips – the sort you get from congestive heart failure or cyanosis. It makes me nervous – I hope he’s OK.

3 | Rich Watson

January 28th, 2009 at 6:11 pm

He has been trying to quit smoking. Not sure if blue lips are an indicator of that or not.

4 | Adam C. Sieracki

April 3rd, 2009 at 2:38 pm

Ujjal Dosanjh (former Canadian Health Minister) has about the same melanin-level as BO and had the same-coloured lips…after his heart attack-prompted bypass, his lips ‘pinked-up’ again. My late (white) grandfather experienced the same phenomenon: blue lips PRIOR to a bypass, pink after.

Obama is a smart man, yet has made some staggeringly stupid statements (“57 States”, &c.). He umms and uhhs his way through impromptu speeches. This makes me wonder if he’s having transient ischemic attacks, or something. (He WAS a cocaine user, years ago, and is apparently still a chain smoker–both risky behaviours for getting TIAs.)