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A light shines behind President Barack Obama as he speaks during a campaign event in Iowa on Monday (© Carolyn Kaster/AP)
Carolyn Kaster of The Associated Press took the original photo. Click the arrows to see how people played with it.

'Wizard Obama' meme takes off after photog's 'magical' pic emerges

8/15/2012

Has President Barack Obama turned into a wizard without telling any of us? Not really, but it kind of looks like he has in the first photo of this slideshow that, surprisingly, wasn’t Photoshopped. Associated Press photographer Carolyn Kaster snapped the original picture of Obama looking like he’s holding the sun as he was speaking during a campaign event at Bayliss Park in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Monday. Of course, a photo like this is meme fodder, and redditors have already posted a photo of Obama in space, as well as the president having “an Avengers moment.” On Meme Generator, “Wizard Obama” is taking off (expect Harry Potter references). Here are some of our favorites. 

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