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GQ Magazine features a cover photo of President-Elect Barack Obama who was named the "Game Changer of The Year." Ted Kennedy wrote the cover article about the 44th President of the United States. We like the cover photo but are wondering why the choice was made to darken Barack Obama's fairer skin tone.

Whoa. Is that Barack Obama on the cover of the new GQ, or is it ... Bryant Gumbel? The Photoshop wizards over at GQ should have learned a lesson about artificially "darkening" people from the O.J. Simpson fiasco in the 1990s. To compound matters, this goes on top of the Beyonce "lightening" scandal earlier this year. Black people come in sooo many different hues, one can understand if due to lighting and such the images are off a little bit, but Obama is waaay more chocolate than he truly is in the GQ cover. Message to art director: Add a litte more vanilla, less mocha. source

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GQ Deputy Editor Michael Hainey discusses the selection of Barack Obama for the Men of the Year issue.

GQ magazine named several men of the year -- including Leonardo DiCaprio (Leading Man), President-elect Barack Obama (Game Changer), Jon Hamm (Breakout), Sean Penn (Drama Queen), and Michael Phelps (Golden Boy). Leonardo Di Caprio, Zac Efron, Megan Fox and Kim Kardashian attended a party to celebrate the issue. Watch the GQ Men of the Year party.

The "Men of the Year" issue goes on sale nationally November 25, and will be online at gq.com tomorrow morning.

The cover shot was taken by Mark Seliger in Philadelphia on October 3. The photographer was only given 1 minute, 45 seconds for the entire shoot. source Read an excerpt below from Ted Kennedy's cover article about President Barack Obama.

As I write this, Barack Obama and John McCain have just completed their final debate, and the country is a few short days away from a historic election. Of course, I’m doing all that I can for my candidate. But whether he wins or loses, Barack Obama has ushered in a new era of American politics with a limitless vision of a better future that will endure for many years to come. Through his candidacy, Obama has provided a glimpse of a stronger, better, fairer America, where change comes from the bottom up, where we all come together to meet the great challenges of our time. He has inspired millions of new voters of all ages, races, and incomes to lend their voices for real change. For in this man, Americans can see not just the audacity but the possibility of hope for the country that is yet to be.

I had not planned to endorse anyone in the primaries. The Democratic candidates were my friends and colleagues—some for many years. I knew them well and could support any one of them enthusiastically as our party’s candidate for the White House. But I had to admit that one stood out. I had already come to know Barack as a Senate colleague who was gifted with a rare combination of talent and principle, vision, and a capacity to transcend divisions of party, ideology, and race. Once he announced his improbable campaign for the presidency, I listened as he spoke to the heart of America, and moved the young in spirit as well as age, by challenging us to think of something bigger than ourselves, something more powerful than the incremental politics of caution. I sensed a deep yearning in our people for the kind of person he is and the kind of president he will be: a fighter who cares passionately without demonizing those who differ, a leader who sees the world clearly without being cynical and shows the world the best of America, a president who will not shred the Constitution but uphold it. source