Following President-elect Obama’s morning press conference announcing his national security team, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews praised the diversity of Obama’s cabinet, comparing it to a Benetton ad. “Clearly it has the picture we’re looking for, the many faces of Benatton or whatever you want to call it,” Matthews said. Watch it:
Is Matthews right? You be the judge:
Update
in 2004, Time’s Joe Klein praised President Bush’s “Benetton-Ad Presidency” for having “the most diverse Cabinet in American history.”
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