Popular GQ Magazine has released the 2014 edition of its yearly list of less influential people in the world - and, surprisingly enough, President Obama is least influential number 2, right after a popular pop/rock band that got a lot of hate earlier this year.
So, why is Obama the least influential politician of 2014? According to GQ's article, because it doesn't even feel as though he's "even president anymore." In the midst of a good number of scandals, the president is accused of turning a deaf ear or not being as into it as it would be expected from a man in his political position.
The reason the magazine named Obama the least influential politician of 2014 are as follows: the situation in Ukraine/Europe regarding Russian president Vladimir Putin; the Ebola crisis where the CDC is "playing nude Twister" with patients of the virus; the NSA spying scandals - and even the fact that U2 forced their album "Songs of Innocence" on everyone with an iTunes account!
While Obama's least influential spot at number two is probably the most interesting one in the entire list, there are some others that call the attention of readers, mostly due to the hilarious way the magazine makes the point of how un-influential they were in their particular fields.
The first spot was taken up by Bono and his band U2, after the fiasco of how their new album appeared in everyone's iTunes account, whether they wanted to or not. This sparked a huge controversy at the time, as users were unable to remove the unwanted album from their iTunes, and Apple was eventually forced to launch a tutorial of how to delete it.
As E! Online points out, other entertainment figures on the list were Shia LaBeouf, Zach Braff, Woody Allen, Johnny Depp, Robin Thicke and "How I Met Your Mother" co-creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas - all of whom had hilarious reasons for getting a spot.
Besides Barack Obama's least influential spot, other politicians who were in the list were Sarah Palin, Chris Christie, John McCain, Rick Perry and Missouri governor Jay Nixon, who's gotten a lot of hate over the way things have been going on in the Ferguson case.
