The latest photo from the White House Flickr Stream (posted yesterday -- only a few hours after it was taken) reminds us that the end is near.
Continue Reading"Bush used to do it (honor war dead) without the cameras?" Is Liz Cheney freaking kidding!?
Continue ReadingIt would be easy to turn the photo into some kind of sci-fi novelty if it weren't for the solemnity of the moment -- Obama's early morning presence at Dover for returning caskets of U.S. personnel.
Continue ReadingIf thise Getty photo is supposed to show House Minority Leader John Boehner flanked by House Republicans speaking about the healthcare reform bill, it's really a cartoon.
Continue ReadingWith all the service photo-ops lately, I'm having more and more trouble separating the Administration's "support our troops" meme from the outright endorsement of militarism and even pro-war cheerleading. Michelle Obama's World Series pre-game event blurred the lines that much more.
Continue ReadingA brilliant photo op and political tactic today Obama honoring former GOP Senator Edward Brooke in the Capitol rotunda.
Continue ReadingFor a truly repulsive picture (after Lieberman announced today he would join the GOP fillibuster of the health care bill, the newswires are running Leiberman hugging Obama after the President's address to Congress in February.
Continue ReadingSo, Politico places golf shots of Obama and Bush side-by-side and complains of a double-standard?
Continue ReadingThe symbols all told we have a classic example in NY23 how the Republicans, the radical fringe egged on by Sarah Palin, are tearing themselves apart.
Continue ReadingVisual note from the American Bankers Association protests (1, 2) in Chicago...
Continue ReadingThere is something more harmful at play with the Times "Obama boys club" story and accompanying photos than White House demographics.
Continue ReadingReally loved how the New York Stock Exchange used pop culture this week to parody all us non-rock stars stiffed by Wall Street.
Continue ReadingIf the story of “ ‘Precious’ is so not Obama... ‘Precious’ is so not P.C." as the article and Director Daniels says, why does the NYT Mag directly tie the cover to him through the title?
Continue ReadingI find this brilliant the way it pairs old school and new, and promotes the Obamas as the folks next door.
Continue ReadingThough the Obamas love quality photographers and the holiday shot is fairly tasteful, you can't be naive in hiring rockstar and celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz.
Continue ReadingAside from a shared vision between Obama and and the tech giant, I'm fascinated by the comparison. As cultural icons, just how close a fit are Obama and Google?
Continue ReadingI have my doubts the people at BAZAAR were conscious of a Palin connection in shooting this new Tina Fey cover -- although the heels, the (pure) white (vs. "rogue" red) and the "new ideas" statement could all plug in.
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