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Notes Photo October 29, 2010

We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This

Maybe what the shot captures is a classic Dem characteristic: smelling the fear.

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The Revolution WILL be Televised (by the Revolution)

It's the final weekend campaign frenzy, and what do you post?

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The Power of Newsweek Ramming Rush Down Our Throats Four Days Before the Midterms

With covers, it’s all about timing, baby. And oh, how sweet that the struggling-for-life Newsweek unveils this seemingly “good anytime,” fair-and-balanced ranking issue today, although the issue, “on its face,” is dated December 8th, the Monday following this coming Tuesday’s critical election. There’s that, of course. And then, there’s...

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Notes Photo October 27, 2010

The Already Building 2012 Media Chant: Sar-ah! Sa-rah!

It's a match made on Madison Avenue, she going for the attention, influence and cash and the media just looking for the cash.

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Notes Photo October 26, 2010

Well, There's Move On and Then There's MOVE ON

2. Hmm, is free speech even in the Constitution?

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Notes Photo October 25, 2010

Newsweek's Cover: The Hopeless Election

Saying that "Change Is Coming … Again," and then offering us Boehner as Obama made over, the message is that the "change" America experienced in 2008 involved little more than a Washington change of face.

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Notes Photo October 21, 2010

Just Telling You Up Front, This Attack Ad Is NOT About Barney Frank Being Homosexual

Looking at this picture, are you telling me this soon-to-be-launched web ad attacking Barney Frank has nothing to do with Rep. Frank being gay?

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Fringe Attacks Coming Back to Haunt the Right?

If these people are so radical about their pro-life stance that they would let a mother die before sacrificing a fetus, or they would force a woman to bear a child conceived out of rape or incest, then this imagery is mostly a projection of their own blind...

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Notes Photo October 18, 2010

Bad Angle. (Or: If They Did Look Asian, Who Would Even Know?)

The next-most-egregious thing about Sharron Angle's appearance before the Hispanic Student Union at Rancho High School of Friday? Beyond the racism is how much Angle, along with her other unqualified Tea Party brothers and sisters -- have been able to operate largely clear of media scrutiny.

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Tea Party's Enforcement Arm

What is compelling about the picture is how much it fits with the far-right inclination, laced through its hostile rhetoric, to "take the law" into its own hands.

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Notes Photo October 14, 2010

Your Turn: McMahon, Gender Politics (and More?)

Is the Times culpable for focusing strictly on gender politics with a photo shot in a Spanish supermarket?

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Notes Photo October 13, 2010

¡Viva, Meg!

This wire photo, which was shot last week at a Hispanic awards gala, is both surprising and funny to the extent it plays on a sense of elitism, gorging and laying it down for the white man.

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Notes Photo October 8, 2010

And the Tea Party's Been Calling Obama a Nazi!

Barely having had time to stash Christine's broomstick, the GOP has now got another Tea Party skeleton to bury somehow.

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Notes Photo October 6, 2010

Rove’s GPS Locates Rich White Man Lobby

As Rove visually exploits the street corner's truly unfortunate, I'm somehow having trouble nailing down his conclusion here.

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Notes Photo October 5, 2010

Bewitched

The men are gonna smile at the spunk, and enjoy the, yes, bewitching intimacy, while women are gonna think: yeah, who hasn't done/tried/said some outrageous things before?

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Notes Photo October 4, 2010

Rahm and the Hard Sell

Shake, or else.

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Making Up Christine

In Christine's case, the hands-on speaks to how much some candidates are pure invention.

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Notes Photo October 3, 2010

Kentucky Senate: Looking Right for the Job

From the ties and lapel pin, not to mention the jaw line, the body language and the size, I'm guessing the Republican is...

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