Obama – Bush White House Visit: What Was Laura’s Problem?
Although the media completely looked the other way, Laura Bush did something quite strange while posing with the Obama's right after the couple arrived at the White House this afternoon.
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The Color Of Love
One thing I'm deeply thankful to be losing is Bush/Rove's knee-jerk visual policy of representing Dubya, as much as possible, in the company of (and expressing love for) people of color.... and the impressive chef's hat. What is just as distinct a hallmark, however, is the race/class divide, the...
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And Now We Want It Back
More than the photos from Grant Park or New York or Kenya or anywhere else Tuesday night, the scene outside the White House is what did it for me.
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Well, Why Even Pretend Anymore
Like Anne Richards said, he was the poster boy of the silver spoon.
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Sniffle
Realize how the presumptuous Sarah was just taking a break from the teleprompter for an instant, and that, otherwise, her appearance in Golden, Colorado was mostly a Mad Ave.-style agglomeration of sex appeal, maternal idealization, ideological harangue and firing range adreline surge.
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Cheney's Head (Or: Looking At It From The Goldman Sachs Side)
Despite the anxieties — and outright anger — expressed during the Republicans’ nearly two-hour exchange with Cheney and the other White House officials, lawmakers remained respectful enough to give the vice president two standing ovations.
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Cry Me A River
No matter what kind of fallout lies ahead, I believe these pictures will be met not with joy, but with a satisfaction by "folks on Main Street," simply for the fact the ruling class didn't get what it wanted.
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A Little Fire On Capitol Hill
I have to tell you, today has been one of the most chock-full visual news days I've seen in a long time. Palin at the U.N. Bush at the U.N. (showing his face in public, whereas he's mostly been hiding out from the Wall Street crisis and his record...
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Wall Street Fun-And-Games
The desperately eroding Wall Street situation, with its thorough absence of accountability, reminded me of these photos from this photo-op Presidency.
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As True Now As It Was Prescient Then…
Incredibly or not incredibly, Bush STILL milking 9/11.
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Is Bush Hitting The Sauce … And Does The Distinction Really Matter At This Point?
Is Bush Hitting The Sauce?
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Bush Has Georgia's Back
What Bush's Georgian cheerleading and advocacy can be credited with is emboldening Saakashvili to provoke Russia in the first place, accounting for this contrast, between giggles in Bucharest, and Saakashvili hitting the dirt in Gori during a Russian airstrike.
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The Games Of The 43rd Presidency – #2: Going Along Swimmingly
Check out this sequence of frames from the Michael Phelps world record in the 400-meter individual medley Saturday evening. As Phelps acknowledges the win, the camera finds Bush rooting him on, the signature flag included. Feels like 2002 all over again, NBC doing its best to fold Bush in...
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The Games Of The (Tail End Of The) 43rd Presidency – #1: Hugger-'N-Slapper-In-Chief
Bush playing for Nike? Misty May stunt plus Kerry's assets and double-swoosh. Just do it!
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Still Playing In Peoria (Depending On Who's Looking)
Demonstrating that Dubya and the White House remain firmly inside their bubble, compare these two shots of Bush on Friday in Peoria.
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The Trip : Making The Scene At Bagram
Seeing Obama in front of American troops at Bagram is not only a great relief (and, hopefully, a preview), it offers a profound contrast with what we've been suffering from.
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The Zen Of Midgets
One way to read the group shot involves the miniscule leadership displayed by world leaders at the point the environment and climate change has moved to the foreground of the world agenda. Bush makes a statement to the press upon his departure at the Windsor Hotel Toya Resort and Spa...
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It's July 4th. Do You Know Where Your New Iraqi Citizens Are?
The 46th annual Independence Day naturalization ceremony at Monticello offered the visual media the perfect opportunity to call out to the Administration for its pitiful response to Iraqi visa and immigration requests.
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