The Situation In Washington
Such is the state of things that, in the prime moment, Reid and Pelosi seem closer to the Oval Office than the President does.
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Marked Men
This shot appeared a few days ago on TIME's White House Correspondents Photo Blog. Viciously demeaning, it shows General Pete Schoomaker, Chief of Staff of the Army; Admiral Mike Mullen, Chief of Naval Operation; General Michael "Buzz" Moseley, Chief of Staff of the Air Force; and General Jim Conway,...
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Light At The End Of The Corridor
On Monday Bush, Cheney and Rice left the State Department, stopping only for a brief statement to the press, taking no questions. The answers were, visually, quite obvious.
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Official Response
So the presentation of the Iraq Study Group Report happened, and given the tone of this WAPO news analysis, the situation is as grim as this accompanying image.
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Misseltoe Strikes And Downing Trees
If more subtle in these matters, the visual media has its own way of demurring. After Mrs. Bush presented the official White House Christmas tree to the press in the Blue Room...
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At The Threshold
Once fully on stage last night with King Abdullah (playing chaperone and make-up date), and then on back on today with the recalcitrant Maliki, Bush met the customary marks with his seen-a-thousand-times TV face and that Southern charm. Still, through a psychological eye...
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The Times Bit, The White House Bit
It was inevitable, given the American holiday combined with the election blow back suffered by the Administration, that the two most famous turkeys in American political history would visually resurface today. The New York Times certainly bit in its on-line Thanksgiving Day Iraq update.
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In Bubba's Footsteps: Live Blogging "Thought Bubbling" Bush In Asia — Continued
For some reason, Putin had trouble engaging the Big Dog -- as shown in this 2000 APEC shot ... before they put on the funny costumes. With Junior (and his keen sense of character), however, it's been a smoother ride.
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In Bubba's Footsteps: Live Blogging "Thought Bubbling" Bush In Asia
Can't imagine the White House would have had Clinton's Vietnam visit in mind, would it? (More to follow...)
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A Good Look At The War
Pity James Baker, Lee Hamilton, James Baker, Sandra Day O'Connor, William Perry, Vernon Jordan and Lawrence Eagleburger for this view across the table.
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Poppy Leaving The Sidelines?
Although subtle in one way (if you didn't know the relationship between Rumsfeld replacement, Robert Gates and Poppy Bush), it is also is a sly visual editorial on (and slap at) the present Bush regime.... The likely choice was a shot of the Oval Office announcement featuring Bush 43,...
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Giving You The Creeps
With the Administration's trashing on Tuesday, the media acquired not just the license, but the bursting requirement to see these people for who they are. The result -- and a signifier of the ensuing candor -- are Annie Leibovitz's shots through the fish eye.
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Your Turn: Bush In Sugar Land
Did the White House confuse Halloween with the Fourth of July? Or, Shock and Awe? The BAG wasn't planning on another Bush post so soon, but this pic stopped the presses. I can't wait for your thoughts on this shot from W's Texas campaign trip.
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Three For The Road
President Bush arrives at Andrews Air Force Base Saturday for a short campaign trip. In the way photographs paint pictures, this one makes Bush look like a small boy in the back of an SUV, although it's only the usual armored limo.
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The Partial George Allen
If on the abstract side, I found the portrait of Allen and his wife, Susan, representative of both the Senator's, and the Republican's dilemma. It's not just that heads and legs have been cut off (which is what this election portends for the GOP majority, as well as many...
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Down To Business
What about this shot on the White House web site yesterday? You know the Administration wants to drive home a point when they offer a single pic on the photo gallery. And what a clear message it is: 'We are going to solve this mess even if we have...
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Burning Bush — Congress Edition
(click for full size) Is Bush poison? The NYT published a striking photo yesterday of the ceremony in which the President signed his highly touted (and much defended) terror interrogation legislation. (Story.) If you can find a more bitter image of legislative triumph, I’d love to see it. The...
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(The 34% Approval Rating) Weapon Of "Mass Distraction"
What a difference a week makes! Sure, the crises proves Bush further incompetent for mishandling North Korea. With the "sound off," however, this virtually constitutes a recovery.
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