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Notes Photo September 12, 2011

Wrenching Around With the Tea Party

Catering to the angriest (and most rejectionist) element of society, big media is driving the interests and the narrative of the Tea Party.

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Notes Photo September 7, 2011

GOP Debate: I've Got Some Questions

Channeling Reagan, Huntsman, Romney edges "Climate Prez" Perry for nomination.

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Did Bachmann Get Boring Overnight, or Did Mediatocracy Deem it So?

I find this an oh, so clever photo from Getty Images. At face value, it shows Bachmann boring the audience to death at Sunday’s candidate forum in South Carolina. Just beyond that surface, however, the photo is a wonderful commentary on how quickly the candidate has been X’d. If...

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Notes Photo September 5, 2011

Romney: More Syrup!

As a refugee from the Sears-Roebuck catalog, it's a perfect backdrop.

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Notes Photo September 4, 2011

Tea Party Mans the Swift Boat: Obama As Angry, Bobbling, "Uncle Slam"

Holding the father role over Obama's head, the bobbleheaded epitome of government is characterized as a complainer with a superiority complex.

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Notes Photo September 1, 2011

Your Turn: Rick Perry’s Six-Shooters

Bag Readers respond to a Perry photo that is more awkward and urban than "gunfighter."

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Notes Photo August 30, 2011

Broadway Rick

Perry has some tough auditions ahead to sell the idea he's ready for Broadway.

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Notes Photo August 28, 2011

Guy in White Pointy Hat Regrets Voting 4 Obama

Seems Iike I've seen that kind of headwear somewhere else before.

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Notes Photo August 22, 2011

The Symmetry of Bush Perry

The photo not only deserves to be circulated and seen, but should be kept in full view through the '12 campaign as a legitimate point-of-caution.

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Notes Photo August 18, 2011

Elizabeth Warren Cowgirls Up

After Texan Rick Perry galloped away with Michelle Bachmann’s Iowa thunder, perhaps Warren realized that the “don’t mess with . . .” message plays well above the Mason-Dixon line too.

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Notes Photo August 17, 2011

Strange White House Photo From Aboard Obama Bus

He sort of looks trapped, don't you think?

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Notes Photo August 16, 2011

Perry's Bus

I'm interested in this as racial commentary. Fair or not?

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Notes Photo August 15, 2011

Obama Still Letting GOP Define Terms

I mean, Michael Deaver, looking at Obama with the hay bales, must be laughing from the grave.

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Notes Photo August 14, 2011

I’m Perry Sure I’ve Seen This Movie Before

I think Mrs. Musharraf is on to this guy.

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Notes Photo August 13, 2011

The Picture from Iowa, 2012: T-Paw on Ice

can't decide how much I think T-Paw was battered by media group think, versus how much Pawlenty just plain couldn't clear that classic bar of "having enough sizzle."

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Really, Bachmann Sex Act With Corn Dog?

It's time for the click-hungry media, when it comes to the sexist depiction of women, to clean up its act.

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Notes Photo August 12, 2011

GOP Debate: Titanium Is A Girl's Best Friend

By supporting Bachmann, conservatives get to be “family (values) friendly” feminists. They can “make history” without disrupting tradition.

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The Picture from Iowa, 2012: Ron Paul — As Normal as Deep Fried Butter

To the extent this gives Paul a bit of a pious cast, it's makes him as normal, right now, as deep fried butter.

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