Your Turn: Reading Matter
As the weekend's Obama-Chavez show continues, I invite your thoughts on the dynamics here.
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Hu Go, Prez!
(As compared to Bush) we see Obama and Hugo Chavez chating before the opening of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain
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"Bo-bama"
In spite of the cheesy arrival of the Obama pooch, I have a feeling this Pete Souza photo might be one of the most significant he will take in the White House given its "unbounded" quality.
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White House Passover
According to reports, Obama had a Seder with campaign workers in Pennsylvania last year and, in response to the final refrain: "Next year in Jerusalem!", Obama replied: "Next year in the White House!" So, above he makes good, bringing together many from the group.
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I Was In The Neighborhood
After a new-flawless Europe trip, I've got problems with this photo op from Obama's surprise stop in Baghdad.
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I Am One Of Them
Captured here, in my mind, is one of the most momentous foreign policy moves in years.
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Handily Erasing George Bush
The reaching out from England's gates of power and the face of warm reciprocation speaks to Obama's humility, a trait so cathartic its feels as if Europe has largely been rinsed of the Bush toxicity in all of one week.
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Pic of the Week
On Tuesday this week, the NYT offered an image in its G-20 summit preview that I found peculiar, or playfully frivolous -- at least, at first.
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Gee!
By next summit, we'll surely see a less effusive, even "Golly, gee!" Obama. But for now....
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G-20 Inside Out
I'm looking at the painting, the curtains, the panelling, the chandelier -- in other words, the aristocratic and opulent quality surrounding this conclave ... especially in relation to the street (and the world-wide economic hurt).
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London Calling
44 and MO never personally struck me that way before, but this photo of the beaming Obamas deplaning in London seems to have a JFK/Jackie O feel to it.
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Higher Authority
I'm wondering what it says about the Administration's mindset to conclude the WH blog post on the announcement with the saintly photo above?
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Dedication
I 'm sorry to see Obama's affinity for Lincoln co-opted to serve a military photo-op.
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Prompter Madness
So, can anyone tell me why these Obama teleprompter photos are supposedly indictable?
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Don't Mess With An Ocean Liner
Look, if this was easy , then, you know, we would have already done it , and the budget would have been voted on, and everybody could ( go home. Right after this came the sharpest exchange with Henry's follow up: QUESTION: But on AIG, why did you wait...
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Beyond The Rhetoric
In granting Obama his gift as a confident and skillful communicator, especially via the television medium, what the photo clearly emphasizes are the limits of such skill, especially with (the country in trouble and) reporters standing by for "real" news.
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Meanwhile, 3000 Miles From Washington
Anyone who could credibly come out of a week like this week with a smile like that is a skilled politician.
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A Little Warning For AIG
What made "The Rock Obama" sketch the other week on SNL so clever is that, despite his primarily cool demeanor, Obama does in fact get pissed off.
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