Red Swarm
with wife Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito (R) reaches out to his wife Martha at his Senate confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, January 9, 2006.... Bush (R) and US Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito walk in the Colonnade of the White House West Wing following a breakfast meeting at...
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Pro-War Picture Of The Year
Important, everytime we look at a news image, however, to see it in context, and this photo has a little bit of q backstory.... Unlike most other war photos, we have his narrative/explanation as to how he got the shot.... Also, given the open political leanings of the photographer,...
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Iraqi Poster Wars: Horse Of A Different Color
NYT poster/campaign piece Politics, Iraqi Style: Slick TV Ads, Text Messaging and Gunfire - New York Times Al-Ahram money spent on election U.S. war plans relative to Ramadi Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | Ghost in the machine In previous post, discussed potential U.S. funding of the Allawi campaign.... ...
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Iraq Poster Wars: A Peeling Candidate
Buried deep in Wednesday's article of the bombing of a Baghdad police academy, the NYT reported that Allawi unwittingly made the visit on the anniversary of the death of al-Sadr's father who was killed by Saddam Hussein in 1999.... ------ The attack came after a crowd of young men,...
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Iraqi Poster Wars: Something Of A Windsock
windsock Ads for onetime Pentagon protege Ahmad Chalabi say, "We liberated Iraq and we will build it together." Chalabi Poster An Iraqi street vendor passes by a campaign poster for the Iraqi National Council list with a picture of Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi, who is head...
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Iraqi Poster Wars: No Longer Just A Metaphor
I since read that at least two workers hanging posters for Allawi's Iraqi National Coalition had been slain, one in Basra and the other in Amara.... According to the Reuters caption, gunmen attacked a car in Mosul on November 29th killing two members of the Assyrian Movement as...
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Iraqi Poster Wars: U.S. Behind The Allawi Banner?
Hersh US behind Allawi? Contrast his materials with logo of the collective...
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Cheney Latest Marks
Others can hash out why and how it happened. For The BAG’s purposes, however, the fact a technical glitch at CNN superimposed several almost subliminal “X” marks over Dick Cheney during his speech to the American Enterprise Institute makes for an evocative image. The perfection of the visual is...
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Your Turn: Calling It A Draw?
For how ballyhooed the Iraqi constitution was, it’s referendum couldn’t have been more ignored. Like the White House, the press seemed to consider the outcome a non-issue (or a foregone conclusion?) almost before the polls had even closed. This October 22nd Economist cover — dated a week following the...
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Your Turn: They Don't Mug Like They Used To
When your mandate is to keep tabs on the political images of the day, people come to expect you’ll snag the more prominent ones. Maybe this shot is showing up "left and right" (or, at least, "left and far left") today. Putting it up on the BAG, however, means...
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Harlan McCraney, Presidential Speechalist
I think my all-time most popular post is the one which promoted Will Ferrell’s parody of ranch hand George Bush (Will Ferrell “Pasturizes” Bush – link). I thought the spot (created by now-dormant voter registration group American’s Coming Together) was the best piece of satire from the last presidential...
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Iraq Election:You've Got To Hand It To Them?
Most news accounts I’ve read have been reporting — as if boilerplate — that the American military is strictly intent on keeping away from, and out of sight of Iraqi polling stations. (This has also been the policy in the previous elections held subsequent to the American invasion.) Of...
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The Selling Of One Iraq
(Sorry for the extra long post. Given the significance — and hypocrisy — of the Iraqi referendum, however, I felt it was worth this broad sweep. …And no, the BAG will not be examining yesterday’s photo of the suicide bomber who blew himself up in front of the election...
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John, We Hardly Knew Ya (…Or Jane)
You know why I am so angry with Senator Leahy (who has decided to vote for confirmation of John Roberts)? Because he and his committee never provided us with enough of a sense of who Roberts is or what he believes, so that… when I see pictures of Roberts...
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9/11 Wingnut Watch: Seeing Things
In response to what otherwise seems like an eloquent proposal, certain wingnuts are literally getting bent out of shape over the design of a 9/11 memorial. Recently unveiled to the public and to the families of those who died on Flight 93, this 2,000 acre memorial proposed for Pennsylvania...
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Wingnut Watch: Cindy the Political Football
I posted an analysis two weeks ago at The Agonist anticipating how the right-wing would attack Cindy Sheehan as a media phenomenon. I’m not sure why they took so long, but the offensive is finally in full swing. Little Green Footballs (via nationaljournal.com) juxtaposed two images on Sunday showing...
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Signature Issue
(click on image for larger version) In the vacuum surrounding John Roberts, BAGreader Carolly called out this image to me and added comments. (The photo depicts a reporter’s hand examining written samples of John Roberts’ work as an attorney in the Reagan Administration.) Rich, warm, antique coloring… reassuring? But...
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Girls of the Constitution
Given that the deadline for a new Iraqi constitution expired almost a week ago, I was again looking at posters showing support for the document. What I found — which I didn’t notice before — is that most of the images on the newswires feature young women or girls. ...
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