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Monday Open Thread | 45 comments (45 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

I don't even watch the news anymore, but, Jesus, I can still tell that Obama's foreign trip has gone from McCain talking point (demanding Obama go on one) to a McCain nightmare.

Delicious.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Jul 21st, 2008 at 04:57:23 PM EST

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Doing the rounds as a 'today in pictures' juxtaposition:

Obama practices looking like Neo, again - but what is it with Clan Bush and golf carts?

It's playing as if it's 24 vs The Golden Girls - the narrative writes itself.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Jul 21st, 2008 at 05:34:56 PM EST
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Yes, I've Bren pretty shocked at how successful the whole thing has been so far. I've been waiting for political games, or perhaps even some bullshit from the military, since the officers -- less so the actual soldiers -- tend to be pretty right-wing. But so far it's gone better than I ever would've imagined.

Certainly nothing backs up Obama and Maliki on withdrawal like the soldiers cheering wildly for Obama.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Jul 21st, 2008 at 06:17:22 PM EST
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And, anyway, my new buddy at the hotel bar agrees: We'll take Neo over the Cowboy any day.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Jul 21st, 2008 at 06:55:22 PM EST
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"Property of #41 - Hands off!"????? WTF?

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 at 08:42:42 AM EST
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The US - political fantasy vs political reality.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 at 10:32:36 AM EST
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I didn't realize that was General Petraeus next to Obama. There's a nice narrative-transformer added on. They're going on about it at the Great Orange Satan's place. Karzai and Obama were the page 2 pic yesterday in the Times-Picayune. I imagine Obama-Petraeus was front-page today, with Obama-Maliki on the Continued section.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 at 11:09:57 AM EST
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It's a media wipe-out. McCain is being completely outclassed and out-narratived. And you can be sure that the photographers who took these shots knew exactly what they were about.

If the qualification for president is magical super-special c-in-c-ness - which, rather sickeningly, it seems to have become - McCain's alleged experience has just evaporated into media nothingness.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 at 01:07:47 PM EST
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The photos are done by the military's PR folks. I actually think it's more a matter of the military not wanting to appear as though it's in McCain's pocket, and so being inclined to give Obama some good pics and video. The potential pitfalls are clearly in Israel, where I suspect Olmert isn't going to be as prObama as Maliki or Karzai or the Yurpians, but given Olie's recent, erm, "issues" (being charitable), I'm not terribly concerned.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 at 02:11:10 PM EST
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