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IMAGE OF THE DAY:
This image has in no way been Photoshopped or otherwise manipulated. It was simply that on the afternoon of Sunday July 27, the Montauk sky was channeling Mark Rothko.
POLITICAL COMMENT OF THE DAY:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/07/30/politics/horserace/entry4307418.shtml
I assume you've all seen the McCain attack ad against Obama. If not, check it out at the above link. A stunningly shameless semiotic stew--concocted by the same fine folks who swift boated black senatorial candidate Harold Ford in 2004 with a loose white woman signing off the spot with a sexually suggestive "Call me, Harold."
Highlights include:.
The association of Barack Obama with Brittney Spears and Paris Hilton. Say WHAT!?!?
The subtextual connection of a black man to loose white women to appeal to the bigot base. ("Call me, Barack.")
The malicious dishonesty of claiming that Obama's principled opposition to offshore drilling implies a greater dependence on foreign oil. (This Rovean dishonesty itself of course being compelling confirmation of Obama's claim that McCain is just four more years of Bush-Cheney.)
The subliminal suggestion of Obama's "foreign-ness" via the lle about increased dependence on FOREIGN oil.
The intimation of the black candidate's audacity (read uppitiness) in fraternizing with foreign leaders and presuming to already be The Man.
The pathetic, fear-mongering.
The ugly innuendo.
The exactly what you'd expect-ness of it.
I mean the McCain camp has started an "Audacity Watch" for the uppity Obama. Honest to goodness. It's the audacity of shamelessness versus the audacity of hope.
And it's officially gotten ugly.
Freaking haters.
I hate 'em.
And no: I'm not trying to be self-referential and paradoxical and cute.
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For what it's worth, I think Obama's campaign is handling it well. Exposing it as another batch of fear-mongering and lies from a desperate candidate with no new ideas. ("Ooops,. He did it again.") I do think there will be karmic repercussions--soon detectable in the polls.
And if I'm wrong. Well, this future Minister General of The Commentariat is ready for the big secession.
Obama States of America, here I come a quipping.
UNNATURAL SHOCKS OF THE DAY: (Only 904 to go!)
The exercise pill. (What's next, the PhD lotion?).
That Barack Obama has been compared to Paris Hilton and Brittney Spears.
REPRESENTATIVE ANECDOTE OF THE DAY:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/28/iowans-arrested-trying-to_n_115290.html
Evidently, a bunch of people attempting to perform a citizen's arrest on Karl Rove (for ignoring a Congressional subpoena, I believe) were themselves arrested before they could do so for disturbing the peace!! Can you think of a more brilliantly self-referential distillation of Rovean principle-free pre-emptive tactics? Or indeed of the Bush-Cheney M.O. of villifying if not criminalizing those who oppose them in the name of defending their freedom?
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DAY:
Muhammad Ali: The Mahatma Ghandi of pugilism.
LFAQs of THE DAY:
Now that Karadzic has been apprehended, will he lose the awful disguise or try to plead insanity?
What is the more preposterous: Comparing Obama to Paris Hilton or comparing Bush to Abraham Lincoln?
How many times have guest said, "Charlie" in the mode of rhetorical address as a guest on the Charlie Rose show? (I would love to keep stats on the number of times each guest has recourse to that cozily gratuitous form of address. "Well, Charlie..." "...As you know, Charlie,..." , "Well, that's a good question, Charlie...etc.))
REMINDER TO SELF:
Start a "Charlie Meter" for the Charlie Rose show.
SPEC AD IDEA OF THE DAY:
For Baby Gap. Visual. A photo of a little baby.
HEADLINE: Isn't it nice to see a model who doesn’t make you feel too chubby or too short?
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