Picture of the Day
I don't know why, but I thought this was a very interesting moment at the debate.
(Sen. Barack Obama helps Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to her seat before the start of a Democratic debate in Los Angeles Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian))
posted by mikevotes at
7:40 AM
10 Comments:
He's pushing the chair in, right?
By
-epm, at 8:58 AM
YES!
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mikevotes, at 9:00 AM
lol
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-epm, at 9:17 AM
Whoopee cushion?
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Anonymous, at 9:31 AM
The photo by itself comes across as either slightly paternalistic and condescending, or a touch embarrassingly personal, depending on how you look at it.
But, like so much in the media these days, anything taken out of context can be misconstrued.
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r8r, at 9:51 AM
Anon, pffft...
....
8r, I thought it was a weird moment. Socially, I think he had to do it, but it's just weird.
And, I find the image of the black man seating her kinda odd too. (my own stereotypes and racism, I guess.)
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mikevotes, at 2:01 PM
You have to get beyond lawn-jockeys and school-marms Mike. This is a new age.
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Anonymous, at 3:04 PM
I know. I was just saying that I found it an oddly diminishing picture for him, too.
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mikevotes, at 4:07 PM
never thought of the "black man seating a white woman" angle and I think not thinking ofr it is a good thing. But if he hadn't of been a gentleman and exhibited proper manners you can be sure a clinton surrogate would have somehow made an issue of it - esp in the south where the southern belles still exist...
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Anonymous, at 4:34 PM
That's what I'm saying. Socially, he had no choice.
(Maybe it was the discomfort I felt at the country club growing up....)
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mikevotes, at 5:08 PM
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