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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Picture of the Day



Won't somebody answer David Letterman's question. Why suspend the campaign, rather than letting the VP candidate carry the load for a few days?

(Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, September 24, 2008. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder))

(They're even trying to cancel her VP debate.)

posted by mikevotes at 8:10 AM

11 Comments:

  • McSame went "all in" with Palin and it was a pretty obvious bluff. Since this isn't poker but real life the gamble isn't working out and reality is rearing it's nasty non-ideological head.

    By Blogger matt, at 8:22 AM  

  • Well, their tricks are now folding in on each other.

    Can't hide Palin from the press and promote her to running the campaign.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 8:23 AM  

  • She looks like the senior class president on her Washington trip with the high school student government. Frickin' Heathers...

    (who's taking care of baby whats-his-name?)

    By Blogger -epm, at 8:26 AM  

  • Needless to say, I chose a picture for that effect, but frankly, flipping through the "Palin meeting with world leaders" photos, they were almost all unflattering in one way or another.

    Part of it is her, and part of it is the unconscious perceptions of the photographers and editorial staff.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 8:32 AM  

  • The photos are supposed to confer instant credibility. People know better.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:37 AM  

  • Yeah, it looks like "country goes to town."

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 8:43 AM  

  • I'm just being shallow here, but it's Palin herself who carries the air of shallowness. Her dress (I wish I was still in junior college). Her speech (diction, pronunciation, enunciation). How she comports and carries herself. It's all so Miss America, Trailer Park Edition.

    It's Miss Congeniality meets Tracy Flick. (Watch Miss Congeniality and Election)

    Again, I know I'm being shallow and superficial, but I just gotta scream it out sometimes....

    By Blogger -epm, at 8:48 AM  

  • There's alot of people who feel the way you do, and there's alot of people who find that reassuring somehow.

    Of course, there're also people who rewatch it so much, they bought the "blue collar comedy tour" set on DVD.

    And then there's Dorf.....

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:33 AM  

  • Ha! Dorf!

    By Blogger -epm, at 10:42 AM  

  • Hey, Dorf taught me how to golf!

    By Blogger matt, at 11:03 AM  

  • Hey, I understand, but paying for Dorf doesn't speak well to your voting qualifications.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 1:37 PM  

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