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Bag’s Take-Away:
Well, it was hardly avoidable, especially as TV zoomed in closer on the pair. In the background of the Obama - Romney White House pic, the boxing gloves stand out at the not-so-vanishing point like an alarm. It wouldn’t have anything to do with Obama coming out swinging after Nov 7, would it? On the table, by the way, is the white turkey chili that was on the menu. Serving (a) white turkey, get it?? And then another nice touch: in the Today piece there is actually quote from the Majority Leader (and former boxer) about the photo. Reid said he liked it.
(photo: Pete Souza/White House caption: President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talk in the Oval Office following their lunch, Nov. 29, 2012.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
Born in the USA: Pic of Obama w Bruce on election eve has decide Guthrie feel to it.
(photo: Jason Reed/Reuters caption: U.S. President Barack Obama is introduced by musician Bruce Springsteen during an election campaign rally in Madison, Wisconsin, November 5, 2012. )
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Bag’s Take-Away:
Okay, that’s probably the best piece of political merch I’ve ever seen.
via: Yahoo
(photo: Rick Wilking/Reuters caption: A woman holds up a souvenir coffee mug printed with U.S. President Barack Obama’s birth certificate for sale at the site of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina September 1, 2012. The convention opens September 3, 2012.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
People will flinch from the comparison for a million reasons. Still, swap candid for composed, Main Street for Camelot, and name-the-city “local legend” fast food joint for haute cuisine and, optically at least, you’ve got Obama looking — at least now, in full campaign mode — like 2012’s JFK.
The fact is, Obama is knocking the stuffing out of Romney visually. These days, in the camera’s eye, he’s, yeah: special, original, favorite, hot, fast and great. As much for the content as the fact it largely slipped everyone else’s attention, it’s my favorite pic of the campaign so far.
(photo: Getty Images caption: US President Barack Obama arrives to pick up lunch during a stop at the Skyline Chili restaurant in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 16, 2012.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
Caption of the Day: I’m still wondering what that third line says about the readership, or how they think about the readership. Maybe the octagonal deelybobs escaped from a test tube?
via: MSNBC
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Bag’s Take-Away:
Every so often, campaign compassion and campaign emotion is interrupted and caused to pale by the deeper and more spontaneous kind.
The caption:
Stephanie Miller of Sandusky Ohio cries on the shoulder of U.S. President Barack Obama at a campaign event at Washington Park in Sandusky, Ohio July 5, 2012. Miller’s sister died of cancer and said that Obama’s healthcare plan would have given her better treatment options.
(photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters )
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Bag’s Take-Away:
Remember blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangchen? Romney used his departure from the U.S. embassy in Beijing to declare a day of shame for the United States because the U.S. was too busy planning the Clinton/Geithner talks to keep him safe? Here he is with his family in Central Park.
Looking pretty safe to me.
via Zimbio
(credit: PacificCoastNews.com caption: Chen Guangcheng, blind Chinese dissident, is seen enjoying a day at the park with his family in NYC. Chen, who is a self taught lawyer who is front and center in a diplomatic rift between China and the United States, seemed to be enjoying the sunlight - reportedly the first time his has sat in it for years. He was joined by his wife and children on the trip out in his wheelchair.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
Re Obama gay marriage… Philly Daily News proposes more overt approach. The Justice-in-Chief w/ Hawaiian twist.
via:Philly.com
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Bag’s Take-Away:
Another wire photo of Obama’s former nanny, a transsexual woman living in Indonesia. Still respectful, surprisingly.
(photo credit: AP Photo caption: Barack Obama’s former nanny Evie, right, shares a light moment with neighbors at her boarding house in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 8, 2012. Since being the subject of a recent article by The Associated Press about the struggles of transgender people in this predominantly Muslim nation, the 66-year-old is overwhelmed by her jolt from transgender slum-dweller to local celebrity. TV crews troop in and out of her tiny concrete hovel. Estranged relatives finally want to meet. She even has a promising job offer.
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