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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:
RNC2012: Good luck finding many references to Reagan in this years convention. (This sighting is notable for the fact the bust is being presented to The Donald at the convention at a rubber chicken luncheon by a local GOP outfit.) The problem in bringing up Reagan, besides the fact he raised taxes all those times and who needs to further stir up the Tea Party, is that Romney is such a weak figure, he immediately evaporates in comparison.
via:NYT Alternative Republican Voices at the Convention slideshow
(photo: Todd Heisler/The New York Times caption: employee, Glen Murray, held a bust of Ronald Reagan that was to be presented to Donald Trump by the Sarasota Republican Party, which named him statesman of the year. )
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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:
Talking about visual metaphors: With wars and armies in mind, Christianity as the correct posture. (Caption below.)
via:NYT Lens photos of the day
(photo: Pavel Pavlov/Reuters caption: Members of the Russian Honor Guard at a base in Moscow marched with wooden crosses to correct posture during the first rehearsal for the annual victory parade in May.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
The role of women in high places remains blurry.
via: MSNBC
(photo: Andy Wong / AP caption: Tea party Hostesses walk past delegates after filling their tea cups during a plenary session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
Well, Gingrich might as well have the South tattooed on his face.The what: At last night debate, Newt received a standing ovation as he reiterated his belief that poor kids should work as janitors in response to Juan Williams’ question asking him if he understood that black people felt such employment would be aimed at them. He’s not going much further, everyone knows that, and to make sure, he’s branded himself with racism. The emblem is the Tea Party of South Carolina logo. Newt addressed the group Monday night.
(photo: XXXXXX caption: Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich walks past the projected Tea Party of South Carolina logo as he arrives to speak at the South Carolina Tea Party Convention on Monday afternoon, Jan. 16, 2012, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
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Bag’s Take-Away:
Brilliant — and indicative of the creative strength of the movement, so far. What’s the phrase? “When imagination takes flight.”
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Bag’s Take-Away:
The symbolism should not be lost on anybody — seeing Occupy protesters marching for economic justice in front of the now shiny-gold Superdome where citizens died waiting for help from Katrina.(photo: Matthew Hinton/The Times-Picayune caption: Occupy NOLA protesters parade past the Superdome Thursday, November 17, 2011 in New Orleans, La. The group formed out of solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City.) Via Occupy Movement Marks Two-Month Anniversary Nationwide | Denver Post
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