This Photo is Art

[blogslut]

To me, it presents a commentary on modern, media-driven politics as well as turning a satirizing eye toward its subjects. It's like Barbie standing next to Daddy Warbucks gone mad:



link: http://www.daylife.com/photo/03S1fFH9KU2qR?q=mccain

[spanone]

1. and the media treats it as a legitimate political moment. it's a fucking joke, not a funny one.

[malaise]

2. Hell no to both of them

They're both batshit crazy. :puke:

[mike_c]

3. is she channeling Emma Peel or something...?

That outfit looks pretty Bond-ish, or what little I can see in this photo. :rofl:

[bleever]

4. "It's like Barbie standing next to Daddy Warbucks gone mad."

:applause:

[inna]

5. WTF are "e-cigarettes", anyway?

:wtf:

[TorchTheWitch]

7. electronic cigarettes

A nicotine delivery system that mimics smoking but without smoke... creates a vapor instead. Many people have successfully quit using them instead of tobacco cigarettes where nothing else has worked. When I get the money I'll be trying them myself.

[shireen]

6. here's what i don't understand ...

why is it that people who come across as intelligent and thoughtful, people who are nature-lovers, people who feel compassion for animals and support shelters, people who are well-educated ....

why did they vote McCain/Palin?

To play a little game of word association, when i hear "Republican" i think: mean, selfish, narrow-minded, uncaring, dishonest. That's the impression i get from the politicians, and the clowns known as tea-partiers -- they are the face of the Republican party.

But the 'regular' people i know who support Republicans are not like that. I like and admire some of them. They're smart. They're honest. They have integrity. They're kind and compassionate. I have a lot in common with them. But politically, we're so different. I just don't understand that.

I'm not a big fan of the Democrats. They've done some good things this past year, but I've expected more. I'm closest to Bernie Sanders in political philosophy. He's a democratic socialist. Oh, that word "socialist" again. I'm starting to wonder if anyone (myself included) actually knows the complex definition of that word. The only reason I'm registered Democrat is so i can vote in their primaries. I'd rather be an independent like Bernie.

There is something about the core of our psychological make-up that attracts some people to "Republican" and others to "Democrat." I suspect, however, when we're all stripped of labels like Democrat, Republican, Liberal, Conservative, Socialist, etc., and really start talking about the things that are important in our lives, we'll all have more in common than we thought.

Politics is manipulative and divisive. I'm hating it more and more ... :(

[blogslut]

8. The kindest most wonderful person I know is a Republican

My sister. I don't understand it and I've stopped trying. We know we don't agree on this and have decided to refrain from discussing politics whenever possible.

But you're right about politics being manipulative and divisive. I have grown quite weary of the hostility it causes when the subject comes up.

[shireen]

9. thanks, it's nice to know i'm not the only person who's

totally mystified by it!!! :hi:

[ShrimpScampi]

10. Ick.

Winky and Blinky on the big screen. Children, cover your eyes.