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You can never sink so low in life that you can't be a bad example for somebody. - My Dad.
by briefer on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 11:32:43 AM PDT
All's fair in "satire," correct? A beer bar in the picture would've been cool, too.
"I am the one who speaks for the spirit of freedom & decency in you." Hunter S. Thompson
by CityLightsLover on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 11:36:48 AM PDT
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and a few reporters kissing his ass.
President Theodore Roosevelt,"No man can take part in the torture of a human being without having his own moral nature permanently lowered."
by SmileySam on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 11:51:44 AM PDT
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. - Aldous Huxley
by Throwing Stones on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:08:32 PM PDT
"We *can* go back to the Dark Ages! The crust of learning and good manners and tolerance is so thin!" -- Sinclair Lewis
by Nespolo on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:10:56 PM PDT
by NCDem Amy on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:12:49 PM PDT
"My wife is a c*nt" shirt?
Word to all sell-out, corporate-owned Democrats: No donation without representation!
by big spoiled baby on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:19:31 PM PDT
with a t-shirt that says "lover boy"??
If we want peace, why do we give weapons and call it "aid"?
by gdwtch52 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:24:25 PM PDT
the New Yorker and this. Everything in the VF cover is true.
-6.75 -5.03
by Ludi on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 04:10:06 PM PDT
and he can't lift his arm that high
"Hey! Where's my applesauce?!!!" This comment brought to you by the Bureau of Brilliant Campaign Imagery and the cheese aisle.
by Parallax857 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 06:29:24 PM PDT
even the Devil slaves for the fortunate
by OMwordTHRUdaFOG on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:15:43 PM PDT
you know, that white tanktop underwear thing.
fouls, excesses and immoderate behavior are scored ZERO at Over the Line, Smokey!
by seesdifferent on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:41:28 PM PDT
Silence is not an effective reply to propaganda.
by fleisch on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 06:02:31 PM PDT
"Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one." - Friedrich Nietzsche
by ActivatedbyBush on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 06:39:03 PM PDT
and not when it's anyone but him.
by conlakappa on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 06:59:28 PM PDT
"One of the things that kept us going when I was in prison in North Vietnam was that we knew that if the situation were reversed that we would not be doing to our captors what they were doing to us," he said.
When Mr. McCain brings up the issue of torture, he is often met by a complex response. Many of the Republican voters he courts do not agree with his opposition to using on terrorism suspects aggressive interrogation techniques widely condemned as torture. But they are often captivated by his discussion of the issue, in some cases even moved to tears, as was the case in Boone.
Has his position changed?
by ActivatedbyBush on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 07:07:09 PM PDT
Yes.
by Eirene on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 08:16:40 PM PDT
by ActivatedbyBush on Sat Jul 26, 2008 at 06:35:03 PM PDT
Not sure that this is a change of position anymore than Obama's support of the FISA legislation was a change of his position.
by ActivatedbyBush on Sat Jul 26, 2008 at 06:36:16 PM PDT
by fleisch on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 07:23:30 PM PDT
"Getting a little thin up top, John" "At least I don't put the makeup on with a trowel, you cunt"
Now up: Key Senate races: Update with predictions
by plf515 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 06:16:25 PM PDT
would have satisfied me. That and her biting the head off of a bat.
John McCain's Court will overturn Roe; don't kid yourself.
by Seneca Doane on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 06:55:59 PM PDT
-- Either get behind Obama 100% of GTFO of DailyKos.
by DemCurious on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 02:40:17 PM PDT
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/...
It's from the NY Daily News.
by Excelscior1 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 02:52:24 PM PDT
"You are very wise, Van Helsing, for one who has yet to live a single lifetime." - Count Dracula
by collardgreens on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 04:24:02 PM PDT
Such a cover would "only be making fun of people who think that the [McCains] fit the stereotypes often attributed to them." It shouldn't be harmful to McCain's image at all.
< /snark >
-4.75, -5.33 Cheney 10/05/04: "I have not suggested there is a connection between Iraq and 9/11."
by sunbro on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 06:43:08 PM PDT
"All of us -- as citizens and as a government -- have a moral responsibility to each other, and what we do together matters." J.R.E., 1/30/08
by MaskedKat on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 03:19:17 PM PDT
Michelle on the New Yorker cover, putting Holy Joe instead of Cindy might have made sense.
by TLS66 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 03:32:26 PM PDT
John McCain is a big liar.
by Lisa Lockwood on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:00:40 PM PDT
by Larry Parker on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:08:34 PM PDT
I mean, if one is married to a trophy wife, then at least one might get some credit for it.
A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.' Douglas Adams
by dougymi on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:16:43 PM PDT
SHE's the one with the money! ;-)
HOPE: It's the new black. And it's WINNING!!
by Samwoman on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 05:24:03 PM PDT
by eternallyvigilant on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:15:34 PM PDT
But besides that, Magoo is as good a name for that idiot as any.
"If another country builds a better car, we buy it. If they make a better wine, we drink it. If they have better healthcare . . . what's our problem? "
by mbayrob on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 07:48:40 PM PDT
I mean, let's be honest about who's the "power behind the throne"!
Defeat John McCain - John McCaingry.com
by AnotherMassachusettsLiberal on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:27:15 PM PDT
There is no Left Wing. Left is the truth.
by BA BarackUS on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:32:37 PM PDT
I hear McCain is going to try to match President Obama's speech today by giving a speech of his own in front of the world-wide media.
Here's a preview:
by Jeff Y on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:47:44 PM PDT
How does it END?
by ruscle on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:02:35 PM PDT
a Bud in his hands, instead of a wiener.
by Lisa Lockwood on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:04:39 PM PDT
"I don't think the heavy stuff is coming down yet"
by MadMs on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:35:13 PM PDT
but funny and deeply disturbing at the same time.
by Janeite on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:16:33 PM PDT
by mbayrob on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 07:51:02 PM PDT
"Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran!" McCain doesn't need a presidency. He needs a Playstation.
by The Gryffin on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 02:44:10 PM PDT
I do not think he would give Klaatu's speech from the end of the film.
by Seneca Doane on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 07:05:25 PM PDT
the day the Earth stood still.
Yes Wes Can!
by Professor Fate on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 10:43:18 PM PDT
...urine on the floor?
The age of journalism as the fourth estate has passed. We blog to survive.
by enough on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:32:03 PM PDT
is in the tank for Obama? They love him.... according to the McSame campaign.
by CeeusBeeus on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:37:52 PM PDT
From the McCain campaign (i like to hear what they have to say). I almost died laughing.
I hope this is the real vanity fair cover.
It would certainly increase sales.
Although I still have to say magazines are bad for the environment.
by interdependence on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:47:02 PM PDT
Give him MORE coverage! It'll help him about as much as insisting on Obama's visit to Iraq has! And BTW, we owe him a huge debt of gratitude for that one!
"We the People of the United States..." -U.S.Constitution
by elwior on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 03:01:54 PM PDT
He asked that Obama go to Iraq. That totally backfired. Now he wants the media to focus on him! 5....4....3....2....1 - Until it backfires. Getting popcorn.
by princss6 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 04:47:23 PM PDT
by dougymi on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:14:40 PM PDT
that youtube Chipmunk with the stink-eye.
http://www.youtube.com/...
Rome is burning ... put down the fiddle.
by ancblu on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:40:49 PM PDT
Lieberman and Gramm are hogging all that action.
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by RudiB on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 03:17:20 PM PDT
Restore constitutional government in America. Impeach Bush and Cheney.
by revbludge on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 07:29:06 PM PDT
... by lobbyists.
by FundaMental Transformation on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 10:07:13 PM PDT
I love the tackiness.
Sometimes a .sig is just a .sig.
by rhubarb on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:02:51 PM PDT
Sorry to burst your bubble . . .
Never give up! Never surrender!
by oscarsmom on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:26:45 PM PDT
Overtly, it's just the carpet. That's their story, and they're sticking to it. Try and prove different. See, it's blue. Not yellow. Blue.
But like a poem, a good cartoon generally means everything it can mean. If it triggered similar thoughts in a lot of people, well... it's likely not entirely unintentional.
Folly is fractal: the closer you look at it, the more of it there is.
by Canadian Reader on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:49:43 PM PDT
Those are puddles, albeit subliminal ones.
by rhubarb on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 05:24:37 PM PDT
by briefer on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:52:25 PM PDT
but I like your interpretation.
If, in our efforts to win, we become as dishonest as our opponents on the right, we don't deserve to triumph.
by Tamar on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:51:50 PM PDT
That was my first thought, in fact: perhaps a beer truck full of her money?
Political Compass: -7.13, -5.13
by thiroy on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:07:21 PM PDT
by MadMs on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:17:52 PM PDT
It's just as good, or worse.
I can't copy the pic, so you must click the link, until some one else does it.
Thanks!
by Excelscior1 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 02:47:23 PM PDT
And maybe Abrahamoff's hat...
Dump Steny Hoyer
by mataliandy on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 08:16:08 PM PDT
... that Vanity Fair could have used
For those who didn't get it, see here.
A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma
by JekyllnHyde on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 11:40:16 AM PDT
Ask me about my sig line.
by LeanneB on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 11:41:08 AM PDT
is Moe, the alpha Stooge.
by conlakappa on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 07:03:53 PM PDT
by saildude on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 11:51:35 AM PDT
... as stated by Markos at the bottom of the Daily Kos home page in years gone by
"Steal all you can."
by JekyllnHyde on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 11:56:33 AM PDT
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. Ansel Adams -6.5 -6.75
by Statusquomustgo on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 11:54:07 AM PDT
...than Curly McCain.
by bernardpliers on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:35:46 PM PDT
Hey ABC Who Lied To You About The Anthrax?
by organize on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:41:15 PM PDT
This ain't no party. This ain't no disco. This ain't no foolin' around!
by Snud on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 03:35:46 PM PDT
but I love it!
by Temmoku on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:22:15 PM PDT
is that everything on it is truly representative of john mccain. unlike the newyorker cover. i guess vanity fair doesn't know what they're doing though.
by fhqwgads on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:45:16 PM PDT
Everything is TRUE about McCain and his wife in this depiction.
I actually don't think there is anything that even comes close to doing a New Yorker cover for McCain in the same way as Obama.
Please make some calls for Barack!
by sick of it all on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:12:42 PM PDT
They'd have to start from scratch. Good project though.
by obiterdictum on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:21:06 PM PDT
This just makes the whole thing worse. Vanity Fair messed up. They definitely don't know what they're doing.
by NYFM on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:24:25 PM PDT
has a disturbing piece by Christopher Hitchens who underwent waterboarding by real US Ops so he could write about it. It was also videotaped.
The short videotape is here.
Still, the New Yorker Obama cover was either tonedeaf beyond belief or naive or knowingly affirming the absolute opposite of the truth .. hah hah, all in good fun.
----- _The Flow of FISA: video clips | GroundZero
by rhfactor on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 10:43:18 PM PDT
n/t
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by Tarindel on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:53:38 PM PDT
with the neon Bud Lite sign behind it.
by MadMs on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:21:01 PM PDT
I don't need them to publish it, I feel better already.
Ouch!
by arthura on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 12:55:18 PM PDT
Inquiring minds want to know.
by mcartri on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:11:06 PM PDT
by Jampacked on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:11:28 PM PDT
'Cause FASCISM is what they believe.
My complaint about this version of satire, however, is that it doesn't make fun of absurd and untrue things about McCain, as the New Yorker cartoon did about Obama. Everything in the VF cartoon is essentially true, if not exaggerated a bit for comedic effect.
Fight the Power!
by Dem In VA on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:43:17 PM PDT
(I particularly appreciate the burning Constitution -- exactly what the Repubs have been doing to our Constitution for the last 7 and 1/2 years).
by Tamar on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 01:48:45 PM PDT
way too thick for that.
by rhfactor on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 10:47:05 PM PDT
Also posted on Ambinder also.
It's a must see!
by Excelscior1 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 02:43:39 PM PDT
did they look at mine first? larger version pills in cindy's hands--check walking aid for old man capt underpants--check constitution burning in fireplace--check chimpy pic over the mantle--check
is there a lawyer here who will take my case for plagiarism? or is this a parody of a parody of a parody?
I didn't get Jack from Abramoff...I'm not a Republican!
by nonnie9999 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 02:47:42 PM PDT
by drivers on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 03:20:04 PM PDT
if yours came first, I'd call it plagiarism and you'd probably draw attention of some legal minds in the know. . .
NOT THIS TIME!
by donailin on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 05:05:50 PM PDT
i was just kidding about suing them (though i could use the bucks!). i have seen other parodies with some of the same things about cindy lou and capt underpants included, but this one was so close to mine (though it lacks a lot of details i stuck in) that it shocked me a bit.
by nonnie9999 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 05:31:54 PM PDT
Here's mine from last week (again.)
by Seneca Doane on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 07:09:34 PM PDT
actually, that on the new yawker cover really would have been satire.
by nonnie9999 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 07:18:12 PM PDT
