Comments on: They’re not even trying to be subtle http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1243 Just another Firedoglake weblog Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:31:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ferrari http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1243/comment-page-1#comment-8990 Ferrari Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:15:03 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1243#comment-8990 <p>I may be just being susceptible to suggestion, but if you freeze another frame somewhere between the 5 and 7 second marks, you have the flash bulb flash, and then there’s a still of Obama in profile standing in a profile pose at a podium. The way the kleig light behind him is positioned, it looks in regular speed like Obama is wearing a keffiyeh (forgive me if I’m misspelling the word). THink that’s also a deliberate choice they’re trying to push subliminally.</p> I may be just being susceptible to suggestion, but if you freeze another frame somewhere between the 5 and 7 second marks, you have the flash bulb flash, and then there’s a still of Obama in profile standing in a profile pose at a podium. The way the kleig light behind him is positioned, it looks in regular speed like Obama is wearing a keffiyeh (forgive me if I’m misspelling the word). THink that’s also a deliberate choice they’re trying to push subliminally.

]]> By: 22state http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1243/comment-page-1#comment-8868 22state Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:11:13 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1243#comment-8868 <p>Just as bad/even worse: at 8 second in - Obama’s a Thief: </p> Just as bad/even worse: at 8 second in – Obama’s a Thief:

]]> By: i4u2bi http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1243/comment-page-1#comment-8864 i4u2bi Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:00:21 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1243#comment-8864 <p>It makes sense to Repubs as they know McCain is channeling Hitler.</p> It makes sense to Repubs as they know McCain is channeling Hitler.

]]> By: TheLurkingMod http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1243/comment-page-1#comment-8863 TheLurkingMod Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:59:42 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1243#comment-8863 <p>Marcy has a post at emptywheel!<br /><a href="http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/10/30/dont-you-hate-when-your-plumber-is-a-no-show-on-your-appointment/" rel="nofollow">Don’t You Hate When Your Plumber Is a No-Show on Your Appointment?</a></p> Marcy has a post at emptywheel!
Don’t You Hate When Your Plumber Is a No-Show on Your Appointment?

]]> By: punaise http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1243/comment-page-1#comment-8860 punaise Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:56:59 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1243#comment-8860 <p>so basically if the Obama campaign hadn’t threaded the needle almost perfectly, our sorry-*ss nation would have gone into another of its quadrennial fear-induced stupors and elected the wrong guy…</p> so basically if the Obama campaign hadn’t threaded the needle almost perfectly, our sorry-*ss nation would have gone into another of its quadrennial fear-induced stupors and elected the wrong guy…

]]> By: RoyalOak http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1243/comment-page-1#comment-8859 RoyalOak Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:56:53 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1243#comment-8859 <p>This is funny. Early yesterday a coworker and old buddy of my husband’s told him how many McCain Palin signs were in his neighborhood - lots. They’ve had many discussions about the area this guy lives in is very racist (and he is not). So my husband asked him if he’s spoken about politics with his neighbors. He said, “Yeah. I told them I wouldn’t put a black man in office so I am voting for the white half of Obama!” :^)</p> This is funny. Early yesterday a coworker and old buddy of my husband’s told him how many McCain Palin signs were in his neighborhood – lots. They’ve had many discussions about the area this guy lives in is very racist (and he is not). So my husband asked him if he’s spoken about politics with his neighbors. He said, “Yeah. I told them I wouldn’t put a black man in office so I am voting for the white half of Obama!” :^)

]]> By: nahant http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1243/comment-page-1#comment-8857 nahant Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:55:05 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1243#comment-8857 <p>yep!!</p> yep!!

]]> By: perris http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1243/comment-page-1#comment-8856 perris Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:54:27 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1243#comment-8856 <blockquote><p>I forget, is Alaska part of real America?</p> </blockquote> <p>not if sarah’s husband can help it</p>

I forget, is Alaska part of real America?

not if sarah’s husband can help it

]]> By: ratfood http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1243/comment-page-1#comment-8855 ratfood Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:53:39 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1243#comment-8855 <p>I wonder if the sepia tone is intended to make him look more Middle Eastern, playing to the fears of people who insist that he is a Muslim? The darkness, around the eyes particularly, seems slightly reminiscent of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Atta" rel="nofollow">Mohamed Atta</a>.</p> I wonder if the sepia tone is intended to make him look more Middle Eastern, playing to the fears of people who insist that he is a Muslim? The darkness, around the eyes particularly, seems slightly reminiscent of Mohamed Atta.

]]> By: Twain http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/1243/comment-page-1#comment-8854 Twain Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:52:50 +0000 http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1243#comment-8854 <p>I was kidding, of course, but when you have people who are still supporting Toobz you have to wonder if the cold has frozen their brains.</p> I was kidding, of course, but when you have people who are still supporting Toobz you have to wonder if the cold has frozen their brains.

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