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Obama's Clothes

Remember when the rightwing media made a big deal of Gore's choice of clothing? Color of his suits? Number of buttons, etc.?

They're at it again; this time with Barack Obama. There is no place so low our rightwing media will not stoop in an attempt to trivialize or smear a good Democrat.

This actually aired on CNN. I kid you not.

GREENFIELD (voice-over): The senator was in New Hampshire over the weekend, sporting what's getting to be the classic Obama look. Call it business casual, a jacket, a collared shirt, but no tie.

[...]

Ask yourself, is there any other major public figure who dresses the way he does? Why, yes. It is Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who, unlike most of his predecessors, seems to have skipped through enough copies of "GQ" to find the jacket-and-no-tie look agreeable.

And maybe that's not the comparison a possible presidential contender really wants to evoke.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

GREENFIELD: Now, it is one thing to have a last name that sounds like Osama and a middle name, Hussein, that is probably less than helpful. But an outfit that reminds people of a charter member of the axis of evil, why, this could leave his presidential hopes hanging by a thread. Or is that threads?

[Post script: I've noticed quite a bit of traffic from around the US and from Europe since it appears Obama has wrapped up the nomination. Why the sudden interest in Obama's clothes? Will someone please leave a comment? - thanks - dpjc - June 6, 2008]

Labels: Gore, journalistic integrity, smear

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at Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Baker-Hamilton Report a Bust for Bush

The Hamilton-Baker report, which was probably conceived as a life-line to save Bush's political neck, is instead becoming an albatross. If Bush accepts the recommendations of the report, he's admitting failure and that his critics were right.

If he doesn't accept the recommendations, his critics can claim that they are the bi-partisans, and that Bush is being partisan and contrary.

Either way, Bush loses, and the Democrats win.

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at Monday, December 11, 2006

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