I really do not want to give Drudge any hits

[question everything]

but with so many posts here about photos, with attacks and counter attacks that really do not say much... I finally ended up in the Raw Story.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_campaign_blasts_Clinton_over_photo_0225.html

(This may explain why DU is now on DefCon 1, or whatever the term is for limiting certain functions).

I think that as the day progress, there are going to be many confused DUers who will have no idea what the (new) flame war is all about. I still don't see what's the big deal, at least from the Raw Story but, hey..

:shrug:




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[emilyg]

1. You have a picture taken and

it gets published. So what's the big deal.?

[jannyk]

2. Like the $400 haircut, much ado about nothing. If he was on official

business and there were other politicians also wearing the garb, wouldn't this photo (and others) be in the public domain? Don't they usually have a 'staff' photog capturing all this goodwill stuff - that's really the only reason for doing it - the photo op? Where's the pics of all the other guys? That is Obama - right? Not a lookalike? Not Photoshopped? So what's the big fucking deal?

If this is how the Obama supporters react to a legitimate photo - they are in for a very rough time when the GOP machine starts 'sliming' - very rough indeed.

Actually, the faux outrage against Clinton is reaching such over the top proportions, that I wouldn't be surpised if the Obama campaign released it - just so they could launch this rabid attack! Thou protest too much Obama supporters, far too much.

edit for typo

[question everything]

3. And, when many visit foreign countries, it shows respect to

wear traditional clothes.

Certainly women expect to dress modestly when visiting mosques or synagogues and men often wear skull caps, too.