Comments on: and i know a few things about photo essays

and i know a few things about photo essays

tsarfan — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:01:31 -0800

A cheeky look at Bush's flip flops in the form of a shoe catalogue.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:19:27 -0800

It's funny and insightful because it turns Bush's own argument directed at Kerry against himself. If someone did this for Kerry, it'd be too obvious ("I voted for it before I voted against it" etc)

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:24:53 -0800

this is awesome! I knew if I was lazy enough, someone else would do a better job than I ever could...

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:24:55 -0800

It would be nice if Bush actually had to face the press once in awhile so they could grill him on these things repeatedly until everyone understood what a conniving, opportunistic figurehead he is. Alas, I'll have to satisfy myself with funny photo essays.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:26:10 -0800

This is nice, I'm impressed by the assortment of flip flops. Shame the pages take a while to load up. But otherwise, a very nicely done site.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:26:28 -0800

intresting, the people who made this seem to support steel taraffs. Which is stupid. I mean, why would someone manufacture something in the US and pay either steel tariffs, or for expensive US steel, when they could make it outside of the country with cheep steel and then not pay anything to bring it into the nation?

By: amberglow

amberglow — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:44:05 -0800

excellent! If i was a millionaire, i'd print these up and hand them out at every mall in the country.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:46:03 -0800

yeah, btw. It was a little funny, but I wouldn't really call it the "best political photo essay evar".

By: tsarfan

tsarfan — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:56:28 -0800

fair enough delmoi, be my guest and show me a better one then :)

By: Blue Stone

Blue Stone — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:25:51 -0800

Bush really said, "You cannot distinguish between Al Qaeda and Saddam, in the War on Terror" in 2002? It's good to be reminded of the lies as well as the inconsistency.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:33:24 -0800

thanks, tsarfan - this is indeed cheeky ;-) very well done.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:46:06 -0800

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 17:24:27 -0800

When one is 'going for the funny' as the people behind this photo essay obviously were, it doesn't matter if it appears you're taking one side or the other on other topics, so long as your side is to make fun of the topic at hand: in this case, Shrub. When one is talking about 'flip flopping' the irony is an increasingly more and more dangerous cliff. All politicians - all leaders - flip flop. They kinda have to. So when a politician accuses another of changing their mind after observing pertinent and convincing evidence to the contrary, it's the old pot calling the kettle black kind of thing. Personally I prefer a politician who isn't afraid to admit when he was wrong. A good leader doesn't lead his followers down dead end paths if he knows it's a dead end. Frankly I'm surprised people didn't laugh right in Shrub's face the first time he brought up the flipflopping, but I guess politicians are also supposed to pretend they're not politicians. Rather, they are "Men of the People" and therefore agree with the people. They do this with a straight face, not realizing they're going for the funny. Next time you're in a room with ten or more people, try to find some opinion upon which all ten of you agree. If y'all don't find yourselves either at one another's throats or on the floor laughing within an hour's time, well ya weren't trying hard enough.

By: mdn

mdn — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 17:58:08 -0800

This is so well done, it's really a joy to read. I mean, I'm familiar with the info, I've read it all before, but the presentation is smart (the JCrew-esque vapid blurbs) and professional. I'm guessing an art student did it for a class...

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 18:03:06 -0800

This is really well done. On the "China/trade" flip-flop, there's some small type that says, "No taxes or shipping fees for international orders". Good stuff.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:56:29 -0800

Nice post! See, now this is partisan politicking that actually *IS* best-of-the-web, too.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 00:12:29 -0800

He look! EBjr approves!

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 08:40:34 -0800

This is brilliantly designed and executed. Good find.

By: sixpack

sixpack — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:49:58 -0800

Nice photos, but that walk-off quote from "Alexander Tyler" is likely bogus.