Latest LA Times Poll: Six-Of-One, Half-A-Dozen-Of-The-Other
Catch this dangerous new meme driven home by this cleverly simple diptych hatched today by the LA Times.
Beyond any nuance in the article, the visual take-away is: Obama and McCain, what's the difference?
(Notice how the caption pushes the point even further, by the way, counteracting the fact one's on the left and the other's on the right by labeling, then describing both -- rather pejoratively, I thought, given Obama's "change" message -- as "MIDDLE MEN.")
Oh, but the blank look in mcc's eyes...no one's home. The contrast is enormous to my eyes.
Posted by: jean | Jul 13, 2008 at 10:49 AM
This is a really nefarious attempt by the LAT to depict the candidates as being completely equal. In addition, if they had any integrity, they wouldn't still be perpetuating the myth that McCain is a maverick who has defied his party. Despite some phony public posturing to the contrary, on every issue, torture, taxes, immigration, etc., McCain has ultimately toed the Bush/Republican Party line.
Posted by: ratfood | Jul 13, 2008 at 10:56 AM
I just noticed that McCain isn't wearing a flag pin... Why does John McCain hate America?
Posted by: ratfood | Jul 13, 2008 at 10:58 AM
That juxtaposition is ridiculous on its very face, equating a man who failed to vote against the fundamental constitutional abridgment of FISA reauthorization and a man who
Posted by: puck | Jul 13, 2008 at 11:20 AM
never mind
Posted by: puck | Jul 13, 2008 at 11:20 AM
These two are not at all indistinguishable - McCain's suit has STRIPES!
Posted by: Puka | Jul 13, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Well, they are identical except for the skin color. 'Nuff said.
Posted by: Janet | Jul 13, 2008 at 01:33 PM
OK, playing along with the spot-the-differences: Obama has the lapel pin. And the microphone.
Looks a lot healthier, too.
The base message is BS, though: McCain is no centrist.
Posted by: zatopa | Jul 13, 2008 at 05:48 PM
Is it possible they're also both standing in front of backdrops made up of enormous stars?
Posted by: eatbees | Jul 13, 2008 at 09:54 PM
The men in grey suits; and too many flags, never the constitution.
Posted by: anwaya | Jul 14, 2008 at 08:08 AM
The closer the election, and the closer Election Day, the more alike the candidates become. Can't afford to alienate any voters, dont'cha know.
"Pick a card, any card.", but the jokers in the deck don't matter nearly as much as who the dealers are.
Posted by: cenoxo | Jul 20, 2008 at 10:13 PM