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McCain to meet with Jindal

Noreen O'Donnell — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:56:42 +0000

The other day my colleague, Swapna Venugopal, noticed Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s photos on Sen. John McCain’s Web site. Was this a hint? we wondered. Perhaps. Today The Washington Post’s blog, The Fix, by Chris Cillizza had this: McCain To Meet With Jindal John McCain will huddle with vice presidential aspirant Bobby Jindal during a trip to New [...]

Withdrawing troops from Iraq

Noreen O'Donnell — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:22:23 +0000

Today, I wrote about Barack Obama’s trip to Afghanistan and Iraq and mentioned the flap over Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki’s interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel in which he agreed with Obama’s timetable for withdrawing American troops. Asked when the troops should leave, al Maliki responded: “As soon as possible, as far as we’re concerned. [...]

Lebanese react to prisoner exchange

Noreen O'Donnell — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:08:46 +0000

Two years ago, when Israel invaded Lebanon, I wrote about the exchanges across the border via blogs. This week, when the bodies of the two Israeli soldiers were exchanged for Samir Kuntar and other prisoners, I thought I would check back with one of the Lebanese bloggers. What did Charles Malik think of what had taken [...]

Where’s Romney?

Noreen O'Donnell — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:44:08 +0000

Take a look at John McCain’s Web site. There is he pictured with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. And there he is again with Jindal. As my colleague Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy noticed, Jindal is the only politician reportedly on one vice presidential short-list to get photographs on Web site. They are in the photo gallery in the About [...]

Picturing Barack Obama

Noreen O'Donnell — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:18:47 +0000

Adding to the notion that Sen. Barack Obama burst onto the political scene, he is already the subject of a coffee-table book.” The Rise of Barack Obama” is 150 pages of quite remarkable photographs by former White House photographer Pete Souza that show Obama in private and public moments. Souza captures Obama opening Nelson Mandela’s former prison [...]

Obama addresses magazine cover

Noreen O'Donnell — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:50:22 +0000

The New Yorker cover showing Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim and his wife as a gun-toting militant will probably play into all of the misconceptions he has had to fight during his presidential campaign, Obama told CNN’s Larry King last night. But according to CNN, he downplayed the cartoon. “It’s a cartoon … and that’s why [...]

More campaign satire

Noreen O'Donnell — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:16:50 +0000

JibJab and its animated satire is back with a prod at Obama, McCain, Bush, Cheney and the rest of the 2008 elections. You can watch Time for Some Campaignin on YouTube. Plus American Public Radio’s Marketplace has a segment on JibJab’s marketing strategy: Online humor is a serious business. Greg Spiridellis, a company [...]

Satire or insult

Noreen O'Donnell — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:00:45 +0000

Today the talk is of the New Yorker cover showing the Obamas in the White House, a satirical look at all the fear tactics used against them by the right wing. Barack Obama is wearing a turban and is in Muslim dress—reminiscent of the photo showing him in Somali tribal clothes. Michelle Obama has combed out [...]

Not exactly a bumper sticker

Noreen O'Donnell — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:19:05 +0000

Scrawled in the grime on the back of a truck on the Major Deegan Expressway: “Honk for Obama 08” Photo from Getty Images

Army medic dies of overdose

Noreen O'Donnell — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:44:32 +0000

Today I wrote about Joseph Dwyer, an army medic who appeared on the front page of USA Today in what became one of the iconic images of the Iraq War. He was made famous by the picture, in which he runs with an injured Iraqi boy in his arms, and I’m sure for many, it was [...]