Posted on 08/04/2008 2:32:53 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Between this and last week’s Godwin-ing of the crowd scenes, I’m honestly curious to see where the left takes the critique next. One would think they’d either run out of cards to play or would quietly pocket the ones they have left lest they make themselves look more ridiculous, but each new day brings a fresh load of semiotic ore mined. It’s the “Ulysses” of campaign ads — the only limit on what it means is your own imagination. Still, Herbert’s reading warrants special mention, not only because it manages to be simultaneously exceedingly paranoid and pedestrian but because he mangles a fact here so basic that it discredits his entire claim to be a close reader. The tower seen behind Obama at the beginning of the ad is obviously the Victory Column in Berlin — where he recently spoke to 200,000 people, remember? — not the Leaning Tower of Pisa or Washington Monument. For Herbert to get that wrong despite the massive publicity surrounding the location of the speech, especially after it was moved from the Brandenburg Gate, is like having a chyron beneath him that reads, “I don’t know what I’m talking about.” But then, none of the MSNBC staff corrected him so I guess they don’t know what they’re talking about either. Click the image to watch.
Update: I mentioned the fact that Obama has compared himself to Paris Hilton in at least three different posts last week, but for some reason that news is just breaking big today so here’s a link to Newsbusters with the details.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
A bunch of desperate nonsense from desperate lefties.
Bob Herbert, still giving Affirmative Action a bad name, I see........
Asshat...
I think he owes every Italian-American out there (and every Italian and the entire nation of Italy) an apology before all the guidos and cuisines start lining up at his doorstep.
I have to say it: Bob Herbert is a weenie.
He’s a dickhead.
Like the “b” in “Bob” Herbert? See that thingy sting up?
I really don’t get it either. Maybe our IQs aren’t low enough.
Because you are a race obsessed bigot, Bob Herbert.
Leftist morons go through these commercials frame by frame trying spot hidden messages. Remember the “RATS” controversy during the last election when on a frame or 2 of a Bush commercial the word “RATS” was displayed? Same here, the only way you notice that tower is in freeze frame. RAT paranoia is in full swing.
Then, his younger opponent remains oblivious to all that, dancing and parading himself all the while dressed in the costume of a somber suited undertaker.
Yup, McCain knows what heterosexual sex is about even if Obama doesn't!
So Herbert comes close to comprehension but the heterosexual part of it continues to elude him. Odds are good he's one of the few dozen men in America who've never seen Hilton's movie or Spears panty(or lack thereof) shot!
So, what was it John thought about for those 5 years in North Vietnamese captivity ~ what stray images bounced around in his mind in between torture sessions ~ I really doubt he dwelt on life in a dark suit ~ maybe something more like laughing it up at a go-go bar!
This is hilarious- OBAMA compared HIMSELF to Paris Hilton.
Do they make buses the size of a Winnebago?
I'm reminded of the great quote from Dee Snider of Twisted Sister in the Senate, when Senator Al Gore told him that Tipper was offended by lyrics that she (mistakenly) assumed were about S&M:
"Ms. Gore was looking for sado-masochism and bondage and she found it."
I saw him on Morning Joe this morning. No one else on there had any idea what he was talking about. The guy sounded nuts! (Oops, can I say that?)
Berlin Victory Column
Leaning Tower of Pisa
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