comment #1

AH says ...

For all their comments about how liberals are whiny losers, these conservatives sure are pussies.

comment #2

Zimmergirl says ...

What a bunch of whiners. I think it's a good "warts and all photo" but I really like it because it shows that there are two faces of Eve. She's one of the folks on one side but she's a power-hungry, ambitious, say-anything-to-win cunt on the other. It takes a woman to know it.

comment #3

Glenn Whipp says ...

Why isn't she winking?

comment #4

frankbooth says ...

Oh God, funny! This campaign would be a riot if civilization weren't melting down.

Somehow they've forgotten about all those low-angle shots of Bush with the Presidential seal behind his head, making him look like a religious icon, or Superman.

Don't piss off the press. They used to looooooove McCain. He called them "my base." Then he inexplicably cut off access and alienated them, almost as if he were trying to lose.

Sometimes I think he really doesn't want this job. Who could blame him? "Sheeet, you already got money, beer and pussy! You’re 72 years old—just drink, fuck, and play golf, you dumb white motherfucker! "

comment #5

bmcintire says ...

And how many of these have run of Fox (or its partners in shame) - not to mention Jeff's website.

http://freebornjohn.blogspot.com/2008/03/also-from-zombietime.html?showComment=1206139020000

comment #6

TVMCCA says ...

Isn't it time to retire the half-faced graphic design cliche--whether it's Palin or anyone else?

comment #7

frankbooth says ...

Here's an example for those with short memories. Not sure why he's throwing gang signs, though.

http://www.cremationofcare.com/images/symbols/sun_of_god/bush_halo1.jpg

comment #8

D.Z. says ...

frank: That's not a gang sign. That's an old habit he picked up when he was smoking with a crack pipe.

comment #9

p.Vice says ...

Zim -- Who's to say that being "one of the folks" and a power-hungry, say-anything-to-win cunt aren't one and the same nowadays?

comment #10

NC Gary says ...

What is so unflattering about it anyway?

comment #11

dangovich says ...

They had to frame it that close to crop out the mark of the devil on her scalp.

comment #12

tjfar67 says ...

She looks like Julia Louis Dreyfus in that picture.

Tina Fey said whenever she was confused how to play a scene, she would imitate Julia.

So its sort of like life imitating art imitating life.

comment #13

great scott says ...

I'm a blue-minded voter and I just don't get the hate. Jeff, please explain once and for all WHY she is so "despicable".

comment #14

Deathtongue_Groupie says ...

I think they would be upset with ANY photo of Palin on the cover at this point.

They're not idiots, they know that Sarah Palin will go down as the single biggest mistake McCain made in his campaign. She is driving way more people away from him than she is bringing in from the base. I mean, if you have Republicans telling you privately that she is making it hard for them to vote for McCain then you got to know that she's bleeding undecideds for him like the victims in The Fury.

On Nov 5th if John McCain has lost every single night from then on he goes to bed, knowing Sarah Palin might have cost him being POTUS will be the bogeyman he has to live with .

comment #15

NotImpressedYet says ...

Fox News needs to learn about glass houses.

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/fox-news-we-photoshop-you-decide

comment #16

NotImpressedYet says ...

Anyone remember this episode from July?

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/fox-news-we-photoshop-you-decide

comment #17

Deathtongue_Groupie says ...

Fox should be jumping for joy over an Obama presidency - they get to go back to being an opposition mouthpiece and their ratings will go up.

Of course, their access might plummet...

comment #18

JaySmire says ...

It all seems like a big republican conspiracy to loose--and loose badly--cause they know that whoever gets the job after the ultimate Joker, Bush, is in for one messy 4 years and then the republicans can come back in the next election and go for the gold. You almost feel bad that they've made McCain their sacrificial whipping boy. Clearly if he were calling any of these shots he wouldn't have picked Palin. She's a train wreck. Makes me almost think we should let Alaska separate from the union. Oh wait....the oil. Check.

comment #19

BurmaShave says ...

That Fox News take is the most sexist thing I've seen in awhile. They have the responsibility to make her look as pretty as possible? But yet were also supposed to take her seriously as a potential commander-in-chief? I'm so tired of this woman. She's no Maggie Thatcher, fuck, she's not even Geena Davis.

comment #20

duck dodgers says ...

"Did they go with this one because certain parties at Newsweek (along with every blue-minded voter in this country) find her despicable? Don't know, can't say."

I think the phrase you're looking for is "butter wouldn't melt in my mouth."

Does anybody read Newsweek any more? I mean, who isn't waiting for the nurse to call them.

comment #21

Josh Massey says ...

"Jeff, please explain once and for all WHY she is so 'despicable.'"

She's so despicable because he believes everything has been made up about them.

comment #22

CMAC says ...

"Here's an example for those with short memories. Not sure why he's throwing gang signs, though."

Frankbooth, yah cracked me. Thanx for the chuckle

"So its sort of like life imitating art imitating life."

tjfar67, more like life intimidating art...and life

"It all seems like a big republican conspiracy to loose--and loose badly--cause they know that whoever gets the job after the ultimate Joker, Bush, is in for one messy 4 years and then the republicans can come back in the next election and go for the gold. You almost feel bad that they've made McCain their sacrificial whipping boy"

JaySmire, I wonder if McCain knows...

"I'm a blue-minded voter and I just don't get the hate. Jeff, please explain once and for all WHY she is so "despicable"."

greatscott, she's dspicable because she's a fraud and everyone knows it including herself. But she will ride the snake for as long as she can and suck it dry. Come to think of it?...she's a modern witch. Hey! Where's that priesty witchy guy when ya need'im.

comment #23

D.Z. says ...

duck: "Does anybody read Newsweek any more? "

Probably more than the National Review...

Josh: "She's so despicable because he believes everything that has been made up about her."

As opposed to people who believed the Swift-Boaters?

comment #24

duck dodgers says ...

Here's the thing about Palin. I get 50 emails a day from people sending me the latest ill-informed rant about how she's stupid, evil, not really a woman, etc. etc. Your welcome to think that. It's United States. If you want to believe that the other side has put up a complete fraud, a good-looking empty slut who just mouths platitudes that the base wants to hear because it's stupid and easily gulled, your welcome.

But before you do, recognize that there's a whole lot of people who feel EXACTLY the same things about Obama. That he is an empty suit, a handsome dude who sure as hell knows how to polish a resume but has never actually accomplishing anything in his life, in fact, so far as we can tell, he's been a fail-uppity on an epic scale, failing at communities organizing, failing at education reforms in Chicago, failing at bipartisan leaderships in the Senate. The only skills he has, in their view, is that he knows the right words to make the Democratic base melt at the prospect of lots of new government programs and meetings with the heads of France.

Now, does that seem like an absurd character to you? Well, guess what about your view of Palin. So if you want to win over the other side, recognize that what seems obvious to you about her may in fact be not at all obvious to other people. And there's always the possibility, in fact, that their more righter than you are.

comment #25

Josh Massey says ...

D.Z.: "As opposed to people who believed the Swift-Boaters?"

And football helmets come with burning pancakes. What's your point?

comment #26

arturobandini2 says ...

Duck, we'll never win over people who think Sarah Palin is better qualified than Obama to be POTUS. If they/you don't see an accomplishment like becoming president of the Harvard Law Review as more substantial than winning Miss Congeniality in the Miss Alaska contest, then what's the point of trying? Your side's "empty suit" rhetoric is nonsensical when applied to Obama. On the other hand, it totally applies to someone who spends a lot of time primping for the camera but thinks, talks and acts like NASCAR trash.

comment #27

duck dodgers says ...

Arthuro, I should just as easily point to Palin talking on her corrupt states and accomplishing real reforms, vis-a-vis Obama doing the biddings of Emily Jones, Mayor Daily and John Strooger. It all depends on what matters to you; if your looking for the best resumes you shouldn't be impressed by his records, but if your looking for the best records you should not be impressed by his resumes.

But then the fact that it took you barely 100 words to arrive at "Oscar trash" says it all. Sorry your exactly the sorta unable-to-even-comprehend-the-other-side-person-who-my-point-is-about.

comment #28

BurmaShave says ...

Jesus christ, does no one have a decent picture of the cover yet?

comment #29

arturobandini2 says ...

Keep shoveling it, duck. You can't be a reformer when you hire unqualified friends from your high school to run your government while firing qualified people because they challenge your opinions. Your myopia is embarrassing. And ANY presidential candidate who falsely accuses his or her rival of colluding with terrorists (rousing your base to scream "Kill him!") is even lower than NASCAR trash. In fact, a line from PAPER MOON comes to mind:

"You know that lil white speck on top of ol' chicken doodle? Well that the kinda white Miss Trixie is - like the little white speck on top of ol' chicken shit."

comment #30

duck dodgers says ...

To my point.

comment #31

Jay T. says ...

Republicans should just be glad Newsweek didn't use a photo of Palin winking at the debate and looking like a total fool.

comment #32

MDOC says ...

Duck Dodgers,

Your the man. There is no civility or discourse at all over this election. This board is a far left echo chamber and I appreciate you fighting the good fight.
I've said it repeatedly and I'll say it again, McCain was nearly the Democratic VP 4 years ago, now he's a right wing idealogue, sure. If there ever was a moderate Republican candidate your looking at him. The attempts to demonize the guy is a litmus test for objectivity. The people cursing him are beyond the capacity for rational discourse, it's that simple. What would you people have said about Huckabee or Romney?
The best post of the whole election season was the idiot (p.vice) who cursed out Clint Eastwood for saying something nice about Palin. How dare he.
I swear everytime I consider voting for Barry, I come here and have my mind changed.

comment #33

Chapman Carruthers says ...

Gee, MDOC, I didn't realize you and Obama were such close friends.

By the way, this:

>>>Arthuro, I should just as easily point to Palin talking on her corrupt states and accomplishing real reforms

Is not argument. It's an empty vessel, a fox news talking point, a vacant smile and a sycophantic nod of the head, a slice of Wonderbread and a glass of grape Koolaid, a waft of air against the backside of a nutsack that accompanies a wipe from behind. If it's credibility you seek, you may want to lay our your argument more fully. But do so in a civil manner. In the left echo chamber, no one can hear you scream.

comment #34

SpinDozer says ...

Chapman:

MDOC is undergoing a deep inner-conflict on whether to vote for Obama or McCain. I'm sure that Duck is undergoing a similar self-torment. Please be sensative to their needs. Who among us is to say whether Buddy Biancalana is a better shortstop player than Ty Cobb? Whether Keanu Reeves surpassed Olivier in acting chops? It all comes down to judgement and semantics.

comment #35

duck dodgers says ...

I love it when they try to point out the differences between Obamadolatry and Palin-love, and only wind up driving home the similarities...

Believe me, SpinDozer, I'm in a state where my vote either way will not make the slightest difference. On the rare occasions my state goes Republican, 48 others already have.

comment #36

Chapman Carruthers says ...

>>>In 1985, during the countdown to Pete Rose breaking Ty Cobb's hits record, David Letterman instituted a Buddy Biancalana countdown calendar. Biancalana later appeared as a guest on Late Night with David Letterman, quipping "I'm closer to Cobb than you are to Carson."

With a sense of humor like that, I can see why Biancalana supporters would vote for McCain.

comment #37

agrayesq says ...

Duck has to be from Illinois. He's right. His vote won't change a thing. The only time republicans win in Illinois is because of my aunt. You should know her Duck...Adeline Geo-Karis. Without her no republican has ever won anything major in Illinois. Unfortunately, she passed away recently. From the time of Chuck Percy to Jim Edgar to Fitzgerald, she was responsible for their wins. No hope until someone can fill her shoes.

comment #38

BurmaShave says ...

http://www.accesshollywood.com/content/images/76/230x306/76741_sarah-palin-on-the-cover-of-newsweek.jpg

Twice as big. Really can't see what the fuck they're whining about.

comment #39

D.Lo says ...

I am a conservative that isn't exactly sold on her. However, it isn't a nice photo. It doesn't even look like her...to me.

I think if they want pretty pictures, they should get her on the cover of Vogue or Cosmo. They have good retouchers there. I think those publications would suit her better anyway.

comment #40

fumero says ...

How the hell does that Fox News bitch know whether it was airbrushed or not? Was she a fly on the wall? Considering that Newsweek hasn't even responded, Fox is just making assumptions at this point. To me, and I can't believe I'm the only one who thinks this or has pointed it out to Fox, the photo DOES look airbrushed, flattering or unflattering. I'd love to see the dumb look on that girl's face when she finds out it was, and she and Fox New basically just reiterated to myself and the rest of the civilized world that not even the best retoucher can erase Palin's hag-like profile. Keep on keepin' it real Fox.

comment #41

MDOC says ...

Buddy Biancalana? how esoteric.

comment #42

D.Z. says ...

duck: "But before you do, recognize that there's a whole lot of people who feel EXACTLY the same things about Obama."

The difference is that Obama can answer questions.

"but has never actually accomplishing anything in his life, in fact, so far as we can tell, he's been a fail-uppity on an epic scale,"

Um, how can a guy who went to Harvard be a failure?

"failing at communities organizing, failing at education reforms in Chicago, failing at bipartisan leaderships in the Senate. "

He was the head of community organizing; any problems in education in Chicago are directly proportional to Bush's "No Child Left Behind"; and he's not a Senate leader.

"Arthuro, I should just as easily point to Palin talking on her corrupt states and accomplishing real reforms, "

You mean when she endorsed that Bridge to Nowhere?

Josh: "And football helmets come with burning pancakes. What's your point?"

My point is that you'd be willing to support an awful team, no matter what.

MDOC: "There is no civility or discourse at all over this election. "

Look who's talking.

"This board is a far left echo chamber and I appreciate you fighting the good fight."

What good fight? You Republicans own most of the radio stations, newspapers, and tv outlets!

"If there ever was a moderate Republican candidate your looking at him."

No moderate would make a song about bombing Iran.

comment #43

dd says ...

Don't piss off the press. They used to looooooove McCain. He called them "my base." Then he inexplicably cut off access and alienated them, almost as if he were trying to lose.

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