Reading the Pictures

Reading the Pictures: Mitt's Temperature

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.11.2012

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2012-05-11-Screenshot20120511at8.56.49AM.jpgFor all the Levis and plain-language answers that supposedly constitute Mitt 2.0, what we continue to see in Romney is someone who is excitable, always right and constantly taking offense.

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Reading the Pictures: Ann Romney's Coffee With the Nation in Her $1000 T-Shirt

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.03.2012

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2012-05-03-Screenshot20120503at1.53.07PM.jpgIf you use your wife to humanize you and to help relate to the average American, you might want to remind her before sitting down for coffee with the nation NOT to wear her $990 T-shirt.

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Reading the Pictures: Obama's Jobs Address -- Key Optics

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.09.2011

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Michael Shaw

2011-09-09-jbospp.pngThis frame leaves me wondering how the political cycle will be any different from before: a deft speech leading to appeasement leading to mostly a brick wall.

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Reading the Pictures: Murdoch Testimony: Missing a Few Marbles?

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.20.2011

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2011-07-22-murd.pngAs much as there are serious moral, legal and personality issues to consider with Rupert Murdoch, what we also see in the pictures are competency issues.

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Reading the Pictures: Palin's Grizzly Mammas (Or: But Enough About You, What About Me?)

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whoops, did I say "grizzly mammas?" Well, there's nothing plural about this show. It's "Momma Grizzly."2010-07-14-pull.jpg

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