1,000 Words

1,000 Words

By Karen Tumulty | July 28, 2009 | +

From our White House Photo Blog, this powerful photo by our new Swampland colleague Brooks Kraft, taken at an anniversary event for the Americans with Disabilities Act in the East Room:

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  • anon76

    Hey, I thought the point behind 1,000 words was something that we could make light of without looking like asshats. We will not stand for forced sobriety in commenting!

  • trifecta55

    I will do bad taste for ya.

    Fox News Caption: A Canadian man who used the Canadian health care system to treat his hang nails confronts the President at the White House.

  • trifecta55

    Or another Fox News Caption Bill O’Reilly Version…

    Democrats cried foul over Jeff Gannon, but Obama himself allowed a hooker into the White House this afternoon.

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  • sacredh

    Well, personally I feel that people deal with the hand that life dealt them and by not treating them the same as we would anyone else we diminish ourselves and them so…….

    Guy in the lower left with his hand up on his face: Good Lord! Look at #2 on the agenda. He’s going to demonsrate how he masturbates next.This could be bad.

  • yutsano

    Is it just me, or does he look scarily like Norm Coleman there JC-san?

  • yutsano

    Is it bad taste if you still laugh Tri? Or should I start shopping for condos in Hades now?

  • sacredh

    You wouldn’t believe the stuff I’m holding back on. This really isn’t fair.

  • http://phd9.blogspot.com Paul Dirks

    Time’s Mark Halperin deftly deflected the ADA lawsuit by pointing out that the OTHER candidate for White House Photographer’s clearly superior taste in neckwear precluded him from ‘fitting in’ with the rest of the staff.

  • ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©

    As long as the hooker tag has been referenced,

    Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana says he will vote against confirming Sonia Sotomayor

    GOP family values, and such as.
    ~

  • deconstructiva

    Memo to Stormy Daniels: oh yes, PLEASE run against Vitter. Screw the primary, so to speak, reach around Melancon, run as an independent. Finish on top to victory.

  • deconstructiva

    …in keeping with equal opportunity bad taste, if that man has built-in vibrating motors, he will have women swooning and keep more mistresses than Mark Sanford could ever imagine.

    Determined to stay in the spotlight, Sarah you-know-who enters the East Room wearing her famous towel…but it slips. Other reporters look away, pretending to be embarassed, but ONE man says, “WTF, I’m going for it.”

    “I hope those swamp guys appreciate what I have to go thru for this pic of Amy and Michael sharing a bagel. And stop giggling, you two, stay in focus already, sheesh….”

  • yutsano

    Lord I hope so Decon. She’s not just another pretty face, and she’s been making strong listening tours all over Louisiana. Only sad part is she’s running under her real name (last I heard) so we won’t get the luxury of Senator Stormy, at least outside of news reports.

  • deconstructiva

    Agreed, I hope it all works out for her. As for Vitter, well, maybe he can raise corporate campaign funds from Pampers and Huggies?

  • Cliff

    Ever so discreetly, Dr. Claw gathers blackmail material for his dastardly plans.

  • http://notstarvingyet.wordpress.com/ kathyf

    Bill O’Reilly, who pointed out that the larger population of the US translates statistically into far more accidents per capita, shows viewers this moving photo by Brooks Kraft as proof of America’s terribly high accident rate.

  • sacredh

    Michael Jackson’s plastic surgeon wisely changes careers.

  • sacredh

    BTW, rusty’s Israel comment has been relaced on the main politics page. It was there for almost 3 months.

  • http://nicewhitelady.blogspot.com/ joyomama

    Hey, Kraft! Anything you can do, I can do better.

  • dunedweller

    “I said say cheese not wow!”

  • nathan7777

    It’s amazing how resilient people can be.

  • Commenter 2B named later

    Wait till Pirate Wench gets a load of this!

  • deconstructiva

    …but would pirate approve of a fellow pirate wearing a suit and tie? Especially the tie?

  • deconstructiva

    …forgot to add that only bankers and lawyers should wear suits…orange jumpsuits that is.

  • gloriousglo2

    Sadly, another one of Dick Cheney’s hunting companions…..

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