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Lucas Baiano, the guy who made Rick Perry’s new web video, was born and raised on the far side of the Canadian border. This doesn’t matter of course. Baiano is legal to work in the United States, and his dedication to the American political system is unquestioned. After volunteering for both …
“The first duty in life is to assume a pose,” wrote Oscar Wilde. “What the second duty is, no one has yet discovered.” A cynic might say the same of Presidential politics. Barack Obama posed as the bearer of hope. George W. Bush posed as a compassionate conservative. John McCain posed as a maverick.
Perhaps more than most, Tim …
Many months back I gave some play to a “Remember November” video that had been launched by the Republican Governors Association. I was impressed with both the quality of the thing–all menacing, with quick jump cuts, tricks of light–and the apparent reference to Guy Fawkes, the 17th Century British terrorist who has become a darling …
