Granted, the actions of the previous administrations have pushed Russia in Putin's direction- in fact I feel that Putin's \"appointment\" to his position of power was Boris Yeltsin's parting shot to Clinton's Yugoslavian adventure (Bosnia/Serbia/Kosovo.) Expansion of NATO and positioning defensive missile batteries on the Russian frontier haven't helped.
. "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"- Mao Zedong
I think most of the blatent Internet-media bias that can be found today is within the images that the major networks use. If you can grab it, look at the picture of Bush on www.cnn.com main page right now, his lips are puckered, his arms are spread out, and he is leaning forward a bit---looks like a Monkey. It doesn't matter to me that the headline is praising McCain, all I see is Monkey.
Imagine polling that same picture that TB posted, but swap the images with:
I bet you would get a completely different response.
He hates the West for what \"we did\" to his country. The man's a patriot. ... misguided, but a patriot. HE will follow the cause of his own means and I don't think he'll \"bow\" to any head of state.
I think the only photograph that sways Putin's thinking is his own.
He'll know flat out that McCain is a much more qualified opponent and much more likely to follow through on the tough choices if faced with having to make a sacrifice.
Stupid Press tricks work on the dumbasses who vote like robots and that's about all.
in fact I feel that Putin's \"appointment\" to his position of power was Boris Yeltsin's parting shot to Clinton's Yugoslavian adventure (Bosnia/Serbia/Kosovo.)
Yeltsin had no choice about appointing Putin. Sick to the edge of death, facing corruption charges and completely lacking a power base Yeltsin made the appointment to avoid prison. Kind of like Nixon and Ford.
Clothes may make the man
But all a girl needs is a tan
In all fairness to CNN, it's hard to take a flattering photograph of Bush. Compare how he looks now to how he looked just 8 years ago. He's probably aged at twice the rate of normal people.
Not saying they aren't deliberately choosing the goofiest photos, however.
By the time the job is over, the person behind the Presidency always looks like he's been through hell and back. Regardless of what I think about his politics, Bush certainly had his share of crises.
I learned long ago, how the media can manipulate your emotions using images. That is why I try to do my best to judge a person on their deeds and not their image. (Obama still loses that one)
“Stupid Press tricks work on the dumbasses who vote like robots and that's about all.”
Wikipedia tries to go for photos that are marked for the public domain. That's why for most Presidents, Senators, and Congresspeople, they use the \"official\" picture on government record.
You know, the one that makes Bush look like Alfred E. Neuman.
