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08.05.2008
Obama's pants

In general, I dig quirky scenes-from-the-trail color. But CNN has a snippet from Obama's press plane so weird and stupid it must be seen to be believed. Titled simply "Obama in jeans," it presumably aims to show us the famously dapper candidate in a dressed-down moment. But you can't see the jeans that well in the grainy footage, and at some point in the 1:01 video (the last quarter of which is a replay of the first quarter), it looks more like the unseen cameraman is trying to give us a good look at Obama's package.

No wonder the media keeps getting gigged for having a crush on the guy. 

--Michelle Cottle 

Posted: Thursday, May 08, 2008 5:49 PM with 14 comment(s)

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rozenson said:

CNN is now officially worse than FOX. They've got the right-wing ranters, the sensationalism, the inane clips. But they pretend that they are good journalists when nobody at FOX really believes it.

May 8, 2008 6:16 PM

Wandreycer1 said:

PACKAGE - Michelle, you're killin' me.

May 8, 2008 6:43 PM

liberal reformer said:

Rozenson: The decline of CNN has been painful to watch. It is Gresham's Law in action. maybe a billionare philanthropist can start a decent news network, amply staff its bureaus foreign and domestic, hunker down, with an unconcern about the bottom line, not worrying about being awash in red ink and do the world proud. I will try to contact Bill (Gates) concerning this matter. He lives just across the lake from me in Medina.

May 8, 2008 6:45 PM

thejauntyboulevardier said:

I can see where this is going...

Voters want to know...helmet or anteater?  Logical next step after the Wright imbroglio...

May 8, 2008 7:43 PM

WoodyBombay said:

LR,

Seattle, for reals? I am in Greenwood, two blocks from the 74th Street Alehouse.

(Why I'm not in the Alehouse right now is a damn good question btw ...)

May 8, 2008 8:04 PM

blackton said:

oh cookie, that is far over the line, definitely imagery I want plucked from my brain.

May 8, 2008 8:25 PM

achester99 said:

Yeah, I saw the breathless headline on CNN.com so I clicked it, and then wondered why I was watching this video.  What is going on in CNN's offices?

May 8, 2008 8:31 PM

williamyard said:

Next up: Chris Dodd eating a sandwich!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: we (humanity) better chill before some superior intergalactic presence and/or deity happens upon our little celestial cul-de-sac, catches our inanity for a few seconds, goes "I should put this pathetic thing out of its misery," and pops Planet Earth like an overripe zit.

blackie: want imagery? Visualize cheese.

May 8, 2008 8:38 PM

alittleblackegg said:

I love that it appears under the banner of "Breaking News Videos!"

May 8, 2008 8:48 PM

liberal reformer said:

WoodyBombay: For reals. I am a few miles south of downtown.

May 8, 2008 8:54 PM

cspencef said:

Of course, when I saw the title on this blog entry I wondered if David Letterman had taken over.  Guess I'm out of the loop.  

I can't remember the last time I willingly watched CNN.  Now I remember why I don't.

May 8, 2008 9:55 PM

dubyadoubte said:

Department of Pot and Kettle:

>>"No wonder the media keeps getting gigged for having a crush on the guy"

The Plank's (and Michelle's) crush rivals Tiger Beat.  

May 9, 2008 8:30 AM

adaglas said:

You guys are acting like this isn't substantive journalism, but clearly it tells us where the candidate stands on the issue of Casual Friday.

May 9, 2008 8:45 AM

CRS9TNR said:

Michelle,  I like this when you mind goes into the gutter like this.

Be careful though.  Scott Poulson-Bryant thinks that when you obsess on the Package that you demean the Black Man.  He has a fantaastic mind too.

May 9, 2008 8:27 PM