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gollygee

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7. Yeah but imagine if Obama and Biden posed like that

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 07:37 PM

Sep 2012

Imagine the comparisons that would be made. Everywhere. Continually. We'd be seeing that 100 times every day until the election. Oh wait, it wouldn't even stop after the election.

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This was NOT photoshopped. National Review magazine cover. [View all] jillan Sep 2012 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #1

Who the hell do those punks think they are? Rosie the Riveter? nt SusanaMontana41 Sep 2012 #38

it's a common patriotic poster motif.... mike_c Sep 2012 #2

Yeah but imagine if Obama and Biden posed like that gollygee Sep 2012 #7

Don't your remember? Confusious Sep 2012 #29

Oh, and don't forget that even his FONT is a commie plot. chalky Sep 2012 #35

also the columns on the stage of his election night... Blue_Tires Sep 2012 #62

This! Vehl Sep 2012 #32

IIRC, it is Soviet Constructivism, a well known school of art... CTyankee Sep 2012 #18

Except that they are fascists not communists malaise Sep 2012 #3

Remember the origin of Neo con ideology nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #6

+1,000. And the Koch family relations straight back to Stalin and Mussolini. Not a coincidence. freshwest Sep 2012 #48

LOL malaise Sep 2012 #50

THe art at the time was remarkably similar, even here in the US. MNBrewer Sep 2012 #9

Two sides of the same coin when it comes Cleita Sep 2012 #24

Is Romney Il Douche of the Republican Party, then? Xipe Totec Sep 2012 #36

Pretty good cover...but everyone knows Romney doesn't actually have any plans. rgbecker Sep 2012 #4

MUCH more likely. randome Sep 2012 #8

Nah,they're for Frick and Frack formercia Sep 2012 #16

Don't forget Marcus... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2012 #49

Bad Finger paintings, Confusious Sep 2012 #31

Blue prints for the makeover of his $13 million house in Ca, ya know the one that's going to have a Fla Dem Sep 2012 #68

Neocon central nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #5

It's similar, but the Russian text is just a basic description, not an endorsement or anything. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #10

It says CCCP a socialist country for workers and christians. Xipe Totec Sep 2012 #37

Well that makes more sense. My vocabulary is a little rusty. I can read it fine, just forget words. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #58

The instrumental case for Russian nouns is tricky Xipe Totec Sep 2012 #61

Well, to be fair, I only took two years of it and that was 25 years ago. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #63

In this case it's "belongs to", not "made of" but you are close enough :) idwiyo Sep 2012 #67

Correction: workers and FARMERS idwiyo Sep 2012 #65

Thanks. I wonder if they are cognates nt Xipe Totec Sep 2012 #70

Yes, they most likely are but in modern Russian Christian is spelled differently idwiyo Sep 2012 #71

Although CCCP in the Cyrillic alphabet Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #69

Looks like Mitt is about ready to unroll an architectural scroll aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #11

first thing that came to my mind when i saw the picture madrchsod Sep 2012 #42

She had flopped earlier as a silent movie screenwriter; just imagine how she fared in a talkie... Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #56

Yes indeed (n/t) Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #55

You can't make this shit up formercia Sep 2012 #12

Kick! n/t Tx4obama Sep 2012 #13

The delivery of Pravda to their dachas has been slowed Ezlivin Sep 2012 #14

Bad comparison Navl Sep 2012 #15

Is that supposed to be a bible in Ryan's hand? YankeyMCC Sep 2012 #17

It's his highlighted version of Atlas Shrugged. progressoid Sep 2012 #19

I thought he was holding Atlas Shrugged. Proles Sep 2012 #20

It's not the Constitution, that's for sure. caveat_imperator Sep 2012 #26

Freepers and others call Romney a Communist because he is not far enough right for them. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #21

It Looks Even More STUPID Cha Sep 2012 #22

What a coincidence! liberal N proud Sep 2012 #23

Why does Mitt Romney look like Michael Palin? n/t renie408 Sep 2012 #25

better one pettypace Sep 2012 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author busterbrown Sep 2012 #28

What's with the scrolls? Kitchen paper? Has Mitt been shopping again? aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #30

Lists of people to fire and banks to hide money in. n/t jtuck004 Sep 2012 #33

He's pretending that he is Howard Roark...and that's why Ryan is humping his ass Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #54

Wow, DemKittyNC Sep 2012 #34

Plagiarism. begin_within Sep 2012 #39

Mitt "I've got my secret plans to fix the government!" Ryan "And I've got my budget plan jp11 Sep 2012 #40

R&R has no facial hair Generic Brad Sep 2012 #41

We do get a sense of "simplistic propaganda," don't we? MADem Sep 2012 #43

hahah mshasta Sep 2012 #44

They do have Ryan standing unusually close behnd Mitt aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #45

Is that Mitt's tax returns he's holding? nt Terra Alta Sep 2012 #46

More proof the conservatives simply don't understand irony. baldguy Sep 2012 #47

Terrible drawing of Mittens treestar Sep 2012 #51

(With apologies to David Letterman) Now they like a father-son architecture firm Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #52

Here's a poster for the National Review to modify for the next issue... Kurovski Sep 2012 #53

Good one aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #57

Is that a Bible in Ryan's hand, or a corporate binder on how to destroy America? -nt CrispyQ Sep 2012 #59

No, it's his under-the-bed Ayn Rand paper porn. Raster Sep 2012 #60

~lol. CrispyQ Sep 2012 #72

he's got a Bible! stuntcat Sep 2012 #66

Methinks the artist may be a subversive... porphyrian Sep 2012 #64

Kick. redqueen Sep 2012 #73

What's Leslie Nielsen doing on the cover? nt Javaman Sep 2012 #74