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November 15, 2008
Newsweek's Special Obama Issue

Photo: Charles Ommanney / Getty for Newsweek
Capturing a photo of Axelrod smiling like this is like capturing a photo of a sasquatch. Rare and out of focus. More excellent photos from the campaign in the Newsweek commemorative issue.
Incidentally, I've been hearing predictions that advertisers will shy away from political content -- both online and in print. And I'm wondering if these writers have updated their media playbooks from the 1999 edition. This is the Obama era, and everyone is a political junkie now.
Filed under: Barack Obama
Posted By Bob Cesca | November 15, 2008 12:06 PM
Comments
For just a second there I thought Mike Huckabee had hijacked the campaign plane.
Posted by: cactusgal
at November 15, 2008 12:23 PM
Dammit I want Obama to bring back the afro. I'm not kidding. I'd lose control. The Secret Service would have to shoot me off of him. With a bazooka.
Posted by: Nanotyrannus
at November 15, 2008 12:44 PM
LOL! Nano - he rocks that fade pretty well if you ask me... ;) And - I'm not so sure about the "back." Thanks to the hip hop generation, all kinds of black hair is "in." Which I like quite a lot.
Bob - so, when is Camp Chaos coming out with its Obama flick?
QT
Posted by: QueenTiye
at November 15, 2008 2:35 PM
Oh - one more thing. What precisely is Obama saying in that picture? I mean - he's all casual, laid back, and talking sh*t, and Axelrod and Biden are cracking up. At least it looks like that to me...
QT
Posted by: QueenTiye
at November 15, 2008 2:36 PM
Thank you for taking me to the site so I could order one of these special editions. (I still have a JFK one from LIFE that my parents saved, a boxfull of special editions of mags I got after Lennon was shot, and it's great to celebrate a LIVE person with one (shredding fingers knocking on wood). Yes, my house is packed and my kids will someday sift through my ashes and kill me again). The crazy file lady.
Anyway, thanks for the heads up. I might have missed it.
Sasquatch. Good one.
Posted by: dontpanic23
at November 15, 2008 3:43 PM
Just ordered mine too DP. I had it addressed to my 8 yr old daughter.
Posted by: LiveFreeOrDie08
at November 15, 2008 5:37 PM
Nice touch, LF.
Posted by: dontpanic23
at November 15, 2008 7:06 PM
What an awesome photo. I had been meaning to order it, so I did as well this evening. And thanks for the great idea, LFOD, I had mine addressed to my 8 year old son. :)
Posted by: KatinWilm
at November 15, 2008 8:05 PM



