My Bad

"Hero", it turns out, is photographer's lingo for the best picture in a set, which is to say, the one you will actually use for a cover or something.  That is a satisfactory explanation for why the photos of Obama were labeled "hero".  I owe the administration an apology. 

Having said that, the hero label is a bad idea for reasons I stated in my last post. 

Comments

[skp]

An understandable oops considering who we're talking about here: a man who clearly believes he is, somehow, more than just a man. Keep up the good work, I enjoy your posts.

[Donald Pay]

You and Joe Barton have some odd ways of apologizing. Apparently it's a bad idea to use common photographic terminology because it makes right wingers all swallow goofy pills every four to six months.

[KB]

Donald: it might be a very good idea to use that terminology if it has that result. But that presupposes some very sneaky thinking on the part of the Administration. Maybe they want their critics to make stupid mistakes, like I did. If so, I would think better of them, not worse.

But my point still stands. When Bill Clinton gave a State of the Union Address, in the middle of his sex scandal, he addressed Al Gore as Mr. Vice President. That was a departure from protocol. Previously, the President always addressed the Vice President as "Mr President," recognizing the VP's role as president of the Senate. Clinton was afraid people would think he had resigned. Do you see my point? Sometimes protocol has to be abandoned for the sake of context.

Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech in an arena backed by Greek columns. What do you think he meant by that? He was presenting himself as classical hero. Okay. But that can quickly become self-parody. Maybe right now he needs to avoid that.