Yes, we can.

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

I get a broken link showing more images.

I do too. I can see the first few in the "Obama" Gallery, but the show more images link is broken. That one --> http://digitaljournalist.org/issue08...ie_thumbs.html

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Have you guys seen this series of photos by Callie Shell? I actually teared up. Make sure you keep clicking "show more images" because there are some terrific ones down the line.

Thank you for posting that link. Very touching photos. I teared up.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Do you see the first couple, or is the whole link broken? It's working for me. D'oh, SF, I really wanted you to see these!

[Morrigoon]

Dude, LSPE, I am *loving* these pictures!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

They're totally beautiful. And inspiring. And catch those usually-unseen moments that represent what I most like about the man.

[innerSpaceman]

Yep, more images link broken for me, too and boo-hoo.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Do you have the most recent version of flash installed? They flash in, I think. It sucks that you can't see them. What a bummer, they're great.

[wendybeth]

LS, those pictures are just beautiful. Thank you.


Is it me, or does Obama remind anyone else of RFK? There's just something about his demeanor that really reminds me of him. I was very young when RFK was murdered, but I loved him. I wanted him to be my dad, probably because he already had 11 kids and what's one more? I was five when he died, but I remember him pretty well for being so young at the time.

[Morrigoon]

Well, to me they show his realism. He's portrayed as elitist, and intellectually I think he is (and should be), but in terms of real life experience and being able to relate, I see him as a much more "real" person. These pictures show that.

I'm sure someone could make a photo essay of McCain full of touching moments, but they wouldn't be the same moments, and it's the moments that define him.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Well, to me they show his realism. He's portrayed as elitist, and intellectually I think he is (and should be), but in terms of real life experience and being able to relate, I see him as a much more "real" person. These pictures show that.

Oh, exactly - that is what I was alluding to. One thing that I really like about him is that he makes a real effort to listen and connect with people, to understand what they need. Photos like the one of him comforting the woman who lost her son in Iraq - a similar photo of McCain would not have revealed the same kind of connection between the candidate and the citizen he's running to represent.