British Reporter Snapped Now-Infamous Bachmann Corndog Photo
The London Daily Telegraph may be a Conservative Party-friendly newspaper, but it's certainly doing Republican candidate Michele Bachmann no favors on this side of the Pond with a very unflattering, sexually-suggestive photo of the Minnesota congresswoman eating a foot-long corndog at the Iowa State Fair that's making the rounds on the Internet.
The Telegraph's U.S. editor Toby Harnden snapped the photo, which he included in an August 13 blog post at the paper's website.
Mediaite's Frances Martel sees sexism in Harnden's selection of the photo:
...there’s the sexist subtext here: would the Telegraph have run a similar photo of a presidential candidate consuming an obvious phallic symbol if said candidate were male? Phallic symbols make for good comedy, sure, but the Telegraph is not Mad Magazine, and there appears to be no intent at humor here, only degradation. The image sends a clear message to any woman thinking about pursuing such high public office: we at the Telegraph are unable to look at you as anything but a sex object, no matter what your qualifications for office.
What say you? Sexist or just very poor taste?
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Question
Submitted by JackandMarilyn on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 6:31pm.
Would it have been sexist if he shot Romney with his lips wrapped around a footlong? I vote "poor taste." Still, funny stuff. Funny stuff.
Marilyn---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 7:19pm.
if it had been Romney, would the word 'erotic' have replaced 'funny' in your post?
MD
Definitely
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 7:23pm.
!
Purple lips
Submitted by JackandMarilyn on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 7:25pm.
Could have been a deep fried Twinkie. Imagine that.
There have been, for lack of a better---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 11:03pm.
word, 'rumors' that purple lips may be a part time twinkie.
Got any inside info on that, Marilyn?
MD
LOL
Submitted by JackandMarilyn on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:57am.
No.
Very poor taste
Submitted by jon_torlin on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 7:15pm.
Oh no, not good at ALL! That's a very damned unfortunate picture, could happen to a lot of women, but I'm afraid that because of the picture, the photoshopping idiots (bk, you do not resemble those photoshopping idiots so don't take offense at that) are gonna have field days with this one if they haven't started already. I don't want to find out.
Low low low VERY low class. That's why the reporter did it, he KNOWS those PS idiots will do something rude with this.
-Jon
~This is the kind of thing
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 7:23pm.
That makes women think men are a-holes.
Unfortunately, Bru---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 7:26pm.
too many are.
Even the good guys do and say ridiculous things on occasion.
Except me.
My wife won't let me.
MD
I remember when........
Submitted by GregE on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 8:02pm.
........the liberal media posted this one in articles during his campaign....
http://www.psychologytoday.com/files/u25/ObamaSmoking.jpg
Oh, they didn't?
Well, ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 8:15pm.
... she could be doing an impersonation of Clinton and Monika in the Oval office.
I just thank the Word that Barney Fwank istn't wunning for pwesodent! He would be soooooooo jeawous.
It is both. But this too
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 8:16pm.
It is both. But this too will pass.
Don't do anything!
Submitted by Chris Norman on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 1:49am.
Memo to Michele Bachmann: Stop all eating until this campaign is over. They will use even it to ridicule you. Just to be safe, you might also want to avoid breathing, walking, standing, sitting, etc.