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"Vote Clinton Because a Deaf God Ignores Our Pleas"
To build on our previous discussion, I think this is an interesting twist on my pietas reading of Clinton from our (ok, my) discussion of holy mothers. Recently, more and more analysts/critics/possibly hostile members of press have been translating Clinton's rhetoric of suffering (being "vetted" by Republicans, being persecuted by the press) as an overarching and off-putting cynicism. The "ugh" that Gawker produces is the result of Clinton trying to be funny about these complaints, and so I think this is an interesting connection to the photograph you posted, as it is her smile that eerily reflects the background, while Michelle Obama's canonization is effective because of her serious expression and posture (I'm going to post about the new Newsweek that exploits this strangely effective posture).
But, back to the gendered pigeonhole of my previous rant - Gawker (yes, I do only get my news from snarky blogs) argues that, for Clinton, "the greatest trick the Devil ever played was convincing the world he doesn't bake."