that Bush's only significant act
promoting civil rights
was attending this parade.

I hope he got a balloon and cake.

Was it any good? Oops must have been since Republican Governors are trying to destroy voting rights of millions.

Why is this even an issue?

have been screaming the Times intentionally cropped a picture of W. attending the ceremonies. The Times is saying no, they didn't.

They routinely slam the NYTimes. I don't know why they should. The Times was a willing and eager accomplice during the run-up to the Iraq War. Screamed out the bush/cheney line-of-the-week on the front page in large print above the fold. Week after week after week.

Glad you're here! The overexposure can definitely be a factor in the ultimate photo that is widely released. Sometimes you have to trim photos - for all kinds of reasons. You trim the photo if there's a guy picking his nose or making an obscene gesture over at one side. You crop away any parts that are blurry. Overexposure and underexposure both need to be either deemphasized or cut outright. It happens. No political under-agenda at work here. Unless one is so freakin' paranoid that he/she suspects a political under-agenda is at work everywhere at all times.

happy, interacting with people that were watching. It was almost like the doofus that was finally asked to sit at the "cool kids table"...