1. The Bitch and the War Hero Images of the 2008 Presidential Election

2. Title/Approach Language Offensive? There’s a point to it Tropes, Stereotypes Deeply coded images The Guerrilla Girls work

3. Candidate Images Official As sculpted and projected by candidate’s campaign Unofficial As perceived by public As massaged and reinterpreted by supporters As manipulated and projected by opponents

4. Why Is Image Important? Isn’t politics about issues and interests? Why should image matter? US Politics Candidate centered Presidential politics, in particular, about personae, trust

5. The Official McCain: The Hero Patriotism Flags Service Character Heroism

6. The Official McCain

7. The Unofficial McCain: Cranky Old Man

8. The Official Hillary: Stateswoman Optimistic Concerned Experienced

9. The Unofficial Hillary: Scary

10. The Unofficial Hillary: Demonic

11. The Unofficial Hillary: The Ball Buster

12. The Unofficial Hillary: Usurper of Male Power

13. The Official Obama: The Conciliator

14. The Official Obama

15. The Unofficial Obama: The Superhero

16. The Unofficial Obama: Racist Parodies

17. The Official Palin: Patriotic Professional

18. The Official Palin: Hockey Mom? The grown-up girl next door

19. The Unofficial Palin: The Bimbo Too Hot to Govern?

20. The Evils of Photoshop Does it make a difference? Affect or reflect what we think of her?