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snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 10:23 PM Aug 2015

Will the screwed-up photoshopped image of Jeb be enough to sink him?

How can anyone have screwed-up this up so badly? That Jeb's puny body was photoshopped at all is outrageous but to have photoshopped it using a black man's body but failing to see that one hand of Jeb's remained black is beyond incompetence.


How does he explain his having a black hand attached to his arm? How does he explain his agreeing to be photoshopped. What happens when he is made the laughing-stock world wide when this image circulates in the world press as it surely will?




http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/08/21/3694173/jeb-bush-super-pac-sends-mailer-to-86000-iowans-with-jebs-head-photoshopped-onto-a-black-body/

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Will the screwed-up photoshopped image of Jeb be enough to sink him? (Original Post) snagglepuss Aug 2015 OP
No. What will sink him is the fact that he's a crappy campaigner The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #1
He is way dumber than his brother. I can't see Dubya agreeing to be snagglepuss Aug 2015 #3
Pretty silly. iemitsu Aug 2015 #2
Maybe he's fatter in real life so they decided to "borrow" The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #4
The first photo show that he is very slender. This was to hunk him up snagglepuss Aug 2015 #7
Ah. I looked at the first photo LiberalElite Aug 2015 #13
Next to Trump he looks emasculated so I think he wanted to make himself snagglepuss Aug 2015 #5
pathetic on the part of everyone involved oldandhappy Aug 2015 #6
hilarious ALBliberal Aug 2015 #8
The caption's irony is also side-splitting. I'm sure his snagglepuss Aug 2015 #10
Exactly. "WHY JEB?" That's a very good question! LiberalElite Aug 2015 #15
WHY? Oh, why? Hugin Aug 2015 #18
Hilarious, that change of punctuation from ! to ? LiberalElite Aug 2015 #20
Seldom ever post political things on FB but could NOT resist! ALBliberal Aug 2015 #17
Weird-o-rama. pacalo Aug 2015 #9
Gah - his head is way too small (in addition to the hand) cyberswede Aug 2015 #12
It was mailed to 86,000 Iowans by his superpac. pacalo Aug 2015 #22
Now that you mention the small head, I can't help seeing him as a turtle. snagglepuss Aug 2015 #24
But Senator McConell is the Turtle PJMcK Aug 2015 #38
In real life he has an unnaturally large head. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #26
And the fingers of the other hand have a dark outline Merlot Aug 2015 #23
The dark outlines on the right hand are probably what's left over The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #27
It looks like they layered a white person's right hand on top of the original black person's hand... Princess Turandot Aug 2015 #30
No attention to detail. pacalo Aug 2015 #31
The entire photo looks stupid. madaboutharry Aug 2015 #11
2-3 day news story, topps. bluestateguy Aug 2015 #14
I don't know about that because this is a frank admission of his own weakness, snagglepuss Aug 2015 #25
He's channeling Michael Jackson? hay rick Aug 2015 #16
That's just odd... Agschmid Aug 2015 #19
"GHW! GW! Hit the trifecta with JEB!" struggle4progress Aug 2015 #21
The background image appears to be from kayak.com, used in searches for Cedar Rapids hotels... Princess Turandot Aug 2015 #28
The GOP is just made of stupid. underthematrix Aug 2015 #29
Sink him? No way. pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #32
It's not photo-shopped.... John Poet Aug 2015 #33
That hand's kinda dark for a Hispanic guy. NBachers Aug 2015 #34
I blame Deez Nuts Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #35
Jeb is so lackluster 90-percent Aug 2015 #36
That doesn't make him look smarter than this guy.... GreatGazoo Aug 2015 #37

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
3. He is way dumber than his brother. I can't see Dubya agreeing to be
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 10:29 PM
Aug 2015

photoshopped and look at the amount fodder he has given his opponents and late night comics.

How can this not haunt him.

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
7. The first photo show that he is very slender. This was to hunk him up
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 10:37 PM
Aug 2015

because next to tRump Jeb looks like a worm.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
13. Ah. I looked at the first photo
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 11:11 PM
Aug 2015

and thought he should put the jacket back on. He looks like a 98 pound weakling.

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
5. Next to Trump he looks emasculated so I think he wanted to make himself
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 10:34 PM
Aug 2015

look more like an Alpha male which he definitely isn't.

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
10. The caption's irony is also side-splitting. I'm sure his
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 11:01 PM
Aug 2015

supporters are asking Why Jeb? Why? Why did ya do this Jebthro?

PJMcK

(22,040 posts)
38. But Senator McConell is the Turtle
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 10:03 AM
Aug 2015

Now I'm confused, snagglepuss. Are you suggesting that both Republicans are reptilian?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,799 posts)
26. In real life he has an unnaturally large head.
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 01:06 AM
Aug 2015

Maybe this was a lame attempt to make him look normal. I also noticed that the head, in addition to being too small, seems to be set a little too far to the left. His campaign needs to hire some better photoshoppers.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
23. And the fingers of the other hand have a dark outline
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 12:43 AM
Aug 2015

The head looks like a turtle head peaking out of it's shell - smaller than the body by to much.

Doubtful Jeb! saw this before it went out. it's indicative of the people the bush campaign hires.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,799 posts)
27. The dark outlines on the right hand are probably what's left over
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 01:09 AM
Aug 2015

from an attempt to lighten the hand which belongs to a black person (probably the whole body originally came from Google Images).

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)
30. It looks like they layered a white person's right hand on top of the original black person's hand...
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 01:40 AM
Aug 2015

and figured that no one would think the 'shadows' seemed a bit wide!

madaboutharry

(40,216 posts)
11. The entire photo looks stupid.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 11:06 PM
Aug 2015

His image looks out of proportion to the background. And everyone in Iowa can tell you that the Des Moines River is not that color blue.

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
25. I don't know about that because this is a frank admission of his own weakness,
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 01:03 AM
Aug 2015

both physically and emotionally. People who are emotionally strong don't do attach their heads to someone's else's body when they pose for official photos. The press may forget about it, I doubt tRump and the the rest of the klown kar will.

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)
28. The background image appears to be from kayak.com, used in searches for Cedar Rapids hotels...
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 01:10 AM
Aug 2015

It popped up on a google image search.



At the right end of the banner here: http://www.kayak.com/Cedar-Rapids-Hotels_Motel.Tmotel.15964.hotel.ksp

It's cropped, but the darker swath of sky in the middle of it appears to match up.

 

John Poet

(2,510 posts)
33. It's not photo-shopped....
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 03:22 AM
Aug 2015

It's evidence that the candidate known as 'Jeb'
is actually a creature from outer space....

Don't get too close,
and whatever you do,
don't let him shake hands with you!


You do and next thing you know,
a little 'JEB!' is popping up out of your chest...



90-percent

(6,829 posts)
36. Jeb is so lackluster
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 07:24 AM
Aug 2015

I get the feeling that he's being pushed by the PTB's that want a Republican puppet they can control. Like how GW got elected, and Jeb's heart just is not in it. It's dispiriting to most of us to be in a role where we just have to follow somebody else's orders and do things we don't really believe in. And his backers and advisor's are the wonderful folks that brought America our "new Pearl Harbor".

What sort of person would be the type to drag America through such horror yet again? He is a despicable Bush family member, but some Bush's are less despicable than others.

-90% Jimmy

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