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WhoIsNumberNone

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38. With all the times they've been busted Photoshopping black people into their campaign photos

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 05:28 PM

Oct 2014

you'd think Republicans would at least quit using stock images. Better to have no black people in your campaign photos than Photoshopped stock photos. That's like admitting you don't have any black friends when you could have just claimed they didn't show up that day. Seems like for what they must be paying these high end agencies to paste in stock photos, they could hire some actual black people to pose for pictures (I think I feel an SNL sketch coming on...)

One other thing- Do people really recognize these stock photos this fast, or is it just possible that someone at the agency secretly doesn't like working for Republicans? Hmmm.

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Pic Of The Moment: Oops! Tom Corbett Campaign Gets Caught Faking A Black Friend [View all] EarlG Oct 2014 OP

WTF. Because Photoshop Gets the Racism Out! berni_mccoy Oct 2014 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author LynneSin Oct 2014 #6

Probably the only black person he knows Hoppy Oct 2014 #2

It wasn't even someone he knew - it was a photo someone found on Shutterstock website LynneSin Oct 2014 #8

Hmmm ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #13

Nature -- meet vacuum. immoderate Oct 2014 #26

NegroesForTheCrowd-R-Us.com ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #27

One of my friends once told me I could pass for Puerto Rican... immoderate Oct 2014 #30

Mannn ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #31

Let me be your agent. We can make some money off that. Hoppy Oct 2014 #32

Those domain names are available..... (nt) jeff47 Oct 2014 #36

I'm gonna be rich! Rich, I tells ya! eom. 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #37

Oh my Maynar Oct 2014 #53

NegroBestestFriend! The newest must have fashion accessory! freshwest Oct 2014 #58

They figured if they used the reverse of her photo showing her looking the other way rhett o rick Oct 2014 #59

It's her wattle LynneSin Oct 2014 #61

Hell ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #62

You have a good point. If they were smart and aiming at their base they would have put rhett o rick Oct 2014 #63

repukes. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #3

That is some seriously excellent detective work there! Turborama Oct 2014 #4

First clue: The lighting doesn't match Auggie Oct 2014 #10

Tools like Tin Eye and Google Image Search. MADem Oct 2014 #11

Republis are creepy. ffr Oct 2014 #5

The far right of the complete photo has an AA man. It shows the side of his head. Wonder if Mnemosyne Oct 2014 #7

LOLZ. Didn't baggers photoshop another African American woman catbyte Oct 2014 #9

Let's have a contest - try to find a photo of Corbett with a real A-A friend JPZenger Oct 2014 #12

Oh, just photoshopped in. I thought it meant he went black-faced to fake is own fake black friend. Neoma Oct 2014 #14

Just checked,.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #15

...... Lochloosa Oct 2014 #19

Still archived too... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #20

It's not a guy, it's a woman. n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #50

Explains the pricing..... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #51

Its back up at 8PM eastern! 7962 Oct 2014 #45

Just the notice giving away the joke. Check the other link I posted of the archived version. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #46

And PukeBaggers would be so proud of him... SoapBox Oct 2014 #16

Why is the smartest thing the Republicans do is yuiyoshida Oct 2014 #17

FYI- Corbett staff says everyone was photo-shopped in the image JPZenger Oct 2014 #18

So how do we know there's actually a guy named Corbett??? Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #21

Oh great! Now we have to look at this mug all weekend. n/t aggiesal Oct 2014 #22

Gack..barf..uck One more reason for us Pennsylvanians to kick his butt out. eom Tommymac Oct 2014 #47

all he had to do is darken his skin with Romney Tan in aerosol SummerSnow Oct 2014 #23

I'll bet you that republicans must hire "contractors" to Hubert Flottz Oct 2014 #24

Tears-R-Us SummerSnow Oct 2014 #39

A tip off is the fact the black lady is smiling at him as if he'd told an amusing story or joke aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2014 #25

Yeah, but she might have just been laughing at his sorry ass. Hoppy Oct 2014 #33

She's looking at him and thinking Bartlet Oct 2014 #43

A round of high fives to the "detective" who figured this out Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #28

The tone-deafness of Republicans is astounding. n/t SpankMe Oct 2014 #29

In the movie, 'Dear White People', you got to have at least two black friends... Stellar Oct 2014 #34

No Minority Stock Photo Left Behind! tanyev Oct 2014 #35

With all the times they've been busted Photoshopping black people into their campaign photos WhoIsNumberNone Oct 2014 #38

"If we reverse the image.... no one will notice!" AlbertCat Oct 2014 #40

couldn't he pay a black sex worker to stand next to him? jonjensen Oct 2014 #41

This is PRICELESS PatrickforO Oct 2014 #42

"Some of my best fake friends are black." KamaAina Oct 2014 #44

to be fair he does know at least one black - his crooked son-in-law HLCOLBERT Oct 2014 #48

black is not a noun noiretextatique Oct 2014 #57

FYI: it is a noun or an adjective or a verb or an adverb. HLCOLBERT Oct 2014 #65

UPDATE - EVERYONE in the picture is Photoshopped... brooklynite Oct 2014 #49

With Halloween drawing near, they should have used stock photos of scary clowns. Kaleva Oct 2014 #54

Some of my best fake friends are black, dammit! MontyPow Oct 2014 #52

Breaking Fake News: She isn't going to vote for Corbett anyway! Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #55

And even with the photoshop fake rationalcalgarian Oct 2014 #56

The �cat� atstrophe of the Republican Party polynomial Oct 2014 #60

Is this Corbett or Colbert? LiberalLovinLug Oct 2014 #64