Is the Drudge “Orange Alert Kerry” Pic Photoshopped bullshit?

[gatorboy]

In case there is confusion. here's the pic that was put up on Drudge:


Here's one from yesterday that I found:


Looks like the same rally. And completely faked.

[jpgray]

1. Why are people wasting their time on this?

Kerry looks normal to me.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

2. You ever heard of makeup?

Anyway, this is outrageously stupid.
Bush is the worst president in American history -- but Kerry got a sunburn!

[homerthompson]

3. Drudge is bullshit.

And he's gay.
And he is known to make up bullshit stories, hoping the press gets wind of them. Remember his original, groundbreaking, earth shattering story that he had proof that Kerry raped some girl?
He made it up, and the press didn't bite.

[nostamj]

13. ahem.... what does being GAY have to do with

being an BULLSHIT artist??? your comment is offensive and unwelcome at DU.

you will NOT last long here with homophobic insults like that!

[UdoKier]

4. Photoshopped or not, it's bullshit.

Who freaking cares?

The clown prince's face is full of scabs from falling off his trike, more often than not...

[NervousRex]

5. Looks doctored to me.

The shadows are very dark, and the colors are under saturated....but, why is this an issue?...who gives a shit?

[robbedvoter]

6. because they did that to Gore in the debates on some TV channels?

[gatorboy]

7. Of course it's silly and stupid.

But, Like Clinton said on the Daily Show., "They use it because it works."
Why else would half this country think a man that avoided combat is braver then the man that actually went?

[Catt03]

8. Looks tan to me

like in getting some sun....vitamin D...

Drudge could surely use some to tone down the Pillsbury doughboy look.

[DS1]

9. All you have to do is compare the two pics to figure out what's happening

Note the saturation (color) of the red stripes on the flags in each picture, and you can deduce that one's been post processed - too much.

So yes, there's likely photoshopping going on, but equally - he's got a hell of a tan in both pictures. The sweat in the first just amplifies it.

[gatorboy]

14. Sure he's tan.

But the Drudge pic wants to make him out like an Oompa Loompa.

[Sparkle]

10. If he is tanned, what's wrong with it?

In the words of Edwin Starr:

"AH ABSOLUTELY, NOTHING! GIT SAY IT AGAIN!"

[Radical Activist]

11. huh, doesn't the american flag look a brighter red in the first picture?

It's either the lighting of the picture or someone changed the hue to make things look more red in the "tanned" picture.

[DS1]

12. Here's what it looks like backwards

[Bandit]

15. If you enjoy the outdoors and stuff like "windsurfing" you become

tanned and healthy. If you hide from the public you become pinched and pale. When was the last time you saw Bush* enjoying an outdoor sport. I don't consider fishing a sport although most do. That is the only "sport" I have ever witnessed Bush* participating in. Kerry snowboards, windsurfs, rides a Harley, etc. Bush* falls off a Segway which is supposed to be impossible and falls off his bicycle not once but several times.

[gatorboy]

16. Oh well. I still emailed Drudge, calling him on his touch up.

EOM