Posted on 03/04/2008 11:33:41 AM PST by Nervous Tick
A controversial new Hillary Clinton attack ad is causing an Internet stir among critics who claim it deliberately darkens Barack Obama’s skin color. A posting on the liberal site Dailykos.com shows side-by-side screen grabs of Barack Obama taken during a debate with Clinton in Cleveland last week. The screen grab used in the Clinton ad shows a clearly darker-skinned Obama, prompting some to wonder if it was done to highlight his race. One posting on the site charged that while darkening footage may be considered standard practice for political ads trying to “cast the target as sinister,” it is “not an acceptable excuse.” “Even if you accept that as normal practice, it’s still a dirty one, and it takes on a more charged meaning when you’re using it to attack someone in your own party who’s already fighting against a lot of racism in the false Muslim smears,” the posting said. “This is, at best, the worst of politics as usual.” A representative from the Clinton campaign could not be immediately reached for comment. Some bloggers immediately compared the case to the infamous 1994 Time magazine cover of O.J. Simpson following his arrest on murder charges. In that case, Time photo editors deliberately darkened a mug shot of Simpson, giving him a much more menacing appearance. There are a number of commonly used techniques that allow photo and video editors to darken or lighten images. The lighting and tonality can be changed for effect, to highlight some parts of the image or for a variety of other reasons. The Clinton ad, released Monday in Texas, alleged that Obama was “too busy” running for president to hold any hearings as chairman of an oversight committee for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Eating their own. Nice.
Who’s genetics are dominate in a child .....the mothers or the fathers ?
Can’t believe FOX is quoting DailyChaos!!! :-O
Here’s the link:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/4/21311/85811/447/468408
ping!
best pic of him I’ve seen yet. Now if they could do the same for his voice. (Hil should get the same treatment as wel - I’m tired of seeing and hearing both of them)
Well, Obama’s hands are tied. He really can’t make Hillary look any uglier or menacing of obese in her photos, she’s already there.
OMG! Ubama looks like a black man!! That’s racism!!!! Shame on Hillary!! /s
>> The photo was definitely doctored to make Obama look really black.
ROFL! Now that there’s some dark humor.
Old hat, but delicious indicators of death throes of the Clinton gang.
There are just some things that you wish would never end and this RAT primary is one of them!
As much as I would like to see Hitlery make a comeback and this thing thrown into chaos, I really relish the thought of Her Thighness finally politically obliterated!!!! We need to rid the political landscape of the Hildebeast and her dolt of a perverted husband as soon as possible. No second chances for them!
Ratfight!!
You’re a bad, bad Dan. (Not that that’s a bad thing.)
Whoa....not even close. Where is the wailing woman and ubiquitous man in the green uniform while they are at it?
>> That’s racism!!!!
And, whaddayaknow? For a change, “No actual republicans were harmed in the making of this controversy”.
I actually thought he looked kind of green in the Clinton ad.
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