Posted on 03/16/2007 9:19:01 AM PDT by freemarket_kenshepherd
Call Tom Cruise and pass out the vitamins because conservatives are officially sad. It seems Time magazine is trying to top last weeks Verdict on Cheney cover that photoshopped storm clouds over the lightning-rod vice president. The cover for the March 26 issue shows a close-up headshot of the late Ronald Reagan who appears to have a single tear on his cheek, ala Iron Eyes Cody. The photo illustration is accompanied by the caption, How The Right Went Wrong, referring to these gloomy and uncertain days for conservatives.
Both images are hoaxes. Iron Eyes Cody was featured in one of the most memorable environmentalist promotions that showed a lone Indian crying about littering and pollution with a single tear sliding down his cheek in the final shot. Iron Eyes Cody was known as the crying Indian, but his family knew him as Espera DeCorti, the son of Italian immigrants. This cover is as accurate as that fake glycerine tear that gently slid down Iron Eyes Codys cheek.
Radar Online states that Time table of contents gives the somewhat cryptic credits for the cover in small print as, Photograph by David Hume Kennerly. Tear by Tim OBrian but does not specifically state that it the cover is photoshopped. Time responded to Radar, defending their cover:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
You DO mean "bawling," don't you?
I actually think balling works quite well, myself.
...and that is your right.
Photoshopped????????
Christ Carrying the Cross, ca. 1505-10
Circle of Giovanni Bellini
Oil on wood, 49.5 x 38.5 cm
You DO mean "bawling," don't you?
Ummm.....no....I think either would be correct. :)
"Imagine if a conservative paper photoshopped a picture of Bill Clinton groping a woman and tried to present it as accurate."
They could use the Dan Rather defense: "The photo is a phoney, but the story's true."
Circle of Bellini eh?
Effete, and lacking any theological substance would be my view.
Just because someone can paint well, doesn't mean what they paint is worthwhile.
Circle of Bellini eh?
Effete, and lacking any theological substance would be my view.
Just because someone can paint well, doesn't mean what they paint is worthwhile.
Only in America can an Italian immigrant grow up to be a native American poster boy for environmentalism!
Here is the Time magazine cover when they decided that O.J. Simpson needed darker skin.
I was complaining last night about this. I greatly admired Reagan and think he was a great leader worthy of praise. I posted an article last night about how close Reagan was to Mexico-- just like Bush.
But it does not matter. Conservative have consented to making Reagan in their own image. The outrageous tirades against immigration that roll around conservative circles have no basis in empirical political success.
This attitude has never been successfully defended. I am not saying it cannot and I personally would be fine if Duncan Hunter prevailed, but I am disgusted with how shabbily President Bush is treated because he is "a traitor on the border." It is bogus.
The Time article cover is exactly the right tactical move for the Left to continue dismantling the conservative movement. The bogus facade of remembering Reagan has become absurd and will be the undoing of Republicans and conservatives.
Another example of MSM's lack of credibility.
Once again, you're entitled to your opinion.
'>>Well, JFK should be pictured balling his eyes out and shaking his finger at little brother Ted and all the other Dim traitors.<<
You DO mean "bawling," don't you?"
....uh...NO,
I think he meant Bill Clinton.
-PJ
I concur wholeheartedly. This painting makes it appear Our Lord is on his way to a Friday night square dance.
Makes ya wanna puke.
ping
The article is way off base too.
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