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Pic of Obama's speech was staged
Politico44 ^ | 05/04/11 | BRYAN DOYLE

Posted on 05/04/2011 4:34:12 PM PDT by ColdOne

The photos are now widespread online and in newspapers, images of a confident President Obama striding toward the camera to announce the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

Not so widespread, however, is the news that the photos weren’t from Obama’s actual history-making speech. According to a Reuters blog post, the photos were taken after Obama’s actual announcement, during a brief reenactment minutes later.

~SNIP~

The reenactment isn’t the only way the administration has edited its media rollout of bin Laden’s death. In a widely used photo of Obama and his national security team in the Situation Room, what appears to be a picture near Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is blurred. The text below photo says the document is classified.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bho44; binladen; deathofosama; deceiterinchief; fakeobama; impeach; liar; mememe; obama; obama2012; obamalegacy; obamalied; osamabinladenkilled; osamakilledspeech; photoops; potemkinvillage; revisionisthistory; staged; stalinisttactics
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To: a fool in paradise; ex-Texan

Barry ‘O’, the conman, strikes again.


61 posted on 05/04/2011 10:13:29 PM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is never 'free'.)
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To: potlatch; PhilDragoo; devolve; bitt; Lady Jag

Check out link at post #36. Sounds very credible.


62 posted on 05/04/2011 10:44:16 PM PDT by ntnychik
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To: Krankor; Yehuda
The way the stories keep changing, I’m not sure they even have photos of bin laden’s body.

For some reason I am thinking of the jihadist rant scene in True Lies (when the camera battery goes dead).

Battery Aziz

63 posted on 05/04/2011 10:56:16 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I think he would’ve been quiet until they got to Osama, then:

NS: Objective in custody, sir. Awaiting your orders, Mr. President.

O: Well, uh, I think, uh, ummm, he’s gonna need a, um, lawy...(BANG) What was that?!

NS: I am forced to report that the objective has been irretrievably damaged by a weapon malfunction. A doctor will not be necessary...now or ever, sir.

O: Then, um, never, uh, mind...whew, got out of that decision!


66 posted on 05/05/2011 12:48:08 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: SunkenCiv

Is there anybody left outside of the inner cities who believes that anything about this administration is real, right, or good?


67 posted on 05/05/2011 4:02:22 AM PDT by TheOldLady (Almost as evil as the Freeper Criminal Mastermind, who isn't very evil at all.)
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To: sportutegrl
"Obama looks photoshopped in."

I'm not sure if Obama is "photoshopped in" But I am fairly certain the "white wall" behind him is. Look closely (Zoom in) at the boundry between heads and the white wall. It doesn't look right at all! And if memory serves the Situaion room walls are covered in screens and displays!

68 posted on 05/05/2011 4:11:24 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: WoofDog123
"Given the photo of him in the situation room (in golf jacket, looking both alone and pissed), I am disposed to take this account seriously."

Like I said before in another thread when I saw that pick for the first time...

My first reaction was the look on his face in that pick puts me in the mind of a teenager being forced to do something he doesn't want to do.

69 posted on 05/05/2011 4:15:42 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: ColdOne
Similar article here:

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/obama-speech-bin-laden-staged_b34749#more-34749

Best take-away from that article was the line

We had no idea there was an ethics code for photojournalists...

70 posted on 05/05/2011 4:43:30 AM PDT by NCjim (Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.)
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To: a fool in paradise
They're interviewing people in NY...a couple of folks who lost loved ones. It all makes me sad. I'm sad for them.

This visit is a photo op for Obama....that makes me sad, too.

Obama is the same man who personally endorsed the pending mosque an arm's length from Ground Zero.

We had a Muslim ceremony on a USA ship. That makes me flame!!

71 posted on 05/05/2011 4:47:29 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ColdOne
Unstaged, in real time:


72 posted on 05/05/2011 4:57:23 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: Madame Dufarge

That fireman was on yesterday. He was happy because Osama was dead. He was happier that it was SEALS that took him out because he was Navy.


73 posted on 05/05/2011 5:14:24 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: skr
Yes...also

O: Then, um, never, uh, mind...whew, got out of that decision! PRESENT!!

74 posted on 05/05/2011 5:14:24 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: a fool in paradise

-———Dictator Obama knows what’s best for you-———

He knows what your tire pressure should be.

He knows that coal is as bad and evil as Bush and causes asthma.

He knows he will make the US dollar worthless soon.

He knows he is milking OBL’s death.

He knows he should have his own private security force.

He knows what food should be in all vending machines.

He knows what food school kids should eat.

He knows when you’ve made enough money.

He knows what your energy source should be.

He knows what your food content should be.

He knows what light bulbs you should use.

He knows what your tire pressure should be.

He knows what your thermostat should be.

He knows he will stand with the muslim brotherhood.

He knows what kind of car you should drive.

He knows what kind of health care you should have.

He knows which NCAA team you should pick.

He knows how to play golf.

He knows how to use a teleprompter.

He knows how to Vacation and milk the job.

He knows he will use ACORN and moveon.org,NBP’s to steal the 2012 election.

He knows he will be the one they have been waiting for to implement radicalism and global order.


75 posted on 05/05/2011 5:34:28 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: Sacajaweau

Wish I’d seen him, thanks for the info!


76 posted on 05/05/2011 5:55:34 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: Mad Dawgg
I'm not sure if Obama is "photoshopped in" But I am fairly certain the "white wall" behind him is. Look closely (Zoom in) at the boundry between heads and the white wall. It doesn't look right at all! And if memory serves the Situaion room walls are covered in screens and displays!

Obama is quite small compared to the others. He is a tall man and it is odd that his head is smaller than others 'behind' him. For him to be so 'small' he would have to be sitting further away, but the 'wall' makes him look closer. So it could be the wall making the room look smaller and Obama closer. Would that explain why he looks lower res in the highest res pix?

77 posted on 05/05/2011 7:18:12 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: Hotdog

I wish I could find the links now but a few days ago there were reports that the celebrations shown glorifying Obama for OBL’s death were planned and staged and old 2008 footage made to look like the present time.


78 posted on 05/05/2011 8:21:49 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: a fool in paradise
Probably because they can’t find anyplace to plug in the teleprompters.

I think he now has the new, green ones: solar powered and pollution free.

79 posted on 05/05/2011 10:47:32 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Carling

Don’t forget that Panetta is a Clintonite....


80 posted on 05/05/2011 12:58:00 PM PDT by expatpat
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