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Ted Cruz Used A Very Fake Photoshop of Marco Rubio In An Ad. Then The Internet Got Its Revenge.
Independent Journal ^ | February 22, 2016 | Benny Johnson

Posted on 02/23/2016 6:12:42 AM PST by true believer forever

The Ted Cruz campaign was called out for a very fake photoshop of Marco Rubio last week. This image of Rubio enthusiastically shaking Obama's hand was used on a Cruz campaign landing page.

The Cruz campaign initially denied the photo was fake, which led to an important fact check by the internet. The photoshop feud led to an important competition on Twitter, where users attempted their own Rubio photoshops with stunning accuracy.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: photoshop; rubio
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To: alstewartfan

This reflects on Ted management style just like Rick Tyler’s firing reflects on Ted’s hiring judgment and management ability.


21 posted on 02/23/2016 6:32:49 AM PST by RoosterRedux (When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. - Mark Twain)
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To: alstewartfan
Whoever produced this ad gets the blame, not Ted

Yesterday is the first time Cruz denounced anything. His campaign has been off target since the campaign solicitations became unbearable, starting during the holidays. With Cruz running a "do what it takes to win" campaign, he's enabling bad behavior by his supporters. Thus, even if he's not directly to blame, Cruz is responsible.

22 posted on 02/23/2016 6:32:56 AM PST by grania
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To: true believer forever

So, who with a double-digit IQ couldn’t tell that was photoshopped?


23 posted on 02/23/2016 6:34:15 AM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: true believer forever

Marco lies and lies and stabs you in the back at every turn, and Ted is “self righteous”. Ah, “pent up anger” rearing its ugly head again. Yeah, I am always furious when a man of honor gets treated shabbily by those who SHOULD be in his corner.


24 posted on 02/23/2016 6:35:05 AM PST by alstewartfan ("The old men and children they send out to face us They can't slow us down." Al Stewart)
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To: PLMerite

Another obvious point. But the commercial is great, except for this stupid decision to include a clearly “fake” photo.


25 posted on 02/23/2016 6:36:42 AM PST by alstewartfan ("The old men and children they send out to face us They can't slow us down." Al Stewart)
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To: alstewartfan
You are indeed a "true believer", like a cultist, if you think that Ted had anything to do with the photoshop. If that is what you are saying, I feel sorry for you and millions of others who are so susceptible to propaganda. If and when the story of America is told, historians will speak of two main things about Americans: Greed and gullibility.

It might be better for you to stop calling Trump supporters cultists, Levin much? Why don't you figure out the ramifications of the messianic cult and messianic figure Cruz' followers have constructed about him... that might be a good mental exercise re propaganda.

FYI, I don't believe Cruz had the tiniest iota of hands-on regarding this, but I do know somehow, from somewhere, there is a culture in his campaign that causes people working for him to think these kinds of things are okay. Same as the Iowa situation, and many other things. You can take it from there...

have a great day!

26 posted on 02/23/2016 6:37:09 AM PST by true believer forever (Trump 2016 - I never knew an entire country could have an ephiphany!)
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To: PLMerite
So, who with a double-digit IQ couldn't tell that was photoshopped?

Better question: who in Cruz' campaign thinks people are so stupid that they would get away with this? One of his fellow Harvard grads?

Please, don't excuse the act just because it was a lousy photoshop.

Have a great day!

27 posted on 02/23/2016 6:39:42 AM PST by true believer forever (Trump 2016 - I never knew an entire country could have an ephiphany!)
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To: grania

Why should Ted have immediately denounced something that only frauds and dummies would be outraged over? The fact is that Rubio DID huddle with Maobama constantly during his treasonous Gang of 8 days!
Do you realize Ted’s round-the-clock schedule leaves him NO TIME to do anything but be the candidate?


28 posted on 02/23/2016 6:39:55 AM PST by alstewartfan ("The old men and children they send out to face us They can't slow us down." Al Stewart)
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To: alstewartfan
Whoever produced this gets the blame, not Ted.

Seems fair.

However, if this was a Trump commercial...

It would be the subject of every newscast on every network, the subject of thousands of blogs, and F.R. would be on fire with the comments from Trump haters. Also, Donald Trump would be accused of personally editing the picture with photoshop.

Or do you not remember how he was accused of bulldozing an old lady's house personally ? Even though it wasn't bulldozed.

29 posted on 02/23/2016 6:40:42 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: true believer forever

There is nothing to be “excused”. Marco and Donald are the ones who are progressive frauds. They are only getting away with their duplicity b/c of friends in the press and vulnerability of their voters’ brains.


30 posted on 02/23/2016 6:42:42 AM PST by alstewartfan ("The old men and children they send out to face us They can't slow us down." Al Stewart)
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To: true believer forever

Where is your link?


31 posted on 02/23/2016 6:43:39 AM PST by Beagle8U (Trumpanzees Lives Matter!)
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To: alstewartfan
Marco lies and lies and stabs you in the back at every turn, and Ted is "self righteous". Ah, "pent up anger" rearing its ugly head again. Yeah, I am always furious when a man of honor gets treated shabbily by those who SHOULD be in his corner.

Please don't presume to tell me whose corner I belong in ... or does your spiritual superiority extend to telling people who is the right person to support and who is or is not a man of honor? I think I might be able to figure that all out without any help from you. In fact, I'm sure I can.

32 posted on 02/23/2016 6:43:41 AM PST by true believer forever (Trump 2016 - I never knew an entire country could have an ephiphany!)
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To: alstewartfan
You are indeed a “true believer”, like a cultist, if you think that Ted had anything to do with the photoshop.

I don't believe her personally did it.

But do you believe he is responsible for what the people HE HIRED/APPOINTED to his campaign put out IN HIS NAME ?

33 posted on 02/23/2016 6:43:49 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: P-Marlowe
Why do grown men act like children when they are running for the highest office in the world?

It's not the candidates, it's the staffs.

The candidates, usually, don't have a clue as to what's going on. No different than congressmen and senators when it comes to the bills they vote on. It is the staffs.

To the staffs of candidates, politics is a game just as it is to pundits. The office holder/candidate is like a temp. worker to the staffs. They survive in DC with NO TERM LIMIT, shuffeling from one office to another as the principals are voted in and out.

34 posted on 02/23/2016 6:44:07 AM PST by Roccus (Fighting POLITICIANS is the true WOT)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Let’s let the voters decide.

You’re ready to call the game after the first inning and the score is 2 to 1.


35 posted on 02/23/2016 6:45:29 AM PST by proudpapa (trusTed!)
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To: true believer forever
As a guy who makes composite photoshops for fun, this image isn't meant to be deceptive or realistic, but symbolic. Clearly.

Besides, what's phony about the concept. Of course Rubio has shook Obama's hand, as has Cruz as has Trump.

The following old image is not meant to deceive but to create a symbolic representation of a true world condition.


36 posted on 02/23/2016 6:45:41 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Carl Grimes.)
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To: alstewartfan

Trump has not and does not hold an elected office. He is a business man with a responsibility to share holders. Has nothing to do with the constitution but rather what does current law say


37 posted on 02/23/2016 6:46:25 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: alstewartfan
But the commercial is great, except for this stupid decision to include a clearly "fake" photo.

At the end of the commercial, does Ted Cruz say "I'm Ted Cruz and I approve this message." ?

38 posted on 02/23/2016 6:46:36 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: alstewartfan

Ted hired hom


39 posted on 02/23/2016 6:47:38 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Beagle8U

http://www.ijreview.com/2016/02/541657-when-ted-cruz-used-a-very-fake-photoshop-of-marco-rubio-in-an-ad-the-internet-got-its-revenge/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=ods&utm_term=ijamerica&utm_content=politics


40 posted on 02/23/2016 6:47:44 AM PST by true believer forever (Trump 2016 - I never knew an entire country could have an ephiphany!)
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