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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

You provide such child-like responses. How old are you?


81 posted on 02/23/2016 7:34:32 AM PST by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: TornadoAlley3

If you are calling an obvious hyperbolic and symbolic picture a lie you are going to have to use that word for every political.. no wait every commercial period.


82 posted on 02/23/2016 7:35:14 AM PST by Bidimus1
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To: alstewartfan
Ted viewed it, without knowing the handshake was photoshopped,

Wait a minute....I thought this was so obviously photoshopped that only an idiot or a Trump supporter wouldn't see that?

Oh my......

83 posted on 02/23/2016 7:35:16 AM PST by CAluvdubya (<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! Trump and Cruz, abolish the GOPe!)
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To: alstewartfan

Ted obviously didn’t do the photoshop himself.

It’s this part;
“The Cruz campaign initially denied the photo was fake, which led to an important fact check by the internet.”

Who is the Cruz campaign? Why would they deny the photo was fake when they shopped it in the first place?


84 posted on 02/23/2016 7:35:19 AM PST by Jay Thomas (If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
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To: skeeter

I agree.


85 posted on 02/23/2016 7:36:52 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: theoilpainter

Right on!


86 posted on 02/23/2016 7:37:35 AM PST by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: true believer forever

I had some hope for Cruz, but if his people are going to do things like this, then I have concerns for his ability to make good judgements on who he hires.

I understand there is a bad apple here and there, but after three times, it’s a theme, not an accident.

I just assume stay home.


87 posted on 02/23/2016 7:39:27 AM PST by texan75010
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To: true believer forever
If you want to copy it, I added "Trust me" to this version.
88 posted on 02/23/2016 7:51:42 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: alstewartfan
The commercial was produced by others. Ted viewed it, without knowing the handshake was photoshopped, (why would he?), and approved it at the beginning.

So your answer is YES, HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WAS IN THE COMMERCIAL.

If Ted had conspired with Morning Joe and Mika, as Trump was caught exposed to have done now, his campaign would be over by noon.

I thought you said you knew what happens in campaigns. Maybe you don't know what goes on just prior to taping of a talk show.

But I've noticed that other sites have not even picked it up yet! Are you surprised?

Nah, it's early in the day, and sometimes these things take several days to spread. Even here on FR, there's a morning shift, lunch shift, afternoon shift, evening shift, and midnight shift of repeats of the articles of the day. This is at least the second time I have seen a similar article posted here on FR.

I still think the whole issue is pointless and unimportant.

89 posted on 02/23/2016 7:57:09 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: proudpapa

No. I called the game before it started. Go back and look at my posts. I’ve been 100% so far. Ted will not be the nominee.


90 posted on 02/23/2016 8:06:54 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
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To: theoilpainter

My cousin, who is perhaps one of the smartest people I know, has met Cruz on several occasions. He has told me that Cruz is incredibly smart - brilliant in fact. I don’t think there’s any reason to doubt that. I just think his politics are too far right to be electable.


91 posted on 02/23/2016 8:08:50 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
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To: alstewartfan
The average voter is a moron.
As opposed to you, a self-righteous above average voter.
92 posted on 02/23/2016 8:10:50 AM PST by lewislynn (Ted Cruz: " I'll never have 'a plane with my name" (or a Presidential seal))
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To: PLMerite

did the cruz campaign deny this was a fake? I have a hard time believing that...you can tell it’sa fake in about 1 second


93 posted on 02/23/2016 8:11:18 AM PST by SPRINK
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To: true believer forever

What’s really funny about this whole thing is that the Cruz staff couldn’t find an actual photo of Obama and Rubio shaking hands. I know I haven’t been able to find one, but that means little.


94 posted on 02/23/2016 8:14:27 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: SPRINK

I checked...the cruz campaign always said it was a photoshop...who ever is saying the cruz campaign said it wasn’t is lying


95 posted on 02/23/2016 8:39:23 AM PST by SPRINK
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To: true believer forever

Cruz delegated authority to people to do things that he either approved or did not approve.

If he did approve that makes him not true to the very moral underpinnings he claims for himself, his faith, etc.

If he did not approve, he is simply not a competent manager.

Finally using Beck makes me question his overall judgment.


96 posted on 02/23/2016 8:47:57 AM PST by truth_seeker (e been labeled "Canadian" in those days.)
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To: true believer forever
why didn’t you post my entire post? a little creative editing like Cruz is so famous for? tree. not far.

Are you new here? Or just new to posting?

The common etiquette is you highlight the section of the post you are specifically addressing. Most of your post was just goofy poorly-phrased droning so I picked out the specific phrase I felt like mocking. That's how it works here.

97 posted on 02/23/2016 9:46:25 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Carl Grimes.)
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To: true believer forever

Worse than the photoshopped picture itself were the distortions of Rubio’s record that came along with the picture on that Cruz website.


98 posted on 02/23/2016 10:09:05 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: lewislynn

Have you forgotten that Maobama was elected twice? Yes, the average voter is a moron, and susceptible to false advertising.


99 posted on 02/23/2016 12:28:46 PM 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: Jay Thomas

“They” is the guy who just got fired.


100 posted on 02/23/2016 12:30:28 PM 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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