Bush Campaign to Recut Doctored Ad

[Career Prole]

INDIANOLA, Iowa - President Bush (news - web sites)'s campaign acknowledged Thursday that it had doctored a photograph used in a television commercial and said the ad will be re-edited and reshipped to TV stations.

The photo of Bush addressing a group of soldiers was edited to take out a podium, aides said, and a group of soldiers in the crowd was electronically copied and used to fill where the podium had been.

"There was no need to do that," said Mark McKinnon, head of Bush's advertising team who shouldered the blame. "Everyone technically works for me so I accept the responsibility."

Democrats said it is fitting that Bush would fabricate an advertising image.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041028/ap_on_el_pr/bush_ad&cid=694&ncid=1963&sid=96378798

I smell pants burning. :evilgrin:

[htuttle]

1. At least Powell didn't use THIS one at the UN!

[displacedtexan]

2. There they go agan!

Having to play defense.

Tsk. Tsk.

[shoelace414]

4. and..

"There was no need to do that," said Mark McKinnon, head of Bush's advertising team who shouldered the blame. "Everyone technically works for me so I accept the responsibility."

who does he work for?

[Career Prole]

17. That behavior is surely nature...

...not nurture! He didn't learn that whole "owning up" thing hanging around with that crowd!

[maddezmom]

3. the CLONES....daily KOS was on top of this one

LOL

[Kierkegaard]

5. A member of the Scrub team accepting responsibility?

I just fainted. Someone get me a damp towel (and a fifth of Jack.)

[MADem]

13. On CNN they claimed

...it wasn't FALSE, it was a representation, ya know, like a fuzzy image, an idea....

They are so lame. Even when 'taking responsibility' they spin like tops.

[bat17]

16. Mark McKinnon

Anyone remember the Bush debate materials that were mailed to the Gore campaign in 2000? The mysterious package that supposedly contained a pair of pants being returned to (I think) The Gap? Owner of the pants was Mark McKinnon.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

18. Yep it was McKinnon's employee that did it

[RedEarth]

6. Caught again.....lol

[sonias]

21. I love that picture RedEarth!

He has the right idea. Just piss on them.
:evilgrin:

Sonia

[Amich]

7. I just can't believe one of them accepted responsibility

[SoCalDem]

8. No need for a draft.. Just Photoshop more soldiers..n/t

:)

[Catfight]

9. There was no need to go to war either, why did they do that? n/t

[MrTriumph]

10. If nothing is wrong, why change it?

Memo to Judy W:

Next time, ask the OBVIOUS questions.
Ask the Bush campaign representative that in light of the Bush campaign's decision to change the commercial to reflect an accurate image, WHY are they doing this? Wasn't the doctored image morally wrong?

Come on, Judy. Show a little jounalistic integrity, huh?

[Bobbie47]

11. Mark McKinnon

probably has already been fired?

[MallRat]

12. With 5 days left in the campaign, 1 DAY of downtime KILLS.

This really, really hurts them. Between recutting and redistributing this ad, they're going to be down for at least a day. Maybe two.

-MR

[Boomer]

14. I'll raise a toast to that

Personally, I think this is much ado about nothing, but even so it seems to have created an embarassment for the Bush administration at the critical end of the week. Friday will bury any attempts to recover momentum.

If this kind of detail is pricking them now, it shows just how vulnerable they are to attack of any kind.

[Cocoa]

15. makes their ads less effective

people will watch Bush ads, think, "is this the one that's doctored?"

[Career Prole]

19. On top of that, if they have any more "funny phonies" running that

haven't yet been spotted they can't afford to leave them out there because if one fake hurts, two would cripple.
:evilgrin:

[BayStateBoy]

20. Can't Wait for "Countdown" This Evening...

[maddezmom]

22. WTF, they just showed the original photo

the only thing that's looks a bit different is the racial make-up of the crowd???

[proud patriot]

23. rated it n/t

[LiberalFighter]

24. Kerry stated that if they are going to clone a photograph then gw*...

needs to rethink his policy on cloning

[gardenista]

25. I love seeing these Rep operative worms degraded and humiliated.

This, combined with the dead letter files is just beautiful. They must be completely demoralize in the campaign. Love it.

[Sara Beverley]

26. So, now we know how they going to get more troops into Iraq.

Just splice them in! The military should be outraged for being used like this.

[fob]

27. "fill where a podium had been"? The pic I saw (see DU home page)

has g w bush* standing at that podium too. The just didn't want to say "We were just covering up for gw".

[tuvor]

28. Bush must accept responsibility, not the ad guy.

After all, he approved this message.

Another one falls on his sword for the fake king.

Everything about bush is fake:

Fake accent.
Fake promises.
Fake ranch.
Fake election.
Fake authority.
Fake reasons for sitting on his ass while the country was under attack.
Fake reasons for going war.
Fake flight suit.
Fake made-in-USA boxes.
Fake turkey for the troops.
Fake Christianity.
Fake photos in ads he's approved.

[IA_Seth]

29. DailyKos got a nod..Congrats!

[Keirsey]

30. The Gods Must Be Crazy

Remember the scenes with the the rhino that was always rushing in to stomp out fires?

That's how I picture Karl Rove. :)