On 8 Oct 2006 10:25:01 -0500,

On 08 Oct 2006 11:10:03 GMT, Fred Stone <fstone69@earthling.com>
wrote:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22868
_Democratic_Party_Fauxtoshops_Veteran&only

I guess The Democratic Party couldn’t find a photograph of a US veteran
that had the right attitude for their web site’s page slamming the Bush
administration for not supporting the troops enough.

So they found a picture of a Canadian soldier, digitally removed the
badge from his beret, and used that instead. Michelle Malkin has
details: DNC supports vets...but from which country?

Someone (mardukhai) tipped me off about this too, and I was preparing a
post before I knew Michelle had already broken it. Because I hate for
all this work to go to waste, here’s the screenshot of their page,
linked above: {links at site}

UPDATE at 10/7/06 9:32:08 pm:

There is also a version of this photo posted at iStockPhoto that has
been photoshopped to remove the badge, so it’s possible that the DNC
didn’t do the alteration themselves, but went searching for a photo of a
soldier looking grim and seized on this one without noticing (or
apparently, caring) that it wasn’t a US soldier.

UPDATE at 10/7/06 10:10:18 pm:

Florida Cracker makes a similar observation:

LGF is claiming a Democratic photoshop on the cap insignia, but
iStock’s photo is without it. Never ascribe to malice what can be
explained by incompetence (as I need to keep telling my own self). They
went for a free iStock photo of a soldier, and had no clue what an
American one looked like.

{links at site}

--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"Some days the impatience with Iraq just seems artificial — as though
the real argument is about something else entirely." - Dinocrat

Hmm, your title had absolutely nothing to do with your post.

Copyright issues probably had more to do with using what they could
find at Istock - where you can find copyright available pics of people
with releases for small amounts of money (dems don't have the millions
for expensive model shoots, the way the repubs do).

One wonders if Malkin or your other website had the rights to show the
picture? No doubt they didn't buy it off the artist.

shame shame shame.

And the whole issue is about as silly as you can get Fred. Reduced to
misleading whining about tiny tiny issues again, are you? And gee,
where is Hastert on this? Pretty quiet on your fearless Kompletely
Korrupt leader, aren't you? Or are you going to insist that this
makes what Hastert and the rest of the republicans in charge did OK?

snicker

Remember when the RNC photoshopped a Hitler mustache onto Dean?
Nothing from Fred. Remember when the White House used the clone tool
to make crowds seem bigger, including one of Army members? Nothing
from Fred. Instead, what it takes is an erroneous claim from LGF and
Malkin.