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Questions Raised Whether Hillary Ad Darkened Obama
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
A controversial new Hillary Clinton attack ad is causing an Internet stir among critics who claim it deliberately darkens Barack Obama’s skin color.
A posting on the liberal site DailyKos.com shows side-by-side screen grabs of Barack Obama taken during a debate with Clinton in Cleveland last week. The screen grab used in the Clinton ad shows a clearly darker-skinned Obama, prompting some to wonder if it was done to highlight his race.
Despite the strong similarities between the ad on the DailyKos site and the original ad on Clinton’s Web site, Clinton spokesman Jay Carson said he spoke with the campaign’s chief ad maker, Mandy Grunwald, who said emphatically the ad on DailyKos “was not their ad.”
“We don’t know what is up there, but it is not our ad,” Carson said.
However, he said that Obama’s image was darkened, as part of a “saturation-desaturation” process typical in commercial production and sent in an example of a Clinton ad featuring the candidate and the original footage of Clinton delivering the campaign speech used in the ad. He said both candidates have done it in their ads, and that there was no ulterior motive behind doing so in the campaign’s most recent ad.
One posting on the DailyKos site, though, charged that while darkening footage may be considered standard practice for political ads trying to “cast the target as sinister,” it is “not an acceptable excuse.”
“Even if you accept that as normal practice, it’s still a dirty one, and it takes on a more charged meaning when you’re using it to attack someone in your own party who’s already fighting against a lot of racism in the false Muslim smears,” the posting said. “This is, at best, the worst of politics as usual.” …
Everything is darker, even the tie. I think people are stretching here becuase if they really wanted to make it a race thing they could have put the entire family and made it more impactful.
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Everything is darker, even the tie. I think people are stretching here becuase if they really wanted to make it a race thing they could have put the entire family and made it more impactful.
So assuming the photo is not doctored, why else do you think that someone would want to make Obama's appearance different than what it is?
Hillary is like the monster in a horror movie. She will not die. You can shoot her with silver bullets, stab her 33 times, and chainsaw off her legs, but as soon as you turn around to leave she will still get up and try to rip your eyes out.
Hillary is like the monster in a horror movie. She will not die. You can shoot her with silver bullets, stab her 33 times, and chainsaw off her legs, but as soon as you turn around to leave she will still get up and try to rip your eyes out.
So I take it you'll be casting your vote for Hillary.
IMO my opinion I think Obama should pounce on her for this and suggest racism. He needs to be careful how he does it or it will backfire and he'll come off like Jackson or Sharpton. He definitely needs to lose the kid gloves and knock her around a bit. There's plenty of ammo. I'd get personal about Bill and the remind America about all of the scandals.
I'm torn on this. I hope he does NOT do any of that; I appreciate that he has been holding his campaign to a higher standard (for the most part). On the other hand, I'm afraid if he doesn't he may end up losing. I don't want that, either.
I've always said that I wanted a candidate to run on a platform of "why you should vote for me" as opposed to "here's all the nasty, dirty reasons you shouldn't vote for (fill in the blank)"
I'm torn on this. I hope he does NOT do any of that; I appreciate that he has been holding his campaign to a higher standard (for the most part). On the other hand, I'm afraid if he doesn't he may end up losing. I don't want that, either.
I've always said that I wanted a candidate to run on a platform of "why you should vote for me" as opposed to "here's all the nasty, dirty reasons you shouldn't vote for (fill in the blank)"
There is a fine line between attacking a candidate, and defending yourself from attacks.....
There is a fine line between attacking a candidate, and defending yourself from attacks.....
Oh, I know. I was referring directly to this:
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Originally Posted by Folster
He definitely needs to lose the kid gloves and knock her around a bit. There's plenty of ammo. I'd get personal about Bill and the remind America about all of the scandals.
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