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Stock Photo Image Search Gone Bad?

Liberal bloggers are buzzing about an odd image of a large building that was displayed behind John McCain during his acceptance speech. TV viewers only saw the grass section of the photo directly behind McCain's head, creating a tableau similar to the lime green backdrop the McCain camp adopted -- and quickly scrapped -- back in June.
TPM readers identify the mystery building as Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, CA. Was someone supposed to find an image of that other Walter Reed, or did McCain get Punk'd?

-- Michael Olson

3:02 PM ET | 09- 5-2008 | permalink

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Or it may have been an attempt to tap into the subconscious of liberals who pine for the West Wing - it is the same building used as a backdrop for Matt Santos' announcement of his presidential bid. See http://is.gd/2g4G

Sent by Marla | 4:56 PM ET | 09-05-2008

And the use of stock photos of African Americans in McCain's video was laughable. Talk about pandering! Did you notice the crowd go quiet whenever one came up on the screen? You could just hear them thinking, "What's that doing here?" I felt physically ill watching it.

Sent by Karen | 6:33 PM ET | 09-05-2008

McCain doesn't have a clue. For example, polygamy thrives in Colorado City, Arizona (McCain's home state) where thousands of American families (10,000 people) are systematically stripped of their democratic rights and women & children are abused. John McCain hasn't lifted a finger to stop it. What qualifies McCain to be president when he can't even clean up the Taliban in his own backyard? Check out the recent alarming documentary, "Banking on Heaven". http://www.bankingonheaven.com

Sent by pixel105 | 12:03 PM ET | 09-06-2008

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