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We Support The Troops -- So What If We Don't Know What They Look Like

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Michelle Malkin has a hilarious post about the Democrats' efforts to portray themselves as a party that supports military veterans. What is so funny about it is that along with their "We Support Vets" campaign they ran a picture of a soldier from Canada (in the picture above in the beret).

Michelle also reports that LGF found the source of the photo and it appears that a badge on the beret was removed with Photoshop.

I'm with Blackfive on this one: "how screwed up must you be to post about how much your party supports the troops, but not know who your troops are? 'Embarassing' hardly begins to describe this error."

It is embarrassing to post a picture of another country's vets as your own, but I think the picture of all the Democrats is almost as strange. The people in the picture pumping their fists in the air look like they just won the lottery (or since they are Democrats, just got some tax cuts repealed), rather than voicing support for their troops and vets. Check out the guy in the bottom left corner. When is the last time you saw a Democrat look that excited about supporting our troops?

Update: Michelle has updated to note the DNC has removed the soldier's picture and replaced it with an American flag. A few readers noticed that the flag looks like it has been burned. It looks that way to me, too. I don't know if that is the picture I would have chosen if trying to distract voters from the flag burners supporting my party.

I think I have figured out where the picture of the people above came from -- a Democrat audience in a showing of the Bush assassination movie. Actually a commenter, Dave, says that LGF reader Cattt discovered it is a stock photo.

Update II: Hot Air says the DNC didn't do the photoshopping themselves.

Laura Lee Donoho thought the picture of the people they chose to use was strange, too.

Update III: It just dawned on me that if the Democrats needed to know what a veteran of the U.S. military looked like, they could have just asked me. I pulled this one out of my wedding album:
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Comments (58)

The "pumping fists" photo i... (Below threshold)

The "pumping fists" photo is probably a stock photo like the Canadian soldier photo (which Michelle points out). I doubt all those people are all Democrats and are all "veterans & military families."

The two old gray haired guy... (Below threshold)

The two old gray haired guys on the far left looked like they're on drugs.

I just love it when WingNut... (Below threshold)
Semanticleo:

I just love it when WingNut Nation trumpets their
Pharisaical Shofer with the tune 'we support the
troops'.

When troops come home they become Veterans.

What sort of support do they get when they need us?

Yeah. You guys are the leading edge of military
support. More sophist hyupocrisy from the Party
of Values. Heh

The last time I saw anyone ... (Below threshold)
914:

The last time I saw anyone as deliriously happy as the guy in the bottom left corner. It was Dean during the banshee rant.
However they could be celebrating the defeat of the patriot act or even another anticipated Al quaeda successful attack in the U.S...Take Your pick..

I think the DNC banner pict... (Below threshold)
DaveD:

I think the DNC banner picture above was actually a photo of those folks who were informed by the Canadiann health system that they were approved for MRIs this month. I guess they were happy their wait was over.

<a href="http://seattletime... (Below threshold)
Semanticleo:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003294468_lawyer08.html
Is this how to support the troops?

Of course BUSHCO had nothing to do with it.

You can maybe... (Below threshold)
Rory:


You can maybe give them a pass on the guy in the foreground. That is about the same color of green as our soldiers wear.

The guys in the backgound though-no American military group that I know of wears that particular shade of green.

It's a brighter green and really leaps out as foreign.

As a six-year veteran mysel... (Below threshold)
John Simpson:

As a six-year veteran myself, I can only conclude that Dean and the DNC found images of US Veterans so distateful they had to Photoshop a Candian for display on their website. With supporters like these, who needs enemies?

Jason, it is a stock photo.... (Below threshold)
Dave:

Jason, it is a stock photo. LGF reader Catttt found it. http://www.fotosearch.com/DGV648/1992036/

Looks like someone <a href=... (Below threshold)
Lee:

Looks like someone learned a trick from the Republicans.

Were conservatives outraged when Bush's campaign photoshopped soldiers? Or quickly threw together a Katrina graphic showing the White House helping Katrina victims - who in fact weren't Katrina victims?

Oh, hypocrisy -- thy name is "Republican".

Are you people morons? It ... (Below threshold)
smartguy:

Are you people morons? It sure seems like it.

Republicans complain of the Democrats hypocrisy when they use stock photos in ads.

Democrats complain that the Bush administration has squandered all of the integrity of the White House, while Sandy Berger is stuffing historical documents down his pants.

These scenes are repeated over and over and over.

And each side continues to blame the other, while nothing gets done. Is it any wonder that the public assumes a politician is a liar? That politicians are ranked below car salesmen for integrity and honesty?

Look at reality. Government officials don't care about the voters that put them in office. They are just there for their own personal gain, at whatever cost. It has nothing to do with political parties.

Lee-babycakes-sweetums... (Below threshold)
Rory:

Lee-babycakes-sweetums

Where did you get your schoolin'?

Berkeley? They still doin' the pass/fail feel good grading system?

Anyhoo-how mant US Army soldiers are there?

How many Canadian soldiers are there?

Do they teach you statistics, the laws of probability?

What are the chances the DNC would pay for a photo shopped picture of a Canadian soldier on Rememberance Day -when they could have walked out of that hell hole they call DNC headquarters and taken a few photos of American military on Veteran's Day?


Well hell it's a trick question because you've got to factor in that ever present variable when it comes to the Democrats-they are lazy...

So once again the Democrats beat the prevailing odds-and they couldn't even do it all by themsleves-they paid someone else.

Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaargh! Dean on to defeat Canada or something...wait...

Turn the USA into Canada! Holy Taxachusetts-finally the Democrats have a plan!


I thought the DNC banner pi... (Below threshold)
chuck:

I thought the DNC banner picture looked like a beer ad. Yeah, those are the serious folks we want running the country.

Soldier pic now replaced by... (Below threshold)
Palmateer:

Soldier pic now replaced by flag pic.

Sure looks like that flag i... (Below threshold)
cactusrose:

Sure looks like that flag is burning. Trust the Dems to pick an image of a flag that looks like it's been burnt.

Jason, it is a stock pho... (Below threshold)

Jason, it is a stock photo. LGF reader Catttt found it. http://www.fotosearch.com/DGV648/1992036/

Ha! Figures. "Fake [vets and families], but accurate," I bet. Idiots.

Incidentally, I incorrectly stated that Michelle pointed out that the Canadian soldier photo came from a stock source. It was LGF where I first saw that fact.

Looks like someone learn... (Below threshold)

Looks like someone learned a trick from the Republicans.
Were conservatives outraged when Bush's campaign photoshopped soldiers? Or quickly threw together a Katrina graphic showing the White House helping Katrina victims - who in fact weren't Katrina victims?
Oh, hypocrisy -- thy name is "Republican".

Nincompoopery -- they name is "Lee."

The Republican photoshop didn't portray the soldiers as anything but American. IIRC, they did it to remove President Bush and a podium from the shot. Kind of silly, but it's certainly not on the level of portraying Canadian soldiers as American or a generic group of people from a stock photo as "veterans & military families."

Sorry, Lee, but the liberals have cornered the market on "fake, but accurate" photos. That Republicans have done it once or twice (figuratively speaking) doesn't give you nitwits a pass.

"When is the last time you ... (Below threshold)
Orbit Rain:

"When is the last time you saw a Democrat look that excited about supporting our troops?"

...this reminds me of propogandists from the Middle East who tell their subjects open their mouths to convey a stronger emotion...

...good job dems, more proof for history to laugh at your duplicity and ignorance...

I'm pretty sure Lee is in t... (Below threshold)

I'm pretty sure Lee is in that picture as one of the ham-handed blowhards shaking his fist in the air.

When is the last time yo... (Below threshold)
Rory:

When is the last time you saw a Democrat look that excited...?

Let's see when they took to COURT the votes of US military serving overseas and voting by absentee ballot.

Every vote counts for the Dems {sometimes twice in your big Dem corruption cities}-and they aren't into details like voter ID until-it comes to military absentee votes-

Then they want DNA samples-off the back of the stamps the military postal system doesn't use.

So details, details about the military-the Democrats could care less-until it comes time to scrutinize their votes.

The Democrats knew the military wasn't voting for them. Scary.


Given the pic of the Canadi... (Below threshold)
S.A B.:

Given the pic of the Canadian soldier, it would make sense that the banner is a picture of the crowd at a Toronto Maple Leafs game after the Leafs scored in overtime. It must be an old pic.

As a veteran I'll comment.<... (Below threshold)
Faith+1:

As a veteran I'll comment.

The stock photo of the crowd? Who cares. They needed a crowd. The Canadian soldeir labelled as a US soldier? Just more proof that the Dems understand the military so little no one noticed it wasn't even American.

I don't attribute this to malice. Brain dead stupid---yes.

When your party is being accused of not supporting the military and you decide to post up a pro-military site you should triple check that your i's are dotted and t's are crossed.

All this ad told me is that the Democratic party is either too ignorant or too careless about military matters. If they can't even get a correct picture of the correct Armed Forces in an ad how in the hell do I even begin to trust them with the real thing?

This is about as stupid as it gets. You claim to be pro-military and then hand your political opponent a gift showing you don't know your own soldiers from another nation. It's similar to Kerry giving his famous "I voted for before I voted against" during the height of being accused of flip-flopping. He may have had a legit argument at the time but he handed his opponents a sound-bite they could beat him over the ehad with.

This is similar.

What a moron of a page creator and a moron of an editor.

This is too comical but fit... (Below threshold)
Scrapiron:

This is too comical but fits with every democrat's post, evidently they slip them under the door at the local mental facility.

Almost as clever as Peloshi's rant that they are going to change the direction of the economy. Let's see how that will have to work.

Stock Market at record high.
Peloshi, Crash the stock market.

Tax rates for working class lowest in years.
Peloshi, Raise taxes on the working class.

Interest rates low and steady.
Peloshi, Revert to Dimmy Carter interest of 21% +

Gas prices going down.
Peloshi, Raise gas prices to $6.00 P.G. to equal Dimmy Carter years. Initiate price controls to make sure they stay high. The Islamic terrorists need more American money.

Home ownership rates highest in history.
Peloshi, raise interest rates so people can't buy and current owners lose their homes.

No terrorist attacks on American Soil for 5 YRS.
Peloshi, support the terrorists to enable a massive attack so they can blame Bush. More BDS.

Peloshi, Drain the swamp in the house of Rep's. Isn't she in the House? How many years?
Peloshi, refill the house swamp with taxpayer dollars.

Why is the Foley affair still on every democrats mind? They have no other agenda and there is only room in a pea brain for one item at a time.

A webb voter last week, an Allen voter this week. They just can't leave well enough alone. Dum De Dum Dum.

"That Republicans have d... (Below threshold)
Lee:

"That Republicans have done it once or twice (figuratively speaking) doesn't give you nitwits a pass."

Wasn't suggesting it did -- just showing that the Republican"outrage" over this is as hypocritical as most other recent instances of Republican "outrage".

Funny, no Republicans were outraged when Foley practiced his sexual prepdation on under-aged Congressional pages -- at least no one was outraged enough to do anything about it until the news agencies published the sordid details - then they turned hypocrits and were condemning the man. Too little, too late. Why did the news agencies have to break this news first? And even then Foley resigned - the Republicans didn't kick him out.

Hastert knew about Foley's follies for several years - no outrage there - but let the Democrats use a stock photo in an ad (a common practice for Republicans and Democrats)and Republicans suddenly ignore their own photoshopped phoniness, and are up in arms. LOL! How phony can you get?

I'm not even faintly elucid... (Below threshold)
epador:

I'm not even faintly elucidated by Semanticleo's posts, or their relevance to the topic. Not much particularlee relevant in other ranters, either.

However, it doesn't seem to be a topic worth so much bluster from either side. Its just evidence of poor skills or effort on the part of the webmaster of the site.

Either that person gets fired, or the folks who hired 'em are too stupid to react. Faith+1 nailed it.

So who was the webmaster, and did they get fired yet?

Lee: "...LOL! How phony ca... (Below threshold)
RGM:

Lee: "...LOL! How phony can you get?"

Well Lee, not as phony as you (nor as stupid).

What outrage Lee?Unl... (Below threshold)
SCSIwuzzy:

What outrage Lee?
Unless you've mistaken for "laughing out of the chair" for outrage...

No "outrage" from me, Lee. ... (Below threshold)
Lorie Byrd:

No "outrage" from me, Lee. Just hysterical laughing and amazement that they could be so sloppy or dumb on this issue. It is dumb when Republicans do it, but they already have huge credibility on military and national defense issues so most will see it as some low level person making a dumb mistake. The Democrats are trying to convince voters they know and care about those issues and this is certainly not the way to do that.

I have to concur with Laura... (Below threshold)

I have to concur with Laura Ingraham, the democrats don't want to talk about the issues, so they want people to focus on Foley.

Well, he's gone. He's not being censured or being put up in some committee, ala Studds.

Gas prices are down, the economy is rolling, recruitment is up (don't hear about that hey MSM?), the nation isn't crumbling because of the Foley mess, we haven't been attacked by terrorists in 5 years, Saddam is gone, Iran is sweating...and all the democrats can do is say they can do things better or let their MSM lapdogs trickle out trumped-up scandals right before the election. I heard rumors that there were others involved with this and they were democrats...wonder why that's not come out.

I guess it's easy to find o... (Below threshold)
jp2:

I guess it's easy to find out who supports veterans more - look at the bills.

Anyone research at Wizbang? Or do you just spew?

Lee you silly twit if the D... (Below threshold)
Xennady:

Lee you silly twit if the DNC was smart enough to photoshop in an AMERICAN soldier to their web page no one would have complained or noticed.Doesn't ANYONE at the DNC know what a US Army uniform looks like? I know I'm not the first to say that this is jaw-droppingly stupid...but this is jaw-droppingly stupid.Oh...and Lee? Trying to change the subject to ex-congressman Foley just makes you look foolish.But what else is new.

Silly democratic party!!!! ... (Below threshold)
muirgeo:

Silly democratic party!!!! Like they really support the Vets!!!

http://www.fighting-dems.com/

Oh on the above like click ... (Below threshold)
muirgeo:

Oh on the above like click on Muster Roll.

BOOYA!!!!!

http://www.campaignsitebuilder.com/templates/displayfiles/tmpl26.asp?SiteID=891&PageID=21323&Trial=false


Malkin...LOL....IDIOT!!

Hey muirgeo: Why don't you ... (Below threshold)
Xennady:

Hey muirgeo: Why don't you send those links to the DNC so they can ring up one those Democratic veterans and ask them what a US army uniform looks like.