Ohio GOP Photoshops Very Big Sign Into Tea Party Rally

[meegbear]

The Ohio Republican Party is being lampooned on both liberal and conservative blogs and message boards, over a mailer featuring a sign Photoshopped into a Tea Party rally -- a very big sign.

The sign shows a Tea Party rally, along with a sign "Vote Steve Stivers May 4th," referring to a candidate in next week's House primaries. Stivers has the party's endorsement for the GOP nomination to run against freshman Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy, who narrowly defeated Stivers in the 2008 open-seat race.

The sign is added in. It is also very large, relative to the people and other protest signs in the rest of the photo. As has been pointed out elsewhere, the sign would have to be 30-50 feet high. The liberal Plunderbund site gave it a satirical news headline: "58 Tea Party protesters killed by falling giant Stivers sign."

In an interview with TPMDC, Ohio GOP spokesman John McClelland brushed off the attention that the mailing has received. "The photo was taken by us, and obviously the giant cartoon sign was added to make a political point that Steve Stivers shares the values of the people of that rally," said McClelland.

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/ohio-gop-photoshops-very-big-sign-into-tea-party-rally.php?ref=fpb

[w4rma]

1. liars and fraudsters. (nt)

[tallahasseedem]

2. The Plunderblund headline...

is beyond hilarious.

The GOP needs to take a basic Photoshop class.

[Ian David]

3. Here's the original...

[Hubert Flottz]

4. LOL

That cat gets around!

[Blue_Tires]

5. Well played, sir!