The "darkening" of Barack Obama (1 Viewer)

[DadsDream]

First, the far-lefties over at DailyKOS brought it up...now Fox has it...yep, spreading through the Internet like wildfire...

Did Senator Clinton's campaign deliberately darken Senator Obama's skin?

Questions Raised Whether Hillary Ad Darkened Obama
by FOXNews.com
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.

Clinton spokesman Jay Carson told FOX News 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.

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http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/04/questions-raised-whether-hillary-ad-darkened-obama/

 

[DadsDream]

Story with video links of the ad in question:

WIRED NEWS
Did The Clinton Campaign Doctor Its TV Ad To Make Obama "Blacker?
March 04, 2008 | 3:30:48 PM

SEE THE VID
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/did-the-clinton.html

 

[HouDat]

I'm reasonably sure even the most ignorant Americans realize he's black. Especially the most ignorant ones, even.

 

[CT Saints Fan]

Hey, maybe Obama's group will find a picture of Hillary back in Arkansas and make her neck ever redder.

 

[SoonerJim]

Glass houses, etc, etc

http://clee4654.googlepages.com/HillaryClinton1960s.jpg

 

[Optimus Prime]

time magazine did the same thng with oj simpson

 

[Shawn]

time magazine did the same thng with oj simpson

No, it's not remotely the same.

Go into a TV store and look at all the TV's. You'lll have a different image on every screen.

And the images above will look different on every monitor. In the case of Obama, it's just a gamma and black point change. The one on the left is also too red.

This is utter nonsense.

 

[Saint77]

Wait, Obama is black?

Glass houses, etc, etc

http://clee4654.googlepages.com/HillaryClinton1960s.jpg

Thats hawt.

 

[Ozark Mountain Saint]

Hey, maybe Obama's group will find a picture of Hillary back in Arkansas and make her neck ever redder.

Easy there Tex.......

She's from Illinois, just like Obama.............

She didn't live here long enough for us to claim to her............

 

[SoonerJim]

Hillary's campaign is a thing of beauty to behold. It has the subtlety of the Nazi Army marching across the Steppes into Soviet Russia and the ensuing carnage in Stalingrad.

 

[Ozark Mountain Saint]

He is as much white as he is black, isn't he?

 

[Saintshizzle]

Easy there Tex.......

She's from Illinois, just like Obama.............

She didn't live here long enough for us to claim to her............

Did not stop the New Yorkers...New Yorkericans...hell, those from New York.

Hehe

 

[DaveXA]

Technically he's half-white half-black, not that it makes any difference to me. As far as darkening the skin color? I doubt it was intentional in a racist sort of way. More like casting him in a less than positive light is more the intent. Gotta dim some of that glow he exudes, heh. He's a nice guy whom I had the good fortune to meet last year the day before he announce his candidacy. I'll probably wind up voting Mccain, but I could change my mind based on how he does in the general campaign.

 

[1yearOlder]

If Obama could produce a photo of Hillary with Cord Meyer , say circa 1968 ..... wait ,why would he do that ?
They're all on the same team ...... nevermind .

 

[HouDat]

Glass houses, etc, etc

http://clee4654.googlepages.com/HillaryClinton1960s.jpg

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