DCist: Was McCain's Speech Backdrop the Wrong Walter Reed Building?

IMGoph

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:42:31 -0500

wha?

ibc

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:21:40 -0500

Pardon my French, but you just know the retarded asswipes in flyover country are going to make give the Oval Office to these two. Oh well.

qwertydc

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:58:19 -0500

I hadn't thought anything but "that's not Water Reed," but then I realized thanks to Ina Fried there was something more intensely moronic...enjoy! http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10033827-56.html

kleptacular

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:20:47 -0500

Ooops, sorry, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faTovfkLayI

kleptacular

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:17:23 -0500

Or maybe they were ripping off the West Wing??

IMGoph

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:25:33 -0500

maybe they got it from corbis or something like that...

techne

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:33:31 -0500

As much as the "aren't they stupid internet users" narrative may be to indulge in, I can't get that photo to come up in google image search, fotosearch, or photobucket when I search for various versions of "walter reed". Is it in another stock photo db?

RJ

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:36:02 -0500

Yeah but North Hollywood gave us Adam Carolla and........I think VD....Oh and early 70's porn...which has now moved to Chatsworth.

Sommer Mathis

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:08:12 -0500

Hillman, you're thinking of West Hollywood. North Hollywood is the Valley. It's just sort of lame and residential.

d2x36

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:57:55 -0500

@McGillicuddy: PMS 109

Hillman

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:39:40 -0500

Isn't North Hollywood super fantastic gay?

tomaloisi

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:04:39 -0500

ABC News reported this morning that it's the Walter Reed Middle School somewhere in Hollywood!! Someone on McCain's team really screwed this one up. It was SUPPOSED to be the Walter Reed Medical Center! " "Damn Google image searches! They be hard! Duh... the internets is scary!"

run_for_the_hills

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:48:23 -0500

At this rate, McCain is going to end up thanking Hitler during on of his speeches. Anyone remember that Kids in the Hall skit...anyone?

AMDCer

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:44:40 -0500

I was wondering what that picture was. I thought maybe it was one of McCain's houses...

Kev29

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:35:43 -0500

Despite their botched attempt at "support the troops" hegemony, remember, they're the TRUE AMERICANS!

IMGoph

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:23:26 -0500

yeah, the whole video screen looked like they were using a green screen so they could place him anywhere for future re-showings of this speech. love the bread sandwich comment. i guess there's some low-level republican operative who's without a job today...

kippers

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:18:56 -0500

Considering he did say that education is the civil rights issue of the 21st century I could see whey he would want a school to be shown. Although I agree that the video screen most definitely did not work on television.

mel21clc

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:17:30 -0500

You'd think anyone who had any experience visiting troops there, or who at least gave any sort of a shit about them or their benefits or their care, would manage to notice during his walk-through that the picture was not of the same place. Oh, wait.

fredterp

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:15:13 -0500

It does not resemble Georgia Ave. FREDTERP

KrazyKat

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:11:08 -0500

If Palin's BS degree qualifies her for VP, I can't imagine what "experience and training" the AV guy needs.

McGillicuddy

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:55:34 -0500

i'll give anyone $100 if they can match the color of his teeth to the exact Pantone shade of yellow.

Fenster1977

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:52:31 -0500

as one very astute reader commented on the Daily Kos posting of this story... "The guys could fuck up a bread sandwich." http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2008/9/5/111829/9917/1#c1

RJ

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:50:19 -0500

The entire use of that video board during that convention was a giant Fail!