If this race is so close, then why the closely cropped * campaign shots?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

why the photoshopped filler?

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,3600,392020,00.jpg

Why not a SINGLE pic like this all campaign long?

[leftofthedial]

1. because there are none

it's a phony campaign and a phony "presidency"

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

2. Good question

and one I've asked here and on other forums before.

I have not seen a SINGLE picture of a * rally like the one at the bottom of your post. Not a single one.

Yet I've seen LOADS of pics like that for Kerry/Edwards.

Which definitely tells me something.

[punpirate]

3. A lot of Bush venues have been...

... small town, and small. Easy to do crowd control, easy to keep the riff-raff (us) out, quick and simple to arrange and set up, and easy to do photo-ops, which is their principal purpose--get photos into the newspapers and television.

The media will have to answer the question about why they're not showing the empty seats and tiny gathering places. :shrug:

[tuvor]

4. Boy, that "corrected" crowd in the Whatever It Takes ad

sure doesn't look as big anymore, does it?

Before...
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,3600,392020,00.jpg

...and after


Too bad that darn podium got in the way and ruined everything!

[Catch22Dem]

5. Does that sign seriously say "Bush for Women?"

Are you effing kidding me?

[idiosyncratic]

7. It sure looks like it. How incredibly stupid!

How incredibly typical.

[ThoughtCriminal]

6. Ever try to get 40,000 loyalty oaths?

The paperwork is overwhelming.