Photo: Reuters beholds its Messiah
posted at 10:58 am on January 12, 2008 by Bryan
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First Chris Matthews, now the wire that won’t call terrorists terrorists.
Update (AP): “I’m the jackpot.”
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Kinda messianic that when you follow that photo link to #54 you go from Obama to a bunch of eagles too wet to fly!
Texas Gal on January 12, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Barack Hussein Obama… savior.
MT on January 12, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Achmadinnerjacket’s on the line, Obama! He says he wants his emanation back!
RushBaby on January 12, 2008 at 11:22 AM
Another one. Coincidence?
tommuck on January 12, 2008 at 11:22 AM
deliver us
Drunk Report on January 12, 2008 at 11:22 AM
I am sitting here trying to shake off the cobwebs of too much cabernet last night while debating my uber liberal neighbors on the west side of LA. Now THIS is the first thing I have to see…..please post these things later in the day. I am going to wretch.
moseby on January 12, 2008 at 11:24 AM
Hey photogs–isnt’ this a filter thing? That is, are the photographers specifically setting up to get the rainbow halo?
TexasDan on January 12, 2008 at 11:25 AM
DRUNK REPORT ROCKS!!!!!
Your Jewish Master on January 12, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Additionally, I would think no photographer worth spit would have taken that shot except for the halo. He’s not silhouetted properly for a dramatic shot of that nature, and the exposure and composition are absolute crap but for the rainbow ring.
Apparently the “hard to be objective” malady now affects the photojournalists as well.
TexasDan on January 12, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Barack is short for “Mubarak,” an Arabic word, meaning “the blessed one”
ninjapirate on January 12, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Obamassiah has come to save us all from Jesus by supporting unrestricted access to abortion and government-run healthcare!
BKennedy on January 12, 2008 at 11:34 AM
oh noes, lens flare.
come on.
Reaps on January 12, 2008 at 11:37 AM
yes. both words share the same three letter root of b-r-k. reuters loves it
blatantblue on January 12, 2008 at 11:43 AM
I would of deleted the photo. It is a horrible photo with lens flare. Bit Reuters seen the light, so they ran it, just as HotAir predicted.
Wasting shots of a persons back 3/4, the shot is junk, without the light, I say the light ruined it even more, but not to his flock.
WoosterOh on January 12, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Lots of great schooling at that Madrassas as a kid. Wonder if his textbooks left Israel out of the map and if they said to go and find the infidels and kill them where you find them?
ReaganConservative3 on January 12, 2008 at 11:47 AM
You know, if “journalists” would spend more time reporting and less time trying to justify their political fantasies, we might take them more seriously.
And biased photojournalism isn’t exactly new – as I’m sure the old-timers around here will remember.
Merovign on January 12, 2008 at 11:50 AM
The Media is so corrupt it’s become down right laughable.
TheBigOldDog on January 12, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Was the photographer Adnan Hajj?
mikeyboss on January 12, 2008 at 11:53 AM
deliver us
lan astaslem on January 12, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Go to the light, Barack. Go to the light!
NNtrancer on January 12, 2008 at 12:03 PM
I got chills down my spine when I saw that. That would kick serious Clinton or Obama but.
Sir Andrew on January 12, 2008 at 12:05 PM
It looks like the bubble of Glenda the good witch of the North is coming down on top of Oprahbama.
SouthernGent on January 12, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Bryan, picture 66 is even more to the point.
amkun on January 12, 2008 at 12:16 PM
“The rainbow effect is caused by lens flare from the light in the background.”
Why are they so sure they aren’t just rays of hope?
amkun on January 12, 2008 at 12:19 PM
This is exactly correct. Lens flare does not, by itself, create a rainbow spectrum; there needs to be a prismatic effect that ordinary lens elements will not produce. A filter would be needed – and, most likely, a screw-in filter that takes a few seconds to fish out of the camera bag or pocket, at that. So we’re talking about malice of forethought here.
The alternative explanation is that it could be been created in Photoshop afterward, but that is an even less flattering possibility…
kiltedscotsman5 on January 12, 2008 at 12:33 PM
My…what a HUGE halo too…
JetBoy on January 12, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Jesus, he actually said, “Si, se puede.” And don’t tell me he didn’t know what he was doing.
Mark V. on January 12, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Somebody forgot to tell that semi outside to shut off his high beams.
whitetop on January 12, 2008 at 12:56 PM
I thought it was Hillary’s white hot rage, which has been known to melt steel (unlike fire /RO)
TexasDan on January 12, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Bryan,
You may recall this past week when I posed the question whether it was blasphemous to photoshop a halo on Obama. Your response? (paraphrase) “No need to. The MSN will do it for us.”
I tip my hat to your supernatural powers.
p.s. Would you hook a brother up with some Powerball Loto picks?
p.s.s. There’s an I-Pod in it for AP.
natesnake on January 12, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Ahhhh…..I beleive that is an Iranian nuclear Detonation as he is talking Diplomacy to Code Pink……
awesum on January 12, 2008 at 2:26 PM
believe
awesum on January 12, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Abe Lincoln weaps
Entelechy on January 12, 2008 at 3:58 PM
I Believe…I Believe
DeathB4Tyranny on January 12, 2008 at 5:08 PM
I love it how the word “messiah” gets thrown around at any candidate you don’t like. Huckabee held the title, McCain too, Obama, Al Gore, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
Nonfactor on January 12, 2008 at 6:07 PM
This is a pretty standard political photo. I’ve got some that were taken of both Bush’s and both Clintons. Usually it’s just something round and bright behind them combined with a large aperature which gives the out-of-focue “halo” effect. Like I said, standard political stuff. It’s just red meat for the faithful, whatever it is they’re faithful to.
schmuck281 on January 12, 2008 at 8:22 PM
Okay — I addressed this with the HA folks months ago, and it seems that it worked for a while. But now I see that “lan astaslem” is back. This was originally my nickname, but when you showed up, I changed my nickname to include caps — just to differentiate between the two of us. I really, really would appreciate it if you would select a new nickname. I was here first, and it is confusing to have two posters with the same name. Thank you!!
Lan Astaslem on January 14, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Lan Astaslem — seems popular. And that’s probably a good thing…
Lamonte Thomas on March 6, 2008 at 5:35 PM
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