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Video: Atlantic editor says he’ll apologize to McCain for photos, might sue Greenberg

posted at 4:29 pm on September 15, 2008 by Allahpundit
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The boss’s post on this, especially her background on Greenberg’s “oeuvre,” is a prerequisite to viewing. Don’t watch if you haven’t read it first. Free advice to Team Maverick: Start printing out copies of oh, say, every post Sullivan’s written over the past month, starting with the allegations that McCain invented the cross-in-the-dirt story, continuing through his charge that Palin’s being “indoctrinated” by AIPAC and Joe Lieberman, and culminating in the smears over her son and her alleged affair. Drop them in a FedEx envelope and, when Bennet’s letter arrives, drop that in there too — unopened. Then mail it back to him. Loud and clear.


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Megan Kelly, you are hotter then fish grease!

TheHat on September 15, 2008 at 4:32 PM

Who needs a photo when you have, “Why War Is His Answer” right there on the cover?

Shove it, Atlantic, you hacks.

Bishop on September 15, 2008 at 4:33 PM

Ok, lemme try this again…

Bill Ayres is tied to a chair in a dark, dank cell… hungry, tired, sweaty… the door opens, he looks up and sees…

“AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!”

Akzed on September 15, 2008 at 4:33 PM

Really pathetic — how in the world do they let something like this happen? Oh right, “in the tank” mean anything to anyone?

Exit question: look at how grim this editor looks? Authentic grief?

Richard Romano on September 15, 2008 at 4:34 PM

I used to have a subscription to The Atlantic … ‘used to’ being the key phrase. It ran out a few months back, and I’m so glad I’m no longer giving these turds any of my money.

thirteen28 on September 15, 2008 at 4:34 PM

Why would the McCain campaign want to alienate a money-losing, long-winded, Trigtruther promoting, magazine that nobody reads and can only be found in the periodicals section of the library and not on the newsstand because it’s not news.

CanadianGuy on September 15, 2008 at 4:35 PM

Elitism on display!

freeus on September 15, 2008 at 4:37 PM

yeah.. they KNEW I was anti-bush.. maybe the Atlantic should be at fault.. not ME…

DaveC on September 15, 2008 at 4:37 PM

Oh yeah, I can see how this was an honest mistake, obviously no one at the Atlantic actually looked at the picture before they put it on the cover of their magazine. I’m sure that happens all the time.

Maxx on September 15, 2008 at 4:37 PM

What are they going to sue over? Obviously, The Atlantic approved the photo, whatever the background of the photographer – it’s not like the photo was subtly unflattering. Maybe they’re going to sue over the photographer’s comments turning The Atlantic into even more of a laughingstock than it already is…

Realist on September 15, 2008 at 4:38 PM

KELLY: Has she been paid?

BENNET: No.

KELLY: Will she be?

BENNET: No.

What kind of sick, twisted nut job makes a couple dozen toddlers cry for the sake of art? Here’s a thought, you psycho b*tch from hell, learn to express yourself without inflicting emotional distress on small children. It’s amazing that she thinks Bush the monster.

trubble on September 15, 2008 at 4:38 PM

oth, can Megyn get any hawter?

DaveC on September 15, 2008 at 4:38 PM

she is gorgeous…but geez, that photographer should get blacklisted.

spacekicker on September 15, 2008 at 4:39 PM

I’d mail something back to him…..including the toilet paper, that way he can recycle.

GarandFan on September 15, 2008 at 4:39 PM

Sad to say this, but welcome to Greenberg’s coming out party. This justified angst by conservatives will make her an icon among the liberal art and photography crowd. She won’t need the job at the Atlantic anymore, she is probably already busy scheduling her first gallery showing in New York.

cannonball on September 15, 2008 at 4:39 PM

“Bush = Hitler”
“McCain as Monster”
and, according to Air America,
“Palin = Child Molester”

eea on September 15, 2008 at 4:40 PM

TOTAL B!TCH. God, I am so in love with her.

Mac, please tag her to be the WH press secretary, if only to watch her whore-slap Helen Thomas across the room.

ManlyRash on September 15, 2008 at 4:40 PM

What are they going to sue over?

Breach of contract, perhaps. If The Atlantic is paying her to shoot photos of McCain, those photos are the property of The Atlantic and not her — all of them.

I also found it interesting the magazine hasn’t paid her yet. I mean, how long ago was that shot taken?

CanadianGuy on September 15, 2008 at 4:42 PM

This shows you the liberal mindset.
It is mind boggling the hate the liberals create in their minds, this is real fantasy land stuff.
And she is not alone, liberal professors marking their cars and saying it was a conservative, liberals beating up conservative voters, liberal talk show hosts falling down drunk and claiming they were beaten by conservatives, the list is endless.
As I posted just a few minutes ago, when some liberals finally get tired of living in their fantasy world, when they finally tire of making excuses for the inexcusable, then they begin to embrace the conservative views. Reality sets in, but only to those who don’t live in that isolated world of liberals. Where abhorrent behaviour is accepted as a norm.

right2bright on September 15, 2008 at 4:42 PM

Free advice to Team Maverick: Start printing out copies — Drop them in a FedEx envelope and, when Bennet’s letter arrives, drop that in there too — unopened. Then mail it back to him. Loud and clear.

Now that’s just outright mean. I like it.

James Bennet did seem to be genuinely displeased with this. And said that she might not get paid. I guess Greenberg did get what she wanted, so at this point, her free publicity might make up for more than the lost check from the Atlantic by her sympathizers. I wonder what the contract stipulates. Was there a mention that she can use any and every photograph or does this belong to the Atlantic? As others have pointed out, the owner of the photos is usually the organization that hires the photographer.

wise_man on September 15, 2008 at 4:43 PM

Same sh1t; different day.

An amoral vacuum of relativism & denial. Not even adolescent irresponsibility. Infantile.

But it’s all part of the Left’s culture of hate, media & money.

locomotivebreath1901 on September 15, 2008 at 4:43 PM

I am in the publishing business and this is a joke. If the publisher or editor don’t find pictures they like, they don’t use them. Plain and simple.

No credibility here.

joepub on September 15, 2008 at 4:44 PM

What are they going to sue over? Obviously, The Atlantic approved the photo, whatever the background of the photographer – it’s not like the photo was subtly unflattering. Maybe they’re going to sue over the photographer’s comments turning The Atlantic into even more of a laughingstock than it already is…

Realist on September 15, 2008 at 4:38 PM

They approved of the one photo, not that she could take the other photos and use them without permission.
Irreparable damage, theft, fraud, loss of income, etc., suing her would be great…but one liberal suing another over dissing a Republican, I doubt it.

right2bright on September 15, 2008 at 4:45 PM

Oh yeah, I can see how this was an honest mistake, obviously no one at the Atlantic actually looked at the picture before they put it on the cover of their magazine. I’m sure that happens all the time.
Maxx on September 15, 2008 at 4:37 PM

She took multiple photos, sent the ‘good’ ones to the agency that hired her, and kept her personal ones to manipulate & put on her website with the text. In addition to the one with the monkey taking a dump on McCain’s head. If there is evidence that the Atlantic knew of the other photos before she put them up on her website, then I’d like to see that. My guess is not.

wise_man on September 15, 2008 at 4:46 PM

TOTAL B!TCH. God, I am so in love with her.

Mac, please tag her to be the WH press secretary, if only to watch her whore-slap Helen Thomas across the room.

ManlyRash on September 15, 2008 at 4:40 PM

lmao… yeah, gotta luv Megan.

Damiano on September 15, 2008 at 4:47 PM

This guy’s got Leftie Mangina written all over him.

ronsfi on September 15, 2008 at 4:48 PM

Mac, please tag her to be the WH press secretary, if only to watch her whore-slap Helen Thomas across the room.
ManlyRash on September 15, 2008 at 4:40 PM

ManlyRash, you get a big fat +1 from me on that one. Thanks for the outstanding mental image that I have now.

wise_man on September 15, 2008 at 4:49 PM

“Kids are not as expensive as monkeys”

“I saw this little girl who’d come to a party with her mom, and she was beautiful, so I thought it might be interesting to photograph her. When they came to my studio, the mother brought along her toddler son, and I decided to shoot him too. We took off his shirt because it was dirty. He started crying on his own, and I shot that, and when I got the contact sheets back I thought, “This could go with a caption, ‘Four More Years,’” like he was appalled at George Bush’s reelection…” (Greenburg)

One sick puppette. Diagnosis – Deranged Liberal with Liberal Derangement Syndrome.

trailboss on September 15, 2008 at 4:50 PM

Akzed on September 15, 2008 at 4:33 PM

Yes, Megan needs to interview Bill Ayers.

Nichevo on September 15, 2008 at 4:51 PM

I don’t have a problem with the cover photo either. Looks strong to me. But I do hope they sue her in regards to the others.

Spirit of 1776 on September 15, 2008 at 4:51 PM

Go Megyn!

lodge on September 15, 2008 at 4:51 PM

Damn – I like the picture on the cover – call me crazy but I think McCain looks like a tough bastard.

jake-the-goose on September 15, 2008 at 4:51 PM

I’m sorry if you were offended by our outrageous cover you dumb, bitter, religious, conservative bible clingers.

jukin on September 15, 2008 at 4:54 PM

TOTAL B!TCH. God, I am so in love with her.

Mac, please tag her to be the WH press secretary, if only to watch her whore-slap Helen Thomas across the room.

ManlyRash on September 15, 2008 at 4:40 PM

Manly,

You had to ruin a perfectly good Megyn Kelly comment by mentioning the decrepit Helen Thomas. “ManlyRash, have you no shame?”

Ha ha ha ha ha…..

FYI. She would be an awesome Press Secretary.

Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 15, 2008 at 4:56 PM

That second photograph is Hitchcockian.

Black Adam on September 15, 2008 at 4:57 PM

This ill wench is a real piece of work.
Smile beeeotch, you’re famous now.

Geronimo on September 15, 2008 at 4:58 PM

I love the picture of John McCain! I would rather have that man protect us and face Putin than this one.

carbon_footprint on September 15, 2008 at 4:59 PM

These people are completely deranged.

Conservative_SAHM on September 15, 2008 at 5:01 PM

She is smoking hot… I remember when she was Megan Kendall. She’s divorced now, isn’t she… and I just KNOW she’ll be mine… of course, I have to figure out what to do with my wife.

lionheart on September 15, 2008 at 5:01 PM

Kelly/Palin 2008!

Aristotle on September 15, 2008 at 5:04 PM

Bennett made the classic mistake of thinking that a liberal’s professionalism would trump their agenda.

He is wrong in a very broad and general sense.

That said, he is doing the right think now.

And I just love that Greenberg will not be paid.

Pythagoras on September 15, 2008 at 5:06 PM

Damn – I like the picture on the cover – call me crazy but I think McCain looks like a tough bastard.

jake-the-goose on September 15, 2008 at 4:51 PM

Tigh/Roslin ‘08

sven10077 on September 15, 2008 at 5:08 PM

I have never heard of this magazine.

Is it available for sale somewhere?

Dorvillian on September 15, 2008 at 5:08 PM

That second photograph is Hitchcockian.
Black Adam on September 15, 2008 at 4:57 PM

Any time a person is being photographed, they need to be very weary of the photographer getting down to take a photo looking up like that,* because that is the ominous looking photo that results. And apparently she used a flash to get the shadow, and so the evil shadow above him wouldn’t have been seen by the naked eye during the shoot.

*In addition to that, the photographers who moved into a position to frame John Ashcroft’s head and the naked statue of the scales of justice played the same trick. To embarrass him. And when he had the curtains covering the statue, they were again able to embarrass him, by claiming that the naked statue was something he found offensive. It was clearly his way to get the photos to stop. Too bad they didn’t erect some sort of obstacele such as a a huge cactus plantern in the line of sight so they couldn’t take the photo that way again.

I have never seen a photo of Janet Reno taken in a similar way.

wise_man on September 15, 2008 at 5:11 PM

What kind of release does John McCain have to sign concerning sitting for photos? If he was sitting for a photo shoot w/this creature, and he, of course, believed that the photos would be taken so as to protray an image of him that he would approve of on the cover, what, if any recourse does he have?

She took some images to use on her website w/out his permission, I’m sure, and doctored them up. I get the whole “public figure” thing and photo-shopping photos to make people look weird, but this was an instance where the man himself sat for her in the spirit of good faith intentions. Can he sue?

JAM on September 15, 2008 at 5:12 PM

When photographers are hired they are not vetted for their political views (nor should they be) nor are their names run through Google. Quite frankly, that was Team McCain’s job, whose motto should be: Don’t trust, verify.

It’s unlikely that the Atlantic reads Michelle Malkin’s blog, or watches Good Morning America, so it’s a bit of a stretch to expect them to know what a sick freak Greenberg is, just as I doubt that her corporate clients are (or shall I say, were) aware of her vile antics.

However, when it comes to Andrew Sullivan, the Atlantic has no excuse and he should be given the boot forthwith.

Buy Danish on September 15, 2008 at 5:16 PM

I think the Allantic cover shows McCain as a very strong leader. It is a good picture, a powerful picture.

The Atlantic editor is one pissed off dude.

Pelayo on September 15, 2008 at 5:18 PM

…like the thief at the gallows…sorry as all hell…not sorry enough to stop the press run on his putrid rag with the offending photos, but damned sorry that he got caught.

…and Greenberg? More psychosis masquerading as art. Mapplethorpe? Piss Christ? The “Sensation” exhibition with the infamous “The Holy Virgin Mary” by Chris Ofili, a childish piece with elephant dung smeared all over it?

These and many other disturbing images belong, certainly, along some of the scribbles, daubs and telling graphics which alert mental health professionals that the dinner’s bell’s about to ring.

Riefenstahl at least had class. This stuff is a cry for help…from a person, evidently, distasteful enough to require their rescuer to wear a hazmat suit….

Puritan1648 on September 15, 2008 at 5:20 PM

This woman is always quite jumpy and combative. Better, I think, to let them hang themselves with their own rope. (Though in this particular instance I don’t think the guy was being so unreasonable.)

Tzetzes on September 15, 2008 at 5:21 PM

For the past couple of weeks, Megyn has been “mad as hell” and she’s “not gonna’ take it any more.” When she’s mad, she’s positively steamy!

You know what they’re saying about Megyn Kelly? She doesn’t look anything like those men on the dollar bill. She’s got a funny name. Did I mention she’s hot?

Mr_Magoo on September 15, 2008 at 5:21 PM

It does seem that way, Pelayo. I do have reservations that they didn’t know of her previous anti-Bush project with the crying kids. I remember when this first made news, 3 or so years ago, but I just remember the photos. I would hope that the editor of the magazine would have recalled that this work of hers that was advertised as a response to Bush’s reelection, and had a clear anti-republican agenda. It’s his job to know. It would be like someone asking Michael Moore to make a documentary for them, and failing to remember that he’s a moonbat liberal.

wise_man on September 15, 2008 at 5:22 PM

What kind of release does John McCain have to sign concerning sitting for photos? If he was sitting for a photo shoot w/this creature, and he, of course, believed that the photos would be taken so as to protray an image of him that he would approve of on the cover, what, if any recourse does he have?

It’s most likely they don’t ask who’s taking the photos. The campaign just figures it’s someone from The Atlantic. That may change now.

CanadianGuy on September 15, 2008 at 5:22 PM

Buy Danish on September 15, 2008 at 5:16 PM

I’m sure they operate in a bubble just like the rest of “their type.”

Mr_Magoo on September 15, 2008 at 5:24 PM

McCain knew about Sullivan’s garbage when he sat down for this interview. I’d say it’s a good thing that he’s trying to make his case to a publication that is hostile to him.

To my knowledge, the campaign hasn’t issued any statement about this shot, and I don’t think they should. They’ve been acting like victims too much lately and he’ll end up looking like a whiner.

Let the photos speak for themselves and leave the bellyaching to us. There’s no need for McCain to jump into this.

embittered redleg on September 15, 2008 at 5:25 PM

Keep it up, MSM, with every such obamination McCain and Palin gain an additional ratings point.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

pocomoco on September 15, 2008 at 5:25 PM

Obama’s Two Feet In Mouth:

1. “Bush Doctrine” vs. McCain/Palin Platform

Whatever Charles Gibson reported and the MSM propagandize the “Bush Doctrine” to be, Palin did not discuss it as the McCain/Palin platform. Hence, the RNC’08 ticket is NOT another Bush term; McCain/Palin are not a Bush surrogate.

2. “McCain Is Computer Illiterate”

Beyond the lies, the “McCain Since 1982″ disco ball ad features music from the late 1960s. The musical selection dates from the period of The Mamas And The Papas (compare flute improv solos) in the same compositional genre as the theme music composed for the TV hit series “Hawaii Five-O” (different tempo speeds, but same era).

Obama’s people are SO out of touch with historical authenticity. They just don’t get context, nor do they have good timing. The big zero with NADA to his name Obama hasn’t the good sense to crawl under a rock and disappear. What a plague he is.

maverick muse on September 15, 2008 at 5:27 PM

Greenberg was born in Montreal Canada. Montreal is one, if not the most liberal bastions in Canada,also it used to have the second largest jewish population in north america, with only Miami being larger. The point I am making is that she was probably fed liberal pablum since she was born and carried it with her to the states. Lived in Detroit and went to college in the northeast Rhode Island I believe.
Now lives in California.

amex on September 15, 2008 at 5:29 PM

You have someone take your picture, embittered redleg – and then watch as they trick you into different poses, make you look like a monster, photo shop a shark’s teeth in your mouth with blood dripping down, with a title above your head saying that you are a war monger, photoshop another photo of you with a monkey taking a dump on your head … and then tell me that any reply would be playing the victim, being a whiner and bellyaching.

McCain HAS been quiet about this. Kindly b*tch about McCain’s alleged whining when he actually whines about this, okay???

wise_man on September 15, 2008 at 5:29 PM

This quote:

Free advice to Team Maverick: Start printing out copies of oh, say, every post Sullivan’s written over the past month, starting with the allegations that McCain invented the cross-in-the-dirt story, continuing through his charge that Palin’s being “indoctrinated” by AIPAC and Joe Lieberman, and culminating in the smears over her son and her alleged affair. Drop them in a FedEx envelope and, when Bennet’s letter arrives, drop that in there too — unopened. Then mail it back to him. Loud and clear.

deserves to be buzzed.

Lets get to it people!

Theworldisnotenough on September 15, 2008 at 5:30 PM

Apparently, this is supposed to make me like him less

I think McCain looks like one of those steely (good) Ayn Rand characters in this picture.

We should send money to the imposter.

Entelechy on September 15, 2008 at 5:32 PM

The Atlantic is righteously indignant that Greenberg was dumb enough to embarass them in public.

And yes, Buzz this post.

Karl on September 15, 2008 at 5:32 PM

What kind of sick, twisted nut job makes a couple dozen toddlers cry for the sake of art?…It’s amazing that she thinks Bush the monster.

trubble

…in the world of “the end justifies the means” and “propaganda of the deed”, the nice, pleasant, well-meaning guy from Connecticut (by way of West Texas) is the monster, while the agitprop photographer is only “raising the consciousness” of the “masses”.

It’s Bizarro World.

Anyone wanna join me in a couple of choruses of the “The Red Flag”?

The people’s flag is deepest red,
It shrouded oft our martyr’d dead
And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold,
Their hearts’ blood dyed its ev’ry fold.

Don’t anyone ever forget: it isn’t Mr. McCain that they hate. It isn’t Sarah. It isn’t Rush or Hannity or Beck. It isn’t even Mr. Bush. It’s us. They hate us.

If you live in “flyover country”, your every utterance is irrelevant to the “progress” and “evolution” of mankind. Your vote is a dangerous irritant. You cling to your church, your “family” (a passe’ construct), your NASCAR, and (troublingly) your guns. You’re gumming up Mr. Obama’s coronation.

…and, if you’re from a “blue state”, you’re simply a traitor.

Puritan1648 on September 15, 2008 at 5:34 PM

I love the picture of John McCain! I would rather have that man protect us and face Putin than this one.

carbon_footprint on September 15, 2008 at 4:59 PM

Talk about lipstick on a pig….. yeeeesh!

tru2tx on September 15, 2008 at 5:35 PM

I think the Atlantic editor Mr. Bennet has a case. Maybe he can sue Ms. Greenberg for a clue because clearly he is lacking one right now. Of course the issue is whether Mr. Bennet was in possession of a clue to prior to retaining Ms. Greenberg and if Ms. Greenberg in turn can be held responsible for Mr. Bennet’s clue loss.

Angry Dumbo on September 15, 2008 at 5:37 PM

Megyn, you RAWK!!!!!

Ms. Greenberg, you are that stuff I find clinging to the bottom of my boots when I walk through the cow pasture.

TeeDee on September 15, 2008 at 5:37 PM

Has this clown even seen the cover yet. Sounds like he’s a very busy guy and may not have had the time yet.

oakpack on September 15, 2008 at 5:38 PM

I’m shocked, SHOCKED I tell you!!

In his mind, I’m sure that he does think The Atlantic is fair.

jukin on September 15, 2008 at 5:49 PM

…I’m feeling festive…another chorus…and then the refrain, comrades…then some designer coffee…the lector will read a Sullivan article from “The Atlantic”…and we can retire to chablis and cheese….

Look ’round, the Frenchman loves its blaze,
The sturdy German chants its praise,
In Moscow’s vaults its hymns are sung
Chicago swells the surging throng

…once more with feeling…rattle the ears of the rednecks in Peoria!

Then raise the scarlet standard high.
Within its shade we’ll live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We’ll keep the red flag flying here.

…like that bit about “Chicago swells the surging throng”…quite a tenor section there in the South side….

*SHAKES HEAD* *WARNER BROTHERS CARTOONS “WIGGITY-WIGGITY” SOUND*

…whew…I lived through the Sixties…but it seems that not all of my circuitry survived the trip…had an Obama-sode just then….

Puritan1648 on September 15, 2008 at 5:51 PM

I want to hear the giant sucking sound of Greenberg’s career flushing down the toilet. But I’m betting team Obama already created a position for her.

Bicyea on September 15, 2008 at 5:52 PM

…Obam-i-sode…funnier….

…c’mon…the voices in my head are laughing their disembodied asses off….

Puritan1648 on September 15, 2008 at 5:54 PM

Apparently, this is supposed to make me like him less
Entelechy on September 15, 2008 at 5:32 PM

Hmm. I think it would be fun to take the photos, such as the one linked, and replace the “AND?” with a LOL CAT styled caption – just for the fun of it. Not to mock McCain, but to mock this woman who thinks that this is such as wonderful prank.

That photo, can have a “CAN I HAZ NOOKLEAR BUTTON NOW?” caption. Again, in the LOL CATS style.

wise_man on September 15, 2008 at 5:55 PM

Megyn’s outrage seems out of proportion since she leaves the viewer without the context of the manipulated images (fangs, blood, etc.).

I think she should have shown a low-res view of the worst image.

mockmook on September 15, 2008 at 6:02 PM

I agree, mockmook. At least described the other photos. Maybe in the 30 seconds before this clip started, she or someone else did. Don’t know.

wise_man on September 15, 2008 at 6:05 PM

Bull. They knew her work. This is just CYA.

Disturb the Universe on September 15, 2008 at 6:14 PM

I can’t wait for her next exhibition, They Made Me Do This, featuring the faces of various Republicans Photoshopped onto models kicking and stomping baskets of puppies.

Jim Treacher on September 15, 2008 at 6:25 PM

Hey all you liberal posters, this is who supports your party, this is the mindset of the party elite.
What you want to bet she is at most every major Democratic party in her town?
What do you want to bet she is on the Democratic “A” list…or at least she was. The one thing a liberal can’t stand is light, for people to find out how they really think and feel.
Like Ayers and Rev. Wright, and Ms. Obama, she has to sit in a corner, a “time-out”, until the election is over.

right2bright on September 15, 2008 at 6:35 PM

Megyn looks like Kirsten Powers sister.

Yes Jill Greenberg is a Stalinst psycho-bitch.

Hilts on September 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM

I think the Allantic cover shows McCain as a very strong leader. It is a good picture, a powerful picture.

The Atlantic editor is one pissed off dude.

Pelayo on September 15, 2008 at 5:18 PM

Yeah, he seemed genuine to me. Perhaps Megan should grill them over PowerGlutes. That would be something to see.

aikidoka on September 15, 2008 at 7:07 PM

Oh how wonderful would that be sue her till she can’t afford bus fare. Accountability for spoiled behavior. Send a message out loud and clear there is a price to pay. I do think the Alantic, has a case, this could effect their magazines circulation. They didn’t hire her to take a photo to embarrass any one or demonize anyone. There intent was clear when they hired her. There must have be copyright laws.

Dr Evil on September 15, 2008 at 8:55 PM

What a horrible, deranged woman. I’m a big believer in karma, and I can’t wait when it finally comes around to her. THAT will make for a great picture.

alflauren on September 15, 2008 at 9:00 PM

What a horrible, deranged woman. I’m a big believer in karma, and I can’t wait when it finally comes around to her.

alflauren on September 15, 2008 at 9:00 PM

I don’t think you’ll have to wait too long. I rather doubt that, say, Target will be hiring “The Manipulator”, the genius behind crying babies and the grotesque photoshopped images of monkeys pooping on a war heroes head, anytime soon.

Buy Danish on September 15, 2008 at 9:12 PM

Bull. They knew her work. This is just CYA.

Disturb the Universe

…but the CYA was vital…the least little thing and they might lose their subscriber.

Puritan1648 on September 15, 2008 at 9:55 PM

One of my questions, is will other photographers and clients shun this person? This person has demonstrated a complete lack of professionalism. This person has HURT their profession.

If you are a photographer, writer, advertiser caterer name any job, you will now need to be judged by your politices to get a job.

How does the Atlantic even try to recover their integrity? I know the Atlantic is a liberal publication. If I were to read their articles I know that going in. I can live with that. I am not sure their publisher can see the forrest for the trees.

People in her profession need to be outraged if they have any integrity.

A very good question as rasied before my post…who are her clients. I would like to know where NOT to spend my money.

DVPTexFla on September 15, 2008 at 10:31 PM

I wonder if Obama would look as good as McCain unretouched?

aikidoka on September 15, 2008 at 11:22 PM

The cover shot sucks. The noir shot is awesome! Show that around Iran and see what they think. He looks incredibly strong there.

TinMan13 on September 15, 2008 at 11:54 PM

TOTAL B!TCH. God, I am so in love with her.

Mac, please tag her to be the WH press secretary, if only to watch her whore-slap Helen Thomas across the room.

ManlyRash on September 15, 2008 at 4:40 PM

LMAO. She’s so wild…

Jaibones on September 16, 2008 at 12:48 AM

Keep it up Jill Greenberg et al………… please! And it didn’t cost the GOP a dime………….

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Seven Percent Solution on September 16, 2008 at 1:03 AM

She seems genuinely angry about this. Good for her.

capitalist piglet on September 16, 2008 at 1:11 AM

“Bush = Hitler”
“McCain as Monster”
and, according to Air America,
“Palin = Child Molester”

eea on September 15, 2008 at 4:40 PM

“Hitler,” “Monster,” “Child Molester”….
WAIT!!! In Liberal-land aren’t these good things???

landlines on September 16, 2008 at 1:16 AM

Any pics of this shemale photographer out there? Let’s show her some public creativity.

Coronagold on September 16, 2008 at 7:49 AM

LESSON:
Never underestimate the viciousness and deparvity of the left. She cares nothing of the “terms of her agreement”.
She is now a hero among her political playmates and that is
enough for her.
She will not be blacklisted. Just the opposite. She will get more work than she can handle.

RobCon on September 16, 2008 at 8:43 AM

The picture is kinda cool – in a wierd sort of way. I don’t think it is a big deal.

Fuquay Steve on September 16, 2008 at 8:48 AM

Fuquay Steve, look at these. This is what the photographer did: Scroll down and click on the images to see them full screen.

wise_man on September 16, 2008 at 8:58 AM

I wish Megan Kelly would drop her perpetual-anger-n-outrage thing that she has going whenever she interviews left-leaning people. It invariably makes them come out looking reasonable and her look deranged, irrespective of the validity of her arguments (which I actually agree with).

Aylios on September 16, 2008 at 9:10 AM

What kind of sick, twisted nut job makes a couple dozen toddlers cry for the sake of art? Here’s a thought, you psycho b*tch from hell, learn to express yourself without inflicting emotional distress on small children. It’s amazing that she thinks Bush the monster.

trubble on September 15, 2008 at 4:38 PM

Never underestimate the power of projection, especially when you can project the distress that YOU are causing a child onto yourself and other libtards and then BLAME that distress not on yourself but on President Bush. The left has projection down to a fine art, even finer than photographic manipulation.

Aylios on September 16, 2008 at 9:13 AM

Sap Alert!!

Let me take a moment to let everyone who stood up for the “trolls” in yesterdays post how much I appreciate them. I couldn’t get on last night but I did want tell all of you how much I admire the stand for free speech. Alphie may be an ass but he/she/it is HotAir’s ass and all of you other loveable downers to.

End of Sap Alert!

Cindy Munford on September 16, 2008 at 10:34 AM

…the least little thing and they might lose their subscriber.
 
Puritan1648 on September 15, 2008 at 9:55 PM

 
ROFL at lethal use of the singular! :-D

Mary in LA on September 16, 2008 at 1:21 PM

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