McCain's Lime Green Background Returns

One of the more memorable moments of the general election was when, after Barack Obama secured the Democratic nomination, John McCain gave a competing speech against a lime green backdrop. That set looked like some something like pea green and was an exclamation point to one of the Senator's worst (and most ridiculed) speeches on the campaign trail.

Well, during his acceptance speech during tonight's convention, it's back. McCain is pictured once again speaking in front of a large lime-green backdrop. I'm told that the bigger image is supposed to be grass (I'm watching from the convention itself, and they place the press practically behind the stage). But the effect for viewers not in Minneapolis is the same.

From June:

UPDATE: It was, I've been told a picture of a lawn in front of a random house. The screen changed about ten minutes in to a sky-blue backdrop which may not be all that more effective.

LATE UPDATE: Reader LA identifies the mystery property.

"It's not a house.... it's a Middle School in North Hollywood, California. A little irony... it's Walter Reed Middle School. My son goes there.... in a decidedly Democratic neighborhood, I might add. McCain's campaign used the very same photo that appears on one of the school's websites... http://walterreed.tech.googlepages.com/home (The "Tech Academy" is one portion of Walter Reed. The photo is of the entire school.) I'm friends with the person in charge of that website... I've sent an email to ask if he knows who owns the photo.

MORNING UPDATE: The RNC team may have meant to put Walter Reed Army Medical Center behind the candidate, and accidentally used Walter Reed Middle School instead.

Comments

[SeanHannity4Obama]

How will they know Walter Reed if they don't care about injured and sick vets! They only care about gaining from their families' army contracts (as long as the war continues)

[donkat]

JMC has gone out of his way not to support the troops. In Minneapolis, he wouldn't even meet with military people - which someone from the Obama campaign did. Instead, the individual tasked with giving him an information packet was escorted off the premises. Sure he love the troops, it's just that he's done virtually nothing to prove it.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/97812/as_vets_take_to_the_streets_to_protest_the_war%2C_mccain_snubs_ivaw_at_the_rnc_/

He's made his military service a big issue. We should make the fact that he's let the troops down a bigger issue. This, from Douglas Valentine (at counterpunch.org), sums it up for me:

"Underlying the Jekyll-Hyde reversals is McCain"s hidden past of collaboration. Somewhere in the unplumbed human part of John Sidney McCain III, he knows his POW experience contradicts the war hero image he projects. This essential dishonesty, this lie of the soul, is a sign of a larger lack of character - like the major in my father"s POW camp, but without the come-uppance.

McCain is not some principled leader, not a maverick cowboy fighting the powerful. He"s a sycophant. He believes in nothing but power and will do anything to attain it. He explodes in anger when challenged because, when a criticism hits to close to home, it goes to straight his deep-seeded shame."

[trollsbwild]

Senator Crypt Keeper does not look alive with any backround one chooses to surround him with.

[Tommygun264]

McSame loves to imply that he votes for the troops, but I am sure Mrs. McSame can tell you that saying you do something and actually doing it are two different things. Take a look at this:

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/articleid/9559

I am one vet who will voting for Obama and I know that I won't be the only one.

[newdreams]

OOOOooops! But the Walter Reid Hospital would only conjure up thoughts of how the Republicans have failed vets. Maybe somebody Rick Rolled McCain & this was a last minute google image search.

Man, McCain is looking old. You would never pair up the images of McCain as a POW and earlier shown on the RNC videos to this sunken image of him now - unless you were told, maybe 2,000,000 times!

[1differentdrummer]

Imagine how intelligent conservatives feel. Their national party has foisted a bunch of incompetents on them and there's no out for them but to vote Libertarian or Democratic. John spins a great yarn but admits that Vietnamese farmers saved him from drowning after breaking both arms and one knee in an inept bailout. He admits to giving aid and comfort to the enemy in order to get medical treatment for same. Now they have Palin on their plate, too. It's Obama's to lose. Will Dems snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?

[chronic]

Well it works well with his yellow teeth.

[LeawoodKansas]

I guess we should be happy they didn't put up a picture of Donna Reed.

[newdreams]

I wanted to see 'The Flame of Florida'.

[mydogshakespeare]

Actually, the Green Screen was a shrewd move on McCain's (handlers') part. Now, with the help of simple Hollywood effects, they can easily change the background to portray McCain in front of any image they want!

Obama fills a stadium with 80,000? Well, now McCain can "fill" the Tidal Basin with half a million! Obama is shown breaking ground on a new homeless shelter? McCain can be shown "demolishing" one for a new WalMart development, leading to "jobs"! Obama leads a prayer at a tent revival? McCain delivers his sermon from the "mount"!

[lochnessmonster]

And wait until you see what the Colbert Nation does with the green screen background...it will be hilarious.

[emmaspeaks]

I thought that's what happened. They used green to dub in something, and forgot.

[alguien]

imagine the level of competency and expertise that was exploited in pulling off this misguided little epic...

and then imagine that level of competency and expertise leading the country for the next 4 years.

[FreeExpression]

There is a quote attributed to to Albert Einstein that is appropriate for McCain's team:

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits"

[303]

McCain et al's pattern of chronic mistakes, mis-speaks, and glossing over truth and reality worries me a lot. It strikes me as the type of POTUS/White House that would start a war, based on bad or over-hyped intel, and them Bomb the Wrong Targets -- in the Wrong Country. America has endured and barely survived this hype, hubris and foolishness for 7 years. What thinking person could entrust another 4 years to these Bush/Cheney gunslingers, who Shoot first, Aim and Ask question, later? Further, how can he pimp himself as a Change agent, when he has hung tight with the Senate Republicans who have imposed procedural fillibustering rules to block each and every challenge to GWB pushed by the Democratic majority in BOTH houses of Congress. Country First, indeed! What a crock! Tired ideas, empty promises.
Check out Jon Steward's montage, matching point for point the Repub convention speeches of Bush in 2000 and McCain on Thursday nite. Same speech writer, same half-truths/distortions, and same empty promises.
Fool me once, shame on you, Repugs. Fool me twice?--what kinda Fool do you Think I am!

[RatgurlSD]

I thought this was super-funny & shows the complete incompetence of the McCain camp. What was even funnier, though, was when Lindsey Graham was talking about "victory" and a photo of Arlington Nat'l Cemetary popped up. Utter silence!

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Due to fear of the election for POTUS being stolen by the GOP - AGAIN - I will be photographing my ballot after filling it out, and at each intermittent step, to prove I am casting my ballot for Obama / Biden.

I encourage you all to do the same.


And FYI, Diebold changed their name to Premier. No receipt, no printout. Make your own record.

[gcallaghan]

Competency is elitist

[alguien]

that was a factor in bringing about the fall of rome. only the slaves knew how to do anything.

[Dave01]

Like leader - like followers. What a bunch of idiots! They are the exact same MORONS who brought us 8 years of the shrub.