Jeb Bush appears to have had a hand transplant...

[Northern_Piper]

Guardian article mocking SuperPac pamphlet supporting Jeb! (or is it Jeb? nowadays?)

‘Why, Jeb?’ Pro-Bush Iowa pamphlet gives candidate one black hand

And what’s with the question itself? It seems to cry out for a comma that would turn the two words into an expression of Americans’ apparent exhaustion with political dynasties: “Why, Jeb?”

Clearly, the Super Pac meant “why Jeb?” in the sense of “why should Iowans vote for Jeb?”. But the image and and text have no real context. This could be an ad for almost anything.

“Jeb” might be the name of a new cholesterol medicine; the bespectacled man in the distracting shirt could be the doctor you should consult before asking whether Jeb is right for you.

Then there’s that hand. It is several skin tones darker than any tan a son of George HW and Barbara Bush has ever managed – and much darker than the skin of man who once registered himself to vote as Hispanic and then tweeted: “My mistake! Don’t think I’ve fooled anyone!”

[GIGObuster]

The original picture was released and does show that Jeb! had his “black” hand under shadow and it was not corrected when Jeb was pasted by the riverside, it was a mistake. Of course this points more to not paying attention to details. Not good to find out that that PAC is swimming in money but does hire cheap Photoshop/GIMP guys.

In any case the first time I saw that image I thought of Zoidberg from Futurama and did a quick edit of the shopped picture:

Why Not?

[Ethilrist]

Driver’s tan.

[tomndebb]

The ad in question has already been pointed out as an odd Photoshop error by a pro-Republican group not associated with the Bush campaign. I think this fits better in MPSIMS than in Elections.

[Enter_the_Flagon]

Santorum.

[Amateur_Barbarian]

@GIGObuster

The original picture was released and does show that Jeb! had his “black” hand under shadow and it was not corrected when Jeb was pasted by the riverside, it was a mistake. Of course this points more to not paying attention to details. Not good to find out that that PAC is swimming in money but does hire cheap Photoshop/GIMP guys.

I tried to see it as a shadow but it’s very distinctly a dark brown hand with light fingernails, the way any naturally dark-skinned person’s hand would look. I don’t think we’ve gotten the whole story here.

As for PACs hiring either whoever does the work cheapest or whoever’s union print shop has the most pull, I can confirm that from experience. I stopped doing political work, even for causes and candidates I supported, because they are either bound to use the party-approved suppliers (templates and shit work) or very cheapest option (just plain shit work).

[Mr.Nylock]

@enter the flagon

santorum.

ewwwww!!!

[GIGObuster]

@Amateur_Barbarian

I tried to see it as a shadow but it’s very distinctly a dark brown hand with light fingernails, the way any naturally dark-skinned person’s hand would look. I don’t think we’ve gotten the whole story here.

You are making me defend Jeb here.

The tweet from the PAC shows that the shadow is there darkening the hand, I would not be surprised that filters like contrast or level was applied on the whole body to make it stand over the river picture. That caused the hand under the shadow to darken just a bit more. Or the result is related to what contrast can do to the human eye. The graphics person just did not pay attention to the details.

Paul Lindsay

[The_wind_of_my_soul]

@Amateur_Barbarian

I tried to see it as a shadow but it’s very distinctly a dark brown hand with light fingernails, the way any naturally dark-skinned person’s hand would look. I don’t think we’ve gotten the whole story here.

As for PACs hiring either whoever does the work cheapest or whoever’s union print shop has the most pull, I can confirm that from experience. I stopped doing political work, even for causes and candidates I supported, because they are either bound to use the party-approved suppliers (templates and shit work) or very cheapest option (just plain shit work).

I agree. If you download the “original photo” and zoom in, it doesn’t look the same as in the “black hand” photo. The hand in the “original” is lighter and has less contrast between the skin and the fingernails than the hand in the “black hand” photo.