reply to post by centurion1211
The only prerequisites for being President is being smart enough to lie convincingly, and to take and implement the orders of your corporate
masters.
And yeah, the picture's fake and you knew it:
Here's the original,
posted on Wed, 11/28/2007 - 18:00:
Here's the source for the faked image,
posted on March 03, 2008
Notice the dates...
Comments: The photo is fake, an altered version of an unattributed image found on Photobucket.com which shows candidate Obama holding the same
phone properly.
The spoof version appears to have originated on IMAO.us, a political humor blog, where it was posted on March 4, 2008 under the header, "There Is an
International Crisis at 3 A.M.; President Obama Answers the Call." Both the title and the Photoshopped clock on the wall refer to a scenario posed in
a TV campaign ad released by Obama's rival, Hillary Clinton, in late February:
It's 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. But there's a phone in the White House and it's ringing. Something's happening in the
world. Your vote will decide who answers that call. Whether it's someone who already knows the world's leaders, knows the military -- someone tested
and ready to lead in a dangerous world. It's 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?
It could also be regarded as an homage (or a rip-off) of a similar visual joke targeting George W. Bush that circulated in 2005:
The chimp supporters never could get over that one...
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The description of the picture when I found it suggested that it was actually a photo-op (not shop) to make it look like
he was working hard and he didn't notice that he had grabbed the phone upside down ... 
