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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:35 AM
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DAMN!!! I thought this guy looked familiar!!!
A DUer* posted the Norman Rockwell painting entitled “Free Speech” in a thread earlier this morning. I remember that painting but thought it look surprising familiar this time. COMPARE THESE TWO PICTURES.



Harry Taylor, exercising his right to free speech in criticizing Bush



Norman Rockwell’s painting

Doesn’t Mr. Taylor and Rockwell’s subject look identical?

Is this uncanny or what?

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*Sorry I can credit the original DUer as I wasn't able to find the post.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:36 AM
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1. Cue "Twilight Zone' music; yes, they do indeed! nt
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:37 AM
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2. Wow, what an uncanny photoshop job
Amazing.
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:39 AM
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7. Wait, are you saying the painting has been photoshopped?
??
:(
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Geoff R. Casavant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:41 AM
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12. Yes.
The man in the original painting looked more like a young Abraham Lincoln. Someone stuck Mr. Taylor's face in it instead.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:39 AM
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9. I still think the guy was a plant
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timber84 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 11:49 AM
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29. I'm still trying to convince you.
http://www.the-freedom-group.org/
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Stuckinthebush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:41 AM
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13. Yep...pretty clearly a photoshop job
but a good idea
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monarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:37 AM
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3. Wow, just wow!
This is the BEST day ever on DU.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:37 AM
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4. That's a photoshopped version of the painting
But the original looks like him too.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:38 AM
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5. and this one
Edited on Fri Apr-07-06 10:39 AM by C_U_L8R
(not photoshopped.. naturally)
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:39 AM
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6. Perhaps there is a greater power at work here.
Perhaps that power that talks to George Bush is sending him another message.

The resemblance is...well...I keep expecting Rod Serling to appear at any moment.
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Carni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:39 AM
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8. That's got to be photoshopped!
No way! lol
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:40 AM
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11. It is photoshopped...
You'd have to compare it to the original to catch it, though.
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:41 AM
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15. Here's the original


Ok, ok, I was wrong--I apologize

:blush:
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Carni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:48 AM
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20. No problem LOL
Whoever did it did a pretty good job :)
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 11:01 AM
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25. Eh, we all get fooled sometimes.
Just ask a Bush supporter.
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sasha031 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:40 AM
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10. unbelievable
amazing....we should send this to Oberman
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LA lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:41 AM
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14. There is a resemblence to the real one
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:42 AM
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16. Here's the original.
Norman Rockwell would be branded a liberal subversive, if he were alive today.
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Tight_rope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 11:47 AM
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28. Damn and a Redhead in both!....Truely amazing.
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brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:42 AM
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17. Uncanny.
Edited on Fri Apr-07-06 10:45 AM by brook
One could speculate that Harry came from Central Casting. If so, one could further speculate that it was a Rovian plan to humanize *theUnhuman. It does strike me as unusual that Harry was 'encouraged' to speak his mind. Hmmmm?


Edited: Guess I should look before I leap. Though both Harry and the original Rockwell subject look like earnest, average guys.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:44 AM
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19. Do you think the blivet was humanized by the exchange? I
certainly didn't get that impression.
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brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 11:18 AM
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27. Hell no.eom
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:44 AM
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18. Sorry! Nothing to see here...move along....there's real news out there...
Edited on Fri Apr-07-06 10:45 AM by KansDem
Don't mind me...

:blush:

on edit: But I gotta say, I was REALLY excited there for a moment...
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:48 AM
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21. he still looks like the original guy
what an awesome picture. I would love to have one like it.
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wovenpaint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:51 AM
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22.  painting and photo together in the original thread-see post 78
I think that there's no such thing as coincidence......
Look at post #78
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x863109#865146
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:53 AM
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23. Check the homepage.
The comparison pics are there.
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shenmue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 10:55 AM
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24. Yeah that is striking
:7

Wow!
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AzDar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 11:04 AM
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26. Dang, they do! That man is a hero, IMNSHO.... n/t
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