Is this pic of Palin real or Photoshopped?

[Taverner]

Poll question: Is this pic of Palin real or Photoshopped?

My vote: Photoshopped

[Ken Burch]

1. I LIVE in Alaska.

Trust me, the woman is fully capable of wearing a shirt like that.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. How about 3rd choice: impersonator? I'm not sure that's her.

[Taverner]

4. That is a possibility

[Stinky The Clown]

18. I agree with you

The face is off

The hair is way off.

[tekisui]

3. The site on the shirt is a classified/trade site.

It looks photoshopped, but I can't really tell.

[GrantDem]

5. It's not Palin...

Pretty good impersonator though.

[sam sarrha]

6. Tee Shirt's real she's a Fake..!!

[hyphenate]

13. I was thinking just the opposite!

It's definitely PS'd/ If you look at the pixels immediately around her fingers in front of the tee-shirt, you can tell that it's likely the wording on the shirt from an original (I assume!) was changed. Perhaps the tee-shirt's original ad was removed, and just the wording was added in. It's not hard to do that in PS.

[sam sarrha]

24. i meant that Palin is a con job..NeoCon/Dominionist in sheeps clothing, not the photo

[hyphenate]

25. Ah! Thank you for elaborating!

You are 100% correct. :)

[bbinacan]

7. Third option

How about stupid poll?

[upi402]

27. Ah, former Governor Palin, are you posting and drinking again?

lol
;)

[timeforpeace]

8. She's insinuating that she can be self-deprecating. Are you convinced?

[Fozzledick]

9. About as real as this...

I wouldn't trust her anyway.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x336276

[Blue_In_AK]

10. I believe that's a real picture.

A few years ago, Ted Stevens' criminal son Ben famously referred to a critic from Wasilla, who had called him a "whore," as Valley trash. This caused quite a commotion among Valley residents, which would include Sarah Palin. The T-shirts existed, and I can easily imagine her wearing one.

For the back story on the "Valley trash" comment, go here: http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/513850.html

An interesting quote from that July 2004 article: "Even former Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin's 13-year-old daughter voiced her offense: 'My mother always told me if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.'"

ed, This is also quite interesting: "Palin echoed that advice (ironically re 'thick skin'...:rofl: ).

"During her tenure as mayor, Palin said, a woman informed her that she had been spotted having an affair on a train to Seward. Another asked whether she was resigning over word that one of her two daughters -- then ages 2 and 5 -- had been busted for smoking pot.

"'Those doggone anonymous attacks," Palin said. "As tempting as they are to respond to, it doesn't do a whole lot of good.'"




So, yes, I can easily imagine her wearing that shirt, and I'm pretty sure that's her in the picture.

[mwooldri]

11. +1 - photo *is* real, it's her.

she's worn that exact same pair of glasses in a few other photos I have found online, nope not pictures of Tina Fey, piccies of Mrs. Palin.

Plus other posters on other blogs have determined it definitely is not photoshop, and given the background behind the website and everything, that photo I would determine to be real.

However this picture *has* been shopped with someone elses' head... Cindy Mccain's. I'll let you scour the web for that.

[jberryhill]

12. PHOTO CREDIT HERE

http://i.abcnews.com/Nightline/BusinessTravel/Story?id=5740936&page=2

WASILLA, AK - JULY 21: Sarah Palin models purchased 'Proud to be Valley Trash' t-shirt as the result of State Senator Ben Stevens (son of Ted Stevens) comments that people living in the Mat-Su Borough are 'just Valley trash' July 21, 2004 in Wasilla
(Robert A. Baker/Getty Images)


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/10/sarah-palin-republican

I first set foot in the tiny conglomeration of detached houses and fast-food outlets that Palin calls home in late August, when John McCain had just announced her as his presidential running mate, and a strong sun was beating down. People were dressed in T-shirts stamped with the words "Valley trash" - a disparaging comment once made about Wasilla residents that they have reclaimed and now wear as a badge of pride.

[66 dmhlt]

21. Good catch - thanks!

[Mother Of Four]

14. It's a real photo-

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/lat-rewind-palin-fashion5-2008sep05-pg,0,1460396.photogallery?index=2

[blogslut]

15. It's real

This is photoshopped:

[zbdent]

16. don't know, but this one is real:

[JBoy]

17. If she'd put one of her kids in it, then I'd say it's real.

[Pool Hall Ace]

19. The bird in the background is still alive.

So the photo has to be edited.

[City of Mills]

20. Did you miss the Palin Picture Fun! thread?

:)

[PRETZEL]

22. I'm guessing photoshopped,

the skirt looks more like pajama's that a young teen would wear.

That's my guess anyway,

[Junkdrawer]

23. Real. See post # 12 n/t

[upi402]

26. Is she to the right of Iggy

or the left?