After All, the Camera Adds Ten Pounds

Today, youthful political pundit James Kotecki was mocking Republican congressional candidate Dean Hrbacek for using pictures of himself that were Photoshopped onto a thinner body. The Associated Press quotes Hrbacek's campaign manager, who handles the damage control:

Campaign manager Scott Broschart acknowledged to The Houston Chronicle that the image is a fake. Hrbacek has been so busy that he had no time to pose for a full-length photo for the mailing, Broschart said.

"He may appreciate that we took a few pounds off him," Broschart said. "I think the voters ... are more concerned with the issues as opposed to pretty photo shoots."

Lev Manovich has argued that Photoshop is a profoundly postmodern software package. We've covered a number of campaign Photoshop news items here on Virtualpolitik, including another one that seems head-on-shoulders above the rest, but this story about Endorsement by Photoshop with a template provided by Jesse Jackson Jr. may be one of the
most quintessentially postmodern.