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"He had no idea he was being lit from below. I guess they're not very sophisticated," says creepy photographer Jill Greenburg.

About the ghoulish light she cast on John McCain to take a cover shot for The Atlantic. The Atlantic didn't use the nastiest of the pictures, but:
Greenberg later decided to use some of the images she was assigned to take to make a political statement.

Her Web site now features a series of Photoshopped pics of McCain in some highly unflattering poses - including one that has a monkey squirting dung onto the Republican candidate's head.

Another one reads "I am a bloodthirsty warmongerer," with McCain retouched to have needle-sharp shark teeth and a vicious grin, while licking blood-smeared lips.
Ugh. And part of my disgust relates to the fact that "warmongerer," like "mongerer," isn't a word. But it is funny that Greenburg broadcast -- she might say "broadcasted" -- that she's pretty dumb.

Full post as published by Althouse on September 15, 2008 (boomark / email).