Cover Shot of Rand Paul on TNR

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From Mother Jones:

The amazing photo set off a round of accusations that the image had been Photoshopped to make Paul look bad. But the picture, by the esteemed photographer Platon, wasn't doctored. Nor, as TNR senior editor Noam Scheiber points out, did Platon ask Paul to pose in this fashion. It wasn't until Platon was reviewing his photographs after their shoot that he noticed the money shot.

So why was Paul crossing his fingers? As some Internet commenters have observed, there may be deeper significance to this "good luck" hand gesture. The crossed fingers have traditionally been used by POWs trotted out for propaganda purposes to indicate that the subject is participating under duress. Perhaps Paul was embracing the role he's carved out in Washington from day one—that of a conservative freedom fighter deep in enemy territory.

The hidden messages may not stop there. Paul's choice of neck tie may also be sending a signal. As Matthew Schmitz, the deputy editor of the conservative religious magazine First Things, notes on Twitter, the libertarian-leaning lawmaker appears to be wearing a floral tie from a London-based company: Liberty.
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http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/new-republic-rand-paul-photo-hidden-message
 
Is it just a coincidence that the dirtbags put "dirty, dirty" and "idiotic" on either side of his head?
 
I really don't think this is an "amazing" photo. I don't think it's photoshopped, but the lighting is weird and it doesn't really look like him.
 
green73 said:
What do you make of the crossed fingers?
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RP was joking about it this morning on either my local AM radio or maybe it was Beck. He was treating it as a joke, as though to keep "the pundits or whatever" (my words, not his) guessing.
 
They also cut his hairline out of the picture to make him look less attractive and more bald....little things like that.
 
Hmmm....the origins of the crossed fingers is pretty interesting in itself. Gotta wonder if Rand knew this......

In the time of the early Church, Christians would cross their fingers in order to invoke the power associated with the Christian cross for protection, when faced with evil.[1] Moreover, Christians, when persecuted by the Romans, used the symbol of crossed fingers, along with the Ichthys, in order to recognize one another and assemble for worship services.[6] In 16th century England, people continued to cross fingers or make the sign of the cross in order to ward off evil, as well as when people coughed or sneezed.[7]
 
Bah. I wouldn't give those motherjones comments a link for traffic. The comments section makes the huffpo look like RPF by comparison. Yikes.
 
That is one horrible picture of him. He should have requested a retake. I can barely look at it, damn
 
I'm pretty sure it's cropped. If not, the photographer is horrible at framing the subject. It makes him look bald. Could learn a lot from Gage.
 
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