Barak "Black Panther" Obama

[Jenn]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama...s/panthers.asp

[Jenn]

If you're trying to make President Obama plausibly look like a Black Panther, it's probably best not to put a recent picture of his face on a famous picture originally taken when the president was but a boy.

[Tootsie Plunkette]

Unaltered photo visible here.

[Natalie]

I want to know why they changed both names in the caption, rather than just the one. Presumably Bobby Seale remains Bobby Seale in this alternate history.

ETA: I did a Google image search to confirm that the non-retouched person was actually Bobby Seale, and I think I might have an answer - this photo shows up 5 times in the first 20 results.

[TallGeekyGirl]

That couldn't be more obviously photoshopped...

[chillas]

Originally Posted by TallGeekyGirl

That couldn't be more obviously photoshopped...

Sure it could!

[TallGeekyGirl]

I stand corrected!

[ParaDiddle]

Originally Posted by chillas

Sure it could!

Thanks for the newest addition to my facebook page.

- P

[Cyrano]

Originally Posted by Jenn

If you're trying to make President Obama plausibly look like a Black Panther, it's probably best not to put a recent picture of his face on a famous picture originally taken when the president was but a boy.

Yeah but you know, as he's the Antichrist, he has magical powers and can travel through time...

[Richard W]

Originally Posted by Natalie

I want to know why they changed both names in the caption, rather than just the one. Presumably Bobby Seale remains Bobby Seale in this alternate history.

Well Darcus Howe is another person that the senders might want to "discredit" by pretending he was in the Black Panthers (albeit unlikely because he's British), and maybe they thought the picture already looked enough like a younger version of him that they didn't need to alter it.

Actually the fact that they've renamed the other person as Darcus Howe, and that it's such an obvious photoshopping of Obama, makes me think it was originally intended as a joke that doesn't quite work out of context...

[Floater]

Originally Posted by TallGeekyGirl

That couldn't be more obviously photoshopped...

Are you sure?

[GalateaDancer]

[Don Enrico]

Even more obvious:



Don "I did it with Paint" Enrico

[franjava]

I laughed and snorted so loud that babyjava ran over to see what was so funny.

[Natalie]

Originally Posted by Richard W

Well Darcus Howe is another person that the senders might want to "discredit" by pretending he was in the Black Panthers (albeit unlikely because he's British), and maybe they thought the picture already looked enough like a younger version of him that they didn't need to alter it.

Wow, I am too cynical. I saw the first name "Darcus" and I thought it was some sort of crude racist joke. Something about "darkies" and black American naming traditions. No idea there is a real person by that name.

[Sue Bee]

Oh, dear dieties of the sinuses, that much water did not feel very good coming out my nose with that much force!

You are going to be purchasing keyboards en masse, so start taking names now.

[LizzyBean]

Add me to that keyboard list!

[DawnStorm]

You can send the O2 and hankie to Dawn.....

[TallGeekyGirl]

Ugh! Now you've really ruined it!

[GalateaDancer]

Oh my goodness, I think the is the first time I've owed anyone a keyboard in all the time I've been on snopes. And I owe so many of you, apparently... *heads out to Office Max*