Is this the set for the gay, top of the ticket version of "Nailin' Paylin?"

How long before someone crops the picture to have the last three "lettermen" plus John McCain?

rouge.

Shouldn't be a problem though. The McCain campaign believes in makeup to the tune of several thousand dollars.

How much those guys got paid. And don't try to tell me they did it because they were passionately inspired by the fantastic campaign being run by John McCain . . .

Damn, the McCain campaign sure knows how to pick 'em...

That's not even a particularly good chop job. The focus is inconsistent and the red paint is fake. You guys need to hire someone with a better eye for this kinda thing, that is, unless you wanna keep posting pics of palin holding a gun in a bikini, and calling it news.

The photo is as distasteful as McCain's campaign, if not more so. No child or grandchild of mine shall EVER attend St. Anselm's!

just for the record.

I'm with wolfmason. I wonder if the hack that did it was trying to do McCain a favor? Pathetic.

To perverts and flashers

McCain's broken so much new ground

His poor pained ass hurts

It's pretty funny... and anything that mocks McCain is fair game at this point. BUT... as a guy who uses photoshop all day professionally, I have to agree that I would be VERY surprised if this wasn't a crude example of a totally fabricated photo.

Those have got to be the most somber body painters I've seen.

Ususally people who paint themselves up are happy, cheerleaders, ready to rally for the cause.

These guys look like they are having their mug shots taken.

You get the feeling these are actors who answered a craigslist posting and were kind of disapointed to realize there was no way to put this on their resume that didn't seem really lame.

Damn, if those Log Cabin Boyz aren't at it again...

For shame on ye.....

Hypocrisy I say...

:-)

It's a Getty image and two versions of it appear on their website:

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=83298535#

(scroll to the bottom of the page).

I read an article recently that described Sarah Palin as representing "the vulgarization of America". A bunch of doods with their shirts off and letters painted on their stomachs seems like a natural continuation of the decline.

Sorry - scroll nearly halfway down the Getty page. For some reason I thought I'd gone to the very bottom. At any rate, theh photos aren't hard to spot. They, um, stand out from among the other backdrops!!!

I doubt it is photoshopped. I went to a Palin speech last week (hey, I was curious) and they had the same thing. Only they painted white shirts on themselves before painting the letters on, so it looked slightly less beefcake.

But wow, McCain, for being against gay marriage, that photo sure isn't helping you much.

MAVERICK(ITY)

Well, lots of people have long complained that American voters can no longer distinguish politics from sports, or voting from "supporting their team." That we've got too many "Republifans" and too few voters.

Guess this is the next logical step.

Well, I agree with the ICK part.

Doubt it.

Christ, we've all seen college kids do shit that was a lot more stupid than painting "maverick" on themselves.

Plus, when I was in college back in the '90s I remember all the Greeks were required to vote, presumably Republican. Wasn't like it was a secret the all the frats leaned conservative.

If it were "gay" we'd see some incredible bodies, not the Poppin' Fresh Doughboy x 8.

Note the ICK over John and Cindy McCain's heads. The ICK is in the far right of the photo. Also note that the men have lost their shirts, another sign of the times. It is a shame the audio is missing, but for those who were not there, the guys had just finished dancing to "You Can Leave Your Hat On" when the McCain's came out on stage.

It looks as if the McCain camp went to a frat house and paid the house to send some members to do this. Frats are often paid for showing up at rallies.

...we wish we knew how to quit you! But you're just so DAMNED MAVERICKY!"

No. He probably just has a drinking problem. and I bet one has probably date raped someone by now.

The guy on the left looks like he's wearing makeup!

Don't call us...we'll call you...(just don't hold your breath)

It's interesting that McCain, with heaping truckloads of help from the "Fawning-Corporate-Media" (FCM), miraculously managed to co-opt the all together good name of the real Maverick family of San Antonio Texas. They were absolutely, unabashedly, far-left leaning progressives, as well as organizers for the Texas ACLU.

McCain, and his entire campaign of darkness and despair should be nothing short of a complete and total embarrassment to all Americans with a functioning conscience.

When will this fever-dream of the past eight years finally end?

Assuming this is real...

If Obama had half-naked guys with their chests painted - especially if they were all...say...African Americans - this would be an anti-Obama McCain add.

If that isn't poor judgement...

Fail for not realizing that 'maverick' refers to cattle that aren't branded across their bodies.

Joe the Plumber ass crack?

re-think!

That's just embarrassing.

McCain obviously has a lock on the pasty white guy vote.

They don't look particularly happy, though. At least they can spell.

After looking at the Getty site, I am even more convinced that it's Photoshopped. There's just too many clues. Lighting, size, perspective....

I do this all day, every day for a living. I could be wrong, but.....

Has anyone ever thought about how mavericks actually get to be mavericks?

Their mothers rejected them so they wandered off and didn't get branded.

They are too stupid to stay with the rest of the herd and are thus vulnerable to predators.

The bulls ran them off.

When the rest of the head went to the watering hole, their noses were stuffed up and they couldn't smell water.

They have something mentally wrong with them and the whole herd rejects them.