Do you see a crowd of adoring Romney fans? That's what you're supposed to see. There were roughly 3000 people at this political picnic yesterday in Fancy Farm, Kentucky where Mitch McConnell spoke on behalf of Republicans. There is not a single handmade "Romney" sign in this photo posted in multiple places on the Internet by the mainstream media. And there isn't a single sign promoting Mitch McConnell either, but it's only fair to mention he's not up for re-election. This photo of, roughly, 30 people shows about a dozen "Romney" signs. (Notice the thinning at the margins too.) This relatively small group of conservatives gathered to promote local conservative candidates. Right before McConnell was to speak Andrew, the vice president of the Louisville Tea Party (Louisville is three and a half hours away) showed up with these professionally printed signs and handed them out. I suspect Koch brothers money bought them, but Andrew assures me "his" group is not connected with the infamous greedy Koch brothers.
The real story about Fancy Farm is that it hosted many more liberals than conservatives, even though many of our higher level Democratic Party officials and electeds failed to show up for this event. This is a much more accurate representation of the crowd at this picnic:
And this:
There were numerous videos made of the speakers by KET. They set up their cameras before the event so that they were positioned to hide the unnatural look that might have resulted as they mostly panned only the Republican fourth of the crowd!
So my conclusion and answer to my own question is that an "un-doctored" photograph doesn't lie. But someone sure as hell might try to use a cleverly posed and edited photograph to fool you!
