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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on March 02, 2015, 02:34:11 PM
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n2doc (36,369 posts)
Artist Claims He Included Lewinsky’s Blue Dress In Clinton Portrait
(https://cbswashington.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/gettyimages_57413691.jpg)
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — The artist who painted Bill Clinton’s portrait for the National Portrait Gallery claims that he slipped in a Monica Lewinsky reference into the painting.
Nelson Shanks told the Philadelphia Daily News that he “subtly†incorporated Lewinsky’s infamous blue dress into the 2006 portrait.
“The reality is he’s probably the most famous liar of all time. He and his administration did some very good things, of course, but I could never get this Monica thing completely out of my mind and it is subtly incorporated in the painting,†Shanks said.
He explained that he put a shadow of the blue dress into the painting.
“If you look at the left-hand side of it there’s a mantle in the Oval Office and I put a shadow coming into the painting and it does two things,†Shanks told the Daily News. “It actually literally represents a shadow from a blue dress that I had on a mannequin, that I had there while I was painting it, but not when he was there. It is also a bit of a metaphor in that it represents a shadow on the office he held, or on him.â€
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http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/03/02/artist-claims-he-included-lewinskys-blue-dress-in-clinton-portrait/
Wonder if there are any shadows of dead soldiers on W's portrait?
alcibiades_mystery (31,539 posts)
1. I don't even like Clinton, and I think this is shithead behavior
They should dump his piece from the National Portrait Gallery.
madokie (42,443 posts)
3. F* him
Now bill but the artist
Yea bill should have been censored for the tawdy affair but we all have to realize that after years of made up investigations that was all they could get on him. I still think that she was encouraged into this moreso than her just having the hots for the big dog. Some sinister shit was going on with the Clinton's trying to tarnish and or smear the name. Reightwingers are scared shitless of hillary and that alone makes it possible for me to be able to vote for her without holding my nose. If she raises the ire of so many of what I would call my enemies then there is something I can get behind on her.
BlueCaliDem (8,551 posts)
4. A partisan painter helping the GOP to define an inevitable Clinton campaign??
Shanks told the Daily News:
“It actually literally represents a shadow from a blue dress that I had on a mannequin, that I had there while I was painting it, but not when he was there. It is also a bit of a metaphor in that it represents a shadow on the office he held, or on him.â€
A shadow on the office he held?? Oh for crying out loud, Mister Artist, people don't want to be reminded of a trumped-up scandal by a bunch of Republican hypocrites in Congress who launched a witch hunt of this popular Democratic president! Would you have painted shadows of little boys from the Franklin Scandal on Saint Ronnie's and Poppy Bush's official portraits? How about Iran-Contra? How about a shadow of a feeble, confused man on Saint Ronnie's portrait? Bet you wouldn't DARE.
This is just more Clinton-bashing and it's no coincidence it's being reported on the day that rumors have it that Hillary Clinton intends to announce her candidacy in April.
Ladies and gentleman...the witch hunt on yet another Clinton has officially begun...
Sometimes witch hunts find real witches.
DemocratSinceBirth (49,175 posts)
7. I wonder if an artist put a "Trail Of Tears" reference in Andrew Jackson's portrait.
You could do that crap with almost every president, including the "sainted" one.
As long as the tears are shaped like (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/archive/7/73/20100928005027!US_Democratic_Party_Logo.svg/120px-US_Democratic_Party_Logo.svg.png)
Are_grits_groceries (15,696 posts)
8. Take it out NOW!
Many presidents behaved badly in many ways without such an insult.
procon (883 posts)
9. That's pretty damn ballsy.
The National Portrait Gallery is a national treasure trove of art that is free to the public and supported by federal funding. They did not spend the tax payers money to pay for the artist to editorialize his political biases and add his personal views to a formal portrait and then brag about his childish misdeed and deceiving the Gallery to the press. The gallery should refuse the painting, demand a refund and full public apology, and then this jerk should be blackballed for any future work in the public sector.
And the first person to stop applauding should be sent to Siberia.
dilby (1,915 posts)
11. I love Bill Clinton and love this painting even more now.
It's a testament to the butt hurt of conservatives everywhere for the Eight great years we had in the 90's.
I think of it as more of a testament that Demon-rat-ticks will take it on the face to get close to power.
Except Hilary -- I'm pretty sure she wouldn't.
BB_Smoke (44 posts)
12. I always felt there was an uneasy subtext to this painting
Look at Clinton's pose. Jacket pulled back, hips slightly thrust forward, fingers positioned just so. He was making a statement about the oral sex even without the "dress". These portraits are not supposed to be jejune political cartoons.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026299305
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Libs and Dummies are much like unhousebroken puppies.
They need their faces constantly rubbed into the messes they make.
You can stop rubbing when they own it, so be prepared to wait a lifetime or longer.
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BB_Smoke (44 posts)
12. I always felt there was an uneasy subtext to this painting
Look at Clinton's pose. Jacket pulled back, hips slightly thrust forward, fingers positioned just so. He was making a statement about the oral sex even without the "dress". These portraits are not supposed to be jejune political cartoons.
Considering he made a caricature of himself, and a mockery of the Office, I'd say it's very fitting.
For the rest of you DUmmies that are whining about having your greasy faces rubbed in clinton's crotch, I have only one thing to say: Better put some ice on that.
:lmao:
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I don't even see it.
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I don't even see it.
The shadow just beneath the plant on the fireplace mantle.
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Obama's will have a crescent moon and star featured prominently in his.
This would actually be a good model for the pic.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/thundley4/fistbump_zps7tjfsoqr.jpg)
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Why isn't Hillary reclining on a pile of shucked clams?
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PCIntern (15,752 posts)
15. I have treated two of Nelson Shanks' students...
painters of the highest quality.
They both independently think he's insane. Brilliant painter...but insane. One gentleman had to stop working for/with him because he couldn't take it any more. My acquaintance is a terrific guy whom I've known for 25 years.
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Because two patients having their teeth cleaned would spontaneously say such a thing to their dentist.
Horrible bouncy, tooth tard.
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Because two patients having their teeth cleaned would spontaneously say such a thing to their dentist.
Horrible bouncy, tooth tard.
Tooth rape.
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The shadow just beneath the plant on the fireplace mantle.
Nice, that's awesome.
The artist gets the last laugh on the joke of a President.
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The best part is the picture they posted of hill & bill grinning (in their ignorance) like possums eating peanut butter.
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As long as the tears are shaped like (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/archive/7/73/20100928005027!US_Democratic_Party_Logo.svg/120px-US_Democratic_Party_Logo.svg.png)
:lmao: :hi5:
He and his administration did some very good things, of course,
No, he and his administration were reigned in from sh*tting the bed and they were smart enough to just let the free market, be the free market.... compliments of:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_enwllKVe46g/STRlabLgcuI/AAAAAAAAAAg/uF-J5qmXNBc/s400/SuperReagan.jpg)
and in spite of:
(http://www.garyrevel.com/News/bush1.jpg)
this doorknob.
dilby (1,915 posts)
11. I love Bill Clinton and love this painting even more now.
It's a testament to the butt hurt of conservatives everywhere for the Eight great years we had in the 90's.
(http://burgess.house.gov/UploadedFiles/President_Reagan_1981.jpg)
You're welcome, shitferbrains.
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Just in time for Hillary's campaign.
I suggest the next portrait be on Pedo island.
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I have two words for the DUmmie goons about those eight great Clinton years:
Ross Perot.
Clinton never was popular. This nation does not remember him fondly. He was and always will be a white trash classless jerk.
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I noticed he also included the bulbous nose. :-)
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I have two words for the DUmmie goons about those eight great Clinton years:
Ross Perot.
Clinton never was popular. This nation does not remember him fondly. He was and always will be a white trash classless jerk.
You say that like lib/dem/socialists would be repelled by that.
It's a resume enhancer for them.
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:bird: :bird:
Ross Perot.
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I noticed he also included the bulbous nose. :-)
And the stance.
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I noticed he also included the bulbous nose. :-)
He did remind me of W. C. Fields, without the class.
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You say that like lib/dem/socialists would be repelled by that.
It's a resume enhancer for them.
The lefties I know froth at the mouth and spew spittle whenever it is brought up that Ross Perot was the one and only reason that the Horny Hillbilly was installed in the White House (by a plurality (default) vote).
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The shadow just beneath the plant on the fireplace mantle.
Hahahahahahaha!!!! I see it! :lmao:
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Obama's will have a crescent moon and star featured prominently in his.
This would actually be a good model for the pic.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/thundley4/fistbump_zps7tjfsoqr.jpg)
Looks like the artist could read the future.
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I'd forgotten all about that New Yorker cover! Pretty prescient. Sleeper cell in the White House.
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This is nothing new.
If you look at the official portrait of Vice President Biden, just above
his right shoulder, you can just make out a shadow of a doubt.
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Let's play 'Compare & contrast !' !
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3990991
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Jill Greenberg's Bizzare McCain Photo
When The Atlantic called Jill Greenberg, a committed Democrat, to shoot a portrait of John McCain for its October cover, she rubbed her hands with glee.
She delivered the image the magazine asked for—a shot that makes the Republican presidential nominee look heroic. Greenberg is well known for her highly retouched images of bears and crying babies. But she didn’t bother to do much retouching on her McCain images. “I left his eyes red and his skin looking bad,†she says.
After getting that shot, Greenberg asked McCain to “please come over here†for one more set-up before the 15-minute shoot was over. There, she had a beauty dish with a modeling light set up. “That’s what he thought he was being lit by,†Greenberg says. “But that wasn’t firing.â€
What was firing was a strobe positioned below him, which cast the horror movie shadows across his face and on the wall right behind him. “He had no idea he was being lit from below,†Greenberg says. And his handlers didn’t seem to notice it either. “I guess they’re not very sophisticated,†she adds.
The Atlantic didn’t select the diabolical looking McCain for its cover. Greenberg is hoping to license that image to some other magazine (she negotiated a two-week embargo with The Atlantic so she could re-license images from the shoot before the election).
link (click on thumbnail in article for full size (bizzare) shot of McCain) : http://www.pdnpulse.com/2008/09/how-jill-greenb.html
The links to the photos and article are dead, but Michelle Malkin (http://michellemalkin.com/2008/09/14/the-atlantic-should-have-googled-jill-greenberg-before-hiring-her/) still has a piece on the ensuing scandal available.