There are still some incongruities with the unbelievable appearance of McCain on the lawn of Walter Reed Middle School.

If we go with a Wizard of Oz behind the curtain theory that they're too incompetent to realize the green screen problem and somebody just got the wrong picture, then how likely is it that they actually wanted a picture of Walter Reed Army Medical Center?

They claimed to be using stock Americana images all week, and they were (corn, flagpole, African-Americans, etc), but where is the logic in suddenly wanting a specific image that very few people would recognize, a particular Veterans' hospital?

Could they have possibly thought that Walter Reed Medical and McCain standing in front of it was an image they want to put up at the beginning of his speech during his thank-yous? Possibly. But the word "veteran" doesn't even appear in his speech (neither does "vet" - ha). He mentions a fallen soldier's family and bracelet, but not Veterans  themselves. At minute 7 the background incongruously changes to the cornfield, then right before minute 9 we get the sky-blue flagpole shot for the rest of the speech.

Isn't it more likely that they would have wanted images as generic as the entire convention?

Watch the first 9 minutes again. Within 30 seconds of getting Walter Reed Middle School and it's built-in green screen, we get the protester with McCain Votes Against Vets sign.

The timing and irony of the Middle School and the green screen and the protester are the elephants in the convention hall.

Consider another theory: a talented Minneapolis graphic production professional gets a frantic call from the campaign a few weeks ago to manage the mega-TV they want at their convention because the local production union won't work with them. Maybe this person is a Vet. Maybe his or her brother or uncle is a Vet. Maybe this person watches Colbert. Maybe this person knows the truth about McCain's record...

We know they're incompetent enough to put McCain in front of a green screen on Obama's primary win night. But are they possibly incompetent enough to want a picture of Walter Reed Medical (or a "generic" image of a middle school that looks like a mansion, for that matter), at the beginning of the speech, followed by a cornfield (in a speech that doesn't mention farms or agriculture), followed by the trusty flagpole with built-in blue screen for 40 minutes?

First they say it was somebody's fault, then they say it was on purpose - but maybe not their purpose.

Cindy's expression as she looks at the screen sums it up: WTF?

There are still some incongruities with the unbelievable appearance of McCain on the lawn of Walter Reed Middle School.

If we go with a Wizard of Oz behind the curtain theory that they're too incompetent to realize the green screen problem and somebody just got the wrong picture, then how likely is it that they actually wanted a picture of Walter Reed Army Medical Center?

They claimed to be using stock Americana images all week, and they were (corn, flagpole, African-Americans, etc), but where is the logic in suddenly wanting a specific image that very few people would recognize, a particular Veterans' hospital?

Could they have possibly thought that Walter Reed Medical and McCain standing in front of it was an image they want to put up at the beginning of his speech during his thank-yous? Possibly. But the word "veteran" doesn't even appear in his speech (neither does "vet" - ha). He mentions a fallen soldier's family and bracelet, but not Veterans  themselves. At minute 7 the background incongruously changes to the cornfield, then right before minute 9 we get the sky-blue flagpole shot for the rest of the speech.

Isn't it more likely that they would have wanted images as generic as the entire convention?

Watch the first 9 minutes again. Within 30 seconds of getting Walter Reed Middle School and it's built-in green screen, we get the protester with McCain Votes Against Vets sign.

The timing and irony of the Middle School and the green screen and the protester are the elephants in the convention hall.

Consider another theory: a talented Minneapolis graphic production professional gets a frantic call from the campaign a few weeks ago to manage the mega-TV they want at their convention because the local production union won't work with them. Maybe this person is a Vet. Maybe his or her brother or uncle is a Vet. Maybe this person watches Colbert. Maybe this person knows the truth about McCain's record...

We know they're incompetent enough to put McCain in front of a green screen on Obama's primary win night. But are they possibly incompetent enough to want a picture of Walter Reed Medical (or a "generic" image of a middle school that looks like a mansion, for that matter), at the beginning of the speech, followed by a cornfield (in a speech that doesn't mention farms or agriculture), followed by the trusty flagpole with built-in blue screen for 40 minutes?

First they say it was somebody's fault, then they say it was on purpose - but maybe not their purpose.

Cindy's expression as she looks at the screen sums it up: WTF?

There are still some incongruities with the unbelievable appearance of McCain on the lawn of Walter Reed Middle School.

If we go with a Wizard of Oz behind the curtain theory that they're too incompetent to realize the green screen problem and somebody just got the wrong picture, then how likely is it that they actually wanted a picture of Walter Reed Army Medical Center?

They claimed to be using stock Americana images all week, and they were (corn, flagpole, African-Americans, etc), but where is the logic in suddenly wanting a specific image that very few people would recognize, a particular Veterans' hospital?

Could they have possibly thought that Walter Reed Medical and McCain standing in front of it was an image they want to put up at the beginning of his speech during his thank-yous? Possibly. But the word "veteran" doesn't even appear in his speech (neither does "vet" - ha). He mentions a fallen soldier's family and bracelet, but not Veterans  themselves. At minute 7 the background incongruously changes to the cornfield, then right before minute 9 we get the sky-blue flagpole shot for the rest of the speech.

Isn't it more likely that they would have wanted images as generic as the entire convention?

Watch the first 9 minutes again. Within 30 seconds of getting Walter Reed Middle School and it's built-in green screen, we get the protester with McCain Votes Against Vets sign.

The timing and irony of the Middle School and the green screen and the protester are the elephants in the convention hall.

Consider another theory: a talented Minneapolis graphic production professional gets a frantic call from the campaign a few weeks ago to manage the mega-TV they want at their convention because the local production union won't work with them. Maybe this person is a Vet. Maybe his or her brother or uncle is a Vet. Maybe this person watches Colbert. Maybe this person knows the truth about McCain's record...

We know they're incompetent enough to put McCain in front of a green screen on Obama's primary win night. But are they possibly incompetent enough to want a picture of Walter Reed Medical (or a "generic" image of a middle school that looks like a mansion, for that matter), at the beginning of the speech, followed by a cornfield (in a speech that doesn't mention farms or agriculture), followed by the trusty flagpole with built-in blue screen for 40 minutes?

First they say it was somebody's fault, then they say it was on purpose - but maybe not their purpose.

Cindy's expression as she looks at the screen sums it up: WTF?