After President Obama's remarks that no businessman succeeded completely on his own, the right-wing has been having some fun. One of their "fun" pictures appears to be a fraud.
I'm referring to this website http://obamadidthisonhisown.com/ which purports to show the irony of an Obama field office located above a carpet store that is going out of business. Here is the picture:
This piqued my interest so I googled on the name of the business. I found their listing in the Superpages and this address is 533 Forest Ave in Portland, ME. I also found this real estate listing that confirms it, as it has a picture of the building and lists the same address. So is Obama's field office at 533 Forest Avenue located above a failing business?
No.
Obama's field office in Portland is located at 1037 Forest Avenue, as shown on his website. According to Google maps, this is 1.2 miles away from the location pictured here.
Also, take a close look at the picture of the building in the real estate listing linked above, and compare it to the picture from the right-wing blog. Particularly notice the wording and coloring of the banners. Photoshop has definitely been applied here.
Also, take a close look at the picture of the building in the real estate listing linked above, and compare it to the picture from the right-wing blog. Particularly notice the wording and coloring of the banners. Photoshop has definitely been applied here.