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Funny stuff….

So if you, (unlike me, sadly) were watching McCain’s speech last night at the RNC and you wondered what that massive mansion-like building behind him during the first minutes was, then I’ve got a little answer for you: No, it wasn’t one of McCain’s seven homes. It was Walter Reed Middle School in Hollywood, California.

Why was this image used, you might ask? What significance does this school have in the life of McCain or Republicans in general? Was this the school McCain himself attended? (No, it wasn’t.) Was it posted just to keep people interested through the speech of a mediocre orator, keep them guessing their image trivia knowledge in order to stay focused on the stage? (Maybe.)

And doesn’t that middle school have a name remarkably similar to another institution, more common in the daily lexicon of politicos and the public – that of Walter Reed Medical Center, the infamous hospital where veterans have been treated to the finest the Republican Commander-in-Chief’s resources had to offer, which wasn’t much? (Yes, it does.)

It turns out that the man who designed the slideshow for the backdrop behind McCain during his RNC speech was supposed to show a picture of Walter Reed…. Medical Center. So he did what many of us would do on a school project or family slideshow: he googled it. And found Walter Reed Middle School. And used a picture of it. And now he will never, ever, have a job in IT again.

(Good to know that Republican fact-checkers are on top of things, pay attention to detail – that sort of thing.)

More of the scoop over here and the pictures are here.