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But The Atlantic outdid just about everyone with this image on its story by Philip Bump, How Obama Can Deal with the Irate Republican Army (via Ed Driscoll h/t Instapundit):
Smitty had it right:
https://twitter.com/smitty_one_each/status/388234299646181376
As startling as the image may seem coming from a mainstream publication, consider that the source of the image was a photo of an Irish Republican Army terrorist, Colin Duffy, who was charged with the killing of British soldiers (he later was acquitted):
Notice the photo of Colin Duffy is the exact same photo The Atlantic used as the source for the photoshop.
I'm sure the author and editors at The Atlantic knew exactly what they were doing, even if most of the readers didn't pick up on the Boehner being equated to a specific accused murderer.
Bump made sure to invoke the Irish Republican Army in the text of the post:
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