--- title: Jeb Bush Photoshop: Super PAC Releases Image description: Jeb Bush has fallen victim to what appears to be the first Photoshop fail of the 2016 campaign. canonical: https://time.com/4007139/jeb-bush-photoshop-fail/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-22T01:54:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:47.815Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jeb Bush's Super PAC Has a Bad Photoshop Moment og:description: He appears to be superimposed on an Iowa city, with someone else's hand. og:url: https://time.com/4007139/jeb-bush-photoshop-fail/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd08ad6ef55515d5/698860435f570f1017b1d06b/jeb-bush-george-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks to attendees at the Iowa State Fair Soapbox in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeb Bush's Super PAC Has a Bad Photoshop Moment twitter:description: He appears to be superimposed on an Iowa city, with someone else's hand. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd08ad6ef55515d5/698860435f570f1017b1d06b/jeb-bush-george-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jeb Bush's Super PAC Has a Bad Photoshop Moment > Sponsored content. 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From his unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in 1994 through his decision to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, here are some of the top moments from Jeb Bush's political career._ by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Aug 22, 2015 1:54 AM UTC  Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks to attendees at the Iowa State Fair Soapbox in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks to attendees at the Iowa State Fair Soapbox in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Aug 22, 2015 1:54 AM UTC Jeb Bush has fallen victim to what appears to be the first Photoshop fail of the 2016 campaign. A super PAC supporting the former Florida Governor’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination released its first mailer to Iowa voters this week. Right to Rise USA tweeted a picture of the inaugural mailing, which appears to show Bush posing in front of a bridge in what appears to be Cedar Rapids, the second largest city in Iowa. But a closer look at the photo seems to show that Bush was actually superimposed on a a [stock](http://i.istockimg.com/image-zoom/24065982/3/380/253/zoom-24065982-3.jpg) image of the city, while his left hand appears to belong to someone else. Federal Election Commission could be partly to blame. The FEC bars coordination between a super PAC and a campaign, so if Right to Rise wanted a photo of Bush in Iowa, they couldn’t just ask for it. > [](https://twitter.com/r2rusa/status/634401700346884096) > [](https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/634869691887022080) ## Transcript The younger Bush brother did not make the governor's chair in Florida. The older Bush brother, George W. Bush, did make it in Texas. This is a mixed night for the Bush family. I know we can do better. It requires a new style of leadership, commitment to service to others, and an ability to bring people together rather than divide I wanna be the governor that leads us there. And in Florida, Jeb Bush, 56 to 44 over Buddy MacKay, the Democratic candidate. My brother said in one of his speeches, my brother said he's gonna deliver Florida. [ LAUGH ] He did say That he said it more than once. Will he deliver it? He also told it was going to be a cold Thanksgiving dinner if I don't help him out, and then we're going to carry it. We could be in for a long night as voters decide whether Vice President Al Gore or Texas Governor George Bush will be the next president of the United States. It is that close. ABC News is now going to project that Florida goes to Mr. Bush. While the closest elections in American history Bush has won it. The rigor of the common core state standards must be the new minimum in classrooms. And so for those states that are choosing a path other than common core I say this. You should be aiming even higher. And be bolder and raise standards and ask more for our students and the system. The simple fact is there is no plan to deport 11 Million people. We should give them a path to legal status. Where they work, where they don't receive government benefits, where they don't break the law, where they learn English, and where they make a contribution to our society. Knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion? I would of and so would of Hillary Clinton. Just to remind everybody and so would of almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got. By the way guess who thinks that those mistakes took place as well. George W. Bush. Your brother. Yeah. I mean so just for the news flash to the world that they're trying to find places that there's big space between me and my brother, this might not be one of those. I'm running for president in 2016, and the focus is going to be about how we, if I run, how do you create high sustained economic growth where more people have a chance at our success. I don't know if I'd be a good candidate or a bad one. Kinda know how a Republican can win, whether it's me or somebody else. And it has to be much more uplifting, much more positive, much more willing to be practical now in the Washington world. Lose the primary to win the general. 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