Damn, now we’re obsessed again.

We briefly noted yesterday afternoon a photo of three young Latino men branded as ILLEGAL ALIENS in ads by Sharron Angle and David Vitter. The way these things work, we figured it was a stock photo — but looking for it quickly then, and devoting more time to it Wednesday night, we couldn’t turn up the source.

So who are they? Are they models who signed off on a generic contract, and have yet to discover where their faces have turned up? Are they actual illegal immigrants, perhaps photographed for an L.A. Times feature? What’s their story?

Jon Chait at TNR had the same question yesterday afternoon:

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If you have seventeen minutes to spare, why not enjoy a trip down memory lane? Or, if you’d rather not enjoy San Francisco after the 1906 Earthquake (and Fire! never forget the Fire!), there’s always the prequel.

[via Kottke]

While we were out amusing ourself in Bozoland, Sharron Angle and David Vitter were apparently raiding the same stock-photo house to frighten the bejeezus out of voters. A quick search of istockphoto.com for “latino gang” — “129 search results for Latin American and Hispanic Ethnicity AND Gang Member” — doesn’t turn up any matches, but we’re sure the original’s out there somewhere.

Angle And Vitter Use The Same Photo Of ‘Illegal Aliens’ In Racially-Tinged Attack Ads [ThinkProgress]

“Whitman still ended September with less cash on hand than her Democratic rival, Jerry Brown. According to his latest finance report, Brown enters the final stretch of the campaign with nearly $23 million in the bank, compared with Whitman’s $9.2 million. All told, Brown has spent roughly $11 million on the race — though that sum doesn’t include millions spent on TV ads on his behalf by labor unions in the state.” [Yahoo]

Ladies and gentlemen, Keith Olbermann presents BozoGate, starring Angry Bob as Bozo, Michael Musto as Random Witch, and about a minute in, A Very Special Cameo by Stinque, playing the part of Bozo Truthers in the crowd scene.

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Welcome, Countdown viewers and Future Robot Overlords!

Here’s your complete guide to BozoGate, from the original research, to the Times update and surreal Countdown segment, to (finally?) local coverage in Philly:

1. A Very Special Stinque Investigation

2. “Where’s the Bozo Certificate?” Billboard

3. Channel Your Outrage Into Our Bank Account

4. The Times Rides Again

5. The Reckoning

6. Adventures in Surrealism: BozoGate on Countdown

7. It’s Always Bozo in Philadelphia

“A new poll from Pew and National Journal contains a really striking finding: Only one third of Democrats think this Congress has achieved more than other recent Congresses. Meanwhile, 60 percent of Dems think it has accomplished the same or less.” [Plum Line]