Apparently the same effect couldn’t have been achieved by just telling Americans that everyone in the crowd supporting socialized medicine was a doctor, so the White House felt the need to create costumes and put on a show. Welcome to the age of fake.

President Obama yesterday rolled out the red carpet — and handed out doctors’ white coats as well, just so nobody missed his hard-sell health-care message.

In a heavy-handed attempt at reviving support for health-care reform, the White House orchestrated a massive photo op to buttress its claim that front-line physicians support Obama. …

The physicians, all invited guests, were told to bring their white lab coats to make sure that TV cameras captured the image.

But some docs apparently forgot, failing to meet the White House dress code by showing up in business suits or dresses.

So the White House rustled up white coats for them and handed them to the suited physicians who had taken seats in the sun-splashed lawn area.

The White House just happens to have a bunch of lab coats sitting around the place? What, for that occasional Tuesday when staffers just feel the urge to wear lab coats? Perhaps the White House has a name Costume Czar and he knew the perfect place to rustle up wardrobe for the propaganda imagery.