Not surprisingly, the Obama Joker Poster reported by NewsBusters Saturday is already drawing some outrage.
According to a television station where the posters have been spotted, "Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson is calling the depiction, politically mean spirited and dangerous."
Yet, when Vanity Fair's Politics & Power blog published a somewhat similar visual representation of George W. Bush last July, nobody seemed to complain. In fact, throughout the Bush years, demeaning drawings of the President and Vice President Dick Cheney were quite commonplace.
But, according to KTLA.com, depicting Barack Obama in unflattering terms is a no no (h/t Sonny Bunch via Jonah Goldberg):
Hutchinson is challenging the group or individual that put up the poster to have the courage and decency to publicly identify themselves.
"Depicting the president as demonic and a socialist goes beyond political spoofery," says Hutchinson, "it is mean-spirited and dangerous."
"We have issued a public challenge to the person or group that put up the poster to come forth and publicly tell why they have used this offensive depiction to ridicule President Obama."
Hmmm. I wonder where the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable was when Vanity Fair published this last July:
And where was the outrage when the Village Voice published this on the cover of its October 26, 2004, issue:
In reality, if I wanted to, I could likely produce hundreds of disgusting drawings of Bush, Cheney, and others in their Administration plastered at publications across the fruited plain the last eight years.
That was acceptable commentary and political satire back then.
Now that Obama is in the White House, it's called "mean-spirited and dangerous."
Any questions?
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.
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Well, at least it is not a likeness of...
August 3, 2009 - 21:05 ET by legacyrepublicanImagine the intense outcry if what the poster showed was Obama as Mohammed!
It is not like his middle name has anything to do with Mohammed or his grandchild, right?
Joker Posters
August 3, 2009 - 23:07 ET by ACWActually I don't see what all the fuss is about. I voted for Obama and continue to support him and I don't find the poster offensive.
Atlantic Magazine
August 4, 2009 - 06:54 ET by allanfDoes anyone remember Jill Greenberg’s photo of McCain for the Atlantic? It might be worth reposting here Noel.
I guess only photographs of Obama with a halo are copacetic.
I remember it
August 4, 2009 - 07:15 ET by mchris65I don't have to click on the link because I do remember it well. It was downright disturbing, and you didn't hear him or his voters whining about it (his daughter rightfully complained tho'). Suddenly this poster is headline newsworthy, with BO at the helm. Shhh...mustn't speak ill of our leader!
Calling someone a Socialist is WAY worse
August 4, 2009 - 07:44 ET by SickofLibsCalling someone a Socialist is WAY worse than a bloodthirsty warmonger.
/s
ACW
August 4, 2009 - 07:45 ET by cvgbuckeyeBetrayed upon your confession, you just don't see.
His Majesty The Shahinshah
August 3, 2009 - 21:09 ET by Unsane...sorta like some Leftist posters whining about how my repeated references to the current White House occupant as His Majesty The Shahinshah is "insulting" and "disrespectful", but when Bush was in office...anything and everything went. You could even make a movie about Bush getting assassinated and win critical acclaim.
But you DARE NOT EVER insult Him. You cannot even poke fun at Him on a Saturday Night Live routine. Seriously, it is a wonder that you can find Bibles in American hotels anymore, rather than The Audacity of Hope and Dreams From My Father.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Great.......
August 4, 2009 - 07:58 ET by Gecks....Did you have to give them ANOTHER idea?????
"Your right to Life, Liberty, and the Persuit of Happiness ends at my front door, and my wallet!"-Me!
I am just glad that
August 3, 2009 - 21:11 ET by R D HelmI am just glad that somebody on the right finally has the stones to start sticking it to the left the same way they have been doing to us for years.
Our way of life, indeed our very country, is right now at stake, and this is not the time to play nice with those laboring tirelessly to destroy it.
If we are going to have any chance to win the fight against the freedom-hating swine now working feverishly to "transform" the America we were born in into something decidedly hideous, we are going to eventually have to get down in the mud and wrestle with them.
The ultimate cost of not doing so is just too high.
x-posted here on same topic (hey, I'm 46 now, and don't have the patience, not to mention the time, to repeat myself from scratch anymore)- http://americanpower...
-Dave
Right on Dave!
August 3, 2009 - 21:17 ET by legacyrepublicanAMEN!
I love the game of ..
August 3, 2009 - 21:12 ET by Gary Hall.."Bingo!"
So I guess that makes the
August 3, 2009 - 21:12 ET by Another Dead KennedySo I guess that makes the creator of the Obama Joker poster a big fat copy-catter.
"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen." Ronald Reagan
well at least he/she
August 4, 2009 - 14:25 ET by TruthMongerwell at least he/she didn't COPY-CAT FROM THE ACTUAL FILM like the creator of the Bush Joker poster:)
Palin/Prejean 2012
Depends on how you see it.
August 4, 2009 - 14:41 ET by Another Dead KennedyDepends on how you see it. The cartoon version of Bush is an animated version of the film character, whereas the Obama version is more like the filmed version of the character, just minus the hair.
"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen." Ronald Reagan
Urban policy round table?
August 3, 2009 - 21:17 ET by zoro7957..............what the hell is that? Code name for "we will hound you into submission until you regonize us as legitiment organization"?......although I do like "spoofery".......is that an adjective?
"Spoofery"
August 4, 2009 - 07:18 ET by Seabeach4348<<"Depicting the president as demonic and a socialist goes beyond political spoofery," says Hutchinson, "it is mean-spirited and dangerous.">>
OK obviously this Ohafi Hutchinson guy voted for Obozo and most likely considers himself an intellectual. And I'm happy to learn that the ObamaJoker poster gets his underwear all bunched up.
I'd say that "spoofery" is a noun, and Earl Ohafi Hutchinson is behaving "stupidly" for his hissy-fit over this brilliant poster of the Village Idiot in Chief!
And BTW just who is this pansy Hutchinson? and his bulls**t organization?
And, Mr. Hutchinson, what ISN'T socialist about Obama?
I'll tell you ...
August 4, 2009 - 11:43 ET by EricTheRed... exactly who Earl Ofari Hutchinson is. Because KTLA News sure as hell does not. Here's the bio from his own politics blog:
Nationally acclaimed author and political analyst. He has authored ten books; his articlesare published in newspapers and magazines nationally in the United States.Three of his books have been published in other languages. He is also a socialand political analyst and he appears on such TV programs as CNN, MSBC, NPR, TheO'Reilly Show, American Urban Radio Network, and local Los Angeles televisionand radio stations as well. He is an associate editor at New America Media anda regular contributor to Black News.com, Alternet.com, BlackAmericaWeb.Com andthe Huffington Post. He does a weekly commentary on KJLH Radio in Los Angeles.
So Hutchinson is an author and political analyst with regular radio spots and TV appearances. Gee, ya think KTLA News coulda let their audience know that???
http://VocalMinority... The Jewish Republican's Web Sanctuary
I am sick to death of the
August 3, 2009 - 21:25 ET by bigtimerI am sick to death of the whining left using the word 'mean-spirited' and 'dangerous' when it suits them and they are losing a battle.
We must fight back, don't let up for one second, with every tool we have.
Or we are done.
It really is now or never...in my opinion.
The silent majority is dangerous...and they are waking up all across this land....the left are cowering to a point...we cannot stop now...best foot forward...the leftists have to be defeated to save this country and what she stands for.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
bt I'm with you! I'm
August 3, 2009 - 21:29 ET by Radical1979bt I'm with you! I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.
Of course I've heard protestors are being banned from Townhall meetings and some are no longer meetings in the sense that no one but the politician is allowed to speak. No matter, I can find out where their offices are and stop by to visit them and chat with my list.
Rad... Speaking of what
August 3, 2009 - 21:40 ET by bigtimerRad...
Speaking of what you are here regarding trying to silence us, you should have heard Contessa Brewer today, wanting anyone with a prop preemted from attending these Town Hall Meetings, she said for example a Bible or a Birth Certificate...what a twit this woman is, to top it off this was about the Town Hall Meetings about ObamaCare today as in Specter/Sebelius and Lloyd Doggett.
msnbc...at it's best.
...as George Soros smiles.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Moscow-on-the-Colorado's very own Lloyd Doggett
August 3, 2009 - 21:45 ET by UnsaneI can't wait for the day that Doggett swings through my town. Unfortunately I live in his district. If he decides to hold a town hall meeting in my town (and I happen to not be on the road when it happens), I think I will ask him some very pointed, uncomfortable questions.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Uns... I'd sure like to
August 3, 2009 - 21:47 ET by bigtimerUns...
I'd sure like to see that!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Ah, so now a Bible isn't a
August 3, 2009 - 21:47 ET by Radical1979Ah, so now a Bible isn't a Bible, it's a prop. Obamaspeak, the new language previewed by George Orwell in his book 1984.
Rad... She truly is
August 3, 2009 - 21:51 ET by bigtimerRad...
She truly is dumber than a pet rock.
You had to see it....I think she was on with Jonathan Alter, then again, now that I think more about it, it was someone I have never heard of and I think he did make some good points that she just couldn't wrap her one cell brain around.
Oh well...you get my drift.
She really pissed me off....again.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
My Congressman....
August 4, 2009 - 08:04 ET by Gecks.....Adam Schiff from the 29th district here in California had a town hall meeting scheduled here in Pasadena this month...I saw it on his website a few weeks ago...last week, when I went to go get the date and time, well, lo and behold...his calander said that there was "nothig scheduled for this month". He is such a coward. And here my boss said he would bail me out if I happened to get arrested. Damn!!!!
"Your right to Life, Liberty, and the Persuit of Happiness ends at my front door, and my wallet!"-Me!
That horse has left the barn
August 4, 2009 - 07:44 ET by KC MulvilleIf the Left criticized a president during a war, like they criticized Bush in Iraq, then the issue of "dangerous" criticism is simply off the table.
I'm waiting to hear the Unreflective Left argue that it doesn't matter whether we believe the criticism, any criticism against the president that's "mean-spirited" should be suppressed. We can just forget about what they've said ... and are still saying ... about Bush.
People should email Earl
August 3, 2009 - 21:26 ET by kgPeople should email Earl the evil pictures of Bush.
DumbAssity of Dope"
Waiting for balboa to
August 3, 2009 - 21:31 ET by hydrodynDMWaiting for balboa to ask...
... why so serious?
Concern Trolls deserve days
August 4, 2009 - 05:46 ET by Right2thePointConcern Trolls deserve days off to.
tired of liberal lies The
August 3, 2009 - 21:39 ET by stunnedtired of liberal lies
The left knows its constant drumbeat mocking of Bush and being critical of EVERYTHING his administration did was effective in driving down his and the Republican Party poll numbers and enabled the retaking of Congress by Dems. Any mocking or critizing of Obama will be met by screams of outrage to enable the radical agenda of Obama being passed. It explains the hysterical attacks on tea parties, Limbaugh, Beck, Dobbs, Rick Santorum, ect ect ect by the left and the enablers in the MSM. Not to mention the attacks on Palin during the election cycle. Watch now as critics who dare question their congressmen are being described as mobs in the pay of insurance companies by the MSM.
Drudge!
August 3, 2009 - 21:39 ET by TexndocWas so happy to see this happy photo on Drudge today because he gets so many hits, and that he had linked to Newsbusters. Bravo.
C'mon Noel
August 3, 2009 - 21:41 ET by RESTLESS 1Everyone knows that Bush was a crazed maniac, too stupid to tie his own shoes, and deserved every attack, demeaning caricature, and epithet thrown his way.
What? He beat the democrats at every turn? He got his priorities through, even when the libs took over? But, wait, he's wasn't as smart as the 0 and all those other libs. They are intellectual. He was just a cowboy.
Well, when you put it like that, no wonder they were so angry. The realization that they are the stupid ones had to be a bitter pill.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
R1... Talk about
August 3, 2009 - 22:04 ET by bigtimerR1...
Talk about anger...you ought to have heard some of Olbie's Special Comment tonight ripping apart his own party...the 'blue dogs' who he just called 'dogs' as if that's a bad name.
Heck their man's best friend...something Olbie never has to worry about becoming.
Ah....what little I have heard and been able to stand on msnbc today has been amusing to say the least....talk about eating your own.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
BT
August 4, 2009 - 11:51 ET by RESTLESS 1Unless the gubmint comes out with a cash for tv's with holes shot in them, I'd better stay away from MSNBC, if ya know what I mean. ;>)
"This liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
Liberals LIE about wanting a 'fair debate'
August 3, 2009 - 21:55 ET by SlyrrSounds as if the people who made this poster hit a little too close
to the mark for the comfort of the Democrats and liberals. People are
starting to wake up and see Obama's policies for what they are -
reckless and dangerous lurches to communism. Demorats in town hall
meetings are being booed and shouted down by the people who know their
talk of a socialist utopia is nothing but a pack of lies.
And Obama is their king liar - a Joker in every sense of the word.
I encourage the people who did this poster to ignore the liberals in
California. We all know what happens when someone speaks the truth
about liberals in this country.
The media mobilizes an army to try and destroy that person, his family, his friends and anyone around him.
Stay hidden and keep undermining these socialists - dont' let them trick you
into coming forth. They deceive you with lies about wanting to discuss
things on an even playing field.
But all they do is try to quietly hustle you into the gas chambers.
I read an excellent article this morning.........
August 4, 2009 - 03:59 ET by old croposted on Lucianne.com http://www.lucianne.... presented by the American Thinker by an American whose parents came from Africa. He compares Duh1 to those tin-pot dictators in Africa. Don't let it happen again........ http://www.americant...
By the way...........
August 4, 2009 - 04:00 ET by old croFO
he he he x2
August 4, 2009 - 05:48 ET by kangaroohe he he x2
Hey, I was going to mention
August 3, 2009 - 22:00 ET by bigtimerHey, I was going to mention this earlier, but been in a hurry, I also want to give a hat-tip to poster slick willie, he had this hours ago on OT I think it was.
No matter who, this is all priceless.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
It's Sweeping the Nation!!
August 3, 2009 - 22:01 ET by sic721Get yours today!
"Let us disappoint the Men who are raising themselves upon the ruin of this Country."-John Adams
sic
August 3, 2009 - 22:17 ET by Noel Sheppardsic,
Delicious!!!
Absolutely delicious. These guys got on this FAST!!! ns
Wow Noel, that was fast.
August 3, 2009 - 22:21 ET by bigtimerWow Noel, that was fast. (see my post below)
Thanks...both of you.
I love it.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Dang it...I can't get the
August 3, 2009 - 22:19 ET by bigtimerDang it...I can't get the link.
It says this system cannot get this file or some-such.
Anybody else?
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
BT
August 3, 2009 - 22:58 ET by Noel SheppardBT,
After you click the link, and get the error message, hit enter again and it should come up. ns
Darn Noel...I've tried that
August 3, 2009 - 23:13 ET by bigtimerDarn Noel...I've tried that three or four times now...still nothing, but error/zero link.
Anyway...thanks for the suggestion/help, must be my PC or settings.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
came right up for
August 3, 2009 - 23:15 ET by botgcame right up for me
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts
bt
August 3, 2009 - 23:19 ET by Noel Sheppardbt,
Try this: http://www.zazzle.co...
ns
Noel... Thank you so
August 3, 2009 - 23:26 ET by bigtimerNoel...
Thank you so much...got it...and I'm smiling, I'm only on page one, but I love "The Joke is on Us" the best so far on the back of the shirt.
Seriously, thank you for getting that so I could get it....I know that had to be somewhat time consuming.
Much appreciated.
Now, I'm off to look at some more. ;-)
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
bt
August 3, 2009 - 23:31 ET by Noel Sheppardbt,
De nada. :-) ns
I want the coffee mug for
August 3, 2009 - 23:42 ET by bigtimerI want the coffee mug for the car...plus may get my little Jack Russell/Rat Terrier a little winter coat....my Golden Lab will have to go with out...snibble...snibble.
Truly priceless.
Really...this is rich...what a gold-mine.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
bt
August 3, 2009 - 23:49 ET by Noel Sheppardbt,
I should ask them if since I'm the one that made the poster famous -- lots of help from Tammy, Pamela, and Matt of course -- why I don't get a discount!!! :-) ns
That you should ns...get
August 3, 2009 - 23:52 ET by bigtimerThat you should ns...get your cut!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Noel,
August 4, 2009 - 00:06 ET by R D HelmI think you should get 20% of the gross, plus a healthy bonus due to the down time that resulted from the Drudge link.
I mean, think of the lost ad revenue.
-Dave
more needed
August 4, 2009 - 06:46 ET by AJBUnder Socialist, you should list out all the other 'facts' about dear Comrade Glorious Supreme Leader for Life Obonzo the Simp...
Socialist
Muslim
Racist
Liar
Coniver
Bigot
Facist
this kind of crap....
August 3, 2009 - 22:11 ET by sarainitalyjust makes me want to scream. Are they really this STUPID?
It's like KO getting his panties in a bunch because people called Obama a facist. Are you sh*tting me?
These people who PUMMELED Bush, and now piss and moan and whine like a bunch of three year olds are just too much.
How many Bushitler pics were there? Cheney as the Penguin? Bush hanging, and burning, and called a murderer?
The Obama Joker poster must be racist!
August 3, 2009 - 22:28 ET by jefflebowskiAnybody wanna bet how long it takes for the libtards to start crying racism over the poster? Me, I don't care! Let the libs have it with both barrels people! This is war!
Angry White Dude
www.angrywhitedude.c...
"crying racism"
August 4, 2009 - 06:40 ET by SickofLibs"They're making him look like Al Jolson or a minstrel, not the Joker! Waaa!"
"Are they really this
August 3, 2009 - 23:18 ET by celator"Are they really this STUPID?"
They live in a very small bubble with their little friends AND they are stupid.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Socialist = Bad, The C word = Good
August 3, 2009 - 22:38 ET by Free StinkerSocialist = Bad, The C word = Good
Oh no no no no no! Don't call Obama a Socialist.
Calling Palin the C word? The MSM had no problem with that whatsoever.
"Gov. Palin has been subjected to one of the most massive and dishonest pile-on smear attacks in the history of liberal media." -- Lowell Ponte
What might Sonia say?
August 3, 2009 - 22:59 ET by metaphorsbwithuQuick! Someone ask Sonia Sotomayor what she thinks about the Obama/Joker poster and whether she thinks it is a protected expression of free speech.
As we all know, the Constitution does not protect polite speech (for what need is there for its protection?) but spirited and even offensive speech, and especially political speech.
It is absolutely astounding that, given the repulsive attacks against Pres. Bush, the disturbing and sometimes violently graphic words and images directed toward him from every direction, that this is even an issue.
“Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos, and you know the thing about chaos? It’s fair.” - The Joker
metaphorsbwithu
oh no you din=t
August 4, 2009 - 06:50 ET by AJBIt is ALL Bush's fault! The State Run Media has license to attack, defame, lie or use any means to remind people daily that it's ALL HIS FAULT! Even this Socialist poster is HIS FAULT. Get with it.
What a bunch of hyprocrites
August 3, 2009 - 23:07 ET by shawn228I was not really offended at the Bush posters because I thought they were fair game, but for the leftists to use this hypocrisiy makes me sick. With the exception of attacks on all forms of freedom of speech, nothing makes me more angry than hypocrisy.
"I swear sometimes the self-appointed moral police are as obnoxious and demanding of big government interference as "environmentalist" gun control advocates, labor unions and trial lawyers" ~fitzfong
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nicely put. It's political
August 4, 2009 - 04:27 ET by Jack Bauernicely put. It's political satire. It's as old as the Republic. Old as the 13 colonies.
It was with Bush, is with Obama. By its very nature, satire is vicious, even unfair. It's just the way it is.
What's more dangerous though? A few posters mocking Obama, or the idea that you can't mock Obama for unspecified implications.
You can't get more explicit than a mainstream movie that shows the assassination of George Bush.
That came out in 2006 as I recall.
RE: Obama Joker Poster
August 3, 2009 - 23:16 ET by PopeyecpoI hope G-d will forgive me for the joy and personal satisfaction I got out of seeing this poster. I realize the Bible says we should not have joy at the misfortune of others. The fact is however that after eight years of Bush bashing for no good reason and then the bashing of Sarah Palin and her family. I believe turn about is fair play. We now know that the only time Obama isn't lying is when he is silent. He has earned this poster.
I recall the commie style poster that got this Chavez type leader elected, so he can enjoy the new poster of himself as he truly is.
The JOKER.
Obama joker poster
August 3, 2009 - 23:14 ET by NotFondOfLibsSo KTLA.com thinks it's demeaning to publish anything critical of obama. Here's two words for KTLA: Shove it! Yeh! Read it again , Simple Simon. Liberals are great at handing out the s---, but don't like it when it gets thrown back at them. This guy is on his way to being the worst President in the history of this country and jerks in the media can't stand any criticism of their "Mess I ah", so learn to live with it liberals, cause we're not stopping.
They are looking for the
August 4, 2009 - 00:12 ET by ToenexThey are looking for the folks that made it so they can "Joe the the plumber them", maybe the IRS and then try and connect the dots to go back to someone they would love to take apart.
I say lets see it on every corner you turn, give them their money's worth.
Authority isn't truth, truth is authority
"Les Moore"
Baby say what!
August 4, 2009 - 00:54 ET by moskiHow do you say THIN SKINNED!
AND I Love it even more now that I know it is pissing the Lib Heads off!
Thin-skinned--at this point, skinless!
August 4, 2009 - 07:43 ET by mchris65I caught the poster randomly in a blog yesterday, not thinking much about it, as I understood this is the internet and Lord knows I'd seen worse about Bush and McCain. I never dreamed The One would feel the need to complain about its "danger" and bring it to the forefront of the day's news, along with his minions crying out with hurt feewings. Unreal.
SanFranNan-kenstein
August 4, 2009 - 01:16 ET by stratmanFound another Joker, although this might just be sans makeup.
Caution - Standard beverage, food, and retina warnings apply.
HEY!
August 4, 2009 - 06:54 ET by AJBIt's Botox Betty Pelosi!! Can't fool me!
I don't see any difference.
August 4, 2009 - 07:45 ET by mchris65I don't see any difference. ;p
No seriously, I don't.
Can't we let Jacko rest in peace?
August 4, 2009 - 07:47 ET by SickofLibsCan't we let Jacko rest in peace?
Where's my icepick.....
August 4, 2009 - 08:26 ET by Gecks...I need it to get the image out of my head.
Nancy Pelosi scares me daddy!
"Your right to Life, Liberty, and the Persuit of Happiness ends at my front door, and my wallet!"-Me!
"Dangerous"
August 4, 2009 - 03:10 ET by KTSavageDangerous to whom exactly? The makers of the poster? What a frightening thought. "Dost thou criticize Our Leader?" ugh.
Dangerous to Obama? If his approval ratings go any lower, it won't be because of this silly poster.
I would add..........................
August 4, 2009 - 04:06 ET by old croSocialist.....With Big Flappin Ears
FO
Poster
August 4, 2009 - 04:22 ET by bolivarI just be a lovin this!!!! It is so delicious and delightful! To find something that actually starts to reveal to the world what true conservatives have known since the beginning is very refreshing. I would post thousands of these here in Rhode Island but, I would be arrested for littering or some other hate crime - come to think of it our Democrapic legislature has put us in such a pickle that they have been very hard pressed to even gas up cop cars let alone put feet on the street. No I think I could post some of these - not employed right now so no prob there but, I do use Facebook and employers look at social sites for data on you and your beliefs. I hate liberal thinking - it is so.....passe.
My hat is off to the creator and anybody with the stones and resources to proliferate this sentiment. I love it!!!!
This simply boils down to
August 4, 2009 - 05:49 ET by Right2thePointThis simply boils down to an example of how they can dish it out but not take it.
As said many time this ain't beanbag.
Out of those 2 pictures, I
August 4, 2009 - 05:55 ET by kangarooOut of those 2 pictures, I like the Bush one. With them side by side, Obama looks like a real dufus. So Obama is still making Bush look great LOL
Partial cross post. the Rage Meter is pegged.
August 4, 2009 - 06:13 ET by JWFThis speaks to the same issue. The people in the Press spent close to 8 years promoting every nut that had something negative to say about our President. Promoted. And now decrying anything negative as racist or distracting or mean spirited.
O'DONNELL: Yes I think I do. There is a sense that there are forces out there that are doing harm to this country and so people are looking for a way to de-legitimize... GEORGE W BUSH!
So we have a bunch of people claiming that the President is not validly elected and people in the MSM and internet and party are giving them a voice. THIS IS THE 2000 ELECTION.
Yes. Let's talk about doing harm to the country. Saying our President lied to get us into a war. Saying our President broke our laws. Saying our President broke international law. Saying our President belongs in jail. Saying our President ignored the constitution. Saying our President made the world hate us. Saying our President hates black people. Saying our President tortured. Saying our President ignored evidence that terrorist were planning on mass murder. Saying our President hyped up evidence of WMD's when it was a small part of the reasoning for going in to Iraq. Then spending 3 years whining because we did not find WMD's. Blaming our President for a natural disaster that people had 5 days to prepare for. Saying our President exploded the deficits and broke the economy.
O'DONNELL: -in America. And the thing that concerns me is that rather than focusing on things that unite us, that people are concentrating on things that divide us.
And who was right out there in front with cameras on the Plame liars, and that nut camping out in front of Bush's ranch, and every single time 4 nuts got together with signs and walked down the sidewalk, and the nuts with the pink t-shirts, and every hollywood nut that thinks fire won't melt steel. How about the idiot who gave these people voices every single night with his Sir Sir Sir rants.
And what about the constant lending of support to our enemies by keeping a few pictures of naked terrorists in the news, exposing our national secrets, and the whining about Gitmo, and the whining about trials in Gitmo, and the whining about treatment of prisoners in Gitmo. And what about the MSM and members of Congress calling our soldiers terrorists, and Nazi's, and mercenaries, and murderers.
MATTHEWS: This guy is an American like us. Stop the talk.
Yes. George W Bush was an American like us, an American tasked with protecting this country.
So what do we have here. Some people want to peak at the Presidents records. And other people are calling him a racist based upon his racist remark and history of hanging out with racists.
Cry me a river. Obama has it easy on the talk.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.
Obama Poster
August 4, 2009 - 06:25 ET by packmanSuck it up libtards, this guy is barely six months in office, and as long as his lips continue to move, it's just gonna' get worse on ya! Too bad you brainwashed dipsh*t whiners...
Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread... ~Thomas Jefferson
Someone at Fox or a blogger
August 4, 2009 - 06:56 ET by nicksmith112Someone at Fox or a blogger should take a Joy Behar, Rosie O'Donnell,Bill Mahr, or Krazy Kieth rant against Bush and insert Obama's name. A nonsensical, vile, void of fact, rant said about Bush with Obama in place of Bush. See if media matters takes the bait?!
I'm a refugee from the Democratic Party.
thereligionofpeace.com has
August 4, 2009 - 07:41 ET by SickofLibsthereligionofpeace.com has some very interesting "swap out" quotes illustrating double standards like you mentioned.
Double standard
August 4, 2009 - 07:03 ET by Blogger Guy00001Anyone still doubt that there's a double standard? Liberals are allowed to get away with all sorts of crimes, but conservatives are held to a higher standard.
Don’t ya just love all the
August 4, 2009 - 07:07 ET by ninerdogDon’t ya just love all the howling when the liberals get there own tactics turned around on them. I would also like a liberal to explain why this is a no no when they do it all the time to others?
Call it what you want
August 4, 2009 - 07:43 ET by misterbee241Liberals can call it what they want - I call it free speech. And dangerous for whom? Probably only for the ones who put it up.
"I dont need to read a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber."
Walter Brennan, The Colonel, Meet John Doe, 1941
To Quote the Joker
August 4, 2009 - 08:44 ET by CobraMan"Depicting the president as demonic and a socialist goes beyond
political spoofery," says Hutchinson, "it is mean-spirited and
dangerous."
Mr. Hustchinson, to quote the Joker, why so serious?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
Video Gives Props, H/T to NewsBusters
August 4, 2009 - 09:12 ET by sic721Barack Obama as The Joker: A New American Phenomenon?
A couple of 'Joker' quotes:
Heath Ledger said it best.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha...Ha....Hee hee ha ha ho...Ha.. ha ha"
"This town needs a better class of criminal. And I'm going to give it to them."
And when I think about what's happening in Washington lately, this Nicholson line nails it,
"This town needs an enema."
"Let us disappoint the Men who are raising themselves upon the ruin of this Country."-John Adams
Bush was not half-black, ie. he was fair game
August 4, 2009 - 09:25 ET by bpjamDon't you people get it yet? You are not allowed to mock Obama because he is half-black. Just ask Earl Ofari Hutchison. Earl don't care how many white people you mock even if they are liberals but you better not touch anybody who has darker skin or you are a racist. How else would the LA Times have found Earl to be the chief critic of this poster? Blacks make up less than 10% of the LA County population now yet they could only find another black guy to object?
Either Earl is a racist or all of the rest of us are. I'm betting that the media will decide it is us.......
So is it OK
August 4, 2009 - 09:58 ET by katiejaneif we just mock the half-white part of Obama?
Thanks for the link
August 4, 2009 - 09:29 ET by CobraManMy favorite quote was "Do I look like a guy with a plan?" Ahh, no Obama, you look like as guy with Pelosi's plan!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
August 4, 2009 - 09:28 ET by jessieHMr. obama isn't the joker, he is more like " Two Face". The MSM is the Joker. Patriot & Proud!
Dissent is no longer patriotic, I guess...
August 4, 2009 - 09:43 ET by mattmBumper-Sticker Sale!
Re Origins
August 4, 2009 - 10:29 ET by slickwillie2001Note that the original artist appears to have been found, a photography/photoshop fan with the handle khateeb88 on Flickr. Note the copyright; January 2009. He appears to be a far-left Chicago muslim who doesn't think the Bamster is pushing enough change. A liberal, as we suspected.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/khateeb88/
slick
August 4, 2009 - 10:41 ET by Noel Sheppardslick,
I don't believe this is the originator for his post is January 2009. At the top left of the poster in question is a date in October 2008. ns
Re Originator
August 4, 2009 - 11:31 ET by slickwillie2001The date on the poster can be mistakenly read as October 23, 2008, but it is not 2008, rather it is 2006. (There was no Time magazine dated October 23, 2008 anyway.)
This is the closest Time cover date to October 23, 2008: http://www.time.com
It's an Obama cover (surprise) which muddies the question, but it's a lousy match. Now look at the October 23, 2006 cover: http://www.time.com
That's drop-dead obviously the cover on which the khateeb version was based, the headlines match and the picture matches and it happened to fall on the 23rd, etc. (It of course eliminates any copyright claim of khateeb which I should have said in the first post.) I think the artist scanned the magazine cover he had handy and worked from there.
So the date on the cover is not a great clue as to who the artist is, it simply came from the Time cover. The URL that can't be made out in the poster version is plausibly time.com. Khateeb didn't necessarily think up the notion of Obama as the Joker, but I think that he is the likely artist of this rendition. 'His rendition' matches stroke-for-stroke those spotted in LA.
Someone could look further for artifacts of the original 'Time' banner and other headlines in the LA poster for further evidence.
bush=evil? obama=good?
August 4, 2009 - 11:10 ET by verbatim<sarcasm> because we all know that bush is an anagram for evil and that obama is an anagram for "all is good and light" </sarcasm>
Barry the Joker
August 4, 2009 - 11:20 ET by lnzbylThe guy who did the Village Voice cover is a loony libutard named Alex Ross who at that time tried to claim that, by doing the cover of W as a vampire biting the Statue of Liberty, he was a latter-day Norman Rockwell. When a few people called him on it and criticized when he did, guess what? He instanted transformed into a whiny lib claiming he had the right to depict W that way because of freedom of expression. His father is a minister, which, I believe, explains a great deal why Ross pontificates and moralized about things he knows litte or nothing about.
Obama Joker?
August 4, 2009 - 16:11 ET by LeondeuxWhile I think this is a cool picture, I don't understand the artist's intentions.
The Joker wasn't a socialist. Have you seen the Dark Knight? He's all about anarchy, which, last time I checked, was the enemy of socialism.
I would argue that the Joker is the exact opposite of a socialist, which makes me wonder, what's the point of this poster exactly?
You make an excellent
August 4, 2009 - 16:32 ET by Another Dead KennedyYou make an excellent point.
But, hmm...2 posts in 11 weeks. Something fishy here.
"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen." Ronald Reagan
Anarchy and the Dark Knight
August 4, 2009 - 16:49 ET by metaphorsbwithuSometimes you have to tear down a house to rebuild it. The Joker may not have been a socialist, but he was not an anarchist for the sake of anarchy. He created anarchy in Gotham to impose his will and establish his order ... by specifically demonizing Batman and attempting to coerce him into unmasking and surrendering.
In Rome, with the enemies at the gate, the people gave up their democracy to Caesar ... and he never surrendered his power.
Unfortunately, as Hoffer pointed out in The True Believer, demagogues, charasmatic leaders, and revolutionaries in general are good at stirring up the fearful and disgruntled masses and destroying the status quo, but much less successful at creating anything of lasting value or stability other than tyranny.
metaphorsbwithu
Re Anarchy
August 4, 2009 - 17:01 ET by slickwillie2001Since you asked, if you look at Cloward-Piven and the original intent of ACORN, the destruction of the existing system was seen as an interim step to the building of a socialist paradise. A state of anarchy would do nicely as that interim state.
But I don't believe that the artist was getting at that. The artist was just disappointed that the Bamster is not radical enough for him and he decided to ridicule him in a culturally relevant way that he though might catch on.
This is foolish. 1)
August 4, 2009 - 17:13 ET by Another Dead KennedyThis is foolish.
1) You're rationalizing the Joker as if he's a real person with real intentions. He is a version of the many different Joker characters written over the years, this time by Jonathan and Christopher Nolan.
2) Anarchism by definition is "belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion."
What you're suggesting here, theoretically, is that in order to build a very specific, large scale socialist government, the people must completely and voluntarily deconstruct ALL forms of government, and then change their minds 100% and return to a completely over-controlling government? Let's move on from this one.
"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen." Ronald Reagan
RE: "What you're suggesting
August 4, 2009 - 17:43 ET by metaphorsbwithuRE: "What you're suggesting here, theoretically, is that in order to build a very specific, large scale socialist government, the people must completely and voluntarily deconstruct ALL forms of government, and then change their minds 100% and return to a completely over-controlling government?"
Sorry. I think you're creating a straw-man argument here. That's not what the previous poster said.
However, in order to create "change" (as envisioned by Obama and his like-minded associates and enablers), the easiest path to that end is to exploit the malcontents and have-nots by demonizing the status-quo, attack traditional values and institutions, and de-legitimize accepted rule of law - have you forgotten the presidfential campaign so soon?
No one is saying that absolute anarchy is desired or expected, but the template for de-constructing societies and achieving the goals of the progressives, the intelligentia, the revolutionaries, the mystics, the Marxists, the fascists, and the statists in have been well documented in the works of Hoffer, Huxley, Alinsky, and Orwell to name a few.
metaphorsbwithu
Absolute anarchy? You
August 4, 2009 - 18:08 ET by Another Dead KennedyAbsolute anarchy? You can't sorta believe in having a government - you either do or you don't. Period. This argument that the government wants to abolish government in order to reestablish government makes no sense. Who makes the laws in this country? __________(space for your answer). Do you think they want to lose their jobs and their power by basically eliminating them, only to years later run on a new socialist platform? Do you have any idea how long it would take to create and implement a pure, socialist government? ____________(space for your answer). My answer, being the obvious, is many, many years longer than Obama has left in office.
Now, you called my argument a "straw man" argument. Do you care to elaborate, or are you just one of those debaters who yells "you're wrong" and thinks it's an argument?
"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen." Ronald Reagan
It must be lonely in left-field
August 4, 2009 - 19:01 ET by metaphorsbwithuWhat part of the expression "straw man" do you not understand? I repeated your own words in italics. They are very clear.
You set up a premise the previous poster did not articulate and then dismissed him or her as being wrong. Then you did the same to mine in arguing that a government that wants to abolish government to re-establish government makes no sense.
Lord knows where that came from!
You seem to grasp disjointed or tenuously-connected ideas and concepts out of the air or out of your own head to rail away against, trying to lure someone into your sticky icky web to fight, instead of simply commenting on the subject at hand.
Anyway, my time is too valuable to me to debate on these pages or answer fill-in-the-blank questions. I make my observations and give my opinions simply and clearly like most everyone else.
However, if you, sir or madam, have an issue with the methods and goals of revolutionaries, demagogues, and rabble rousers, as expressed in black and white in their own words and the words of people (like Hoffer) who have studied them and lived under their oppression, argue with their ghosts to your heart's content.
Have a nice life, but please stop putting words in other people's mouths.
metaphorsbwithu
My god! This isn't about
August 4, 2009 - 19:22 ET by Another Dead KennedyMy god! This isn't about revolutionaries, demagogues, rabble rousers or anyone else. This is about a cartoon! This argument is completely philosophical. This country is headed neither towards anarchy nor socialism. I know it's a popular fear topic, but it just ain't gonna happen. Even if Obama socialized medicine, it's one of a zillion governmental programs he'd need to reestablish in order to have a true socialist government. Remember, he's only got a little more than 3 years left. It's taken 7 months so far and public medicine hasn't changed a bit. The inefficiency of government will ensure we never see socialized medicine. Of course, if socialism is such an imminent fear as predicted by the right, I would expect everyone to return their social security checks to the government, just as they demanded their governors to reject their state's stimulus money.
Okay, back to the point. The artist who created this creepy Obama Joker poster intended nothing more than making the president look like a fool, just as they did with the Bush Joker poster. You're giving him too much credit.
"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen." Ronald Reagan
I'm Not Sure
August 4, 2009 - 18:15 ET by DoktorFrankenI'm not sure if the ''artist'' had any other intention than to present Hussein as a crazy @$$ SOB for wanting to ''Change'' our society into Socialism (''spread the wealth''). The ''point'' is that it's
1. Cool
2. Accurate (Hussein is a clown)
3. Visually bold
4. It makes fun of the biggest pompous ass in the country. (oo - second biggest. Olbermann is the biggest.)
Good point
August 4, 2009 - 20:11 ET by American.Patriotdelete thank you
Good point
August 4, 2009 - 20:10 ET by American.Patriothowever,
This "attack" on the messiah stirs the double standard that we have come to love and enjoy from the looney left.
Idiots on the left see it as racist... intelligent conservatives see it for what it is.
Democraps --- I know a few and some of then are seemingly intelligent people (unitil you talk to them)
Yea, my favorite 2 questions
August 4, 2009 - 22:00 ET by general companyTo ask a liberal are, "what do you hope to get out of it" and "what did you think about JFK asking", "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"?
{but thats differnet}, my liberal voice
{I wanna join the civilian gaurd} in the backround?
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Democrats still, always a hate group
August 5, 2009 - 12:32 ET by j17ghsGiven the Marxist history of the Demonicratic super-race, no one should doubt the hate vividly on display by those who rendered the Bush drawings, i.e., the devil is in the details.
It's like Comedy Central, run by two Nazi youth members. The Stewart and Colbert shows are a combination of a Ku Klux Klan meeting and open mic night at a comedy club. To Demonicrats, hate is fun. And, if it's fun, it's not hate!