LA Weekly wets itself over Obama/Joker poster: “The only thing missing is a noose”
posted at 6:57 pm on August 3, 2009 by Allahpundit
Hey, remember when it was cool to demonize the president, or even the presidential or vice-presidential nominee? Sarahcuda had been on the national stage for all of eight weeks last year before she got the rabid vampire treatment. Ah well. Change has come to America — and to the LA Weekly. Click here and be amazed at the hypocrisy of which our intellectually superior progressive betters are capable.
As for the “noose” reference, I can almost forgive that as irresistible knee-jerk leftist racial demagoguery in the age of Obama. Here was Chris Matthews pulling the same thing on Michelle on his weekend show:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Welcome back, six months after President Obama’s inauguration, racial comments from the far right have worked their way from below the surface to open season. Take the birthers, the group that’s on the Internet and TV claiming that Barack Obama’s birth certificate is phony, that he was really born in Kenya and that week-long flap over the Harvard professor’s arrest was used by other voices on the far right as an excuse to push this stuff about the President.
(Begin clips)
GLENN BECK: This president I think that exposed himself as a guy over and over and over again who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture. I don’t know what it is.
MICHELLE MALKIN: Well I think he’s a racial opportunist, he took that moment, used a health care conference that was a debacle basically and took this story, which is really just a local parochial law enforcement story to try and insure some sort of moment of his racial authenticity.
RUSH LIMBAUGH: This is something that diminishes the office of the presidency. He, this is, it’s all about him. It’s all about him trying to say and illustrate that he can bring about the end to this racial divide when he was the one that caused all this.
(End clips)
MATTHEWS: Gene is all this dangerous? This new flappery, this nonsense talk that is coming out here?
EUGENE ROBINSON, WASHINGTON POST COLUMNIST: You know, you and I have talked in the past about dog whistle politics.
MATTHEWS: Right.
ROBINSON: This is train whistle politics.
Minor problem #1: As previously noted, Obama is a racial opportunist and not a particularly subtle one at times. Listening to Reverend Wright for 20 years will do that to a man, I guess. If Chrissy finds acknowledging that “dangerous,” there’s an easy solution: Get Obama to stop being such a jackass racial opportunist. Minor problem #2: His attack is framed in the context of Birtherism, as part of a broader “look how kooky they’ve become” lament. Did he bother to mention that Michelle expressly repudiated the Birther crap in a column last year, something which even Media Matters felt compelled to acknowledge?
But back to the poster. I think it’s stupid and was surprised to find that a bunch of other righties on Twitter agree. What’s the point, exactly? I didn’t see “Dark Knight;” was the Joker into socialism? Murder, mayhem, and deficit spending? Wasn’t his salient characteristic the fact that he was … a homicidal maniac? I realize we’re supposed to put nothing past The One but that seems a bridge too far. If people are hot for posters, why not just photoshop that “HOPE” image to make it say “BROKE”?
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Think God we have liberals around to show the world how not to be bigoted and hateful:
“Shock Jocks” Opie & Anthony talk rape & violence with their guest “Homeless Charlie.”
“O&A – “Condoleezza Rice”
Charlie – “I’d love to f— that b*tch dude” (laughter)
Charlie – “She’s the F—in man”
O&A – “yeah”
Charlie – “I’d F…that b*tch….”
O&A – “I just imagine the horror in Condoleezza Rice’s face….”
- “(laughter) ….. as she realizes what’s going on”
- “…as you were just holding her down and F’n her.”
Charlie – “punch her all the F’n face, shut the F— up b*tch”
O&A – “that’s exactly what I meant” (laughter in background)
Charlie – “you know F— it …. and George Bush wife? I’d F— that b*tch to death” —
Yes, think God liberals are there to call out the hatred and bigotry of people they disagree with….oh wait….these are liberals.
Well at least some of the leaders of the “progressive” movement don’t act with this much ignorance and hatred….
..except when they are being bigoted,ignorant and hateful:
Liberals have ZERO CREDIBILITY in calling out other people
concerning what is right and wrong in political commentary.
Liberals need to quit whining,get over it,and don’t dish it out if you can’t take it.
Baxter Greene on August 4, 2009 at 2:55 AM
…and energy costs skyrocket combined with Obama’s abandoning Afghanistan after their elections.
Obama’s looking for an exit strategy is nothing more than trying to “surrender with style (or taking political hits)”.
Obama’s own man that he put in charge in Afghanistan is going to demand more troops and resources and you can bet that Obama and the democratic lead Congress will deny these requests with spin and cover from the press.
The bottom line though will be that he will go against what the military is requesting to win the fight in the very place Obama campaigned on as the central fight against our enemies.
This will be just another 180′ move from his campaign rhetoric but will have major international implications and show the International community how arrogant and ideologically corrupt Obama is in pushing his socialist agenda.
Obama will be shown to be nothing more than a liar and huckster domestically and internationally,proving how right the millions of people who voted against him were.
Baxter Greene on August 4, 2009 at 3:07 AM
Because that is boring, tired, cliche and unhip.
The joker was an anarchist intent on destroying everything that made society what it was, and therein lies the parallel to Obama. While he is not an anarchist, he is an Alinskyite, sewing discord and encouraging chaos, so he can take advantage of the crisis. He is actively trying to destroy the dominance of the private sector by refusing to enact policies that will end the uncertainty and chaos, while he transfers trillions to the public sector.
Anarchy is never an end, it is a means. It cannot exist over time, a tyranny always rises to fill the void. Obama has thus far used crisis to nationalize the banks, the auto industry, and is working on nationalizing the health care and energy industries. And he is doing so using chaos.
The analogy is spot on if you ask me.
American Elephant on August 4, 2009 at 3:14 AM
One question: Why did AP say the poster was stupid and all the rest when he had never seen the movie??
Reminds me of somethin that happened ’bout a week and half ago.
B Man on August 4, 2009 at 3:23 AM
Opie’s a liberal, Anthony’s not. And Homeless Charlie was just a crazy drunk guy who spouted off. I seem to recall he slammed Obama too, said a guy with a name like that could never be president.
Jim Treacher on August 4, 2009 at 3:24 AM
Either way,this is not funny and should never have been put forth as humor.
I don’t see how making fun of Obama’s name compares with laughing about brutally raping a women either.
If this had been done and Michelle Obama was inserted for Rice,MSMBC,NBC,CBS,CNN,NY Times,WaPo and many others would have this front and center with these guys getting the “imus” treatment on steroids.
But since it was a Republican,a little faux outrage and then back to business.
But hey, what’s a little rape between friends,a long as they don’t call her a “Nappy headed Hoe” right.
Baxter Greene on August 4, 2009 at 3:46 AM
Presumably that’s why you weren’t listening to them on a paid service.
Jim Treacher on August 4, 2009 at 4:13 AM
Which has zero to do with the bullsh!t hypocrisy exhibited by liberals in what is considered outrageous,bigoted,and over the line political commentary.
Whether I choose to listen to something has nothing to do with the fact that ignorant and hateful commentary is put forth by the same people who get their panties all bunched up if someone simply calls Obama by his own middle name.
I am going to call them out every time on their faux,selective outrage whether it is public,private, or shown to an audience projected on Nancy Pelosi’s wrinkled plastic a$$.
Baxter Greene on August 4, 2009 at 4:30 AM
I don’t know if someone already posted it but here’s the LA Weekly author’s reply in the article comments (assuming it really is him):
He’s not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Django on August 4, 2009 at 4:35 AM
May not know for sure if it is LA WKly’s reply but
Certainly fits a liberals MO.
“It is okay for us to make racist,bigoted remarks and wish for the deaths of people we don’t agree with because our ideology is just and pure.”
“Anything else is racist,hateful,right wing demagoguery.”
Baxter Greene on August 4, 2009 at 4:43 AM
Because that is boring, tired, cliche and unhip.
The joker was an anarchist intent on destroying everything that made society what it was, and therein lies the parallel to Obama. While he is not an anarchist, he is an Alinskyite, sewing discord and encouraging chaos, so he can take advantage of the crisis. He is actively trying to destroy the dominance of the private sector by refusing to enact policies that will end the uncertainty and chaos, while he transfers trillions to the public sector.
Anarchy is never an end, it is a means. It cannot exist over time, a tyranny always rises to fill the void. Obama has thus far used crisis to nationalize the banks, the auto industry, and is working on nationalizing the health care and energy industries. And he is doing so using chaos.
The analogy is spot on if you ask me.
American Elephant on August 4, 2009 at 3:14 AM
EXACTLY. Satire is biting, shocking and merciless.
This “joker” poster is a masterpiece.
Satire is one of the most powerful tools of political commmentary. It’s pathetic to see conservatives do the “sensitivity dance” about the white-face aspect of this: distraction.
Lockstein13 on August 4, 2009 at 6:09 AM
You can’t do this with just a change of words
(“HOPE” to “DEBT”…”YES WE CAN” to “YES WE OWE”)
http://www.zazzle.com/joker+obama+gifts
Lockstein13 on August 4, 2009 at 6:23 AM
What a bitter disappointment your comment is for me. The poster represents a caricature of chaos. This poster is symbolic of the quintessence of Obama. The chaos of the astroturfing misinformation to the masses with the assistance of a compliant state run media. The economic chaos of the stimulus, cap & trade, Obamascare and whatever else this anti-capitalist will propose in order to remake America into a socialistic utopia.
Americannodash on August 4, 2009 at 2:36 AM
Racist.
Mr Purple on August 4, 2009 at 6:40 AM
The poster is not racist. The poster is brilliantly using the “Joker” character to portray Obama as using chaos to advance socialism. Americannodash on August 4, 2009 at 2:36 AM has it exactly right.
Phil Byler on August 4, 2009 at 7:13 AM
Obama is such a coward the “Joker” characterization of him is way too powerful a symbol.
Jeff from WI on August 4, 2009 at 7:30 AM
Wait a minute. You mean some Republicans and/or conservatives are actually arguing against the Obama Joker poster? And trying to promote yet another variation on the way-past-its-sell-by-date Obama Hope poster?
This is why we lose.
tsj017 on August 4, 2009 at 7:31 AM
A commenter on the “demonize the president” link:
uproar ► poster
mountain ► molehill
davidk on August 4, 2009 at 7:35 AM
Bruce: so how did you finally stop him?
Alfred: we burned the whole forest down.
The film was powerful.
Indeed, the Joker himself is not an anarchist he uses the disruption he causes to garner control.
sven10077 on August 4, 2009 at 7:35 AM
Upon further review, this may be Allah’s lamest moment yet. And I don’t say that lightly.
“Righties on Twitter”? Real men don’t tweet.
Hey, instead of something cool and different–and brutally mocking of Obama–let’s put BROKE underneath the Obama Hope image! Yeah, that’ll do it!
If this mentality ends up driving the GOP message, we’re doomed.
tsj017 on August 4, 2009 at 7:36 AM
right on my friend…thin skinned folks indeed
cmsinaz on August 4, 2009 at 7:40 AM
The “too cool for school” I am so hip I am a democrat with sense GOP doesn’t get that the best way to fight the democrats is to outplay them on their own court….
they crapped on Bush for eight years I plan to attack Ogabe with every bit the fury and expose their hypocrisy when they try to shut down the inverse like Simon malls….
sven10077 on August 4, 2009 at 7:41 AM
Lol… I’ll agree with one this: anyone who cringes at this poster doesn’t have the stones for the fight to come. The poster bites because it has truth in it. Allah can’t see it because he hasn’t watched the movie. And he tweets. I can’t think of two more damning self-condemnations in a single post. Allah help himself.
Immolate on August 4, 2009 at 7:42 AM
The Classical moonbat engages in steel toed dental work as a first resort and has the hypersensitivity of the girl in the Princess and the Pea and we fall for the gag every time.
sven10077 on August 4, 2009 at 7:42 AM
This thread is a microcosm of the GOP.
Note two general camps.
A species of republicans who hover conspicuously “Above the Fray” seeking to confirm in themselves the positive character traits that many believe belong to the ones up there: detached, objective, free-thinking, cultivated…
and a species that looks at the edgy new attacks and says, as Rush said yesterday, “About Damn Time!”
I’m with Rush. The air is way too thin up there, “Above the Fray”, a man can lose consciousness.
jeff_from_mpls on August 4, 2009 at 7:44 AM
well said
cmsinaz on August 4, 2009 at 7:48 AM
I’d suggest that there are far more clever ways to make the same point graphically without re-treading pop culture. That being said, I’ve never understood the point of Twitter.
highhopes on August 4, 2009 at 7:50 AM
Actually, when Rush said “About Damn Time!” yesterday it was in the context of the Town Hall strategy of Republicans.
A National Public Radio type caller confronted Rush about news she had heard on MSNBC about how conservative activists were being recruited and “bussed in” with pre-scripted questions to disrupt the Town Hall meetings going on across the country during the congressional recess.
Rush paused, he said let’s suppose everything you just said is true, which it might or might not be, but for the sake of argument, let’s say it’s true…
Dramatic pause…
“ABOUT DAMN TIME!”
Classic Rush.
jeff_from_mpls on August 4, 2009 at 7:51 AM
right on, right on, right on……
cmsinaz on August 4, 2009 at 7:54 AM
Lest anyone thing that I am placing myself “above the fray” with my previous comment,
let me say: I think the poster is brillaint commentary. It is the cries of racism to which I was referring as a mountain.
Before gangbangers co-opted graffiti by tagging street signs to show how tough and brave they are, graffiti often showed with surgical precision the nakedness of the emporer.
This poster is hightech graffiti, and the true message as explained by some of the commenters here is spot on.
davidk on August 4, 2009 at 7:59 AM
New movement: the About Damn Time conservatives.
Sign me up.
tsj017 on August 4, 2009 at 8:02 AM
Probably because it wasn’t that. It was a couple of shock jocks letting a crazy drunk homeless guy spout off on satellite radio.
I don’t remember O&A doing that, but okay.
Jim Treacher on August 4, 2009 at 8:08 AM
He’d probably get a raise for that, if they were paying him.
Jim Treacher on August 4, 2009 at 8:10 AM
Agreed
Nyssan on August 4, 2009 at 8:12 AM
Any of my fellow conservatives out there call themselves “righties”? I’ve never referred to myself that way but have heard liberals use that term plenty and usually with spittle coming out of thier mouths. I think that the balance has shifted here at HA so allah is starting to either slip up or is more comfortable sticking his nose out of the closet.
peacenprosperity on August 4, 2009 at 8:13 AM
“righties on twitter” laughing at that one.
AP gets the mouse clicks for the site. His work is done after that.
B Man on August 4, 2009 at 8:25 AM
Here we go again. Hope to Broke. Well that’s a real powerful message there, Allahpundit! If you want your country back, you need to get people’s attention. This image has the potential to do it. If you don’t get the point, why not go rent the movie and see if you can’t draw a parallel somewhere.
kens on August 4, 2009 at 8:43 AM
What’s wrong w/the picture,it’s the truth! He is truly a Joker,tickling so many ears ,promising so much and now,as the other half of the country already knew,he’s the JOKER!!
ohiobabe on August 4, 2009 at 8:46 AM
That poster was SHOCKING and quite delightful – I love that he is painted white, which makes the whole racist crap obsolete. Remember, ridicule is the key to bringing down the joke known as Hussein Soetoro – he simply cannot handle it.
MORE PLEASE???
Ris4victory on August 4, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Right on Baxter!!!! Tell-n it like it is brother… Slam those limpies with a dose of their own medicine, and when they cry foul, bring out the sound bites.
Keemo on August 4, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Drudge has this up this morning. Makes you wonder what Mathews said when a major magazine published Bush as the Joker.
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/07/bush-as-joker.html
jeffn21 on August 4, 2009 at 8:58 AM
Cause that’s been done. How many of those “Fraud” images are floating around? This one was new and better. He’s the Joker because he’s a joke. Socialism is a joke.
I liked the poster. The person has originality. They just need to lay low for awhile before putting up new stuff. I actually kind of like this. Use Lefty tactics to poke fun at the Lefties. Problem is, we’re finding out they have no sense of humor any more. They don’t think this type of “mischief” is funny.
Gee, I wonder why?
xax on August 4, 2009 at 9:00 AM
The Liberals have called W and Sarah Palin everything but children of God. Now their false messiah is beginning to be ridiculed and they’re whining like the schoolyard bully who just got punched in the nose. What do you guys want? A spoonful of sugar from Mary Poppins?
kingsjester on August 4, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Two words:
Scott Farcus.
B Man on August 4, 2009 at 9:02 AM
These are O&A’s words, not some drunk guy:
Plus it is their show, their control.They obviously approve or would not have it on.
The brutal rape of a woman is not funny and never will be.
If they would have been talking about Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton there’s a very good chance they would have been run out of town by the MSM and liberal advocacy groups.
Good to hear from you Keemo.
Live by the sword die by the sword.
If liberals can’t handle the environment they themselves create,then to he!! with them.
Baxter Greene on August 4, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Nyssan on August 4, 2009 at 8:12 AM
Ditto.
I’d like one on my street corner. At least it is announcing to the world what we have and that we fully aknowledge it.
ORconservative on August 4, 2009 at 9:10 AM
The rape bit is shocking and disgusting and I really fail to see how you could listen to it.
ORconservative on August 4, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Hollywood honored Keith Ledger with an Academy Award. They’d be racist to deny Sir Obama the same regards for his performance.
Roar of the greasepaint, Smell of the crowd.
maverick muse on August 4, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Chris probably either ignored it or expressed how creative
and smart this expression is and that the right wingers need to lighten up.
It is only racist and ignorant if it is directed at liberals.
Baxter Greene on August 4, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Baxter Greene on August 4, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Whether or not leftists live with the environment they’ve created, to hell with hell.
maverick muse on August 4, 2009 at 9:14 AM
it is amusing, in a ironic sort of way, that the left is all aghast that anyone would paint the President of the United States as the Joker. They are using words like “dangerous” to describe this act of disrespect. Yet they somehow forget that THIS for Vanity Fair in 2008. Then it was funny. Now it dangerous. Go figure.
MikeA on August 4, 2009 at 9:14 AM
These guys SUCK at this. You’d think they’d ask themselves – did we do that to Bush? We did? Oh…crap, I guess can’t call them racist a holes now for painting Obama like the joker. Darn it! What about vampires? Did we do a…we did? Oh, nevermind.
Idiots.
Thunderstorm129 on August 4, 2009 at 9:16 AM
What morons. It was only a year ago too.
I still want an Obamajoker poster.
Has a nice ring to it.
ORconservative on August 4, 2009 at 9:22 AM
He makes a great Joker.
Really has the look of a man that is working tirelessly to kill millions of infants.
Hening on August 4, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Where do I get the T-shirt?
400lb Gorilla on August 4, 2009 at 9:26 AM
The Joker poster is powerful. So is this by BillaryMcBush.
MORE, PLEASE!
petefrt on August 4, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Zazzle has a big line of Joker merchandise, including T-shirts.
petefrt on August 4, 2009 at 9:30 AM
The photo-shop poster rocks–want one in my office. You know the creator hit the mark by the reaction. Only limp-wristed doofuses on our side of the aisle would object to this fine piece of human creativity..
RepubChica on August 4, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Here ya go.
petefrt on August 4, 2009 at 9:33 AM
George Bush as the Joker in Vanity Fair:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/07/bush-as-joker.html
Everything about Obama is about race, isn`t it?
albill on August 4, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Thanks…just brought two.
RepubChica on August 4, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Words
Just Words
Poor Bambi, all he ever wanted was for everyone to like him.
And to socialize this country. Face up to the truth you big baby. Just like any other spoiled brat you’ve had everything given to you.
bluegrass on August 4, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Spoken like a true propaganda minister. Next Matthews will tell us that criticism of The One is a threat to public order and harmony.
RadClown on August 4, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Democrat Zombies.
This has been going on for a long, long time.
MikeA on August 4, 2009 at 9:38 AM
It is vile and apparently okay with the liberal MSM since they did nothing about it compared to the full court press they put on Imus for calling the girls basketball team “nappy headed hoes”.
In defense of Jim Treacher (not that he needs my help)though,he’s a sharp intelligent guy,I get the impression he is not defending this commentary but defending the 1 st Amendment right to have this commentary.
They do.
Just like we have the right to call them out on their ignorant hypocrisy and discount their opinions when they have no credibility on this issue.
I just don’t think this is something to joke about and it pisses me off when I see this along with hundreds of other examples over the last eight years of hateful,bigoted commentary directed at Republicans and Christians by the same people that are always putting themselves up as bearers of great moral authority.
You could literally fill this thread up with ignorant bile that liberals spew then whine “truth to power”…”dissent is patriotic”.
You so much as assert that you want Obama’s socialist policies to fail and they flip right around and call you a “racist” and “right wing hate monger”.
liberals double standards and hypocrisy are so transparent that it would be funny if the press and entertainment industry was not so complicit in supporting and pushing this hypocrisy.
When liberals on TV or on the hill start with their whining and faux moral authority routines the first thought that comes to mind immediately is :
Screw you liberals, get over it
liberals have no credibility or right to set down guidelines of what is appropriate and not appropriate.
Many have shown themselves to be the most ignorant,racist,hateful people you will ever meet and that has been very apparent over the last 8 years of constant bogus scandals,illegitimate conspiracy theories, and hateful actions directed at people they disagree with.
So they can pretty much kiss my a$$ and get over it.
Their opinions and “feelings” don’t carry any weight with me until they start practicing what they preach.
Baxter Greene on August 4, 2009 at 9:38 AM
The only thing Chris Matthews is missing is a brain.
Daggett on August 4, 2009 at 9:42 AM
“I’m Like A Dog Chasing Cars! I Wouldn’t Know What To Do If I Caught One!” -Joker.
I think that’s the point of the posters.
Akzed on August 4, 2009 at 9:42 AM
If it is so bad (to the left), then it must be good.
Mr. Joe on August 4, 2009 at 9:46 AM
No it isn’t about the Joker and socialism… its about that other similarity… but then others have noticed that previously. Its amazing that the LA Weekly took so long, really.
ajacksonian on August 4, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Good. One for you and one for me?
petefrt on August 4, 2009 at 9:47 AM
I’m sorry, Allah, but if you don’t recognize the greatness in this Obama Joker Poster then it’s time for you to hang up your blogging cap and return to the tollbooth full time. Oh, and real men don’t Tweet either.
Percy_Peabody on August 4, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Obama is a clown, but not a funny one. A deranged clown! And the parellel is that he is staged to steal people’s hard earned money. But as far as the poster goes, it’s more about having something that’s visually striking, as opposed to some no-brainer change to the run of the mill hope posters. I like it. I think it gets people’s attention.
golfballs03 on August 4, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Whether its Barack the Magic Negro, any Rush Limbaugh song, teabags, etc. political types have never been very good at weaving pop culture references into their messages. Of course we all don’t have the sharp wit and genious mind that this guy has.
LevStrauss on August 4, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Since Sir Obama forever is changing the rules of the game of life, downtrodden Cocky Citizen always gets the short end of the stick. Assisting Sir is his eager disciple Kid, anxious to pick up bits of wisdom while helping keep Cocky in his place. Why So Serious? Let’s put a smile on that face.
The Joker, Smoker, Toker
See for yourself the unexpected links.
maverick muse on August 4, 2009 at 9:57 AM
HA! I googled parts of the quote I remembered, and (of course!) was led to HotAir. It was already posted, but worth redoing:“Do I really look like a man with a plan, Harvey? I don’t have a plan. The mob has plans, the cops have plans. you know what I am, Harvey? I’m a dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught one. I just DO things. I’m a wrench in the gears. I HATE plans. Yours, theirs, everyone’s. Maroni has plans, Gordon has plans. Schemers trying to control their worlds. I am not a schemer. I show schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are. So when I say that what happened to you and your girlfriend wasn’t personal, you know I’M telling the truth”*Gives Dent Gun*”It’s a schemer who put you where you are. You were a schemer. You had plans. Look where it got you. I just did what I do best-I took your plan and turned it on itself. Look what I have done to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple bullets. Nobody panics when the expected people got killed. Nobody panics when things go according to plan, even if the plans are horrifying. If I tell the press that tomorrow a gangbanger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will get blown up, nobody panics. But when I say one little old mayor will die, everyone loses their minds!! Introduce a little anarchy, you upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I AM AN AGENT OF CHAOS. And you know the thing about chaos, Harvey. It’s fair. IrishSamurai on August 3, 2009 at 7:34 PM
”
At first I thought it odd that this poster first appeared in Los Angeles, of all places. Of all places, indeed.
Akzed on August 4, 2009 at 9:57 AM
I know I know, preview is my friend…
Akzed on August 4, 2009 at 9:58 AM
Ed is wrong. The poster is brilliant.
The point is that Obama is the opposite of what he says he is. His entire life is a trick.
And the joke is on us.
notagool on August 4, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Wrong. Chris Matthews is missing Testosterone.
Jeff from WI on August 4, 2009 at 10:05 AM
There’s a huge selection here of Obama Joker T-shirts.
Additionally, you can do a search on “Obama Joker” on Ebay and come up with A LOT of hits on merchandise with this image!
I bought a T-shirt and look forward to wearing it out and about. I have a lot of these T-shirts and no one in Louisiana or Mississippi has ever said anything negative to me about them. I’ve gotten a very few mean stares – but a lot of compliments and I’m sure I’ll get many off this shirt.
I’d like to see us wear them at the Tea Parties – although – it’s not the sort of thing the organizers in Louisiana want to encourage. They usually encourage us to wear nice looking clothing with no political message. The revolution is still in the “polite” stage I guess! :D
HondaV65 on August 4, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Next up, Obama as Ozymandias.
James on August 4, 2009 at 10:08 AM
My sentiments exactly, B. We make fools of ourselves by taking them seriously when they don’t even take seriously the message of their own words, when they use the jargon of ethics/morality not for meaning/message, but for effect. They don’t want a bona fide discussion of ethics; they want to shut the discussion down.
Hence the appropriate response is not serious debate, but rather, “Kiss my butt”.
petefrt on August 4, 2009 at 10:10 AM
You got that too I take it….
“uh killing millions is er ok as long as we get Priuses out of it and uh erm ‘peace’…”
More Kovacs less limp wrist//
sven10077 on August 4, 2009 at 10:12 AM
Obama/ Joker: “You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push! “
faraway on August 4, 2009 at 10:16 AM
I won’t be satisfied until I see the real original, long-form poster.
corona on August 4, 2009 at 10:18 AM
And I thought it was just the ADD.
davidk on August 4, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Our evil “AzzClown-in-Chief”: it perfect!!!
Sweet_Thang on August 4, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Prius.
davidk on August 4, 2009 at 10:26 AM
“What’s the point, exactly?”
Well, it’s been demonstrated that the Gotham of The Dark Knight is based on Chicago, and not New York as most people think.
Chickyraptor on August 4, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Yup. He’s the post-racial president. Or, to put it another way, anything anyone posts about him must be racially motivated.
Daggett on August 4, 2009 at 10:33 AM
I had made another one here.
modifiedcontent on August 4, 2009 at 10:35 AM
So many words about a poster that doesn’t need any. That’s the point. It makes its point without them.
Glad to see that the T-shirts are out there and getting popular. It’s just another tool in the fight.
BetseyRoss on August 4, 2009 at 10:37 AM
The Joker, You have all these rules and you think they’ll save you….Obama, The Constitution of the U.S. has problems….
I don’t know about you all, but I am with the Joker on this one, I think playing by the rules is for suckers.
Dr Evil on August 4, 2009 at 10:41 AM
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