White right-wing nut who created Obama Joker image neither white nor right-wing
posted at 4:26 pm on August 18, 2009 by Allahpundit
He’s showing promise on the nutty part, though.
Bored during his winter school break, Firas Alkhateeb, a senior history major at the University of Illinois, crafted the picture of Obama with the recognizable clown makeup using Adobe’s Photoshop software…
“After Obama was elected, you had all of these people who basically saw him as the second coming of Christ,” Alkhateeb said. “From my perspective, there wasn’t much substance to him.”
“I abstained from voting in November,” he wrote in an e-mail. “Living in Illinois, my vote means close to nothing as there was no chance Obama would not win the state.” If he had to choose a politician to support, Alkhateeb said, it would be Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich…
Regardless, Alkhateeb does agree with the Obama “Hope” artist about “socialism” being the wrong caption for the Joker image. “It really doesn’t make any sense to me at all,” he said. “To accuse him of being a socialist is really … immature. First of all, who said being a socialist is evil?”
Much closer to evil: Rahm Emanuel, who “shows a clear anti-Muslim racism.” Two questions here. First, if this guy’s problem with Obama is that he’s an empty suit, what’s up with the Joker imagery? Is that really the big takeaway about the Joker’s character from “The Dark Knight” — that’s he’s overhyped? Second, since depicting our savior as a white-faced killer is and can only be racist (“the only thing missing is a noose“), does that mean Alkhateeb now wears the scarlet R? It’s no defense to say that he didn’t mean anything racist by it; the left long ago dropped any requirement of conscious intent before using their favorite smear. And yet, per his racial and political identity, we know that he simply can’t be racist, any more than The One can for showing the sort of neglect that would have earned Bush a 15-minute Olbermann rant on white supremacy. Any theories on how to square this devilish circle? Perhaps the nefarious right-wing “climate of hate” seeped into the poor lad’s mind and had him do its bidding subconsciously.
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It’s still Bush’s fault or Rove’s or something like that.
barnone on August 18, 2009 at 4:28 PM
This guy will be joing that Cubs fan that went into hiding for catching that foul ball…..
PatriotRider on August 18, 2009 at 4:28 PM
To the Palis, Obama’s “muslim roots” make him an apostate.
However, I don’t think he’s either muslim nor Christian, I think he worships himself.
wildcat84 on August 18, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Icing in the cake – he is a palestinian muslim.
Anita on August 18, 2009 at 4:29 PM
LA Weekly’s going to have to triple down on this one.
BadgerHawk on August 18, 2009 at 4:29 PM
The cognitive dissonance created in the Left’s minds over this is priceless.
WisCon on August 18, 2009 at 4:29 PM
The Obama Joker poster is a work of genius. Even if its creator is a total whack job.
Percy_Peabody on August 18, 2009 at 4:30 PM
This guy MUST be a secret Christian who converted to Muslim, and tans heavily to appear dark skinned.
Karl Rove is a Genius. /s
portlandon on August 18, 2009 at 4:30 PM
No, if you mean racism because no, if you mean Republican. So here endeth the story.
Dash on August 18, 2009 at 4:30 PM
It’s an Obamanation – damn it!!
bwconq on August 18, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Oh, well then never mind.
Oink on August 18, 2009 at 4:31 PM
The LA Weekly thinks Palestinians are racist? Oh my.
faraway on August 18, 2009 at 4:31 PM
The climate of hate in Chicago is strong, but it’s not right wing.
BadgerHawk on August 18, 2009 at 4:31 PM
I got the impression that he meant nothing by it and was just trying out a photoshop app.
Esthier on August 18, 2009 at 4:31 PM
But he THINKS like a racist…
right2bright on August 18, 2009 at 4:31 PM
I question the timing………..
Janos Hunyadi on August 18, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Finally. A Muslim has created something productive.
Aristotle on August 18, 2009 at 4:32 PM
As we know, the only person who can stand up to The Joker is Pat Leahy.
YYZ on August 18, 2009 at 4:32 PM
This is a statist from IL. Here is a tidbit about IL voters from a Rasmussen poll:
We just don’t care how we get screwed in this state!
WashJeff on August 18, 2009 at 4:33 PM
All your Sirhan Sirhan jokes are belong to us.
Had this story first thing this a.m. dude:
http://is.gd/2nf23
fivefeetoffury on August 18, 2009 at 4:33 PM
The LA Times response should be entertaining. I guess they’ll take a cue from Carlos Watson and claim just the “socialism” part is racist, since it is the new n-word afterall.
Go RBNY on August 18, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Liberals “discover” that poster was secretly funded by right-wing extremist teabagging rednecks in 5… 4… 3… 2…
Daggett on August 18, 2009 at 4:34 PM
A hundred million dead victims would argue that it is evil.
Funny, how nowhere does the image directly say anything about evil, but even the left wingers get the message.
Vashta.Nerada on August 18, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Beat me by 3 minutes…
Jim Treacher on August 18, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Dude, he was obviously programmed by the CIA.
ronsfi on August 18, 2009 at 4:34 PM
The only thing that’s missing in that picture is a noose!!! (Oh, he’s not white…nevermind.)
Disturb the Universe on August 18, 2009 at 4:35 PM
State run news to investigate if Dick Armey or the insurance companies are paying him.
VibrioCocci on August 18, 2009 at 4:35 PM
As was championed by our wise Latina (who had to get to Princeton before she found out that Spanish has adjectives, and has never learned the actual definition of the word “wise”) in her Ricci ruling, resting on “disparate impact” which finds racism without intent, for weak legal minds who see racism in everything.
Did I say how great it was for the GOP to let this abomination out of committee – especially when the American public would have been very happy to see her bottled up, given their reaction to federal government insanity and power-grabbing with this marxist-oriented, America-killing attempt at health care.
progressoverpeace on August 18, 2009 at 4:35 PM
OH…well then, if he’s liberal, then he’s just exercising his First Amendment Rights. It’s ok….we can agree to disagree./sarc
pilartx on August 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM
This guy created the image but was NOT the person or person’s who made a poster out of it, attached the socialism tag, or plastered it around Los Angeles. A lot of young kids play with Photoshop and are able to create certain images from their whim in very short order. It’s a perfect example of how something that is fairly innocuous can go viral and then the people who are oversensitive to malice and insult will essentially project their own biases and fears onto it. A little like the Gates incident: unjustified accusations become self-fulfilling.
pleaseandthankyou on August 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM
The left throws beanballs every day, then squeals like stuck pigs when they get winged by a whiffle ball.
Hypersensitive, whining little left wing swine have no standing when it comes to complaining about low blows.
Because if there is one thing the left knows, it’s low blows.
NoDonkey on August 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM
If all else fails, hit it with a Big Hammer.
Murphy9 on August 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM
I think you mean the FBI.
WashJeff on August 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM
He was goaded into making it by his racist white classmates, and he did it in a desperate attempt to be accepted into their white world of white privilege and white whitey whititude. The racism of it all turns the stomach.
TMK on August 18, 2009 at 4:38 PM
I’m betting that Firas the Photoshopper will not become the next Joe the Plumber.
Jim Treacher on August 18, 2009 at 4:38 PM
This is easy.
Joker image = not racist
Socialist = not evil
but…
Joker image + socialist = racist
When you combine the two, socialist changes to “code for the n-word”.
It’s pretty obvious.
redzap on August 18, 2009 at 4:38 PM
So, is “socialist” the new n-word or not?
Disturb the Universe on August 18, 2009 at 4:39 PM
PRICELESS!
BigMike252 on August 18, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Kind of like multiplying two negative numbers.
Vashta.Nerada on August 18, 2009 at 4:40 PM
The Founders.
progressoverpeace on August 18, 2009 at 4:41 PM
I agree. You have to understand, socialism is just like any other religion, it regulates your behavior, is promoted through lies, pretends to believe in an imaginary utopia, killed millions, and always needs more money.
LevStrauss on August 18, 2009 at 4:41 PM
I predicted it!
Brat on August 18, 2009 at 4:42 PM
“…but Kucinich was focused on resolving the Roswell issue. I was also curious how he landed his wife. Was she hypnotized or something.”
WashJeff on August 18, 2009 at 4:42 PM
He doesn’t sound crazy to me.
Ted Torgerson on August 18, 2009 at 4:42 PM
This is funnier than the blogger that said the guy who carried an AR 15 automatic rifle to an Obama town hall meeting was an illterate white trash redneck. Turns out it was a pro-gun brotha who supports concealed weapons. The liberals’ world is being turned upside down.
volsense on August 18, 2009 at 4:43 PM
so is it okay to unchain this guilt that has been projected on to me? meh, why bother, getting used to it…
DanMan on August 18, 2009 at 4:43 PM
He’s Palestinian. Driven to do it because of Israel’s refusal to make concessions. Blame the Joooooos.
Wethal on August 18, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Keep in mind: He did the Photoshop, but he didn’t put socialism at the bottom or distribute it in LA. So the guy who distributed the poster is still unknown.
Red Eye (yes, on Fox) actually revealed Alkhateeb’s name not too long ago.
amerpundit on August 18, 2009 at 4:44 PM
This is wonderful. I mean it. I can just see the Obamabots trying to spin this.
I think he used the Joker face, because he thinks Obama is a big joke. Nothing more than that.
Terrye on August 18, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Photo-shopping Doctor Obama and Mr. Hussein would be so much better
MB4 on August 18, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Sometimes a cigar is just a damned cigar.
But remember, it’s the right that is paranoid.
SteveMG on August 18, 2009 at 4:45 PM
I am still unclear as to whether the actual photoshopping of the the image or the word “Socialism” were suppose to equate to the implie noose. I guess if it was the word, socialism, this guy is totally in the clear of any racisim. The one thing I am positive of is that this is getting way too much attention.
Cindy Munford on August 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM
O/T – Where’s Joe Biden?
All this talk of The Joker reminded me of him.
Oink on August 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM
I blame the climate of hate.
elduende on August 18, 2009 at 4:49 PM
I’ve got one thing to say about all of those race-baters/libs that said the poster was racist…
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAA!!!!!!
DethMetalCookieMonst on August 18, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Pajamas media had a video about iconography and Obama.
They suggested a better poster would have been:
“WHY SO SOCIALIST?”
I agree.
battleoflepanto1571 on August 18, 2009 at 4:49 PM
You left out Halliburton
Del Dolemonte on August 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Unfortunate for the artist, though, since…
Gay beats white.
Palistinian beats white.
Black beats white.
Gay beats Palistinian.
Black beats gay.
Black beats Palistian.
Those are the rules of PC poker.
DethMetalCookieMonst on August 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM
This is why i LOVE hotair.
Hey, help me out, i’ve posted a few times at night but noone knows –
Is there a MOBILE version or IPHONE version of hotair? m.hotair.com doesnt work, neither does some combo of the letter ‘i’. Is there a version that works better on the iphone, or even an iphone APP (huffpo has one!!)
battleoflepanto1571 on August 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Kucinich supporter, huh? Gee, that Leftist-fascism refrain sounds vaguely familiar;
Terp Mole on August 18, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Here are some alternative Batman villain Obama posters: http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/08/less-obscure-obama-batman-villain.html
Mervis Winter on August 18, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Not so fast. His ideal candidate was Dennis Kucinich. Crazy personified.
anuts on August 18, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Gay beats white.
Palistinian beats white.
Black beats white.
Gay beats Palistinian.
Black beats gay.
Black beats Palistian.
Those are the rules of PC poker.
DethMetalCookieMonst on August 18, 2009 at 4:54 PM
who? Well, let’s start with the mountains of corpses stacked behind Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Honneker, Mussolini, Caeucescu, Mao, Pol Pot, Ho Chi, il Sung, Mugabe, Mengistu, Castro, Che, PFLP, PKK, FMLN, FARC, IRA, ETA, Red Army faction, Shining Path, Rachel Carson, etc., ad nauseum– that’s who.
100s of millions of corpses don’t lie.
[On the other hand, why should evil Leftist-fascism serve to prick the conscience of this gentle Palestinian yout? And who are we to judge?]
/sarc
Terp Mole on August 18, 2009 at 4:55 PM
I’d like my “joker” poster to feature Nancy Pelosi
J_Crater on August 18, 2009 at 4:55 PM
I heard that they had him tied up in Bawney’s basement.
farright on August 18, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Wait… so…
Black > Gay > Palestinian > White
a few questions
1. where do other racial/ethnic groups fall into play (i know, i know, they have to be DEMOCRATIC VOTERS, so Cubans get no love for instance)
2. what about various religions???? here’s my take:
Atheism >
Agnosticism/Secular Humanism >
Buddhism >
Muslims except those in Iraq & AFghanistan >
Muslims in Iraq & Afghanistan >
“Tribal” religions >
Hindu/Chinese religions/Shinto/Bahai’/Sikhs/Jainists/etc >
Jews that hate Israel >
Black-majority churches >
White ‘mainline’ churches that ordain gays >
Jews that like Israel >
Hispanic Catholics >
White ‘mainline churches that don’t ordain gays >
White Catholics >
Northern White Evangelicals >
Southern White Evangelical Women >
Southern White Evangelical Men
Is that about right?????
battleoflepanto1571 on August 18, 2009 at 4:56 PM
battleoflepanto1571 on August 18, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Bill Whittle is excellent. The poster with all the American symbols fading away and the O coming to the forefront, chilling.
tessa on August 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
It’s going to be great watching Steven Mikulan try to connect these dots!
stldave on August 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
whoops. forgot Mormons.
Put them between Northern White Evangelicals and Southern White Women??
battleoflepanto1571 on August 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
I guess this story can now be forgotten, doesn’t fit the “narrative”.
rockhead on August 18, 2009 at 4:58 PM
While putting makeup on the president’s picture is the height of adult political commentary. Heh. Tool.
29Victor on August 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Clearly this poor, victimized artist was only innocently expressing the triumph of Obama becoming “the man.” While the horrible, dispecalbe right winged rasicst nutjob who put the word “Socialist” at the bottom of the picture is to blame.
/desperate MSM off.
DrAllecon on August 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM
EVERYONE should watch this. It’s good. Just skip ahead a few minutes if you dont want the premise (that branding is important and conservatives suck at it).
I love the “O” ones at the end.
http://www.pjtv.com/v/2317
battleoflepanto1571 on August 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM
“progressive” minds short circuiting everywhere
runner on August 18, 2009 at 5:01 PM
I’m breathelessly waiting the LA Times’ retraction.
patriette on August 18, 2009 at 5:02 PM
yes
Janos Hunyadi on August 18, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Honest to God, Allah, why don’t you just watch the movie?
The metaphor really does kind of work, regardless of how the artist sees it.
Kensington on August 18, 2009 at 5:04 PM
You must live an empty life. To feel the need to try and use any thread as an opportunity to attack religion. And to at the same time demonstrate that you have no knowledge of that which you so obviously fear.
MarkTheGreat on August 18, 2009 at 5:04 PM
The main point of the story is going over all of your heads. Clearly, Dennis Kucinich breeds racisim and is a hate monger. I hope Rev. Sharpton and Rev. Jackson confront the racist Kucinich on his hatred for minorities.
cadams on August 18, 2009 at 5:05 PM
As a daily Pshop user who remembers the thrilling days of learning the program, this thought occurred to me as well.
But the two images he chose to combine, well, he was obviously chosen by Allah to be an asterisk in history.
RushBaby on August 18, 2009 at 5:06 PM
That’s what I thought too. I think this is getting over-analyzed.
Dee2008 on August 18, 2009 at 5:07 PM
If Obumbler had openly kept his muslim faith then black + muslim would trump arab + muslim. As it stands, the left must back down on the artist and step up on the people putting it up. They could be lower on the victim scale and until we find out it’s time to vilify.
jukin on August 18, 2009 at 5:08 PM
As an artist, he was pretending to think like the vast majority of Americans. You know…the un-American, swastikaaah-carrying, evil-mongers!
SouthernGent on August 18, 2009 at 5:09 PM
To bad the LA Times didn’t spend the same energy checking out Obama as they did trying to find out who this guy is……….
RaisinsofWrath on August 18, 2009 at 5:13 PM
We just don’t care how we get screwed in this state!
WashJeff on August 18, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Jaibones on August 18, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Rashidi video.
progressoverpeace on August 18, 2009 at 5:14 PM
The libs will say it was mean to be satire – like the New Yorker cover that was supposed to make fun of the Bible-clingers prejudices towards Obams and Michelle, but it was sooo subtly clever no one realized it was a joke.
Wethal on August 18, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Israeli plant !
Jeff2161 on August 18, 2009 at 5:15 PM
(Oops)
Jeff – you’re just thinking about this all wrong. Let’s do the math:
29% = Illinois conservatives
7% = The retarded, fringe left
60% = Illinois voters who don’t know anything about anything, and vote Democrat automatically because:
a) they are black or hispanic and vote solely on the basis of race, which is dictated by the Democrat/Mob/Racists who control Illinois politics,
b) they are union members and their jobs and livelihoods depend on activist support for the re-election of the Democrat/Mob/Racists who control Illinois politics,
c) they work for one of the city, county, state, or federal agencies and their jobs and livelihoods depend on … see above, or
d) they are wards of the state, socialists, or communists, and … see above.
Jaibones on August 18, 2009 at 5:19 PM
I love this image no matter who created it.
If the creator is a Muslim, that’s even better since he would be shielded from any charge of racism since Muslims can’t be racists since they are victims…..right?
Hening on August 18, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Boggling isnt it? Well, maybe not considering the source…that said, I bought and encouraged others to buy several of those Posters in an adhesive format just for kicks! I hope many others do as well.
javamartini on August 18, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Think we can hire this racist, Muslim, pretend-Palestinian socialist to do the photo-shop? It would be grand!
Jaibones on August 18, 2009 at 5:22 PM
TESSA THANKS FOR THE PJTV LINK
RushBaby on August 18, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the epitome of a leftist politician
When he was elected Mayor of Cleveland it was a vibrant prosperous midwest city. By the time he left it had filed for bankruptcy and the Cuyahoga River had erupted in flames.
The river burned.
On what level of evil do you have to operate for an entire river to burn??
elduende on August 18, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Excellent!
They suffer from battered spouse syndrome just like Massachusetts.
roy_batty on August 18, 2009 at 5:26 PM
“White right-wing nut who created Obama Joker image neither white nor right-wing”
Say what? This non-white, left leaning guy has to be part of a vast right-wing conspiracy. Are we sure that he doesn’t shop at Brooks Brothers? Is he in contact with any mongers of evil?
Oh how downcast the leftosphere must be at this piece of news. Made my day.
westerncanadian on August 18, 2009 at 5:26 PM
“…Any theories on how to square this devilish circle?”
Go with some type of “post-modernism” analysis (I.E., it doesn’t matter what the artist thought, it’s being USED by Republicans, so ipso facto it must be racists.)
Fred 2 on August 18, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Joe the Plumber gives you 2 thumps up!
roy_batty on August 18, 2009 at 5:27 PM
http://pageslap.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/district-9-is-racist/
apparently district nine is racist, too
blatantblue on August 18, 2009 at 5:30 PM
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