Another billboard mystery in Minnesota?
posted at 11:36 am on March 15, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
Somehow, I think people will miss this man more than the one featured in the “Miss Me Yet?” billboard that appeared outside the Twin Cities in Minnesota last month. Another anonymous advertisement has appeared on the roadside of a major interstate freeway in the outer-ring suburbs of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolis area, on I-94 just outside of Albertville on the way from St. Cloud to Minneapolis. This ad recalls a President that never got his due in Minnesota:
Who paid for this ad? There are no indications on the sign itself, just as with the previous “Miss Me Yet?” sign with George W. Bush. Ronald Reagan never won Minnesota in either of his two national elections, but clearly someone recalls him fondly. It’s not cheap to pay for this kind of advertising, and it would be interesting to discover who’s behind this one.
Update: This is not a photoshop. I contacted Franklin Outdoor Advertising, who confirmed that they have this sign up at I-94. It was funded by a private effort, but the person to whom I spoke did not know who specifically that includes.
Update II: Also, just for some background, the “Miss Me Yet?” billboard was purchased through one of Franklin’s competitors.
Update III: Not sure why people are still insisting that this is a photoshop, but maybe King Banaian’s eyewitness account will help:
Ed posts about a sign on I-94. I saw it for the first time on Saturday morning as I drove to the Twin Cities for meetings and eventually the MOB party. … It gets very good visibility after you come out from under the Albertville overpass on the road traveling east. I did not realize how fresh the sign was, but Saturday was the first time I saw it.
King also recalls Reagan’s speech at Westminster in 1982. Be sure to read it.
Update IV: Local alt paper City Pages picks up the story, and gives proper credit back to Hot Air. Hart Van Denburg also gets confirmation from Franklin.
Update V: CBS News’ Brian Montopoli picks up the story as well:
A billboard has appeared in Minnesota featuring a photograph of former President Ronald Reagan and the words, “Remember real hope and change?”
The billboard, first reported by Ed Morrissey at the blog Hot Air, is reminiscent of the “Miss Me Yet?” billboard that appeared in Minnesota last month.
The CBS folks believe that the photo I used has been retouched in some way, although it looks more like the process of converting it to JPG format has created some irregularities. CBS also confirmed that the billboard exists with Franklin’s owner, Keith Franklin. I’ll ask friends in the area to take a fresh picture of it and send the raw file back to me.
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Deserving people should be rewarded. It is nice to see this happen.
burt on February 15, 2013 at 5:41 PM
America ALWAYS getshe government it deserves so excuse me for NOT being shocked that the CLUELESS democrats in Minnesota discovered they just sat on a barbwired enema tube.
Actions have consequences just as does lethargy.
DannoJyd on February 15, 2013 at 5:46 PM
To quote a now decades old movie “Welcome to the party, pal!”
Fynxbell on February 15, 2013 at 5:51 PM
Bend Forward!
DavidM on February 15, 2013 at 6:25 PM
Wisconsin definitely doesn’t want these business people moving in, especially that Taft guy. They would just bring their big government mindset with them. They still haven’t really learned the lesson that stupid people like them should have learned, they just think that it’s not fair that their businesses were affected.
AZfederalist on February 15, 2013 at 8:02 PM
Ah…of course. It’s Daddy’s business and this hippy dipstick inherited it and is in the process of running it into the ground. That’s pretty much the sissy/liberal model — born with money, happy to call for higher taxes…until.
Jaibones on February 15, 2013 at 8:25 PM
I’d tell him he can’t move. You wanted Dayton, now you got him. Live with it.
TulsAmerican on February 15, 2013 at 9:15 PM
You reap what you sow.
COgirl on February 15, 2013 at 11:03 PM
Better to move to the Dakotas. They have oil and gas and lower taxes. Also, if there is the “divorce”, they will be on the right side.
Mirimichi on February 16, 2013 at 1:22 AM
Higher taxes!
Oh wait, I thought that meant higher taxes for everyone else?
It’s very simple to understand. When you are frivolously spending, you very quickly run out of other people’s money.
Democrats can simply not deliver the utopia they’ve promised. It’s collapsing the economy and that destruction will continue until people realize it’s the big lie.
Look no further than states like Wisconsin and Texas for models that work.
Demonizing people doesn’t work when folks can look across the border and see how much better their neighbor is doing.
Marcus Traianus on February 16, 2013 at 6:41 AM
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/09/02/video-axelrod-dodges-the-better-off-four-years-ago-question/comment-page-1/#comments
rogerb on February 16, 2013 at 6:45 AM
I support Obama!–No wait!!!
You screwed yourselves and the rest of us along with you.
I don’t like you very much.
Sherman1864 on February 16, 2013 at 9:44 AM
Don’t worry libfree Governor Moonshine and the DFL plan on expanding our Sales tax as well. When corporations pay more in taxes they pass that expense on to their customers. Eventually the end user pays all of those expenses + profit or the business goes under. Voting DFL always means trickle down taxation.
jpmn on February 16, 2013 at 10:24 AM
Ah Minnesota Schadenfreude, brewed in the state, kept in secret dark liberal think tanks, only served at the start of a term in office and denied that they wanted it. Best served ice cold with a hint of hypocrisy to give that burst of irony. You wanted it Minnesota, now drink rhe Witches brew you voted for, as we laugh at the ” elections have consequences” reactions. Sweet for me but not for thee. BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
stormridercx4 on February 16, 2013 at 12:31 PM
Great comment thread but I have to say this: I live in a 3rd ring suburb of the Mpls/St.Paul geography. I’ve watched the Dems leave Mpls and St. Paul b/c of crime and taxes. But they move out and continue to vote Democrat.
Either they’re too stupid to figure out it’s the Democrat policies that cause the problems or ?????? can’t think of anything else. But the worst is, those of us who “get it” get stuck with them and their fantasy world of a better city through OPP (other people’s money) in their new city.
Lefties will never get it – they won’t listen. During gun hearings this past week, the Dems left when challenged by people who understood what’s at stake with taking away our guns.
Then there’s our questionable elections but not for today.
MN J on February 16, 2013 at 10:35 PM
If things are that bad, MOVE! I did when I discovered there was no way I could have an actual life in Illinois, and my family thinks it was the best idea I’ve ever had, while my friends still in ChiTcago think I was nuts to do so.
Today they remain cowering in their overpriced shacks scared that today will be THE DAY they are attacked by the criminal element there. The mere thought of a firearm scars them as well.
DannoJyd on February 17, 2013 at 1:09 AM
‘Ones Demise is always one’s own making’
Hello Voters… You’re screwed! Guess who’s to blame!?
I’ll give you a hint: there’s a bullet sized hole in your shoe and there’s a smoking gun in your hand.
Chaz706 on February 17, 2013 at 1:31 AM
It is great to see another Blue State going down the same crapper as my own native state of California. Just keep voting Democrat, people. That will equal high taxes, a terrible business climate, and a bankrupt state. That must be the “attributes” that this hippie whack-job wants.
Rogervzv on February 17, 2013 at 12:56 PM
Yet, after the 2008 campaign of Hope and Change, and four years of destroying the republic, topped with 2012 campaign of Forward, ole JugEars earns fore more years to complete his destruction of the US.
Way to go, Libs.
socalcon on February 17, 2013 at 9:45 PM
The Captain Louis Renault award is off base.
Captain Louis Renault was handed his winnings at the end. The productive people of Minnesota are being handed the bill.
krome on February 19, 2013 at 10:54 AM
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