Spoof poster of Obama's face painted as The Joker branded 'dangerous and mean-spirited'

 

 

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A poster depicting Barack Obama as Batman villain The Joker has been called 'mean-spirited and dangerous' by the U.S. President's supporters.

The image, which has been adopted by Mr Obama's critics, shows him wearing the white face paint and smudged red lips of the character most recently played by the late actor Heath Ledger. Beneath the picture reads the word 'socialism'.

 

Controversy: The poster, which depicts President Barack Obama as Batman villain The Joker has divided U.S. opinion

 

 

The creator of the image remains unknown, but the website that first published the image crashed yesterday because so many had been attempting to view it. It has since been spotted in Los Angeles and Atlanta after it appeared in U.S. media.

 

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The right-wing editor of the American Thinker website, Thomas Lifson, wrote today: 'It is starting.

Inspiration: The poster mimics the make-up worn by late actor Heath Ledger in the latest Batman film

 

'Open mockery of of Barack Obama, as disillusionment sets in with the man, his policies, and the phony image of a race-healing, brilliant, scholarly middle-of-the-roader.'

But the President's supporters have condemned the image, calling it 'mean-spirited and dangerous.'

A spokesman from the Los Angeles urban policy unit said that depicting the president as demonic and a socialist 'goes beyond political spoofery.'

The image comes as the President faces criticism over his plans to create a $1trillion healthcare programme.

Republican chairman Michael Steele first used the word 'socialism' in relation to Mr Obama two weeks ago as he slammed the President's attempts to push Congress into passing the healthcare reforms.

 

 

 

 

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i wonder if those who say now that poster is mean-spirited will call freedom of speech in other cases or not.

 

anyways what is the intention of the creator of that poster? :thinking:

 

is he accusing him to be a villain? :thinking:

i wonder if those who say now that poster is mean-spirited will call freedom of speech in other cases or not.

 

anyways what is the intention of the creator of that poster? :thinking:

 

is he accusing him to be a villain? :thinking:

 

I reckon that's the general idea.;)

What a fail, these people need to shut up, it's just a poster.

I clearly remember there being a similar poster making Bush look like the Joker:

 

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/07/bush-as-joker.html

 

And it was published in Vanity Fair.

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hahahahaha. Semper Fi?

 

Obama is the joker, look how much money he is wasting.

I clearly remember there being a similar poster making Bush look like the Joker:

 

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/07/bush-as-joker.html

 

And it was published in Vanity Fair.

I saw a similar article about this obama poster on AOL and that Bush poster shot straight to mind as well. Amazing that its somehow national news that someone opposes Obama, and they try make it seem even more surprising that it came from California of all places. :facepalm:

 

anyways what is the intention of the creator of that poster? :thinking:

 

is he accusing him to be a villain? :thinking:

 

Of course not, didn't you see the movie? The Joker strives to create a beautiful utopian marxist society, but the evil Batman doesn't want to lose his mansion. So with the help of the Gotham City district attorney, he uses the media to demonize the Joker and eventually create his own oppressive totalitarian regime. Bit of a downer really...

Oh we can't blame him just yet, remember he's only had six months. We need to at least wait until he passes his healthcare bill (doesn't matter what the details are, just so he can sign something).

Of course not, didn't you see the movie? The Joker strives to create a beautiful utopian marxist society, but the evil Batman doesn't want to lose his mansion. So with the help of the Gotham City district attorney, he uses the media to demonize the Joker and eventually create his own oppressive totalitarian regime. Bit of a downer really...

 

The part where the Joker talks about being all about Anarchy really rubbed me the wrong way. I was really hoping word wouldn't get out about what we had planned... but now this stupid Batman movie invalidates thousands of academic papers by Mises and Hayek and Rothbard. We would've gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!

 

*shakes fist*

Oh we can't blame him just yet, remember he's only had six months. We need to at least wait until he passes his healthcare bill (doesn't matter what the details are, just so he can sign something).

 

It takes time to fix Bush's mistakes! Like doing the same policies only bigger! Give him time Jay.

That poster offends me!