Posted on 09/16/2010 12:50:12 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
SALT LAKE CITY -- A new painting of President Barack Obama by a Utah artist is stirring things up politically.
The piece, which includes every U.S. president, is titled "The Forgotten Man" and shows Obama stepping on the U.S. Constitution.
"I feel like our presidents have really forgotten who put them there," artist Jon McNaughton said.
The painting shows conservative presidents on one side and liberals on the other. It also features dollar bills blowing around and depicts the American flag at half-mast.
"The flag being at half-mast usually happens when there is a tragedy in the country," McNaughton said. "I have painted the flag at half-mast because I feel that right now our country is experiencing a tragedy at monumental proportions."
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Bump for later.
The key point, I think, is that libtards will seize on any excuse to expand Federal control. If not the "General Welfare" clause in the constitution, then the very sensible conservation steps which TR took to creat our national parks.
I just don't see blaming the people who put the "General Welfare" clause in the constitution or TR for the aberrant behavior of modern libtards as making a lot of sense.
Even my favorite presidents (Washington for the put-down of the Whiskey Rebellion, Reagan for bugging out of Lebanon after the barracks bombing) could get blamed for the ills of modern libtardism if you carry things that far.
I want to print this out in color.
Thanks for the ping. Interesting painting.
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