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Obama Joker Poster Popping Up In Los Angeles
Newsbusters ^ | August 1, 2009 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 08/01/2009 5:41:49 PM PDT by Baladas

Have you seen this poster?

Apparently, it's beginning to appear in odd places in Los Angeles, but nobody seems to know who's responsible for it.

Radio host Tammy Bruce posted some pictures of this odd creation at her blog Saturday morning (h/t Pamela Geller) leading me to investigate further.

At this point, all I could find on the subject was an April 25 article from Bedlam Magazine:

A poster of Barack Obama in Heath Ledger-style Joker make-up with the legend 'Socialism' beneath it has been popping up recently on surfaces around L.A. It does not appear to be in the same category as the many benign take-offs on the Shepard Fairey 'Hope' poster, such as the one by Australian James Lillis (more of a straightforward spoof that merely substituted a Shepardized image of Heath Ledger as Joker on the Obama poster).

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: batman; joker; jokerposter; losangeles; msmbias; obama; shepardfairey; socialism; tammybruce
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To: Lee'sGhost
OMG.... This is perfect. Perfect.

I want one!

141 posted on 08/02/2009 12:15:50 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: redpoll

I’m making copies to post all over town on Monday!


142 posted on 08/02/2009 12:17:49 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: redpoll
This is what we need to be doing [because] ... Using the tactics of the left does not mean adopting the politics of the left.

AMEN! Exactly. What a great way to put it. I get so sick of the cowards whining, "B-b-b-b-but it will backfire! B-b-b-b-but it makes us look bad! B-b-b-b-b-but it's stooping to level of our enemies, and we need to stay above it!" The last is the most arrogant of all. We've got to stop being arrogant and holier-than-thou and get guerilla. Ted said it in my tagline!

143 posted on 08/02/2009 12:26:15 AM PDT by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent.)
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To: getontwitterfacebknow
Shopping Obama’s picture with a random outdated film icon, which could be used by race carders as proof of racism is lame.

This reference to an outdated film icon better?

Personally, I think it would be more effective if he were the Joker . . . but I don't have Photoshop.

144 posted on 08/02/2009 12:51:18 AM PDT by Brugmansian
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To: Finny

I do not trust any group right now claiming to be the leaders of conservative views, better off to be a lone wolf that catches its own dinner than be a hungry pack.

And I do believe that there is to some extent an effort to organize people here in fruitless endeavors, not that birthers is going nowhere its hitting them from all angles.

Eventually its a war of attrition by one side or the other and of course technology and having the high ground is a tactical advantage, but here on the internet its about setting up a following and I fear some freepers may follow trolls posting suggestive ideas that lead down a blind path or in circles.

This is an interesting project that needs to be kept low keyed but used, Obama polls are falling faster than a souffle during an earthquake.


145 posted on 08/02/2009 1:17:33 AM PDT by Eye of Unk ("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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To: getontwitterfacebknow

I don’t know... I thought Obama was half white. Or so we’ve been told. How can this be racist?


146 posted on 08/02/2009 5:15:16 AM PDT by jdfromny (At what point are we officially "North Americans"?)
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To: redpoll
I agree, this is great.

Something else I'd like to see is a parody on the well known goatse.cx image (Warning: DON'T search for this if you don't know what I'm talking about) using the Obama poster "O" in place of the iconic aperture.

147 posted on 08/02/2009 5:46:45 AM PDT by Notary Sojac (I quit voting for RINOs when the GOP gave us Bob Dole. Have not voted for one since...)
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To: Baladas
I agree, this is great.

Something else I'd like to see is a parody on the well known goatse.cx image (Warning: DON'T search for this if you don't know what I'm talking about) using the Obama poster "O" in place of the iconic aperture.

148 posted on 08/02/2009 5:49:44 AM PDT by Notary Sojac (I quit voting for RINOs when the GOP gave us Bob Dole. Have not voted for one since...)
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To: Notary Sojac

The graphic might even be called a “teaching moment”.


149 posted on 08/02/2009 6:27:00 AM PDT by Brugmansian
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To: Baladas

BTTT


150 posted on 08/02/2009 7:26:34 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Eye of Unk
IMO, it's always better to to be the "lone wolf that catches its own dinner than be a hungry pack." And that's exactly what's happening here -- these are lone wolves doing this.

The beauty of this thing is that it isn't organized by some group "claiming to be the leaders of conservative views." It's a pretty big assumption on your part to think otherwise. Further, certain philosophies/types don't "herd" together well in groups and others do. Liberals do because they're like sheep who yearn to be led; conservatives don't because they're "lone wolves" who resent those who presume to lead them. Natures of the beasts.

So IF there's "to some extent an effort to organize peope [on FR] in fruitless endeavors," I wouldn't worry about it much. And though you indentify yourself as a "lone wolf," you sound a little too timid for that. It sounds to me like your too frightened to do much more than sit back and wring your hands at what you see other "wolves" doing.

151 posted on 08/02/2009 7:39:34 AM PDT by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent.)
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To: healy61

I see getontwitterfacebknow has been banned or suspended.
just another one of “those” troublemakers.

They probably don’t get replies at DU either. Pathetic loser.


152 posted on 08/02/2009 8:00:24 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Many lge corp. successes started with a sm bus., an entrepreneur & a dream. 0 is killing that dream)
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To: Notary Sojac
Where have you been?
153 posted on 08/02/2009 8:01:50 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (John Galt was exiled.)
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To: ctdonath2

Love it! thanks.


154 posted on 08/02/2009 8:17:34 AM PDT by Notary Sojac (I quit voting for RINOs when the GOP gave us Bob Dole. Have not voted for one since...)
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To: Jeff Head

ping


155 posted on 08/02/2009 8:23:18 AM PDT by SideoutFred (B.O. Stinks...it really does)
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To: Steelfish; All

Maybe we should first get some idea of who planted them and how the public responds to these ‘posters’.


156 posted on 08/02/2009 8:24:05 AM PDT by Osnome (Moderation In All Things)
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To: InterceptPoint
Kinkos.

Only if you manage to get there before Bill Burkett.
157 posted on 08/02/2009 8:35:39 AM PDT by Terpfen (FR is being Alinskied. Remember, you only take flak when you're over the target.)
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To: Baladas

Brilliant! The creator and hanger(s) are heroes in my book.

Gangs and “street artists” tag everything, and it’s just business as usual and citizens just have to live with it. For example, Austin was lousy with Bush “MisLeader” tags for while.

An unknown takes their own First Amendment jab at Obama and you can bet the farm that some Federal agency will track them down.


158 posted on 08/02/2009 8:35:59 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

BUMP TO THE TOP!

159 posted on 08/02/2009 8:39:12 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Zer0 to the poor (foolish) voter: Welcome to 'MY' DeathCARE ® You Sucker... Now Die! :^)
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To: TribalPrincess2U
Not too clever. Done by a leftist to make the right look bad.

Maybe, but it sure strikes a chord.

160 posted on 08/02/2009 8:42:17 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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