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

Mail Online ^ | 08/04/09 | Mail Foreign Service

[AngelesCrestHighway]

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'.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Right! Where was the outrage over this?:

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

Read some of the comments!

[AngelesCrestHighway]

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

[LibFreeUSA]

[Fred Hayek]

Watsa matta dems, can’t take a dose of your own medicine? After seven years of your “Chimpy Bushitler” lines, turnabout is fair play. We’re playing by your rules now. F you, dems.

[Jeff Head]

Oh...mean spirited is it? How about when these same peope, for years and years, did the same and worse as regards President Bush. Shrub, Monkey face, The Chimp, The Joker even.

Thin skinned, weak kneed, lily livered bunch of marxists.

Here ya go:

I KNOW MEAN SPIRITED

[Rummyfan]

As another man who occupied the Oval Office said:

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!

[GOP Poet]

truth is a B-.

[the anti-liberal]

Zero is ‘dangerous and mean spirited.’ The image only amplifies that fact, and nicely.

[gimme1ibertee]

'dangerous and mean-spirited'

Sounds like a threat against the artist to me.
Dangerous,in what way?
Were I that artist,i'd be asking for that remark to be clarified.
Too bad. What goes around,comes around,and the left needs to feel the fire for a change.

[the invisib1e hand]

Dangerous and mean spirited

A perfect representation of the subject, then.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Hey, that's wrong. This one below is also not very nice either.

Joker's Helper

[Noumenon]

I've put together a couple of bumper stickers:

NoBama HERE This has gone totally viral. Posters to follow in that 4-up style...

[blueyon]

But this one with Pres Bush from VANITY FAIR July 29, 2008 is OK?
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/07/bush-as-joker.html

Read the remarks...

I personnel do not care one way or another about either “Joker” face..
All I can say to the left is: you showed us how to play the game...Paybacks a Bit*h!

[pissant]

It really should read “Marxism”

[gwilhelm56]

it was not Mean Spirited and DANGEROUS when the EXACT SAME thing was done to the Picture of GW BUSH by Vanity Fair, and that was ART??

YO, BARKY.. if you can’t stand the heat...

[cripplecreek]

I sure hope this isn't too hurtfull to their delicate sensibilities.

[Frank_2001]

Or THIS?

Bush stole the election!

Bush is an idiot!

Bush=Hitler!

All go well beyond “political spoofery”, but where’s the outrage?? Hey Communists, I will NEVER submit to your evil schemes, so you can take your phony outrage and go pound sand !!!

[webschooner]

But this one of Bush wasn't mean spirited, eh Libtards??

[SMARTY]

I think the Obama supporters are challenging this image because it is dead on. Obama is a cartoon charicature of a real U.S. President. “O” has no gravitas and no credibility. His entire persona is manufactured and a sham which the MSM foisted onto the American political scene.

[VanDeKoik]

The free expression of discontent and grievance, is a dangerous thing only to kings, and tyrants.