Interesting. I've been wondering where that came from. So is it still considered racist, now that it turns out the creator is a minority?
Strangely, I agree with this guy on the Illinois thing. The is such a rock-solid blue state that there is no suspense in the outcome of any election. Moving from Texas to Chicago has not given me much suspense come election day.
back when I was living in Chicago there was some hope that downstate and rural areas would pull the state right. I am afraid that isn't the case much anymore. Chicago, for as dear as it is to my heart, is one of the most messed up places, politically, in the US.
Yo, I could be wrong, but I think you completely missed his point. I read it that coming from Texas to Chicago, he never had suspense on election day...the party may have changed, but the forgone conclusion is still the same.
yeah, it appears I did. Thanks. My second point still hold true as i was commenting on the grafitti artist's comment that his vote didn't matter. Oh, and I was not calling the poster whiny, but the artist's and those who comment about their vote. Sorry, if it was interpreted that way.
Was that Obama/Joker photo actually on the cover of TIME? Or was it just seen here and there in the press?
So the guy who made a poster decrying someone as a "socialist" was a Kucinich supporter? Interesting.
There have actually been several people in the media that have claimed that. I still don't really understand their arguments, but here you go: The Link
I have no idea if it has any traction in the public. But I kinda think that if (for example) the NYT runs a an editorial on it, they deserve to be called out on it regardless of how many people bought into it, don't you? If they ran an editorial siding with the birthers, I'm pretty sure they'd get hammered over it, and I'd be OK with that too.
My recollection of the original story has people from the right quoting a few media sources' reaction to the poster as racist and then trying to apply a broad brush to all Obama supporters. The issue never got off the ground as far as I recall because there was no general outrage about the Joker/Obama poster. I didn't care about the poster then and I don't much now. Whether it's a "lib" or a libertarian, they're entitled to ridicule or satire as their opinions dictate. (What makes the guy a "lib," anyway?) Guys with guns showing up at presidential appearances, now that's another matter.
That could also mean he was strongly against the Iraq invasion from the beginning. Or that he was an alien.
so wait, some graffiti artist with a poster fetish is somehow political news? was this the case with...well, anyone? why do we care about this again?
By using the "urban" makeup of the Heath Ledger Joker, instead of the urbane makeup of the Jack Nicholson character, the poster connects Obama to something many of his detractors fear but can't openly discuss. He is black and he is identified with the inner city, a source of political instability in the 1960s and '70s, and a lingering bogeyman in political consciousness despite falling crime rates. __________________________________________________ proof that leftists can find racism is just about any action.
