How quickly they forget
Obama-bots are in a tizzy over a silly poster of Dear Leader as The Joker.
The BDS-infected Left may have wiped the violent imagery and assassination fascination targeting the president from their memories.
I haven’t:




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Related: The Anchoress notes the race-card players and celebrates free speech, Hillary-style:
As Hillary Clinton famously yelled, “I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration, somehow you’re not patriotic, and we should stand up and say, ‘WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO DEBATE AND DISAGREE WITH ANY ADMINISTRATION!’”
Free speech. It might be the very best thing about America, even when it irks.
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YES WE CAN, NO YOU CAN’T
Forget the real story that Obama is receiving 30 death threats a day, 5 times as many as W got.
Why not “Obama lied, Old People Not Born”
I am definitely noticing the trolls out in full force on all the threads today. Obama’s internet military thugs trying to muddy the waters of truth. They really do sound desperate, don’t they? Shun them.
Salt said (#93):
I apologize. Rephrasing: some posters here, MM herself, Drudge, and many other organs of the Republican party are giving “Republican political discourse” a bad name.
Yes, but my emotions are not disrupting the site by preventing you from posting.
happyscrapper said (#99):
Clearly not. But
is not an argument.
Troll elsewhere if you do not like the tone.
Red State Skeptic said: I hate white people or some such thing.
Neither is claiming that the “right wing” was lying by posting a video of obama speaking.
As for the barry/joker poster, I want to know where to get the T-shirt??
Trolls, we appreciate that you want to help Dear Leader, but really, you aren’t doing anyone any favors.
Funny how the left can bully, smear or trash anyone who disagrees with them, but put the shoe on another foot and they are the first to cry foul. BHO is just going to get what the left dished out to Bush. Either the office of the President is respected or it isn’t. If the left wants to protect BHO then they need to stop all the bashing directed at others and try debating instead. They also need to learn how lose without being vindictive. None of these behaviors really serve to advance the country.
Here is a site where you can buy some shirts.
http://www.zazzle.com/joker+obama+tshirts
I have to agree. I was wondering about the connection when I saw it. Seems pretty tenuous to non-existent to me. Plus, the Joker was mocking those who were alarmed at his anarchy with the phrase, “Why so serious?” (this tied in with his mutilation of a permanent smile).
If you just want to use the Joker imagery, I would change the caption to read, “Why so capitalist?”
All that said, I am (still!) amazed to see people on the left try to paint this as somehow a unique affront to the “One” and burn their consciences (if they have ‘em) to a crisp from the heat of excessive hypocrisy since Bush got 10 times worse and by and large they said NOTHING.
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence – and then success is sure. – Mark Twain
Sometimes we hate the military. Sometimes we are the military. Get your paranoia straight.
Reading this thread, I think it’s time to take MM up on her offer to forget the Bush years. It’s been six whole months since the last person made Bush a Nazi. Let’s not wallow in the past.
I think younger.
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.- Mark Twain”
First, there’s no comparison. Honest to God death threats and honest to God assassination plots don’t compare to some punk printing Bush’s face with a gun held to it.
Second, y’all act like the office of the President was so sacred before the left pissed on W, when the most prominent conservative media figure ever called Chelsea Clinton the “White House dog” and John McCain said Chelsea was so ugly because her father was Janet Reno.
don’t give two sh*ts about the joker pic…
Agreed, there’s plenty to wallow in now, and more wallows where they came from.
Unfortunately, what you just said was reasonable. Therefore, the lefties will think you are crazy for saying it. Sigh.
On August 4th, 2009 at 11:01 am, chapoutier said:
Hmmmm….don’t necessarily see the connection between the Joker and socialism, but hey the poster is funny in a creepy kind of way.
Hmmmmmm. Perhaps you don’t see the “connection” becaseu you’d rather not.
The point is really quite simple.
Obama a a “joker”
jokers are liars
and the fcat that this particular joker is a scary one is a bonus.
I call BS chappie, I think you do see the connection
From what I know of him, I’m pretty far to the right of Chap and I can honestly say that I don’t see the connection either. And, as anyone who has seen my posts here knows, I’m anything but sympathetic to the Left and Obama.
RSS – you care a bunch or you wouldn’t be on this thread.
The JOKE is on the idiots who voted for this tool. And Teh One is the only one laughing. That is the connection.
As I said, there are a LOT of trolls out today! Desparation time. Very encouraging for our side. Why would they all feel the need to try and hijack our threads? We know who they are. I will try to ignore them, if at all possible. Sometimes, you just have to respond. But don’t let them get away with their attempts to take our threads away. These swamp creatures are starting to stink up the place.
Isn’t the Heath Ledger Joker real scary? Isn’t Obama real scary? Isn’t that a connection?
Also, didn’t the Joker want to control Gotham? and eliminate any oppostion to his progrom? Should I go on?
Thank you, Michelle, for pointing out yet another example of left-wing hypocrisy.
Only thing is, I don’t see any guns pointed at ObamaJoker’s head, or it separated from his body.
Exactly where is the assassination fantasy here? Seems all that’s going on is someone correctly pointing out the truth about Barack Obama.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Honestly, I don’t see that it matters about the connection for some and not for others. To me, it’s as ominous a picture as is the man..but I think it’s like everything else, we all see things differently and most is relative. For some on the left, they apparently view it as I do.
what do you think bush got all the time from you left-wing wackos??? movies about assasinating the president, etc…if a conservative did anything like that they’d be under federal investigation in a NY minute…
oh yes you do sonny, or you wouldn’t be here…
Gonna hold ya to it, lgm
Oh wait. Is that from this post onward? When do I start keeping track of your slip ups?
I see the picture on a surface level. Take it at face value. I’ve not seen the movie in which Ledger portrayed the Joker, but the evil nature of it, coupled with the word “socialism” is enough for me to look at the image and say “exactly”.
People on the left are just picking it apart based on details because it lessens then sting.
exactly!
Boy this stuff is spreading like wild fire.
http://www.zazzle.com/joker+obama+gifts
The Left thinks it’s the only ones who can photo shop and sling Mud?
http://www.moonbattery.com/
their the only ones who can sling mud?
Well, I’m not on the left but do consider myself a Batman fan. That was why I made my comment. I just thought there might be a better metaphor.
Perhaps the Scarecrow (deploys weapons and techniques to use fear to his advantage)? Granted, I know the Joker is more recognizable.
That’s wonderful, chappy. Now I await your deconstruction of all the images of Bush at the top of this page.
It’s quite possible that this poster originated on the left, among former Obama fans disgusted with his double talk.
ooooh, that would be an argument for using Two-Face.
Instead of a coin, he can toss the polls.
Now there’s a reliable source of information! But when the left wants to believe something, their standards of evidence become very elastic.
Especially the Bush-as-joker and Bush-as-Hitler stuff.
This should be interesting.
sigh.
Like this guy?
Dexter, I was going to fix it again but what’s the point I probably would have tried “There” next LOL!
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/08/barack_obama_laughingstock.html
This thing is going viral, when will someone finally put it to music and uploaded it to You Tube?
http://tammybruce.com/2009/08/shots-from-the-show-83.html
It doesn’t matter if any of you “get” the obama-as-joker poster or not. Here is why it is so important, and the left knows it:
We have to use their own playbook against them.
Yeah, I’m a little anal… sorry. I missed my calling to be a copy editor.
Excellent point. Just as Alynskys rules point out that if you hold people to their ideals, you will show that they can not follow them. What goes around comes around. Maybe someday we will get back to real debate of the issues. Wait, lefties can’t argue the real issues. They would lose.
Dexter, I honestly thought about correcting myself again, and thought that’s how many tries in a row now? I should just hang it up GRIN.
I am still wondering who it is out in LA that is papering underpasses with this statement? This is usually the kind of thing you see from college kids on campuses….who is unhappy with their “Change” in Los Angeles?
Quite possible …
OR knowing how those nutjobs work …
An Obama fan may have created it so that he could complain about someone else doing it.
Hey, they do it all the time. It’s not all that different from when they create a problem, then a solution for the problem which isn’t a solution at all, then they blame the failure of their phony solution on those who tried to stop them from screwing things up in the first place.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
It’s probably someone from Orange County
Yeah, yeah, more Obama stuff, just take a look:
http://www.cafepress.com/4therepublic
I finally understand how Congress works!
Perfect example of this Dexter was the interview Geithner had this weekend explaining how taxing the middle class is a probability because our country is in so much debt because of the stimulus which was passed so that we wouldn’t have to pay more taxes. D’oh! But it’s all Booosssh’s fault.
Does anybody else find it funny that “Swoop and Poop” lgm is explaining proper political discourse on a thread that provides him yet another “Bush ws bad” opportunity?
OT—CNN is reporting that Kim Jong Il has pardoned the 2 US journalists!
Usually linked to large amounts of tax $$$$$ being spent on projects totally unrelated to the problem at hand, but somehow related to the Congressperson who sponsored the solution in the first place.
Yeah, I think Bill had to promise him a life-time supply of Crown Royal, and free pay-per-view movies.
I did.
Yup.
I was trying to keep it simple.
As long as we (that’s YOU and ME) allow these people into office, we are the problem.
This is why I advocate voting for people other than Republicans and Democrats.
The secret is to compare the platforms with the Constitution. Just doing that will show you who’s a good candidate and who isn’t. We have a written Constitution for a reason, folks. We create our own peril by not using it.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
You guys do have a point here; I have to admit, people like me showed a lack of regard for George Bush as a person.
It hurts a little more when people say things about Obama becaus he’s so awesome, and smart and elegant.
But you are correct: the left shouldn’t have been so cruel to Bush.
Where did you lift that post from?
The left is afraid of karma. It’s the only spiritual concept they really believe in. Too late though.
Re: NK releasing the 2 ‘journalists’…
Missile Defense under the bus?
Build them a new reactor?
Bill Clinton doing the work his wifey should do…oh that’s right…she was busy helping our image throughout the world by calling North Korea big babies!
Actually, Bill told them he agreed that his wife is an immature school girl and can’t stand the ‘ol hag. They had a big laugh over a glass of crown royal and that was the end.
Yeah.
That’ll get them to play nice …
NOT.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
are there any democrats who are NOT uneducated and easily led???
Gibbs has denied that Clinton carried a message from Obama. (Hard to believe considering that H. Clinton is the SecState and has been lobbying for their release.)
Kim Jong Il gets the attention of a former U.S. president, Clinton gets his desired glory of being responsible for the release of the journalists, and Obama gets deniability that he gave Kim exactly what he wanted.
I’m happy that the journalists are being released. I question why they thought they would get away with it in the first place, but I’m happy they’ll be home.
The rest of this is smoke and a photo op for both Clinton and Kim.
Kenya.
Obama’s birthday.
Lovely.
Well he did get half of America to vote for him.
Good thing America is now seeing the error of her ways. This guy is a fraud. The smartest thing he did was to choose Joe Biden as his running mate.
Now if you impeach Obama, you get a guy who everyone knew was a fool from the beginning.
That’s why the birth certificate is important. Once we know that Obama was born to American parents (which I seriously doubt) on American soil, he can put that issue to rest. If he can’t prove it, then the entire election is fraudulent, and Biden can’t be vice-president, because Obama would have no authority to choose a running mate.
The whole election would then need to be re-done, and anything bearing Obama’s signature would be immediately null and void.
Of course, conservatives are kissing up to these thugs, leaving Constitutionalists to fend for ourselves.
Let’s get it on!
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
That’s a parody of the typical Obama groupie, right?
No, that’s a quote from a typical Obama groupie.
Hmmmm….
Tried to be nice and look how they respond.
I guess it’s back to the “good old days” of beating up on the Teabagging Meth Heads…….
PBoilermaker – is not included.
Drudge linked to this Vanity Fair depiction of George W. Bush as the Joker as an example of the left’s two-faced criticisms of the OB-Joker posters.
Spit that thing out of your mouth before talking, I can’t hear you.
Maybe the next trip for Bill should be to Iran.
Riiiight. I guess you forgot about the Kos convention that was attended by every Democrat candidate but one.
Here’s the difference…calling a guy a Nazi who isn’t doesn’t make sense; calling a guy a socialist who is, does make sense, though to be fair, Obama is more of a fascist/marxist than a socialist.
I know commenting on blogs is hard work, but seriously, are you capable of forming your own thoughts? There are plenty of libs here who can (Chap is a great example).
Don’t hate me because I remember your shenanigans. Where’s that famous liberal “love all people” vibe? I’m not getting that from you right now.
FIFY
http://shop.cafepress.com/obama-joker
Given that he has done about 5 times whatever damage you could conceivably blame Bush for, in about 1/16 the time, it is probably to be expected.
I wouldn’t be too worried: the nuts that are crazy enough to announce their intentions are rarely capable of carrying through with them.
Not in my experience! The ones I whack over the head with facts on their insular little blogs are particularly easy to make snap…
Like when he violates his own rules about hiring lobbyists; or picks a tax cheat to run Treasury; or when he appoints 40+ unaccountable czars?
Like when he campaigned in 57 states, with 2 more to go; or smeared the Police without any facts; or accused pediatricians of taking out tonsils to make money?
Like when he sent the bust of Churchill back to the British embassy; or gave the Queen an MP3 player and the Prime Minister a set of DVDs… that won’t work in England?
Yeah, he’s a gem.
You all have it completely figured out – how can people who sleep in barns be so smart?
You sure schooled us.
Good job.
Probably gave Kim permisson to nuke Iowa.
To vitiate the rage about the poster being racist, I propose something I thought of on a Right Wing News post on this topic.
We just need to recast the image so it’s Obama as Homey the Clown (“Living Color”). Beneath his picture, add a caption,
“Liberty? HOMEY DON’T PLAY DAT!”
And show him whacking Uncle Sam over the head with that sock he carries around.
Hey Major O, did you serve with a CAV unit in Afghanistan by any chance?
Nothing NEARLY so noteworthy, I’m afraid! I’m a maintenance officer in the USAFR.
Thanks for the correction.
However, my point was that Obama is a salesman. He was able to sell enough people on his snake oil to make his way into office, regardless of whether it was all Americans or just those who voted who were sold.
Remember, by not voting, you are voicing your approval for “whomever wins”.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
From the mouths of trolls.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
FWIW,
Edelweiss is a 20-something young girl (woman) from Potomac, MD. Edelweiss (the nic) comes from attending boarding school in Europe.
Hey, Edelweiss, what I’d like to know, is Daddy Warbucks a DC government bureaucrat or a Captain of Industry?
He may have some salient viewpoints on the direction our country is moving. Get some real-world education….
Once again, I have this blog to thank for a Guinness-sprayed laptop screen… LOL!
Well done!!! I share this sentiment.
And for that matter I would also include Sarah Palin, John McCain and even John Kerry & Bill Clinton.
GSP
looks like a obama joker poster has made its way to Georgia on a KFC..
http://www.moonbattery.com/why-so-socialist-2.jpg
It hurts a little more when people say things about Obama becaus he’s so awesome, and smart and elegant.
I hate My Country:
How to spell Because.
You’re killin’me – this has to be the dumbest, most asinine piece of left wing propaganda you have ever posted here. AND, don’t EVER call anyone on this blog a meth-head, you incredibly arrogant d–k.