Obama, James Holmes Billboard Comes Down After Comparison Sparks National Attention

[IDemo]

Source: Huffington Post

A controversial billboard comparing President Barack Obama with Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes has come down.

The electronic billboard featured a photo of Holmes with the words "Kills 12 in a movie theater with assault rifle, everyone freaks out" next to a photo of Obama with the words "Kills thousands with foreign policy, wins Nobel Peace Prize." The sign is located in Caldwell, Idaho and sponsored by The Ralph Smeed Foundation, supporters of the late activist for libertarian causes in Idaho.

Maurice Clements, president of the board of the Smeed Foundation, stood by the billboard's controversial message, saying the group was making a "justifiable comparison."

“We don’t want to offend people,” Clements said, according to the Idaho Press-Tribune. “We’re trying to gain friends for our message.




Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/04/obama-james-holmes-billboard_n_1742254.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[alfredo]

1. Libertarians = Republicans who smoke dope.

[RT_Fanatic]

13. I dunno...

If they smoked dope, they'd be MUCH mellower!

[alfredo]

23. William F. Buckley smoked weed.

[Comrade Grumpy]

34. Once, I think, on a boat outside US territorial waters so as not to break the law.

[alfredo]

36. He spent a lot of time on his boat. I think he omitted all the times he

Smoked at his home or at parties.

[Orrex]

15. I have never met a right-leaning Libertarian who wasn't an absolute asshole

And I have never met a left-leaning Libertarian who was actually a Libertiarian.

[alfredo]

24. They are the ones that won't pass the joint.

[loudsue]

33. That's great!! LOL!

[progressivebydesign]

32. I've never met a nice libertarian. Period. it's about greed. nothing more.

no noble cause. it's pure greed. The young liberal guys that fall for that shit, mistake the anti-war thing as being anti-war, when in fact it's anti-military (meaning anti spending on military.)

[JI7]

40. Libertarians are usually much more of assholes than Republicans

also right leaning republicans are almost never pro choice. like Ron Paul and his son.

[bitchkitty]

35. Yep - that's exactly what they are.

Or racists that smoke dope - either description is apt.

[zellie]

2. I was wrong....

they can get more disgusting.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Why bother?

These folks were eerily silent under Raygun, Poppy, and Shrub, who killed tens of thousands in war after war after war. Grenada, Panama, Nicaragua, Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, blah blah. And suddenly they woke up now to complain? I guess in the sea of white Presidents, the black man stood out to them?

[ensemble]

6. exactly..

Bush II's war in Iraq killed hundreds of thousands... how may billboards did they put up then?
If you want to be critical of aggressive foreign policy, go right ahead, but don't be selective about it.

[patrice]

7. For all of the value they supposedly place in freedom, they NEEDED the permission of a politician

Ron Paul in order to suddenly discover how much they "care" about peace.

[xtraxritical]

12. God took care of the problem !

http://www.idahopress.com/news/article_182a2ca6-bb17-11df-9810-001cc4c03286.html

Smeed died Tuesday.

[AlbertCat]

21. Smeed died Tuesday.

Oh well.... alas.

I wonder how he solved his medical problems with individual responsibility before his demise. I'm sure there was none of that damn government help there with his battle with pancreatic cancer.

[Frustratedlady]

28. That's cool with these creeps...turns them on.

They loves them some shoot-em-ups. Makes `em feel like real, patriotic `Merikans.

[heaven05]

4. been

it's been up a pretty long time. already did tons of damage in equating murderers with Obama. too little, TOO LATE!

[0rganism]

38. oh nooos! Obama won't win Idaho!

tons of damage? not.

[heaven05]

39. yeah

you're right

[twizzler]

5. Should never have been up in the first place

Comparing President Obama to that murdering scum James Holmes is disgusting.

[patrice]

8. Someone needs to ask these guys what their attitude toward our armed forces is. nt

[freshwest]

9. They could write in David Duke on their ballot. Or Ron Paul.

Although Romney will probably do just fine for them, that's the default here.

[wordpix]

10. more scheming to get O out of office by making him out to be a criminal

Now get your well-armed militias in the mix, and pretty soon they'll be getting him out by force if they had their way.

[caveat_imperator]

41. If they did try

they'd be surprised by the bloody nose they'd get.

Probably wouldn't change their minds about us after we defeat them, but at least those thugs would know that when they try to force their fascist agenda on the rest of us the liberals won't roll over for them.

[caseymoz]

11. Maybe billions in advertising could backfire.

Maybe Republican leaders will tell people too much about what they believe.

It's a hope.

[Overseas]

14. Disgusting. And I don't remember seeing their ads during Bush Cheney.

I guess cruel military aggression doesn't matter if you give big tax breaks to the rich too.

[Robb]

16. The usual band of DUers along to defend the sentiment in 3... 2... 1....

[Major Hogwash]

17. It's an electronic billboard, that group only paid to run that ad for a week.

So, that is sort of a disingenuous headline over there at Huffington Post.

[Odin2005]

18. I'm suprised the usual suspects have not come out in support of this sign.

The ones who think Obama is just as much a war criminal as Bush because of drone attacks and us helping Libyan rebels.

[mountain grammy]

19. While reading that link, saw another story in Huffpo

about a story in "The Onion" entitled "Did the Onion go too far?" Of course, my answer is NEVER! But read the story and see what you think, especially in light of this billboard.

[Iliyah]

20. TMZ interviewed the millionaire (over the phone) that created the billboard

stating Pres O kills innocent people while using drones, etc. He spouted that Pres O was the "most dangerous man in modern history" (not actual quote) and the interviewers looked stunned (actual tv program). I am truly against these drone strikes and wish the government doesn't use them but my husband who is a (ex) marine once said "if you want to keep the terrorist in total chaos, sometimes you must keep them on the run". It still does not give credence to these deaths at all in my opinion, but hell if you are going after people who caused innocent deaths shit also include Bush, Cheney and the rest of their crew.

I have no love for the Libertarian party whosoever.

[alfredo]

37. I don't like them either, but I don't like our soldiers

In harm's way. I'd rather see law enforcement, but that is not readily available in that region.

[asjr]

22. I consider that sign hate mail.

[Moonwalk]

25. I dunno, maybe we're looking at it backwards. No Libertarian would want his right to buy an...

...assault rifle taken away; given this, all such have to agree that Holmes had ever right to legally buy such, and, yes, use the rifle if he felt it was necessary. Maybe the comparison is saying that no one should be freaking out? That Holmes should be given a Nobel Peace Prize?

[MindMover]

26. Libertarianism ...

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[SoapBox]

27. No low is too low...if

they get that damned "n-word" out of THEIR White House.

I will continue to stand by my personal feelings...President Obama could turn out to be Jesus, walk on water, perform miracles and the angry, old, "non-colored" Bagger crowd would still NOT, NEVER, EVER vote for him.

Just my opinion.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

29. I always thought Libertarians were just

Republicans who didn't want to admit it.

[SoapBox]

30. Don't forget! Mittens was just in Idaho for a fundraiser.

"The sign is located in Caldwell, Idaho"

Mittens, Mittens....you be hang'n with some wild and CRAZY folks!

[struggle4progress]

31. The late Ralph Smeed was a birther:

Libertarian icon Ralph Smeed dies
September 7, 2010
... Smeed received some notoriety in the past few years for messages questioning President Barack Obama’s birth certificate ...
http://www.idahoreporter.com/2010/libertarian-icon-ralph-smeed-dies/