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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:11 AM

IDemo (12,307 posts)

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

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

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Reply Obama, James Holmes Billboard Comes Down After Comparison Sparks National Attention (Original post)
 IDemo Aug 2012 OP
LineReply Libertarians = Republicans who smoke dope.
 alfredo Aug 2012 #1
LineLineReply I dunno...
 RT_Fanatic Aug 2012 #13
LineLineLineReply William F. Buckley smoked weed.
 alfredo Aug 2012 #23
LineLineLineLineNew Reply Once, I think, on a boat outside US territorial waters so as not to break the law.
 Comrade Grumpy Aug 2012 #34
LineLineLineLineLineNew Reply He spent a lot of time on his boat. I think he omitted all the times he
 alfredo Aug 2012 #36
LineLineReply I have never met a right-leaning Libertarian who wasn't an absolute asshole
 Orrex Aug 2012 #15
LineLineLineReply They are the ones that won't pass the joint.
 alfredo Aug 2012 #24
LineLineLineLineNew Reply That's great!! LOL!
 loudsue Aug 2012 #33
LineLineLineNew Reply I've never met a nice libertarian. Period. it's about greed. nothing more.
 progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #32
LineLineLineNew Reply Libertarians are usually much more of assholes than Republicans
 JI7 Aug 2012 #40
LineLineNew Reply Yep - that's exactly what they are.
 bitchkitty Aug 2012 #35
LineReply I was wrong....
 zellie Aug 2012 #2
LineReply Why bother?
 BumRushDaShow Aug 2012 #3
LineLineReply exactly..
 ensemble Aug 2012 #6
LineLineReply For all of the value they supposedly place in freedom, they NEEDED the permission of a politician
 patrice Aug 2012 #7
LineLineReply God took care of the problem !
 xtraxritical Aug 2012 #12
LineLineLineReply Smeed died Tuesday.
 AlbertCat Aug 2012 #21
LineLineReply That's cool with these creeps...turns them on.
 Frustratedlady Aug 2012 #28
LineReply been
 heaven05 Aug 2012 #4
LineLineNew Reply oh nooos! Obama won't win Idaho!
 0rganism Aug 2012 #38
LineLineLineNew Reply yeah
 heaven05 Aug 2012 #39
LineReply Should never have been up in the first place
 twizzler Aug 2012 #5
LineReply Someone needs to ask these guys what their attitude toward our armed forces is. nt
 patrice Aug 2012 #8
LineReply They could write in David Duke on their ballot. Or Ron Paul.
 freshwest Aug 2012 #9
LineReply more scheming to get O out of office by making him out to be a criminal
 wordpix Aug 2012 #10
LineLineNew Reply If they did try
 caveat_imperator Aug 2012 #41
LineReply Maybe billions in advertising could backfire.
 caseymoz Aug 2012 #11
LineReply Disgusting. And I don't remember seeing their ads during Bush Cheney.
 Overseas Aug 2012 #14
LineReply The usual band of DUers along to defend the sentiment in 3... 2... 1....
 Robb Aug 2012 #16
LineReply It's an electronic billboard, that group only paid to run that ad for a week.
 Major Hogwash Aug 2012 #17
LineReply I'm suprised the usual suspects have not come out in support of this sign.
 Odin2005 Aug 2012 #18
LineReply While reading that link, saw another story in Huffpo
 mountain grammy Aug 2012 #19
LineReply TMZ interviewed the millionaire (over the phone) that created the billboard
 Iliyah Aug 2012 #20
LineLineNew Reply I don't like them either, but I don't like our soldiers
 alfredo Aug 2012 #37
LineReply I consider that sign hate mail.
 asjr Aug 2012 #22
LineReply I dunno, maybe we're looking at it backwards. No Libertarian would want his right to buy an...
 Moonwalk Aug 2012 #25
LineReply Libertarianism ...
 MindMover Aug 2012 #26
LineReply No low is too low...if
 SoapBox Aug 2012 #27
LineReply I always thought Libertarians were just
 ProfessionalLeftist Aug 2012 #29
LineReply Don't forget! Mittens was just in Idaho for a fundraiser.
 SoapBox Aug 2012 #30
LineReply The late Ralph Smeed was a birther:
 struggle4progress Aug 2012 #31

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:31 AM

Star Member alfredo (46,583 posts)

1. Libertarians = Republicans who smoke dope.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 11:26 AM

RT_Fanatic (213 posts)

13. I dunno...

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

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:52 PM

Star Member alfredo (46,583 posts)

23. William F. Buckley smoked weed.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 01:32 PM

Comrade Grumpy (3,408 posts)

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

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 04:58 PM

Star Member alfredo (46,583 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 11:55 AM

Orrex (36,489 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:53 PM

Star Member alfredo (46,583 posts)

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

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 01:30 PM

Star Member loudsue (12,383 posts)

33. That's great!! LOL!

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 01:24 PM

progressivebydesign (19,363 posts)

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.)

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 07:22 PM

Star Member JI7 (40,109 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 03:40 PM

bitchkitty (6,805 posts)

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

Or racists that smoke dope - either description is apt.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:32 AM

zellie (437 posts)

2. I was wrong....

 

they can get more disgusting.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:35 AM

Star Member BumRushDaShow (11,958 posts)

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?

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:44 AM

ensemble (112 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:48 AM

Star Member patrice (47,443 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 11:23 AM

Star Member xtraxritical (3,009 posts)

12. God took care of the problem !


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

Smeed died Tuesday.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:16 PM

Star Member AlbertCat (10,450 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 01:12 PM

Star Member Frustratedlady (8,922 posts)

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

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

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:39 AM

heaven05 (2,372 posts)

4. been

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

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 05:47 PM

Star Member 0rganism (16,940 posts)

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

tons of damage? not.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 07:19 PM

heaven05 (2,372 posts)

39. yeah

you're right

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:41 AM

twizzler (206 posts)

5. Should never have been up in the first place

 

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

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:50 AM

Star Member patrice (47,443 posts)

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

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:55 AM

Star Member freshwest (31,547 posts)

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

Last edited Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:56 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

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

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:59 AM

wordpix (12,478 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 09:59 PM

caveat_imperator (193 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 11:22 AM

Star Member caseymoz (5,185 posts)

11. Maybe billions in advertising could backfire.


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

It's a hope.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 11:41 AM

Star Member Overseas (10,865 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 11:56 AM

Star Member Robb (38,353 posts)

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

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 11:57 AM

Major Hogwash (12,368 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:04 PM

Odin2005 (48,255 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:05 PM

Star Member mountain grammy (1,613 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:08 PM

Iliyah (2,360 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 05:03 PM

Star Member alfredo (46,583 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:28 PM

Star Member asjr (9,704 posts)

22. I consider that sign hate mail.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:55 PM

Moonwalk (1,246 posts)

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?

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:58 PM

Star Member MindMover (2,798 posts)

26. Libertarianism ...


libertarianism-anarchy-for-rich-people

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 01:11 PM

SoapBox (5,827 posts)

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.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 01:20 PM

Star Member ProfessionalLeftist (4,982 posts)

29. I always thought Libertarians were just

Republicans who didn't want to admit it.

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 01:20 PM

SoapBox (5,827 posts)

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!

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Sun Aug 5, 2012, 01:21 PM

Star Member struggle4progress (71,490 posts)

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/

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