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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 09:01 AM
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8. I don't see it as a big deal. I never have.
It's only mildly insulting, and it has a humorous (not hateful) undertone.

The "Bush or Chimp" stuff from 2001 was hilarious and annoyed the faithful endlessly. When they finally became immune, parading those pictures around became less amusing.
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  -Obama joker poster artist unmasked: A Kucinich supporter! sledgehammer  Aug-18-09 08:41 AM   #0 
  - and a non-voter.  unpossibles   Aug-18-09 08:46 AM   #1 
  - Who owns the copyright on that?  sharp_stick   Aug-18-09 08:46 AM   #2 
  - Transformative Parody As Political Speech....  jberryhill   Aug-18-09 10:48 AM   #33 
  - +1. DU's amateur lawyers never have time for actual law or legal doctrine. nt  Romulox   Aug-18-09 02:34 PM   #40 
  - Don't forget Time's and the photographer's copyrights  LastLiberal in PalmSprings   Aug-18-09 10:48 AM   #34 
  - Fair Use. Look it up. nt  Romulox   Aug-18-09 02:33 PM   #39 
  - Lovely. And not surprising. Non-voter as well.  Jennicut   Aug-18-09 08:49 AM   #3 
  - So non-voters can't criticize or make statements?  Mike Daniels   Aug-18-09 09:35 AM   #20 
     - KO only does that to appear as objective as possible.  Jennicut   Aug-18-09 09:42 AM   #22 
     - If you buy that baloney.....  Mike Daniels   Aug-18-09 09:46 AM   #23 
        - Hundreds of thousands of views like me like  OwnedByFerrets   Aug-20-09 01:20 PM   #72 
     - They can, but it just rings hollow.  Starbucks Anarchist   Aug-18-09 04:19 PM   #48 
  - This little shit needs to be crushed.  AngryAmish   Aug-18-09 08:50 AM   #4 
  - How is that inciting violence? nt  CalvinandHobbes   Aug-18-09 10:47 AM   # 
  - The kulaks must be purged, for the good of the people. n/t  QC   Aug-20-09 07:13 AM   #59 
  - A man of great insight and perspicuity...  Davis_X_Machina   Aug-18-09 08:53 AM   #5 
  - yet too stupid to understand how voting works  mkultra   Aug-18-09 09:03 AM   #10 
  - That was a joke, right?  Berry Cool   Aug-18-09 10:12 AM   #26 
  - Hmmmm... many rabid Kooch supporters post here on DU. I wonder.  lamp_shade   Aug-18-09 08:55 AM   #6 
  - many of them have a love hate relationship with the democratic party  mkultra   Aug-18-09 09:04 AM   #11 
  - Not surprising...  scheming daemons   Aug-18-09 08:58 AM   #7 
  - What is Obama's agenda? Tax dollars to bribe health insurance companies ?  John Q. Citizen   Aug-18-09 09:07 AM   #13 
     - clealry all of this is more dangerous than directly working for the republicans.  mkultra   Aug-18-09 09:09 AM   #16 
        - Art and images are dangerous. Photo shop is dangerous. Young people are dangerous. Anyone  John Q. Citizen   Aug-18-09 09:13 AM   #18 
           - actually, not voting is dangerous  mkultra   Aug-18-09 09:37 AM   #21 
              - Not as dangerous as guitars.  John Q. Citizen   Aug-19-09 01:58 AM   #56 
  - I don't see it as a big deal. I never have.  Buzz Clik   Aug-18-09 09:01 AM   #8 
  - Wonderful. Another "Democrat" who's been ever so helpful  Arkana   Aug-18-09 09:01 AM   #9 
  - its a jealousy over his populist draw.  mkultra   Aug-18-09 09:07 AM   #15 
  - It happened during the campaign--against both his major opponents.  Arkana   Aug-18-09 09:11 AM   #17 
  - yup McCain and our "progressives" try to slander Obama in the same way  mkultra   Aug-18-09 09:31 AM   #19 
  - The Naderites and Kooch groupies see that as a threat.  Ikonoklast   Aug-18-09 10:12 AM   #27 
     - +1  mkultra   Aug-18-09 02:55 PM   #44 
     - It's quite clear they aren't the only ones buying into the cult of personality thing.  Forkboy   Aug-20-09 01:18 PM   #71 
  - Agreed  ellie   Aug-18-09 09:53 AM   #24 
  - Well, I have ..too numerous to count..on this  Cha   Aug-18-09 11:37 AM   #36 
  - Yes. Self-righteous and condescending because they didn't get their way.  Hansel   Aug-18-09 07:28 PM   #50 
  - Leave Dennis out of this, please  zulchzulu   Aug-18-09 09:06 AM   #12 
  - +1 n/t  greguganus   Aug-18-09 09:07 AM   #14 
  - +2  NikolaC   Aug-20-09 09:05 AM   #66 
  - Funny , I remember posts here blaming it all on the republicans..  flyarm   Aug-18-09 09:53 AM   #25 
  - Agreed.  sledgehammer   Aug-18-09 10:27 AM   #29 
  - Actual headline: Obama Joker artist unmasked: A fellow Chicagoan  IndianaGreen   Aug-18-09 10:22 AM   #28 
  - The OP's headline is more interesting, and....  Eric J in MN   Aug-18-09 10:33 AM   #30 
     - the OP is misleading and is showing his political bias  IndianaGreen   Aug-18-09 10:37 AM   #31 
        - Thanks for making (false) assumptions and accusations!  sledgehammer   Aug-18-09 10:50 AM   #35 
        - His is op is accurate  mkultra   Aug-18-09 02:58 PM   #45 
        - Or maybe they just don't love and adore Dennis  Hansel   Aug-18-09 07:30 PM   #51 
        - .  ChimpersMcSmirkers   Aug-18-09 10:59 PM   #53 
  - ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ##  DU GrovelBot   Aug-18-09 10:47 AM   #32 
  - Before you go nuts trashing the guy - before all this social unrest over health care, I saw that pic  Political Heretic   Aug-18-09 11:40 AM   #37 
  - Look at all the fanboys angry that some kid insulted their Dear Leader.  invictus   Aug-18-09 01:19 PM   #38 
  - BLASPHEMER!1!!!11 INFIDEL!1!1!11!!!  QC   Aug-18-09 02:47 PM   #43 
  - Sounds like a smart kid. Reminds me of myself at that age. nt  Romulox   Aug-18-09 02:35 PM   #41 
  - The irony is  Hutzpa   Aug-18-09 02:46 PM   #42 
  - The Kooch-fanatics being used by the wing-nuts? Whooda thunk it?  Odin2005   Aug-18-09 03:43 PM   #46 
  - But...but...the poster was subliminally racist!  Becky72   Aug-18-09 04:09 PM   #47 
  - Alkhateeb, eh?  NoPasaran   Aug-18-09 07:15 PM   #49 
  - Or a tweed. nt  pecwae   Aug-20-09 07:08 AM   #58 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-18-09 10:46 PM   #52 
  - This is NOT the story  murdoch   Aug-18-09 11:05 PM   #54 
  - these are the people they talk about when they say the left is as bad as the right n/t  Hamlette   Aug-18-09 11:53 PM   #55 
  - It's a shame the Dems are eating each other, in this time when they need to come together.  Honeycombe8   Aug-19-09 06:13 AM   #57 
  - Gee, that is what I keep telling the Faith Based Administration  Bluenorthwest   Aug-20-09 08:33 AM   #61 
  - But...but...but...GOD is in the mix! n/t  QC   Aug-20-09 08:56 AM   #65 
  - Tell that to the corporatist blue dogs who, albeit smaller in number, RULE our party. :( eom  ShortnFiery   Aug-20-09 08:38 AM   #62 
  - A case of one lone  saltpoint   Aug-20-09 08:09 AM   #60 
  - Yes, but if we remain in Afghanistan and continue to feed the bloated beastie that  ShortnFiery   Aug-20-09 08:41 AM   #63 
     - If he runs in the primaries, you can vote for him, but he's tried running  saltpoint   Aug-20-09 08:42 AM   #64 
  - Kucinich is like Hitler.  Algorem   Aug-20-09 11:10 AM   #67 
  - Kucinich says all the things we want to hear but has never  ecstatic   Aug-20-09 11:17 AM   #68 
  - a big pile of bullshit  timo   Aug-20-09 01:13 PM   #69 
  - "If he had chosen a politician" This is BS. The author of this blog is a rabid RW asshole. Read  ProSense   Aug-20-09 01:16 PM   #70 
  - And? Does it matter who he supports?\nt  Mass   Aug-20-09 01:24 PM   #73 
 

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