Wow. Speechless. I'm surprised they didn't draw this with him wearing leather gloves. (Barf alert).

[Tommy_Carcetti]

This is what I found when browsing Google images on an unrelated search.

It looks like it was drawn by the Biomechanical Hannity dude.

Tasteful, conservatives. Really tasteful.

[BlooInBloo]

1. hahahaha!

[Kerrytravelers]

2. Why is it always violence with these people? Geesh.

[anigbrowl]

3. Yeah, I saw a photo of that at a really the other day. If Nazis had had photoshop, etc.

[Bicoastal]

4. To play TOTAL devil's advocate--and some are going to hate me for brining it up...

Is it any worse or more tasteless than THIS?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Well, at least that one doesn't play to subtle racist tendancies.

BTW I think I first saw that picture hanging on the wall in a True Blood episode.

[MercutioATC]

11. Just to clarify, a pic of Obama sucking blood from the Statue of Liberty would be acceptable?

I see what you're saying, but it's hard to lodge a illustrated protest of ANY minority without stepping on somebody's toes.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. Vampires are fictional creatures.

Knife welding assailants? Not so much.

Then consider the audience for the original picture, and what that image will reinforce.

[MercutioATC]

14. Ok, just defining the objection.

Personally, I think we often go too far looking for hidden agendas and I don't know exactly where I draw the line...so I try to evaluate things from different angles.


If the artist wanted to express the view that Obama was a danger to the American way of life in a visceral manner, he did it well. His picture would have worked equally well if a wild-eyed Bush replaced Obama.

I see your point, but I'm not willing to call the illustration "racist".

[PretzelWarrior]

7. yes. the image of a black man wielding a knife at blue-eyed white person is realistic

in people's minds. Bush as vampire sucking a statue's blood? Not so much.

[Bicoastal]

8. Eh, I don't much like either drawing...

...but yeah, I've heard much talk radio chatter in the same vein. "That ghetto thug in the White House," etc...

[flvegan]

10. At least that one was accurate.

[reflection]

5. They could have at least made it look like Obama.

It just looks like some random guy as it is currently drawn.

[Somawas]

9. But he does look like Undead Sam.

nt

[DCKit]

12. Sexual and violent - totally Republican. n/t

[Spirochete]

15. Guess they could have had him

carving a backwards "B" into Uncle Sam's face. If you're gonna put out obnoxious racist propoganda pics, might as well pull out all the stops...