And people say that the Jews aren't angry at Obama

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And people say that the Jews aren't angry at Obama, take a look at the reply to this post that contains the comments for the article.

Palestinian-American behind 'socialist-joker' Obama poster

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1108927.html

A Palestinian-American has been revealed as the creator of the "socialist joker" image, a doctored poster of President Barack Obama found on highways and in cities across the United States this summer.

Many initially took the portrait - featuring the president with the carved-in smile of Heath Ledgers's character in the Dark Knight - to be the work of a conservative opposed to Obama's liberal ways.

But it turns out that Firas Alkhateeb, 20, is actually a liberal himself from Obama's hometown of Chicago, who would have preferred to see Dennis Kucinich elected.

Alkhateeb told the Los Angeles Times - which unmasked his identity - that the poster had been meant more as a joke than as a political statement. The original draft of the image was meant to satirize, or in this case "jokerize," Obama's picture on the October cover of Time Magazine.

Regardless of his intentions, the iconic image has turned into a political statement. An Obama critic downloaded Alkhateeb's image off of the photo Web site Flickr, printed it out as a poster, and tacked on the word "socialism" before pasting it up across Los Angeles.

The image has sparked debate among Americans of whether its message is racist, if it is related to the ongoing conversation of reforming health care, and of just how liberal the new U.S. president may be.

But for Alkhateeb, none of this seems to matter. "After Obama was elected, you had all of these people who basically saw him as the second coming of Christ," he told the Los Angeles Times. "From my perspective, there wasn't much substance to him."

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joeblow

1.      Bravo, Alkhateeb, you`ve hit..    13:41     |     Abecassis    20/08/09
  2.      Palestinian-American is right.    14:13     |     GA    20/08/09
  3.      Deceitful headline    14:41     |     T. Haddad    20/08/09
  4.      palestinian-American....poster    15:00     |     Alex    20/08/09
  5.      Well,he`s right...    15:37     |     Malone    20/08/09
  6.      Left and Right; role of govt. and the people    15:37     |     Anonymous    20/08/09
  7.      I guess the Palestinian-American...    15:41     |     Dutch Dirk    20/08/09
  8.      Spokesman for change    16:11     |     Anonymous    20/08/09
  9.      This Is A Meaningless Story...    16:12     |     Yosemite    20/08/09
  10.      Ironic that Alkhateeb wanted someone even MORE socialist    16:17     |     Raymond in DC    20/08/09
  11.      Socialist Obama, Yeah Right!    16:37     |     Haim    20/08/09
  12.      Why even the uproar?    16:38     |     Christopher    20/08/09
  13.      Haim you should sue    16:51     |     Christopher    20/08/09
  14.      Guess he doesn`t need to worry about death threats    16:54     |     IW    20/08/09
  15.      Give Obama a break    17:21     |     Obama voter    20/08/09
  16.      Obama will not save America !    17:29     |     Akram Zekaria    20/08/09
  17.      IW what`s your point    17:31     |     Pssd Off American    20/08/09
  18.      Palestinian?    17:36     |     An Enquiring Mind    20/08/09
  19.      Someone is going to issue a Fatwah    17:37     |     *BEN JABO    20/08/09
  20.      Sense of humor    17:37     |     jj    20/08/09
  21.      Clearly playing on anti-Arab sentiments    17:39     |     doesn`t matter    20/08/09
  22.      Death threats    17:46     |     Chris    20/08/09
  23.      America - superpower    18:25     |     Anonymous    20/08/09
  24.      BEN JABO:"Someone is going to issue a Fatwah"    18:50     |     Christopher    20/08/09
  25.      So what ?    18:58     |     citizen    20/08/09
  26.      Love this guy!    19:03     |     Petra    20/08/09
  27.      Christopher Boston MASS Bravo!    19:15     |     petra    20/08/09
  28.      He`s a great American, first.    19:17     |     Steve    20/08/09
  29.      #17--My point is this---    19:17     |     IW    20/08/09
  30.      SO FAR, CARTOON OF THE YEAR!    19:25     |     Petra    20/08/09
  31.      Batman to the rescue!    19:38     |     cwarn    20/08/09
  32.      16- Obama will not save America. (corrections).    19:55     |     Akram Zekaria    20/08/09
  33.      The irony is of course...    20:06     |     Michael Greenberg    20/08/09
  34.      Bad editing    20:25     |     David    20/08/09
  35.      It`s a Jewish/Mossad plot! No?    21:03     |     just wondering    20/08/09
  36.      And all this time...    02:38     |     Heather Czerniak    21/08/09
  37.      MUCH better than Hamas TV hero killing the President    08:29     |     PETER SM    21/08/09
  38.      Obama    13:41     |     theplaintruth    21/08/09
  39.      REMARKABLE LIKENESS.    14:23     |     Petra    21/08/09
  40.      It`s a lie! The Mossad is behind the caricature    15:40     |     Mohamed    21/08/09
  41.      When are you going to remove this disgusting picture?    17:19     |     Isadora    22/08/09
  42.      Should US govt. ask Israeli govt. to denounce this story?    17:23     |     Max    22/08/09

rodin

My take? All leaders are likely controlled by them, whatever face they chose to present to the public. Think all the 'truthers' - one by one their true nature is revealed.

scorpio

Quote from: "rodin"My take? All leaders are likely controlled by them, whatever face they chose to present to the public. Think all the 'truthers' - one by one their true nature is revealed.

yep - controlled oppostion by  and for the zio-chosen.
Part of the game they play.