National Review's Jonah Goldberg isn't quite sure what this poster-supposedly popping up all over the place in Los Angeles-really means, but he does hope we won't allow ourselves to get bogged down in the idea that putting Barack Obama in whiteface might be freighted with some unpleasant racial connotations. Focus on the socialism, okay?
Monday, August 3, 2009
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this has been popping up in LA for a few months now - but all of them i've seen have been torn down or otherwise extensively defaced so fast i've not been able to get a photo of a clean one. to me, this suggests that the message is not nearly as popular as jonah seems to wish it were.
as for the whiteface issue - i genuinely do not understand how the joker fits into the whole socialism accusation, so it's very difficult to see it as anything but racial. unless it's positing that obama will die accidentally of pharmaceutical combinations?
What's racial about it? He's not in "whiteface," he's in Joker makeup. All I see is not very well thought out imagery.
I see a lot of these sorts of things. A LOT. And i've learned that it isn't how it fits. That doesn't matter. People that make these just look for an iconic image everyone will recognize and then put Obama into it with whatever dipshit message. The 10 minutes you out into thinking about the connection is 9 1/2 more minutes than the manufacturer did, so....
example:
http://forums.dailycomet.com/eve/forums/a/ga/ul/3741029298/inlineimg/Y/barack-obama-funny-graphic22%5B1%5D.jpg
So is it racist? is obama supposed to like fat women?
and here
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZxxGNUjjRSI/SUdOyle76MI/AAAAAAAAC1c/9fx8OP5MP1c/s400/obama-funny.jpg
So he wants to kill Jews? Or... invade Russia?
and judd apatow version
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BDdsBuHSiSc/SYEkA6EUkWI/AAAAAAAAAz8/BvxHDfaPApI/s320/funnyobama2.jpg
so... he cares SO much about it that he's unwilling to rush into meaningless decisions?
Think too hard about any of it and you'll hurt yourself.
ooooh, i forgot my favorite nonsensical one
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=105767
doh, wrong link
http://sayanythingblog.com/images/obama-christ_thumb.jpg
what neighborhoods have you seen this in - i've never seen this around downtown/echo park/silverlake? first time seeing it: today on the sludge report.
The Joker steals money from rich people, which is the same thing as taxation.
I thought that was Robin Hood
Bernie Madoff.
oh it is that too
http://www.unitedliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/obama_hood2.png
WRONG! The Joker stole money from criminal bosses of multiple races in Gotham. TV man was Chinese, magic trick dude was Black. Dude with dogs was of mixed Eastern European lineage. Eric Roberts was White. It was Batman who fucked with the elite white overlords, while at the same time being one. Joker never stole his money though.
Dumbass; she didn't say white, she said rich. You're slippin Mr. Freud.
The next congressional elections will tell the tale.
Yup. Can't wait to see how "the people" react to the current climate of opinion.
Whatever it means, it still makes me want to see the movie.
And now, folks, it’s time for “Who do you trust!†Hubba, hubba, hubba! Money, money, money! Who do you trust? Me? I’m giving away free money. And where is the Batman? HE’S AT HOME WASHING HIS TIGHTS!
that town needs an enema.
Never rub another man's rhubarb.
I like your avatar but is it ok with Shepard Fairey that you're using it?
The Obama Administration is bailing out Warner Brothers?
Ha!
Barack Obama = Jackie Curtis.
Gettin' down with the sickness.
Maybe Jonah's just pissed that the poster's message goes against his conclusion that all liberals are actually fascists.
Also: http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/07/bush-as-joker.html