Obama Joker artist unmasked

[DonCoquixote]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/comments_blog/2009/08/obama-joker-artist.html

This artist is a college kid of Palestinian descent? And he says socialism is evil?

Obama, for all his waffling to AIPAC, is the one reason Israel has not gone in and exterminated your relatives, kid. If John McCain was president, he would have given them a blank check. If you are an exmple of what happens once an immigrant becomes and American, Allah helps us all (sarcasm).

[Vickers]

1. Someone named "Firas Alkhateeb" is Freak Repuke-lick's hero?

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[snot]

2. The kid is "moderate-leaning"??? I'm really confused.

[madville]

3. The artist is a Dennis Kucinich supporter

So that would make him a lefty lol. Seems he made the picture from a Time magazine picture and uploaded it to Flicker to show friends and family. Someone else found it and added the "SOCIALISM" banner.

[DonCoquixote]

4. ah

so in other words, he is like many on the far left, too careless and lax to realize he is being used by the far right to do their dirty work for them. If he is such a Dennis supporter, why does he spot RW talking points, is he trying to "play chess?"

[Lilith Velkor]

5. "Of Palestinian descent" does not mean "immigrant"

Your point would be stronger if you a) did not appeal to racism and xenophobia to make it, and b) did not pretend the guy said the exact opposite of what he actually did say right in the link you provided.

As the kiddies say, EPIC FAIL.

[DonCoquixote]

6. Racism?

He is the one making Obama look like the joker, at the very least, he should have sympathy for immigrants, as he knows he might have relatives in that position (especially at the rate Israel is going.)

[Lilith Velkor]

7. Obama is not an immigrant, either.

Your attempt to make this an I/P thread doesn't mask the racist/xenophobic sentiment very well.

[DonCoquixote]

8. No,. he is not

But he should have some sympathy for immigrants...but this is not about immigation, it is about how someone who should have known better did something stupid, and then wonders why people are mad at him, and why many of the same people that might beat him up for his descent are using his work for racists purposes. At the very least, this artist is an IDIOT!

[ProgressiveProfessor]

9. Please improve you reading skills

- He did it as an exercise to learn Photoshop following instruction he found on the web on how to jokerize a picture.
- He left it in the Time cover livery he started with.
- He posted it on his Flickr page.
- He did not add the SOCIALIST label
- He did not print and post them in Los Angles or elsewhere
- He is a Democrat who supported Kucinich. There are lots of those here on DU.

[Indenturedebtor]

10. Israel has had plenty of chances to wipe out Gaza and the West Bank

I know that it's fun to hate Israel and everything but lets try a little reality.

And get a clue - just because you support one group or another does not mean that they support you. Sometimes they even want you to die.