Who is behind the cruel poster of President Obama portrayed as the movie character named The Joker?”
It is unknown who created and distributed the image, which some believe has racial overtones because it shows Mr Obama as a black-and-white minstrel in reverse Photo: TIM STEWART The poster shows the US president with white face paint, dark eye shadow and smudged red lipstick above the caption “socialism”, in an apparent attack on the US president’s efforts to reform health care and stimulus spending. It is unknown who created and distributed the image, which some believe has racial overtones because it shows Mr Obama as a black-and-white minstrel in reverse. Earl Ofari Hutchinson, president of the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable, denounced the image and called on those behind it to reveal themselves. “Depicting the president as demonic and a socialist goes beyond political spoofery. “It is mean-spirited and dangerous. “We have issued a public challenge to the person or group that put up the poster to come forth and publicly tell why they have used this offensive depiction to ridic
The poster of President Obama looking like Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker in the Batman movie may be related to the movement centered in California that believes that Obama is not truly a constitutional president, having been born in Kenya. Sources: Information came from USA Today and Examiner.com.
