Even given the increasingly polemic rhetoric of politics, the latest anti-Obama billboard to sprout up is pushing the boundaries of good taste. It’s also accomplished the rare feat in that it has both the Republican and Democratic parties united in universal disapproval of the billboard, its message, and it’s caricatured drawings of the President. The billboard in Grand Junction, Colorado, depicts Obama as an Islamist suicide bomber, a homosexual, a Mexican bandito, and a gangster, as well as with rats labeled as one of four different wings of the executive branch of government.
“It’s beyond distasteful, and it’s disrespectful of the commander-in-chief,” said Martelle Daniels, chairwoman of the Mesa County Democrats. She labeled the billboard as “clearly racist and homophobic,” adding, “Certainly (it) is not designed for intelligent discourse at all.”
“It’s reprehensible and disrespectful, and that’s not what any honorable person would put forth,” said Mesa County Republican chairman Chuck Pabst. “To ridicule somebody in this manner is juvenile.”
The caricatures are the work of Paul Snover, an artist who frequently contributes cartoons to various conservative websites. Neither he nor the owner of the billboard, Dennis Lucas, will say who commissioned the sign. Remember when billboards just showed ads and didn’t cause problems?
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