Death Threats Force Artist to Remove Controversial Obama Billboard
A controversial billboard depicting “four faces” of President Obama — a “terrorist, a gangster, an illegal immigrant and a gay man” — was taken down Friday after it stirred a lot of reaction in the Grand Junction, Co., area. The caricature also showed the president gambling with items such as the Bible and the U.S. Constitution.
According to local news reports, the artist and sign’s owner have received an outpouring of hate mail and even death threats since the billboard went up. As a result, the sign was quickly removed Friday morning.
The local Grand Junction Tea Party chapter says they are upset by the bullied censorship and “infringement on First Amendment rights” are plans to protest the removal of the billboard Saturday afternoon
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who cares its free speech, don;t matter if u like it or not its the country we live in
Posted Oct-19-2010 ByBenzaintarental (120.10) 
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Racist? Things like this used to be called parodies.
Posted Oct-19-2010 BySchlampen (35.96) 
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But if its Bush (a white person) then its ok. COOOCOO-COOOOO COOO-COOOO everyone is fucking nuts in this country.
Posted Oct-19-2010 Byrasko67 (21.26) rasko67 Send Message
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It was probably Leftist homos behind this.
Posted Oct-19-2010 BySection_1070 (72.40) Section_1070 Send Message
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Project much dummy , you just described the teabaggers to a T . Go getum tiger .
Posted Oct-19-2010 Bybigboneded (103.06) bigboneded Send Message
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You forgot to mention the Tea baggers and crazy conservatives. Not to mention the right-nut republicans also.
Posted Oct-20-2010 ByShadowCat201 (124.70) ShadowCat201 View Channel Send Message
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1st ammendment. Free Speech. It's because of this gay muslim Kenyan communist with the angry man-wife that it's being threatened.
Posted Oct-19-2010 ByEight (531.28) 
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More tolerance from the left.
They would tell us what we can think if they could.
They don't even try to hide their hypocrisy anymore.
Posted Oct-19-2010 ByDave556 (1944.36) 
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There r no such things as "stereotypes" take a look in the cities you find chicken places, lake trout, watermelon in the summer etc. That is yet another bullshit politically correct idiotic statement being forced on us by the libtards and demo losers. You fucking losers.
Posted Oct-19-2010 Byklm123 (185.76) 
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I'm calling bullshit. Where are all these so-called death threats and hate mail stories besides on Teabagger and conservatard blogs? I think this was probably posted, as a lie, on one website and it was just too good not to pass along as fact.
Posted Oct-19-2010 ByCharley572 (176.44) Charley572 View Channel Send Message
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[From MSNBC]
Anti-Obama billboard in Colorado taken down
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39698327/ns/politics-decision_2010/
[From CBS News]
Anti-Obama Billboard Taken Down in Colo.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/16/politics/main6964237.shtml
[From The Grand Junction Sentinal]
Anti-Obama billboard taken down
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/antiobama_billboard_taken_down/
[From NBC News 11]
Billboard depicting Obama as terrorist comes down
http://www.nbc11news.com/localnews/headlin More..
Posted Oct-19-2010 Byjafll (999.54) 
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you need to get laid instead of keeping track of billboard racist signs
Posted Oct-20-2010 Byhcruz1773 (33.92) 
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Who's keeping track? That took less than five seconds to dig up on google.
Posted Oct-20-2010 Byjafll (999.54) 
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it was the only thing that made my morning drive worthwhile.. oh well
Posted Oct-19-2010 Bybabieshappen (84.50) babieshappen View Channel Send Message
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you are now a part of the collaps
Posted Oct-19-2010 Byopacity (120.68) 
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If this was an actual commercial, "Paid for by the blah blah blah group" to the mainstream media who would gladly accept $500K for a commercial, this wouldn't be an issue. Put up a billboard that costs maybe $20K, and it reaks havoc. I thought Colorado was more of a Red state
Posted Oct-19-2010 Byanaislynne (432.42) 
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immature and idiotic
Posted Oct-19-2010 ByPunch_The_Monkey (1156.18) 
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