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Obama as witch doctor: Racist or satirical?
CNN ^ | 9/17/09 | Ashley Franz

Posted on 09/17/2009 3:50:11 PM PDT by pissant

Posters portraying President Obama as a witch doctor may be racist, organizers of Tea Party protests say, but they reflect anger about where he is leading the country.

The posters, showing Obama wearing a feather headdress and a bone through his nose, have recently popped up in e-mails, on Web sites and at Tea Party protests.

The image has stoked debate and cast attention on the rallies, which have drawn people Tea Party organizers describe as on the fringe and not representative of the overall movement. Their general viewpoint, leaders say, is that there's been too much federal government intervention, particularly concerning health care and taxes.

The witch doctor imagery is blatantly racist, critics contend.

Others remind that presidents get made fun off all the time, and the election of a black president has only made racially charged political satire more sensitive.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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Racist? It celebrates his Kenyan, Indonesian and Hawaiian heritage...


1 posted on 09/17/2009 3:50:11 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

Satire.


2 posted on 09/17/2009 3:51:46 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

And funny at that


3 posted on 09/17/2009 3:52:31 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

Sooooo how’s that ACORN coverage coming, CNN?

Breathlessly awaiting you report...any time now.


4 posted on 09/17/2009 3:52:39 PM PDT by VanDeKoik (Iran doesnt have a 2nd admendment. Ya see how that turned out?)
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To: beaversmom

I guess CNN really wants to declare all out Race War and destroy any sense of civility in our country.


5 posted on 09/17/2009 3:52:59 PM PDT by RC2
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To: pissant

Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang...
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Walla walla, bing bang
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6 posted on 09/17/2009 3:53:50 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: pissant

Maybe we could call it “voodoo economics.”


7 posted on 09/17/2009 3:54:17 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ( If you have kids, you have no right of privacy that the govt can't flick off your shoulder.)
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To: pissant
The grand Kleagle says its racist, so its racist.

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8 posted on 09/17/2009 3:54:27 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: pissant

Just the truth.


9 posted on 09/17/2009 3:54:41 PM PDT by Truth is a Weapon (Truth, it hurts soooo good!)
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“The grand Kleagle says its racist, so its racist.”

Good job photo-shopping out Sen. Byrd.


10 posted on 09/17/2009 3:55:30 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in it." - Ted Kennedy (D-HELL)
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To: pissant
A little known fact is that Barack Obama is a descendent of Kenyan royalty. In Arabic, his first name means "Destroyer of nations." Obama means "He who will forever rule the underworld -- not just in Chicago, the REAL one down there."

He is seen here in native Kenyan garb in a rare shot recently discovered in a White House burn bag that somehow escaped the newly installed White House diesel powered, water-cooled Acme 3000 Super Shredder. It was sent to us by a former White House shredder tender (who wished to remain anonymous -- and hasn't been heard from for over 2 months!).

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And if you are offended by this photo, TOO BAD! Obama is, after all, a disciple of Saul Alinsky who advised his friends in Obama's favorite book, "Rules for Radicals" (subtitled "Dirty Tricks by The Left are Just Good Politics"), that RIDICULE is a potent and effective weapon.

There ya' go!!

11 posted on 09/17/2009 3:55:31 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (.THE 2010 ELECTIONS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN OUR LIFETIMES. BE THERE!!)
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To: pissant

It cracked me up.


12 posted on 09/17/2009 3:55:47 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: pissant
Here is a pic from the www.protestwarrior.com website from a leftist protest in San Fransisco circa 2003. nuff said.
13 posted on 09/17/2009 3:55:50 PM PDT by RatsDawg (At least we don't have to worry about riding in Ted Kennedy's car anymore...)
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To: pissant

I should add though, of course I’m not a selectively sensitive hypocritical ninny.


14 posted on 09/17/2009 3:56:36 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: pissant
You know, I've looked at probably hundreds of tea party and march pictures. I'd heard about this one, but this is the first time I've seen it.

It's just soooo widespread and all...

15 posted on 09/17/2009 3:57:09 PM PDT by Dianna
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To: jessduntno

united against Israel
16 posted on 09/17/2009 3:58:25 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Fiscal conservatism without social conservatism is dead.)
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To: pissant

Since when did native dress become racial?


17 posted on 09/17/2009 3:58:26 PM PDT by Tarpon (The Joker's plan -- Slavery by debt so large it can never be repaid...)
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Since when did native dress become racial?

Since it isn't HIS native dress.

18 posted on 09/17/2009 4:00:24 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Dianna

You’ve probably seen the San Francisco area protesters featured at Zombietime.com. If anyone is interested in vile and obscene directed at Christians, the right, and President Bush, it’s all catalogued there.


19 posted on 09/17/2009 4:00:28 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: pissant

I see Obama as Attila, not a Witch Doctor. It takes brains to bamboozle the sheeple.


20 posted on 09/17/2009 4:00:44 PM PDT by Misterioso (The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. -- Ayn Rand)
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