Shephard Fairey, Creator Of The Obama "Hope" Poster ... Mug Shot

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[Haiku Guy]

Barack Obama
February 22, 2008

Shephard Fairey

Los Angeles, CA 90027

Dear Shepard,

I would like to thank you for using your talint in support of my campaign. The politicla messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can helpchange the status-quo.

Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a stop sign. I am privileged to be a part ofyour artwork and prooud to have your support. I wish you continued success and creativity.

Sincerely,

(signed Barack Obama)

Barack Obama

Obama ‘08
Obama for America (etc)

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Note how Obama actually endorses the defacing of stop signs in this letter. It is not too much of a BFD, but coming out against graffitti and defacing traffic signs should be a no-brainer.

[ETL]

Note how Obama actually endorses the defacing of stop signs in this letter.

Yes, but that's nothing compared to his endorsing the revolutionary communist images of propagandist Shepard Fairey. His images glorify such mass-murdering (communist) monsters as Mao and Stalin. And Obama wrote specifically:

"Dear Shepard, I would like to thank you for using your talent in support of my campaign. The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can help change the status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a stop sign. I am privileged to be a part of your artwork and proud to have your support. I wish you continued success and creativity.

Sincerely, Barack Obama.'"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051601017.html

[Gay State Conservative]

I certainly “hope” that none of his fellow prisioners try to get too “friendly” with him during his stay at the Crossbar Hotel.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-—Bryan Ferry——

“Tuxedo rock” is a high-wire act, but somehow Ferry and Robert Palmer were able to pull it off.

The plus side? The ladies love it. At least according to my wife.

[ETL]

Note how Obama actually endorses the defacing of stop signs in this letter.

And defacing stop signs of all things can be a serious safety hazard, as opposed to many other types of public or private property defacing. Good point.

[ETL]

interesting

/s

[Prole]

What’s the charge? Child Porn or molestation?

It's actually quite alarming how communists, democrats and other assorted @ssholes gravitate toward sexual perversion.

[NFHale]

So...he’s now the Poster Child for the term “Useful Idiot”.

Good job there, Shep...enjoy your stay, compliments of the taxpaying public.

[Barney59]

Written like a true “Community Organizer”

[ichabod1]

I thought it said he was shot.

[the invisib1e hand]

Who is his attorney, Tinkerbelle?

bwahahhahahahahaha!

[PGalt]

Thanks for you posts. Much of the background on Fairey, I did not know. OUTSTANDING (as usual)!

[ETL]

You’re welcome, good FRiend. Glad you found it informative.

[RightOnline]

Perfect. Kudos.

[Dajjal]

This thread is a good place to learn who Shepard Fairey is:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121506/posts
Obama’s Venomous Artist-Fundraiser

Fairey has a company ("Obey") that produces his own artwork, such as these.
See Fairey's website: http://www.thegiant.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Prints

Obama has written Fairey that he admires "the political messages involved in your work."

The political messages in Fairey's art are:
1) Communist dictators are god-like supermen
2) The United States is a police state at home and an imperialist oppressor abroad
3) Capitalism is an evil system based on greed and exploitation
4) Ordinary Amerikkkan workers are guilty of blithely supporting an unjust system
5) The only good Americans are those who fight The System
6) The communist Peoples' Armies will soon triumph over Amerikkkan imperialism and bring peace to the world out of the barrel of a gun.