Iconic Obama Artwork Finds a Home

A good place would be a Communist museum headlining 20th junk and propaganda, if they would take it. Since he hasn’t done anything of merit in his entire life, it’s doubtful they would.

Ahm more disgruntled Republicans. Get over it guys and get with the program.

GObama!

This portrait was purposefully done in the style of communist, Soviet and Cuban propaganda posters. Why on earth would it be included in the National Portrait Gallery, unless…
And, I’m not a Republican. I am a student of art and art history. This is unnerving and disturbing on many levels. Strange days indeed.

Poor Republicans. They’d rather see the country in the toilet. Well, no matter, they’re a dying breed. The world is moving on. Time for change, time for hope and inspiration, time to clean up the mess.

Bill-tb, I’m sorry you feel Obama hasn’t done anything great. It’s true, he hasn’t passed any great bills, but Lincoln hadn’t done anything great before taking office, either. Neither had many other now-respected presidents.
I do feel Obama has done great things already, not the least of which has been to win the presidency against the best opponents the country has to offer. He’s done it by listening to and inspiring hope in millions of Americans and people around the world. He has reminded us that we are the sons and daughters of great people, and we are made of the same stuff. We need that hope and that connection to our history and our strength to turn this country’s fortunes around.
Find a way to put aside your bitter pills and your cynicism for now. You don’t have to like or respect Obama or even share my values, but at least find a way to love your country.
What are you doing tomorrow to help a fellow American in need? How is complaining about “commies” going to help put food on their table or brighten their day? Let me know if you need help, I’ll do what I can to find a way.

PEBO got a lot of bang for your buck fans but time will tell if he will ever be anything but politically expedient! Time will also tell whether you, your children and your granchildren will get anything but debt for your buck! :(
This portrait suits a media-made mythical figure with an ability to manipulate the transfer of funds from your pocket to his extraordinarily well! :)

GREAT ARTWORK!!
If your are promoting Trojans at a High School or College. Safe sex works if the artwork connects!!

Oh, so many disgrunted Bush supporters have left posts. So sad. If you follow art, this poster design doesn’t have anything to do with Andy Warhol. My, grow up. Talking about communism is a 50 yr old issue. Wake up and join the 21st century. We are a century of science, reality, and dealing with the issues in our country, now. That includes the economy, energy independence, real democracy like Thomas Paine describes, and making our citizens and enviroment healthy and our citizens have ease of access to education and economic advancement by the nobility of work. Grow up. This is just propaganda talking about communism, socialism, and liberalism. Or country was founded on the true definition of a liberal democracy. Read history and enjoy. You will be shocked by the writing of our founding fathers. They describe real democracy, separation of powers and checks and balances, rights of man, and the separation of government and religion. It is breathtaking to read. Jefferson, Lincoln, and Obama are fans of Thomas Paine. My ancestors fought in the American Revolution with the passion from reading Common Sense.

Lucy,
You like to flout your oh-so-vast knowledge of history and Thomas Paine, but anyone with any sense of history would be alarmed at the cult-like worship of a politician in this country. Since when do we, as Americans, worship politicians? I would say that’s “change”, but not the kind of change I want.
I also find it equally disturbing that so many are closing their ears to what this man is saying and are blindly nodding their heads in agreement. It’s just amazing to me. No skepticism or cynicism, just tingling feelings up the leg.
Lucy, whether you want to believe it or not, we are well on the road to socialism. Most on the left want socialism, so why the denial? Remember, it’s not about the individual as Obama has stated- it’s about “the greater good”. BTW- I’m not a “disgruntled Bush supporter” as you dismiss anyone with a dissenting opinion. I’m just someone who loves this country dearly and see no reason for it to change “fundamentally”.

All hail our future dictator. Listen to Reagan’s speeches that Obama claims to admire. Everything Reagan did for our country is opposite of what Obama wants. Reagan pulled the country out of the depression FDR extended for 7 years, unemployment was the lowest in history, production was fantastic, the economy flourished and people were happy. Obama is building up the iron wall of communism that Reagan worked so hard to keep down.
Go team Obama!
Know this, republicans and conservatives are not backing down, we are not going to be quiet and Reaganism and conservatism will never die out. Hell I hope I’m wrong about Obama, but we’ll be watching every move he makes, there is no free ride on accountability and responsibility here.
I think it’s hilarious democrats preach unity bc when it’s not their party they don’t know the meaning of support and “unity”. You want unity when it’s your candidate. Tolerance? I think not. Hate is more like it. The Blame America first crowd and Democrats are the ones who are ripping the nation apart.

By the way, his open letter to his daughters and the way he has attempted to make himself to look like a humble icon is proof of his fake and arrogant personality. If you were truly humble and sincere and confident he would not feel the need to publish a letter in PARADE. It would have been private. Better yet, actually, it would be TO THEIR FACES, not through his love struck liberal media.

Nobama. My bad. I pulled a lib moment.

I love that a picture can make the P.C. hand-wringers on the religious right squirm so uncomfortably.
Something about a black president has really set off the far right…gee I wonder why.

Jason and Jamie,
What has gone around (the ways you guys treated Bush), will now go around (the way we will treat B.O.). You made the bed, get used to it. Thing is, your guy, who likes to compared himself to a man who freed the slaves, is going to be known as the one who enslaved us (through taxation). $600m in questionable donations, 800billion in one year debt to try and recover from an economy the 06 Dem congress put us into, your candidate getting elected to end a free market society…priceless.

@ Whiterock:
So what do you say to people, such as myself, who even though they were not pleased with Bush, still respected him as my President? I’ve never bashed him, in fact even though I don’t agree with his administration, I do find him likable. Wouldn’t taking the high road be a better way to go? Show that you are the bigger person? Or at least, wait until Obama gets into office and actually does something, then if you disagree with him, criticize him?

Sick of this art.

I find the lack of generosity and decency as represented on this forum completely appalling, something that verges on the juvenile and the hate filled. America grow up. What a negative bunch of carpers and whiners. Try doing something positive for your community rather than plumping up your self-righteous egos on here. Pathetic.

Obama is a mirage contrived by the media to promote the liberal agenda. It will be impossible for him to enact all the grandiose schemes he has promised.He has already begun to back peddle.We Americans are incredibly naive to think that one man who has never done anything significant can possibly assauge all pain.That poor lady in Florida who is depending on him to pay her mortgage, her credit cards and her tuition will be sorely disappointed.

“That poor lady in Florida who is depending on him to pay her mortgage, her credit cards and her tuition will be sorely disappointed.”
Yes, but fortunately, and even though you may not want to believe it, most Obama supporters know that he is just a man, who has given people hope. Most of us know that he is just a man. But I ask, what is so wrong with hope? Nothing to be honest. And if you are so blind with hate that you can’t have hope in your heart, then I feel sorry for you.

Obama is restoring this country to the leadership of a free world and he will do so within the bounds of our laws and according to the constitution. For those of you who disagree with this changing of the guard? Remember that he could not have done it without the help of all thos Republican votes….

Obama is going to make change? Yeah, change for the worse, not the better. Unreal just how many suckers are out there that believe this nonsense. I’m sure you think you are now predjudice, bigotted and irresposibile becasue it came from “his lips”.
At least 48% of the voters have lived their lifes with good values and not bigotry. At least 93% of home owners that are not in foreclosure are responsible.
Fact is, the only ones irresponsible and “anything goes” culture are the Dems in Washington and Obama. Amazing how he preaches about sacrifice and being responsible and then has the most expensive inaguaration in history. At a time when people are losing jobs and cant put food on the table. Everyone but Pretender elect is supposed to sacrifice and act responsibly
Lots of you suckers out there that are in for a rude awakening when the MSM no longer whitewashes for Dear Leader

Here’s how the Republicans ran the government when they had control of the Presidency and the Congress.
REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
$421 Billion OVER BUDGET (2002)
$555 Billion OVER BUDGET (2003)
$596 Billion OVER BUDGET (2004)
$554 Billion OVER BUDGET (2005)
$574 Billion OVER BUDGET (2006)
At the time, that was record spending.
So, please don’t be accusing the Democrats of ‘anything goes’ or ‘irresponsibility’. You ‘right wing’ Republicans were the masters.
Now you’re becoming the masters of hypocrisy.

pefros, congress has been controlled by democrats for the past 2 years. get your facts right. and check out pork barrel spending and you’ll get another annoying fact about the democrat spending.
and check history:
for those who say republicans are the racists, you do realize it was the REPUBLICAN party that was born in their opposition to slavery right? all the civil rights movements were pushed through from republicans and fought by democrats. senator byrd, a “distinguished” democrat among his party, was a member of the KKK. The KKK was the right hand arm of the democrat party. Google the main leaders of the democrat party: murtha, pelosi, reid, barney frank, they all have had numerous quotes of outright hatred racism.
the republican ideals:
the strength of our nation lies with the individual and that each person’s dignity, freedom, ability and responsibility must be honored.
in equal rights, equal justice and equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, creed, sex, age or disability.
free enterprise and encouraging individual initiative have brought this nation opportunity, economic growth and prosperity.
government must practice fiscal responsibility and allow individuals to keep more of the money they earn.
the proper role of government is to provide for the people only those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private organizations, and that the best government is that which governs least.
the most effective, responsible and responsive government is government closest to the people.
Americans must retain the principles that have made us strong while developing new and innovative ideas to meet the challenges of changing times.
Americans value and should preserve our national strength and pride while working to extend peace, freedom and human rights throughout the world.
Obama:
spreading the wealth: ideology of the socialist party. Socialism is a gateway ideology to communism
Universal civil service. Same thing Germany and Russia did before their bloody and communist regime.
Nationalizing oil, healthcare, etc. socialism.
By the way check out all those “happy” socialist countries.
britain: horrible healthcare, incredibly expensive small housing, here’s a kicker: lack of free speech.
france: no free speech
canada: horrible healthcare, evidently takes 2 years to get a mammogram or colonoscopy. well i guess that’s take care of their population issue bc you’ll be dead before you get help. and we know it’s the left side the spouts the population control rantings. today i read in the paper one democrat suggested putting chemicals in the water to temporarily control reproduction. seems like a free country ideal right?
same principles obama and the democrats ran on exist in these countries.
oh hey.
Lincoln was the first republican president.
stings doesn’t it.
reagan entered his presidency in the worst economic crisis in history and left it with an incredibly flourishing and productive economy and prosperous. Unemployment was the lowest in history. Before Reagan govt had the right to seize property and take over farms if they decided it wasn’t being done right or if the land should be used for “more effective” purposes.
But hell, what do the bitter, cynical, mean, racist republicans that cling to their guns and bibles know?
It’s Obamatopia after all.
btw you’ll have to pry the gun out of my cold, dead hands.
oh another fact: states with increased gun regulations have a higher rate of crime. same goes for other countries.
interesting huh?

Republicans controlled Congress in all the years I outlined 2002 through 2006.
Get your facts straight JN.
And they set records for overbudget spending.

My facts are right Sue.
past 2 years, what is what i said. so what facts are wrong Sue? And I admire your sense of your humor. Anyone who said they set records must have one. Something so rare in democrats. And the democrat controlled congress has the lowest approval rate in history. another FACT. so tell me, what did i need to get straight?
Have you checked out what is listed in the 2.5 trillion (last time i checked that was the number) spending bill? He’s so fiscally responsible…

check out carter’s community reinvestment act that was the first step towards the housing crisis. forced banks to make risky loans with no conditions, no checks for credit, etc. clinton’s amendment put that act on steroids.
freddie and fanny: republicans and bush tried to get the house to regulate and address fannie and freddie but democrats refused and said “there doesn’t appear to be any problem whatsoever” when republicans asked for investigation.
and look up who got the most money out of freddie and fanny. you’ll find number 1 is, wait for it, OBAMA! And soros and a whole bunch of other democrats at the top of the list. our crisis was their fortune.
You know what, it was not JUST democrats who caused this crisis, a few republicans had part in it. My point, don’t automatically blame bush and the republicans because most of the blame falls on the left.
I blame my party for not having the balls (as it apperas) to stand up and fight harder for the bs that was pulled.
Now bc of your idea of “democracy” in which has democrats controlling most of the government, all three branches, checks and balances are a thing of the past, and republicans will have very little chance of fighting the psycho spending obama and his admin have planned.
by the way, when republicans won control of the house, do you remember the little dumbass contract with america that republicans passed as a good faith measure to the democrats? it put a 6 term limit on committee seats which was a gift to the democrats.
queen b pelosi is pushing to get that repealed along with other bills that will take all voice away from republicans.
if anything you can call us stupid for thinking that the democrats would ever appreciate something like this and show the same courtesy and respect. Soon as you get in power you swim in for the kill. our leaders in our party need to realize democrats will never cooperate and work together, it is always doing whatever it takes to gain control.

when it comes to democrats it’s always inconvenient. did you read anything i said about about what our perpetually naive members gave your members? tools for control in our majority controlled congress! what does pelosi and her friends do? repeal those ‘gifts’ and then try to get permanent control of all branches with another stupid repeal of the 22nd amendment:
The purpose of this amendment was to limit the President to two four year terms. This was in response to the run that President Franklin Roosevelt had as President.
old frank, obama’s mentor and quoted to want to be able to run our country just like him.
same guy who, with his new deal, caused the great depression and extended it 7 years bc of policies he passed.
so tell me, bc we all know i’m stupid, how is that a democracy?

Andy Warhol did portraits of Reagan, Nixon, Carter and many other political figures . .. I guess they should all be removed from art institutes?

and pefros, i apologize for my “get facts right” comment. it was snide and rude and not the way to have a civil debate. and i’m serious, debates aren’t constructive if words like that are used.

“Andy Warhol did portraits of Reagan, Nixon, Carter and many other political figures . .. I guess they should all be removed from art institutes?”
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It’s not the painting people are lashing out against. It’s just something convenient to represent their disappointment. It’s been a long eight years for those of us who knew a lot better, and I must say, we bore our disappointment and our fears with far greater dignity. Given the climate of the time with the “you’re for us or against us” rhetoric and the warrantless spying on Americans, sometimes out of caution alone, we elected to remain quiet. I know personally of abuses and intrusions into the lives of ordinary Americans during the Bush administration. So I think my patience has finally been exhausted by reading all these ironic projections of Communism onto a presidential portrait.

you’ll have to forgive me kathy bc the behavior i see the majority of the time was not dignity. but then again obviously i don’t know or see everyone’s behavior, but if yours was, i commend you on yours.

Democracy is over. The politicians and the people have freely opted to vote themselves money and power derived from the honest property of those who have it. For thousands of years it was called envy. Now they knowingly give near unlimited power to a man whose moral credentials include demanding the aggressive murder of “born” innocent babies, once they escape the evil of the abortionist’s chamber of horrors. We hnave never voted before for a man with such a slimey background of associations. Previous generations -not raised on American Idol and sex and ec-worship. It isn’t that the masses are being manipulated as much as that they wish to ve lied to. He will do whatever he chooses and it wont be good for America. To adore this cult like figure and his imagery, is to reject sanity.

Not to worry people, God is watching and those who worship Obama like he is some sort of god is a ticket straight to hell! Read the ten commandments and remind the suppose Christian Obama that he is not God and does not represent him. Obama is a Crook From Cook County..it’s a ten percent sales tax there…it’s the Chicago way….they are scratching backs!

I find the lack of generosity and decency as represented on this forum completely appalling, something that verges on the juvenile and the hate filled. America grow up. What a negative bunch of carpers and whiners. Try doing something positive for your community rather than plumping up your self-righteous egos on here. Pathetic.

“you’ll have to forgive me kathy bc the behavior i see the majority of the time was not dignity.”
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JN – I was referring to the early Bush years mainly when those who were concerned were not a particularly visible group; that is, until the Iraq War became incipient. There was also hardly blogging going on around the first few years of the millennium. Now a lot of strong opinion and contention gets expressed these days on blogs, and upon examination, most of the divisiveness and rage is coming from those who were supportive of the ideology and doctrines of the Bush era.
There’s a clear association with many of the posts here of Obama to demagoguery and figures like Mao, Stalin, et al. Never mind the 2000 and 2004 unresolved voting counts; especially, the police blockades in AA population areas of Florida in 2000. How about the Bush attempts at Total Information Awareness, which would have consisted of an enormous data base of information on each citizen, or TIPS a program where you turn in “suspicious” behavior of neighbors or co-workers. How about Americans with virtually no criminal records being targeted by the TSA in airports? So to make a history filled eight years shorter, it’s beyond reason and decency that some people, who know nothing about Americana, are denouncing a presidential portrait as being a symbol of the dictatorial and Communism.

The artist is not copying Warhol. Do some research. Fairey is copying propaganda portraits used in the Soviet Union, China, and South and Central America.
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Luang- I’d recommend that you read the interview online with between Fairey and the Smithsonian. I was relating the portrait to Warhol because of its size and various visual features, but Fairey is an urban street artist who is used to mural sized paintings. He says during the interview that he sought to convey vision, confidence, and patriotism. Interestingly, the red and blue sides of the face represent the coming together of the red and blue states. Despite the many fears and attempts to tie the portrait to socialism or communism, I have confidence that the art historians and curators at the National Gallery would not include a presidential portrait that espoused socialist ideologies or represented demagoguery in any form.

bill-tb—
the lies and hate will not hold him down. your hate and ill-will is no kryptonite. not all the hate in this country, which there is ample, plenty of will not hold him down. your late-night prayers of hatred and betrayel will be deaf to a God who wishes to hear no more hatred and intolerance. He, the Almighty showed what he thought of patty, racist bigotry on November 4. tomorrow we will become a better nation.