A frightening prospect [Gaganymede]

A frightening prospect

23 October 2008 at 17:27
Tombé pour la France, Politik Pop, U.S. '08

The Obama poster designed by London artist Obey can still be seen a lot. It inspired a poster for the least disturbing of Sarah Palin, the running mate of John McCain.

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To be honest, this image haunts me since I've seen it. Even though Obama didn't want, and this is honourable, to use the "politics of fear" in this election. His ennemies however used it shamelessly against him (some republican supporters accuse him of being a terrorist, a communist, and so on.). Some Obama supporters are not any better with this poster.

Nevertheless, I think that if this image haunts me, it's because it reflects the violence that I perceive from the religious right. As a gay man, I consider myself as a target of this political trend. And Sarah Palin is today the icon of this trend. Even the French Minister of housing Christine Boutin, a very religious Catholic woman who held the Bible in the French Assembly during talks about same-sex civil partnerships, likes her.

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Comments

Christophe, 23/10/2008
There is no words to say how irresponsible McCain's pick was.
This political choice should be enough for anybody to say "no, I don't want president Palin".
Be sure to check how Chris Matthews nailed Pfotenhauer, or more nailed Palin through Pfotenhauer, about her total ignorance of the Constitution:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27327839#27327839
And about the fear factor, I don't see anything frightening with this poster. Like you said it's nothing regarding the attacks on Obama: AntiAmerican / Muslim / Terrorist / Socialist / Communist / AntiChrist / BabyKiller / ...
Jujupiter, 24/10/2008
@Christophe You're right, the attacks from the republicans are disgusting and just plain crazy. I agree that this poster is not as bad as everything these sad, ignorant people say. what I meant is that this poster doesn't match the message of unity, hope and respect that Obama has been trying to send to the american people.