{"id":33237,"date":"2009-08-19T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T02:00:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T02:00:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T02:00:37","slug":"rush_s_morning_update_bigotry_august_20_2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2009\/08\/19\/rush_s_morning_update_bigotry_august_20_2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Bigotry\r\n\r\nAugust 20, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Bigotry<\/strong><\/line>August 20, 2009<\/strong><\/strong><\/line>Rush will be broadcasting from LA this week, and so there willbe novideo.<\/strong><\/line>Listen to It!<\/strong> Windows Media Player<\/strong><\/a>|RealPlayer<\/strong><\/a> <\/line><\/p>\n

Recently, thelibs went nuts overthat poster ofObama in whiteface and smeared red lips– a direct takeoff on the Joker character in the Batman movie, The Dark Knight. Printed under the Obama-as-Joker image was one word: “socialism.” Liberals pounced, leveling knee-jerk charges of racism,and spinning conspiracy theories about the poster\u2019s origin.<\/p>\n

In a long treatise in the Washington Post, Phillip Kennicott described the artwork as a “racially charged image,” a “subtly coded” “racial and political argument.” Kennicott linked the poster to whites\u2019 supposed racial fears, quote: “Obama, like the Joker and like the racial stereotype of the black man, carries within him an unknowable, volatile and dangerous marker of urban violence, which could erupt at any time. The charge of ‘socialism\u2019 is secondary to the basic message that Obama can\u2019t be trusted, not because he is a politician, but because he\u2019s black.”<\/p>\n

Update. The Los Angeles Times found the artist. He is Firas Alkhateeb, a 20-year-old American with Palestinian roots. The University of Illinois history major was tinkering around with Photoshop and came upon an online tutorial on how to “Jokerize” portraits. The guy can\u2019t stand Bush; not impressed with Obama either. He\u2019s a Dennis Kucinich fan! He claims someone else added the word “socialism” to the image.<\/p>\n

Folks, if you want to find racists in America, look left– where liberal ideology portrays life through racial filters. And the sad part is, these culprits will never admit their ownbigotry. <\/p>\n

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