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Joker. One of the reasons that Obama won last year was that among the young and trendy, he was viewed a hip, cool and with it. The bloom appears to be off that particular rose with the young.

Last April in LA, a poster of Obama’s face made up to look like Heath Ledger’s Joker character in the movie “Batman Begins.” At the bottom of the poster is the word “SOCIALISM” in large block letters.

The poster has gone viral since then in LA, very, very liberal LA and is showing up everywhere. It has also been making the rounds of anti-Obama web sites, bloggers, and other venues over the last several months. Given that Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker was as an absolutely evil agent of anarchy, you can see how this would be a problem for those on the left.

Things have gotten sufficiently serious with this poster that the state-run media reaction has been to start referring to it as racist – which is a clear indication that it is working. Message to the left: when you have lost the young, you have lost everything. Just ask McCain.

More later — AG

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”
- Samuel Adams, speech at the Philadelphia State House, August 1, 1776.

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