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		Painter who depicted Obama crucified on a cross with a crown of thorns on his head clarifies his intent: "My intent was not to compare him to Jesus" (radio.foxnews.com)		36
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ox45tallboy		2012-11-27 03:39:23 AM

5 votes:

SpaceyCat: *shakes head* This does not surprise me. Only the Right can compare their candidates and elected representatives as Jesus and/or Saints. Anyone else doing that is just blasphemy!

Duh. Jesus was a Republican.

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AverageAmericanGuy		2012-11-27 05:57:18 AM

4 votes:

Jesus was crucified by his own party.

No one out there on the Left has the balls to crucify Obama for his energetic support of right wing policies.

The painting doesn't even make any sense.

ox45tallboy		2012-11-27 04:21:06 AM

4 votes:

Lionel Mandrake: I have no idea what you're talking about libtard.

So that explains Dubya! He was haunted by two former Presidents with grossly different views on the Constitution and the purpose of government, thereby confusing him and causing him to make such poor decisions as cutting taxes and taking us to war for no apparent reason!

Damn, I almost feel sorry for the guy.

kmmontandon		2012-11-27 12:32:20 AM

4 votes:

Yeah, one of them's a brown skinned guy promising help and health for the poor, proper taxation for the rich, and tolerance for all members of society.

The other was Jesus.

BarkingUnicorn		2012-11-27 12:26:20 AM

3 votes:

Then WTF was your intent, Mr. Artist?

Clemkadidlefark		2012-11-27 12:20:53 PM

2 votes:

"My intent was not to compare him to Jesus"

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ox45tallboy		2012-11-27 11:42:22 AM

2 votes:

mrshowrules: Let's assume that Obama is a complete joke (somehow) despite all the evidence to they contrary. Who do you hold up as an example of a President (or Presidential Administration) being more serious, more mature than his?

www.nypost.com

I believe the White House needs this much humor. Comedy requires intelligence.

ox45tallboy		2012-11-27 11:39:36 AM

2 votes:

mrshowrules: The artist's website allows you to click on (or put your pointer) over any element and it explains to you what it means in their twisted reality. Seriously,.

~~Real~~ Good art* wouldn't need an explanation. The fact he has to explain what he means speaks volumes about the quality of his "statement".

*I think technically this McNaughton's crap qualifies as "art", just not very good art.

CeroX		2012-11-27 08:49:41 AM

2 votes:

Kurmudgeon: neenerist: .... confirming once again the Right's primary world view is locked to a Judeo-Christian lens.

And instead of showing how what the Right proposes is nothing like Christ preached, instead you confirm your prejudice.

Why is it Ok for the Right to be allowed to be prejudiced against a president of color in the name of freedom of speech, but we can't express our prejudice against outright stupidity without being called the oppressors of freedom?

moralpanic		2012-11-27 07:41:32 AM

2 votes:

AverageAmericanGuy: Jesus was crucified by his own party.

No one out there on the Left has the balls to crucify Obama for his energetic support of right wing policies.

The painting doesn't even make any sense.

Why would the left want to crucify him when they just relected him? And the Romans were Jesus own party?

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oryx		2012-11-27 07:34:13 AM

2 votes:

Then maybe mister artist shouldn't have depicted Obama with a crown of thorns. As I understand it a crown of thorns wasn't part of the standard crucifixion package.

Plant Rights Activist		2012-11-27 07:23:22 AM

2 votes:

ReaverZ		2012-11-27 07:19:40 AM

2 votes:

untaken_name: I think the real tragedy is the number of people who've grown up believing that the Romans only ever crucified one guy. What about the rest of them? Didn't anyone stop to think that maybe the artist was comparing Obama to one of the other people the Romans crucified?

Crown of Thorns is pretty much always Jesus iconography.

Ed Grubermann		2012-11-27 07:11:50 AM

2 votes:

Onkel Buck: Can we make fun of Obamaites like we make fun of Christians?

Sure. When you find any.
www.trilobite.org

TFerWannaBe		2012-11-27 06:27:40 AM

2 votes:

Befuddled: What's going to happen to all these lunatics and their Obama-obsession when Obama is done with his second term? If the next President is a Democrat, it seems like the nutjobs are going to be too burned out to start over with someone new.

They'll give it a few years, then claim he was really one of them and take credit for Obamacare and economic recovery.

ox45tallboy		2012-11-27 02:38:17 AM

2 votes:

doyner: Why did I watch that?

I feel dumber now.

ox45tallboy		2012-11-27 11:32:56 AM

1 votes:

mark12A: I like this. It's sorta an evil Norman Rockwell piece...

Do NOT compare this excrement to one of the greatest American artists of all time. If this can be classified as art, then so can the strippers, and I want my "private membership" fee back I had to pay to get in.

hdhale		2012-11-27 10:50:45 AM

1 votes:

mrshowrules: MythDragon: [24.media.tumblr.com image 500x500]

Satire. Always a mystery to Conservatives.

I like to think I'm living through the biggest piece of satire ever perpetuated upon a nation right now. You aren't actually taking the Obama administration seriously, are you?

MythDragon		2012-11-27 10:31:38 AM

1 votes:

mark12A		2012-11-27 09:39:46 AM

1 votes:

I like this. It's sorta an evil Norman Rockwell piece...

megarian		2012-11-27 09:23:09 AM

1 votes:

Shirley Ujest: That painting would look better on black velvet.

Anything is better with Black Velvet.

Fade2black		2012-11-27 08:35:09 AM

1 votes:

ox45tallboy: Lionel Mandrake: I have no idea what you're talking about libtard.

So that explains Dubya! He was haunted by two former Presidents with grossly different views on the Constitution and the purpose of government, thereby confusing him and causing him to make such poor decisions as cutting taxes and taking us to war for no apparent reason!

Damn, I almost feel sorry for the guy.

You know what the one thing more pathetic then still holding Bush hate from years and years ago?

Pretending the current president is Christ-like in any way or manner.

The irony of course, is this is from a party that preaches tolerance as long as your view is the same as mine.

We're through the looking glass, people.

Counter_Intelligent		2012-11-27 08:19:45 AM

1 votes:

I can believe it. When I tell someone to nail themselves on a cross, it's not because they're the son of God sent to die for our sins. It's because they like to cast themselves as martyrs.

HotWingConspiracy		2012-11-27 07:23:03 AM

1 votes:

We should pretend that republicans care about Jesus, guys. Srsly.

LordJiro		2012-11-27 07:20:39 AM

1 votes:

Ed Grubermann: tony41454: "My intent was not to compare him to Jesus"

Unlike Jamie Foxx the blasphemer, who DID compare him to God. Apparently Jamie never read this:

"On an appointed day Herod, having put on his royal apparel, took his seat on the rostrum and began delivering an address to them. The people kept crying out, 'The voice of a god and not of a man!'
And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died." (Acts 12:21-23)

Let hope those worms chew fast.

Funny how God hasn't given a wet fart about blasphemy since then.

It really is funny how the number of miracles/punishments has declined drastically as people started to write things down.

Ed Grubermann		2012-11-27 07:10:16 AM

1 votes:

tony41454: "My intent was not to compare him to Jesus"

Unlike Jamie Foxx the blasphemer, who DID compare him to God. Apparently Jamie never read this:

"On an appointed day Herod, having put on his royal apparel, took his seat on the rostrum and began delivering an address to them. The people kept crying out, 'The voice of a god and not of a man!'
And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died." (Acts 12:21-23)

Let hope those worms chew fast.

Funny how God hasn't given a wet fart about blasphemy since then.

TheVeryDeadIanMartin		2012-11-27 06:46:09 AM

1 votes:

X-boxershorts		2012-11-27 06:39:44 AM

1 votes:

tony41454: Unlike Jamie Foxx the blasphemer, who DID compare him to God

Sarcasm from a comedian is often lost on those who cannot grasp subtlety

Seriously, the only references to Obama the Messiah in the past few years have been coming from the
radical, activist, resentful base of the republican party.

The radical, activist, resentful base of the republican party is so damn stupid and so damn caught up in delegitimizing the
President, they can't grasp the concept that it is "they" who were the target of mockery by Jamie Foxx

Gunny Walker		2012-11-27 06:27:43 AM

1 votes:

Well, the cross wasn't used for Roman citizens. (Mostly) So, I think this guy may be a birther.

SkunkWerks		2012-11-27 06:22:16 AM

1 votes:

Hetfield: [i.imgur.com image 600x499]

Et tu, Dalí?

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Ecce Fartbongo

SpaceyCat		2012-11-27 03:30:51 AM

1 votes:

*shakes head* This does not surprise me. Only the Right can compare their candidates and elected representatives as Jesus and/or Saints. Anyone else doing that is just blasphemy!

doyner		2012-11-27 02:25:02 AM

1 votes:

Lionel Mandrake: Somacandra: [i.imgur.com image 580x384]

By all means, its so terrible how artists have uncritically worshipped the current occupant of the Oval Office.

Hey, smart guy, FOX was all over that guy, too

For chrissakes....

Why did I watch that?

ox45tallboy		2012-11-27 02:19:48 AM

1 votes:

Krymson Tyde: My conservative Christian right wing republican straight white American aunt is about to blow a gasket on Facebook over this and Jamie Foxx.
On a positive note, it does mean she's posting much less about Benghazi.

Is she like some of my relatives, or can she actually find Benghazi on a map?

Somacandra		2012-11-27 01:09:26 AM

1 votes:

Somacandra		2012-11-27 01:02:10 AM

1 votes:

By all means, its so terrible how artists have uncritically worshipped the current occupant of the Oval Office.

Somacandra		2012-11-27 12:50:38 AM

1 votes:

This is the one they were talking about, right?

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