L.A. Weekly thinks so.
The poster, which bears a very superficial resemblance to Shepard Fairey's famous Obama Hope illustration, has been pasted on freeway supports and other public surfaces. It has a bit of everything to appeal to the drunk tank of California conservatism: Obama is in white face, his mouth (like Ledger's Joker's) has been grotesquely slit wide open and the word "Socialism" appears below his face. The only thing missing is a noose.
Of course the left had no problems with this, from Vanity Fair:
UPDATED: To emphasize the hypocrisy, Mark Hemmingway at National Review makes the catch of the day by noting that L.A. Weekly had no problems with a noose when applied to Sarah Palin.
"Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari". Under the Great Leader there will be a federal committee to analyze all political speech to make sure it is accurate and fair. You're not against fair are you, comrade?
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Why so tense?
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