Billboard displays burning World Trade Center with slogan, 'Please Don't Vote for a Democrat

[MiaCulpa]

Source: Raw Story

A political billboard in St. Cloud, Florida reads "Please Don't Vote for a Democrat" over an image of the burning World Trade Center.

Businessman Mike Meehan, who paid for the ad, says he's "only trying to help Republicans." The billboard also carries a link for Meehan's website, TheRepublicanSong.com, at which he says, "I claim to be a man of God" and promotes his political song and video.

Meehan's song, which appears to have racist overtones, begins, "The Democrat secular progressive move, political correctness is killing us too. They want to take the money from the hard working man, and give it to the lazy folks that don't give a damn."

Full story and video news report at the link.

Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Billboard_uses_burning_WTC_to_say_0715.html

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This sort of shit just boils my blood.

-Diane

[NC_Nurse]

1. Hopefully, this sort of shit is going to backfire this time. I think most folks

are tired of that sort of mentality.

[The Stranger]

13. I think you overestimate people.

[NC_Nurse]

14. I tend toward optimism, it's a sad failing I admit.

Sigh.

[snake in the grass]

31. Indeed, you overestimate people...

I am originally from Florida and I can verify The Stranger's statement. Florida is almost as bad as Texas where the people are ignorant and very proud of it. I'm so happy I don't live there anymore. Actually the southern states should be allowed to secede. After a generation they will suffocate under the weight of their own ignorance and we can reunite the rest.

[MadMaddie]

41. Seriously I have been saying the same thing....let them have

5 or so states and they can have Heir * as their leader, the religious right can dominate every moment of their lives, and hey isn't that why we had a war with England? Stupid, Stupid people....they have no clue do they?

Welcome to DU!!

[mwb970]

47. I have been reluctant to say this, but...

...do we in fact really need the southern tier of states? I mean, exactly what is Florida doing for us? Or should I say "to us"?

I feel less and less affinity for the kind of person that seems to dominate in the south, although the rural areas here in Ohio seem to be filled with the same kind of shallow, non-thinking drones that I picture being everwhere down south. My God, we're surrounded by them! They're worse than cylons.

[Hayduke Lives]

50. shhh...that's dangerous subversive talk.

I'm a founding member of the secret underground group Yankees for Texas Secession. We'll be contacting you shortly regarding the creation of a Florida cell.

I wonder if when we force Dixie to secede from the union, will there be a second Civil War...with a novel twist: This time the South fights to stay IN the union? Or perhaps they accept their fate and the independent Confederacy quickly votes to re-legalize slavery...only to have the African-American population take power and enslave all the redneck white guys. Then they're forced to put tractor tires on their NASCAR cars and plow the fields for the black plantation owners.

And just to complete the picture, imagine our Yankee airwaves free of "country" music...and no more Walmarts or Southern Baptists. In the end, democracy will be restored to Yankee-topia, the Republic thrives once more, bluebirds singing outside my window in each morning...

[Bette Noir]

62. I think Stephen Barnes wrote that book.

"Lion's Blood"?

[4_TN_TITANS]

67. Ridiculous talk...

I'm surrounded by rural counties here in TN where a dead possum is more electable than a Republican. There are many good ole fashioned Democrats here. Hey - let's abandon the gays too, since they're a minority! :sarcasm:

[CBHagman]

76. I'm with you, friend.

This business of making a list of all the people to be excluded from the U.S. of A. is something I hear quite a bit...from right-wing e-mails. DUers shouldn't fall for the mirror image of that mind-set.

Besides, we all get carried away with statistics. Granted, you can get 75 percent of Manhattan to vote for a Democratic candidate, but red and blue states aren't really 100 percent anything.

[ladym55]

74. Oh, heck,

the shallow non-thinking drones live in the suburbs in Ohio, too.

I've come to the conclusion that any place you find megachurches you will find drooling idiots.

"Me love Jesus. Me love war. Me no pay taxes." (grunt)

[HughBeaumont]

77. Don't I know.

Even Avon Lake has more than it's fair share of Blackwell/Rove/Bewsh worshippers.

And a few giant churches.

Sad.

[blueatheart]

54. please wait...

let me get out of Florida and go back north before receding, it really is lousy here :-(.

[Dr.Phool]

45. You're talking Florida here. Never underestimate stupidity.

Over by Tampa, we have a giant confederate flag flying at the junction of I-4 and I-75. We're 50th in the nation in high school graduation. Even though they made 12th grade optional.

Anybody around there with paintball guns?

[truthisfreedom]

2. IT HAPPENED ON THE REPUBLICAN WATCH, MR. MEEHAN. YOU'RE AN IDIOT.

Go fuck yourself, Meehan.

[Larkspur]

8. Your subject line should be on a bill board next to Meehan's

[HomerRamone]

20. I just sent him an email saying that.

Your subject line, not the rest of it, though it was hard to resist...

[scarface2004]

42. wasn t the great bush sitting stunned in a classroom..

with a thumb up his ass when this happened??? isn t president asshole a republikan???

[and-justice-for-all]

73. I just sent him an email too, with the same basic line.

Meehan, is lying.

[depakid]

3. Video (from CNN, of course)

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/257459

[varkam]

4. I know it's been a while, but who was president on that day?

Who was the mayor of NYC? What political party did they belong to? Hmmm...I don't think they were Democrats...

[snappyturtle]

5. That is just garbage...may blow back. You know many feel that

this admistration had the intel to know this was going to happen and obviously didn't keep us safe. imho

[World Citizen]

6. We need billboards showing 1 million Iraqi orphans

saying "thank you Mr. Bush"

[ann_american2004]

33. World Citizen, that wont move the average American citizen

Guilt rarely motivates in a positive way. In fact, it makes many people uncomfortable or resentful. You put those two billboards, yours and his, side by side and which one do you think is going to matter more to the driver by? Foreign orphans or a national symbol destroyed? Sorry. One's closer to home.

Now if you showed a billboard of 1 million sick American children without health care that is closer to home too but still not as strong as a national symbol. That's the shakes.

[World Citizen]

39. the difference being that.....

one is a lie....... democrats had nothing to do with WTC

the other is the truth....... bush is responsible for everyone of those Iraqi orphans

[ann_american2004]

66. of course you and I know that

but it's lost in the rebuttal's explanation. It has to stand on its own and be very specific and very American.

The Repugs dont own the rights to patriotism and America. We dont have to grab the scraps of worldly views which make us seem like a bunch of New World Order crazies. We are Americans. We can speak about this great nation. That's all that matters right now. Our economy. Our health care. Our gas. Our cost of Living. Our sons and daughters in harm's way. Its all about US right now. And it is going be more about US. Foreign policy matters in only as much as it works for US. And that's the truth of the times. The economies of many nations are going to be suffering soon - you think we and our well being are going to be foremost on their minds? It maybe selfish but at this point especially with how things are going, those are going to be the views of this country as we have to buckle down and weather the harsh storms coming. It's about sand bags and joining hands here. US joining together. NOW.

U.S. = us


Obama '08

[World Citizen]

68. I see you point re....

strategy in advertising. I disagree about most everything else. I don't think that encouraging human morality qualifies as "grabbing scraps of worldly view." I am human way before I am American. I believe that humanity matters more that some political line drawn on a map. I believe that it is aggressive imperialistic policy that has gotten us into this mess in the first place. I sounds like what you are say is "they don't care about us so why should we care about them." The answer is, because they are human. As Pablo Casals said: "The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?"

human = me

[ann_american2004]

69. pssst...I actually agree

I'd love to have billboards that talk about humane efforts for the world, primarily helping people who never hurt anyone (dont get me started on terrorist scum though- I have no sympathy for them ever). The bills could ponder Buddhist sayings hourly and urge us to meditate on the the universal oneness of everything (which I often do) but that wont save the election. People are already showing Obama on a white pony with rainbows and and chanting "Change" and snickering at it. We need muscle. We need to speak to Americans not just to their higher selves. Most of us cannot maintain that perch for very long anyway.

[WyldRogue]

59. We need billboards...

... with the names of the brave men and women that performed their duty and made the ultimate sacrifice for a group of chickenhawks that ASSUMED they could just go to Iraq, conquer and then turn around to boast about it (See: "Mission Accomplished" speech)....

So many sent to die for a lie.... :(

Those billboards would be a stark reminder of THAT FACT

[ann_american2004]

72. That would be very powerful

[Beartracks]

7. Was that the 9/11 that occured under Clinton? I'm confused...

There was a President's Daily Brief delivered to the, um, President on August 6, 2001, that explicitly warned about plans to attack large buildings using planes. It appears that the brief was ignored by the President, or at best not taken seriously. Now, the President at that time was... um, George W. Bush. Hang on a sec while I Google him... Okay, that's what I thought: Mr. Bush is a, ah, Republican.

[Megahurtz]

9. Did they mention a Repulican was in charge when it happened?

Fucking Idiots! :mad:

[Megahurtz]

10. The Democrats should just make THE SAME SIGN

with the same pictures and the same slogan reading "Don't vote for a Republican"

I am serious. I really think that they should do it!

That would really hit home.

[Frisbee]

11. "Bin Laden determined to attack inside the U.S."

Somebody needs to put up billboards that say

George W. Bush's August 6, 2001 Daily Briefing Said:
"Bin Laden determined to attack inside the U.S."

Any questions?

[ann_american2004]

35. ImForGore, someone should PASTE those words in white and black

over his billboard!!!

[harmonicon]

12. you have to go listen to the song

unfortunately you can't watch the video from the guy's website, probably due to traffic, but you can listen to the song. The website is also an example of some of the finest misuse of quotation marks I've seen to date. Check it out:

I claim to be a man of God and like millions of others, I love this great nation, “The United States of America.”

I wrote this song to encourage and motivate as many people as possible not to vote for a “Democrat” in the 2008 Presidential Election.

[Chan790]

16. Maybe...

he's just sarcastically questioning the existence of the United States of America. Much like when I type "Jesus".

We need to explain to him the difference between professing and having faith. I too "claim to be a man of God" when it suits me.

I suspect, Mr. Meehan, that if there really is a God, we're both equally fucked.

[mwb970]

48. No, "idiots" always use lots of "quotes."

These illiterates have "no idea" what quote marks really mean so they "just use them" anywhere and everywhere (like they do with "apostrophe's" and, commas). They "seem" extremely stupid "to" me.

[Alcibiades]

51. That's some funny poop right there

I'm so sick of folks who don't know where to put their punctuation, apostrophes and commas in particular.

I do confess to having near-total ignorance myself with regard to how to use a colon or a semi-colon; and I have a Ph.D.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

15. what business's is he involved with? Can we find out?

He certainly wouldn't want a democrats money, nor would any of his associates I imagine.

[muntrv]

17. Meehan, explain why the fuck Osama Bin Laden is still at large?

[Skittles]

18. I hope this "businessman" loses a lot of business

I would not deal with this racist, ignorant bastard

[Hugin]

19. ...

I guess that's what he does for a living is being a 'failed musician'.

:lol:

Would explain the stupid song.

[a la izquierda]

21. Hey Meehan, you sick, sick bastard.

My uncle has never been the same since that day. He was an NYPD cop. He spent months sorting through TRASH on Staten Island, looking for human remains, because George Bush and his administration couldn't be bothered paying attention to the 6 August memo. He retired not long after.
My father almost died that day. He was the floor volunteer for his office, making sure that everyone got out in case of emergencies. At that time 7 years ago, he had two children under 10 besides my two sisters and myself. He has a heart condition. He has never been the same.
My mother helped friends bury their spouses and comforted another whose psyche was shattered when she realized that she alone survived out of her office because she went in late. She lived in fear that we were about to be nuked.
I lived in California and could do nothing but watch in horror and scream.
My family was very lucky in comparison. We suffered a lifetime of emotional wounds.

Republicans were in charge. Republicans could have prevented 9/11. Your disgusting use of that day to advance your own political beliefs makes you an extremely low human being in my book.
I believe in God. But you and I mustn't believe in the same one.

[a la izquierda]

65. They talked about this billboard on

MSNBC.

[ms liberty]

22. Heh heh...I just sent him an email - here's the text:

Heard about your billboard. Maybe you haven't heard this:

THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS.

You claim to be a Christian. You don't act like one though. Many Democrats are Christians, following the precepts of Jesus, as laid out in The Beatitudes.

I pray that you someday see the light, and follow the teachings of our Lord and Savior - not the rantings of those who wrap themselves in the Bible without understanding the meaning, also known as the Bush acolytes, also called Neocons.

[harmonicon]

26. what does he care? He's not a Christian.

He even says on his website "I claim to be a Christian". This guy is too funny.

[ms liberty]

28. Oh, I know he will probably take it in stride...

but I wanted to warn him...he claims he's a Christian, well he's damning himself to hell for so blatantly disobeying one of the Big 10.

And I'm not a big C christian myself, more of a non-denominational christian type of person.

[harmonicon]

30. but he doesn't say "I am a Christian"

He say's "I claim to be a Christian", which seems to mean that he's not a Christian, but lies about it.

[dipsydoodle]

23. Did it feature "My Pet Goat ?

[SaveAmerica]

29. That pic should be on the billboard beside this sick one, hafl of it will show the

Memo "Osama determined to attack" and the words "one month before 9/11" and beside it will be this pic and the words "What W did for 7 minutes after hearing the news of the attack on America on 9/11"

[rucognizant]

24. I wonder...

If he was responsible for the billboard I saw 4 years ago ( between Gainesville & Orlando) with a giant hear=d of Bush that ACTUALLY SIAID "Our Leader"
Thought I was in China or RUssia!

[SaveAmerica]

25. At least some Republicans in the area have some sense about them...

Another quote from the article:

Even Republicans have found the billboard "inappropriate," and many residents want it to come down. "I'm thinking about the Twin Towers, all the families that were killed there," one woman told local TV affliate WFTV.

Another local was more accepting, saying, "They can have their opinion. It's a free country, you want to pay for the ad."


ETA this quote from a news blurb at their local tv web page http://www.wftv.com/news/16879991/detail.html

Orange County Democrats are calling for the billboard to come down and the local Republican Party has said the ad is "inappropriate." Meehan hadn't returned Channel 9 calls or e-mails Monday afternoon, but some are defending his right to free speech.

[trthnd4jstc]

27. Is it do not vote democratic cause the Republicans will burn down more buildings? n.t.

[onehandle]

32. Good. I'm tired of terrorist attacks on Democrats' watch.

Oh wait... Now who was President on 9/11?

[Uncle Joe]

34. I believe the same one we have now, Deadeye Dick Cheney and his little Howdie Doodie Puppet. n/t

[Turbineguy]

36. I really wanted to say

"Please don't vote for a Democrat until the Replublicans finish destroying the USA", but as you can see, I ran out of space and did not want to pay for a second billboard.

[MikeNearMcChord]

37. I would post a billboard, that show the faces of the

s soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines who have died in the war or a grieving family given a folded flag with the caption Please America, don't vote republican!!!

[paparush]

38. http://www.trw-webdesign.com

TheRepublicanSong.com is registered to TRW Webdesign Company of St Cloud, FL

Registrant:
TRW Web Design Company
1555 Jan Lan Blvd
St Cloud, Florida 34772
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: THEREPUBLICANSONG.COM
Created on: 14-Aug-07
Expires on: 14-Aug-08
Last Updated on: 14-Aug-07

Administrative Contact:
Weatherman, Tony [e-mail]
TRW Web Design Company
1555 Jan Lan Blvd
St Cloud, Florida 34772
United States
[phone] Fax --

Technical Contact:
Weatherman, Tony [e-mail]
TRW Web Design Company
1555 Jan Lan Blvd
St Cloud, Florida 34772
United States
[phone] Fax --

Domain servers in listed order:
NS53.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS54.DOMAINCONTROL.COM



I say we ring his phone off the fucking hook tomorrow.

[DrZeeLit]

40. Helllloooo, Mike? I can call you "Mike," right? Um, Mike. Just a memory jog. 3 Little Words:

MY PET GOAT

[Mira]

43. I want one put up next to it: "Why? It happened on the Republican's Watch"

[Drum]

44. Yeah...go ahead and elect a bad copy of this fool:

(Meaning the adult male seated, on right)


Idiots.

[Bette Noir]

63. Is there a special reason he's holding the book upside down?

Can he tell the difference?

[mwb970]

46. What crap.

Clearly, there is no depth whatever to which the right will not stoop. This guy sounds like a rich bigot, in other words a Republican. Jerk.

[barbtries]

49. someone should hire the billboard across the street,

use the same picture, and caption it, please don't vote for the republican.

or, "on the republican's watch"

assholes. boils my blood too.

[Riddler]

53. How about this?

[barbtries]

64. there you go n/t

[fascisthunter]

80. perfect

[lonestarnot]

82. Yes.

[nytemare]

52. Bush gave 43 million to the Taliban 4 months before 9/11

Please, don't vote Republican.

[BlueStater]

55. Fuck these people.

What a piece of human garbage this Meehan is. These shitheads aren't even being subtle in their attacks anymore.

[rasputin1952]

56. All they have is fear to peddle...

Fools like this are seen as the jerks they are. A few will wet themselves as they see the billboard and shake in fear...but truth of the matter is, if aD had been in the WH on 9-11, quite possibly, it would never have happened.

Regardless, this is all they have, cheap shots, and terrorists behind every tree and rock. Truly pathetic...can't this fool see that the R's have just made the situation even worse?

:grr:

[Renew Deal]

57. Someone should add "Bush was in charge."

Moran

[tblue37]

58. Those towers burned during a Republcian presidency, after the

Republican president waved off specific warnings about al-Quaida being determined to strike in the US (per his Aug. 6, 2001 presidential briefing).

The fact that this set of circumstances has always been considered an effective selling point for Republican candidates is evidence that the American electorate has its colleelctive head up its collective rear end.

[Jackpine Radical]

60. Hey, waittaminnit, dammit. He's RIGHT!

In 2000 I voted for LOTSA Democrats. I voted ENTIRELY for Democrats. And then lookit what happened!

[Bette Noir]

61. I guess he didn't notice

That those attacks came during a Republican administration.

[bronxiteforever]

70. Man of God? Blessed are the Billboarders for they shall inherit the rest stop!

[and-justice-for-all]

71. WTC has nothing to do with Dems...

it happened on Repukes watch, who had control of everything at the time.

So, the billboard is a fuckin' lie. not surprising coming from nutsacks like Mike Meehan.

"The Democrat secular progressive move, political correctness is killing us too. They want to take the money from the hard working man, and give it to the lazy folks that don't give a damn." to funny, to bad it is inaccurate.

The republican fascist move, political warmongering is killing us too. They want to take everything from everyone, and give it to themselves, for all I care the repig bastards can go straight to hell!

[CBHagman]

75. If you want to e-mail the creep...

...he/it is at [e-mail].

I'm assuming you'll still want to attempt it after hearing what must surely be the most talentless creature I've ever subjected my poor, unsuspecting ears to in a long time.

Warning: You will HATE yourself for even spending a second or two on the "song." A tone-deaf school choir could produce something better during lunch hour.

http://www.therepublicansong.com/about.html

:puke:

[Lost4words]

78. somebody should burn down the billboard IMO

8643

[ThoughtCriminal]

79. Here's what it needs

[MaryEllen71]

81. Like I said in the thread on GD:P

Someone should put up a billboard with images of Hurricane Katrina and Insane McSame getting his birthday cake from Bush with the caption "Please Don't Vote for a Republican"

[johnlal]

83. Is Mike Meehan a US Citizen?

His bio on his website says he moved to Florida with his family from Canada. His bio does not say whether he ever became a naturalized citizen. This itself is not a problem. There are a lot of people who are legally here and contributing to a country that they love without being citizens. But this guy is wrapping himself in the flag, telling us how to vote, and using a horrible disaster to make political points-- and it's not even clear whether he can even vote in the election.

[KurtNYC]

84. Cover the left side of that billboard with a shot of f'ing bin Laden, still alive btw,

and make it look like HE is saying "Please don't vote for a Democrat."