So THIS is how they see him (puke alert):

[Lorien]

Drinky McDumbass spent 9/11 reading "my pet goat", then running away-yet this his follower's perception of him. Wow. It really is possible to sell them anything.

[quiet.american]

1. Oy.

That's all I can say.

Oy. :yoiks:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

73. He's even got a picture of the way Bush remembers when he heard abt 9-11

[quiet.american]

77. Lol. n/t

[Libby2]

2. That is hysterical !!

[Cyrano]

3. Is he getting ready to clear brush in that dress?

[cdb]

4. That's a parody, right???

It CAN"T be real! What the hell is IN that Kool aid they are drinking????

[Lorien]

6. Nope-it's real

I just found it while researching artist's representatives. It was in a sample portfolio.

[cdb]

9. Aren't artists usually liberal and able to think for themselves?

That must have been commissioned by the bad people.... the artist was probably weeping and gnashing his teeth over the fraudulent sell out he has become...

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Do NOT make those assumptions

not all artists are libearal, or democratic or pro anything you think they should be. Last weeked I had the honor of meeting an Ann Coulter wanabee and an Attila the Hun at a sci fi convention

[cdb]

16. I am an artist...

I guess that was ignorant to assume all artist are similar to myself politically just because all my friends are...

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Exactly, I am an artist and a writer

and those sci fi cons, most people are liberal, but trust me some of the people attending, let alone on pannels, are troglodytes

[deutsey]

64. Yep...Hitler was an artist, don't forget.

[genie_weenie]

65. Hitler actually served and rose to the rank of Corporal...

[deutsey]

70. True...was something of a war hero, wasn't he? Awarded the Iron Cross?

Like many others, I wonder what would have happened if he has been accepted into art school in Vienna.

[Cleita]

84. He wasn't very good. He couldn't pass the test to get into

Art school. I have wondered, if he had been accepted and trained as an artist, would history have been different? Or would some other nutcase take his place?

[deutsey]

96. I've seen his artwork...as one critic said, it really lacks any humanity

[Lorien]

18. The artist owns the copyright-he probably did it for himself

I've worked with hundreds of other artists over the years, and about 15-20% of them are raving Bushbots. Never would have guessed there would be so many when I was a naive young thing entering art school.

[MrBenchley]

58. Here's the rest of his portfolio

Hard to tell whether he's parodying or not....

http://www.mendolaart.com/portfolios/index.html

om edit: Here's his website, and I still am not sure....

http://www.mikewimmer.com/frame-portfolio.html

[renate]

74. I suspect he's serious

Nothing else on his website looks like a parody.

Can you even begin to imagine anybody having been so infatuated with Clinton as to make a painting like that of him? It would be beyond ridiculous. But we're so used to seeing pictures of Bush like this we just roll our eyes instead of being concerned for the artist's mental stability.

[truebrit71]

5. Hysterical!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Maven]

7. Okay, I'll say it

That's really homoerotic.

[DS1]

24. I was thinking the same thing

[Lydia Leftcoast]

39. That was my first take, too

Portraying Bush as macho-macho maaanly maaan...in a dress.

[Blue_Tires]

68. +1

"Do you like movies about gladiators?":spray:

[Richard Steele]

85. "Have you ever been inside an Iraq...err, TURKISH prison?"

[ronnykmarshall]

46. I think so too, Hedy.

Looks like a gym rat/drag queen.

[MissB]

52. Yep.

Even when he was a cheerleader, he didn't have muscles like that. :rofl:

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Hmm where to start?

Oh yes, the term is comming, hold it, hold it, oh yes it is clear now... this is a perfect example of.... drum roll, CULT OF PERSONALITY!

And for more on this, please consult the followign sites

http://www.historyguide.org/europe/cult.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality

[Lorien]

25. Interesting links-Thanks!

Bookmarked.

[Ron Green]

10. Is that supposed to be George W. Bush?

It's not even an approximate likeness.

[jane_pippin]

11. Nice dress.

Ok now Mike, put down the halucinogens and slowly back away. :scared:

[FreedomAngel82]

12. Simply disgusting

Ugh.

[savemefromdumbya]

14. The dress fits ofcourse

fit for a queen

[lumpy]

63. It's " FABULOUS !"

mmmm

[savemefromdumbya]

66. He uses that word fabulous - a lot!

[justjones]

15. Thanks, I needed a good, hearty laugh today. n/t

[Skidmore]

17. LOL...A buff tanned guy in a dress with an eagle on his shoulder waving

his ....err.....er...sword.

Reality: A red-faced, clumsy dork who wears ill-fitting clothes and is afraid of animals waving his...err....er...appendage.

[Lorien]

23. The eagle looks more like a NY pigeon

who sat under the wrong statue. Eagles are more than twice that size, lol!

[Crankie Avalon]

They see him as a cross dresser??? eom

[dogday]

20. Holy American Icon Batman!

It is a cross between Bush, An Eagle, The Flag, and The Lord God Almighty Himself....:sarcasm:

[leftofthedial]

21. he looks mighty gay to me

[kitkat65]

22. Actually, this is a two-panel piece. The second one shows the eagle

pecking *'s eyes out.

[Crankie Avalon]

26. I guess this means if you need someone to preside over a smoking ruin...

...then Chimpy is your boy (and I use "boy" advisedly).

But if you need someone who can prevent smoking ruins in the first place, look for the man, (or woman) elsewhere.

[lectrobyte]

27. Bin Laden determined to attack in US. Suppose 911 happened

while Clinton was still President, and it came to light that he had went on vacation for a month after getting that memo. I'm pretty sure he'd be in jail. Oh well, the propaganda is catapulted.

[WI_DEM]

28. boy, they are a delusional bunch

First he spends precious minutes with a deer in the headlight look reading a kids book and then he hides some place in a Nebraska cornfield. Then he diverts attention troops and attention from the search for Bin Laden to invade Iraq!

[renate]

75. well, I for one think that kind of behavior is really hot

:evilgrin:

[Marr]

29. I've never seen this sort of weird idolatry on the left- never.

Yes, there are are heroes on the left and posters and such- but I've never seen this sort of weird marriage of mythology, patriotism, hero worship on the left. I think it's unique to far-right movements. The Nazis did alot of that sort of thing, too.

[Lorien]

32. I think it's the fear factor involved in being RW

they need a "strong father figure" because the world terrifies them-which partially explains their black and white religious fundamentalism. Their world MUST have absolutes and there MUST be a strong protector who looks after them, and just them, because they're "special".

[Lydia Leftcoast]

42. The second impression that I got after

the homoerotic one (see above) was that it reminded me of the kinds of posters the Nazis used to produce.

The Maoists used to get idolatrous about Mao, but they always portrayed him dressed in his Mao suit and doing something realistic, not as a dragon-slaying ancient warrior or anything like that.

[Zookeeper]

56. Yes, it's very much like Nazi-era art.

Mystical, sentimental, pompous, nationalistic and done in a technique that won't confuse anyone.

[Laelth]

78. Lincoln? Kennedy? MLK?

Of course, our guys have to die first before they become mythical figures. Wonder why that is? :eyes:

-Laelth

[Marr]

79. Not the same- I'm talking about these grand images that blend

mythology, patriotism, hero worship, etc. Like the image referenced by the OP, or those old images of Hitler in the garb of some legendary Germanic hero; shield, armor, etc. It's a stew that seems, to me, to be unique to these far-right wing personality cults.

[Laelth]

80. I hear ya.

We on the left have our own mythic figures, but we definitely don't picture them in flag dresses with swords. :crazy:

And the image above is, indeed, eerily reminiscent of the propaganda of a totalitarian regime.

-Laelth

[genieroze]

30. Talk about wrapping oneself in the flag, sheesh!

[TheBaldyMan]

31. Bush is in drag, and looking FABULOUS in that off-the-shoulder look

[MrBenchley]

55. LOL! Thank you for that comment!

[hunter]

95. God Save the Queen!

Somebody had to say it.

[Touchdown]

33. That doesn't look like Stephen Colbert's face at all!

What kind of talentless hack can't make a simple likeness of Colbert's face? He can't even give us a bulge of Stephen's BALLS!

[Rocknrule]

34. This is visual proof that they see * and America as one and the same

:scared:

[Lorien]

38. Heck, some here have said that they know Freepers who see * and GOD

as one and the same! :crazy:

[nonconformist]

35. HA! Best laugh so far today. nt

[Jara sang]

36. For all of giant Bush's might, his pet eagle and his sword...

And he still couldn't prevent 9/11.

[sinkingfeeling]

37. Really, the artist must do comic books.

[Touchdown]

40. Or Meatloaf album covers.

[Kerrytravelers]

41. So, I guess they're ok with cross-dressing now.

:shrug:

[stlchic]

43. Let's be fair here....

The artist’s website (http://www.mikewimmer.com/frame-prints.html ) does not say this is * , but a representation of "...the awakening of the American people, and the Spirit of Freedom’s cry for justice.”

However, I can’t help but notice:

* How this macho, muscular, alpha-male towers over the diminutive Lady Liberty, as if the notion of Liberty and the ideals of a free country weren’t enough to achieve justice. It just screams chauvinism - geez, he even stole her crown.

* For all the patriotism the artist is trying to portray, he sure doesn’t have a problem depicting someone tarnishing the American flag by using it as clothing.

Just my .02....


:hi:

[Lorien]

49. I got the image from his rep's site

which had no other info about it save the artist's name. It does look like a highly idealized portrait of * to me (close set eyes, pointy ears)-if he wanted to portray the "spirit of Freedom", why not stick with Lady Liberty?

He seems to have a fascination with idealizing repugs all around:

[HughBeaumont]

44. "Let the MIIIIIIGHTY EAGLE SOOOOAAARR!!"

They got the foreground all wrong. He should be overlooking a smoking ruin of the EARTH!

[Lorien]

72. Lol!

and sadly, very true (the second point).

[ronnykmarshall]

45. Looks like a buff drag queen.

[gatorboy]

47. Thank gawd!!

I was wondering when Xena would show up!!!

[yella_dawg]

48. The symbolism behind that is freaky.

The heroic god-man winning in the face of insurmountable odds. Mythically, the hero figure will die / be punished for excessive hubris after his incredible victory.

On the other hand, that's just fuckin' sick.

What's with the "tail" hangin' down from his "liberty crown"?

[Critters2]

50. What's with the dress?!

I mean, it's lovely, but

:wtf:


oh, and thanks for the alert
:puke:

[Critters2]

51. Doesn't it violate flag etiquette to were it as clothing?

Someone call the American Legion!

:patriot:

[Zookeeper]

60. I've always questioned that myself.

You can't burn the flag as a symbol of protest, but you can print it on everything from babies' spit-up bibs to doormats and underwear.

[rucky]

53. a little box with a red "x"?

:shrug:

[spanone]

54. He looks like a Raging Queen. Love It!!!

[neverforget]

57. Well, they do make their own reality so Bush as some buff, godly

warrior slaying America's enemies fits right into their perception of him. They need psychological help.

[Odin2005]

59. They're making him look like the Greek sun god Helios...

...Where are the fundies denouncing worshiping false idols? :rofl:

[Critters2]

62. Pagans!!

Someone tell Jesus!!

[CottonBear]

61. Mike Wimmer has got to be a Freeper. What else could explain this?

:puke:

[otohara]

67. Chris Matthews Would Love This

we should chip in and send him one!

[Bunny]

69. That is one of the goddamned-est fucking funniest things I have

ever seen! Dear god, they're delusional. :rofl:

[Batgirl]

71. now what does that remind me of, hmm...could it be?

"The logical outcome of fascism is an aestheticizing of political art. . . . All efforts to aestheticize politics culminate in one point. That one point is war. (1930s German propaganda poster.)"

[Gregorian]

76. This is how I see him.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

81. He must be a fan of WWI propaganda

This looked familiar...

[DemGirl7]

82. These idol worshipers never stop

disgusting :puke:

[Cleita]

83. That would be really funny if it weren't so scary.

Fantasy entertains us, but fantasizing the idiots in our government as Zeus-like gods is truly demented.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

86. I wonder what would happen if that pic went up on a billboard in NYC?

Paintball, anyone?

[symbolman]

87. If you were standing downtown and looked up

you'd have a great view of his "vienna sausage"..


Reminds me of the band 900 foot tall Jesus, where a guy had a vision of running into a 900 foot tall Jesus in the desert, only he was really embarrassed because he could see right up Jesus's tunic, there was no other way to look at the Lorda..

It looks more like a Saudi Arabian Port Authority Savings Bond they should be coming out with soon..

"DO the Patriotic thing and BUY SAUDI BONDS so that our ports will be Protected from Terrorists!" Maybe it's the best way to deal with the ports really, if you think about it all the really good locksmithes I've ever known were Ex Cons who'd gone straight, they could get into anything, crack any lock..

It would take a Terrorist to catch a terrorist, maybe that's what they were thinking on the port deal...

All artists are crazy, some more than others - this one needs to sit down with a shrink and his daddy, just like Bush..

[sakabatou]

88. Urgh

:puke:

[Coexist]

89. why does his head look so far to the left between his shoulders?

It looks like it was photoshopped in.

Strange.

[alfredo]

90. The head is in the wrong place.

[Lorien]

92. Yeah-it's usually up his a**

As a figure drawing instructor, the main problems I see are disproportionately large shoulders-and a miniature bald eagle.

[alfredo]

93. Or is that a Faux Texan Chicken Hawk.

[Coexist]

91. Gold – plated Tiara - $15.00

Gold – plated Tiara - $15.00

Trained eagle rental - $45.00

Braveheart sword replica - $200

Fabulous flag couture - $300

Spotting the sheep in wolf’s clothing … priceless

[Rex]

94. Wow, if that is authentic and the artist meant it then

it deserves to be shown to the world. Everyone should see our beautiful propaganda machine! Lil Kim would love to hire Karl Rove.