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

[no_hypocrisy]

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



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.

[Warpy]

1. I guess he forgot which party let it happen

after they'd demoted the man in charge of tracking bin Laden, canceled the investigation into the Cole bombing, and ignored all the warning memos in their rush to war in Iraq.

Meehan is slime. I hope this crap loses him business.

[greyl]

2. Mike Meehan is an idiot. Way to remind people that Republicans were in charge on 9/11, dumbass. nt

[patrice]

3. If so many people (hundreds of thousands now) hadn't died, this would be Hilarious! nt

[Frustratedlady]

4. I must be losing it. I don't see the point of this, either...

What does electing a Democrat have to do with the burning towers?

What an idiot.

[patrice]

8. I'm guessing, for something like 2/3 of those viewing it, this thing works exactly the OPPOSITE

of what its purchasor assumes.

[Champion Jack]

5. I'm not condoning vandalism of any sort, but,

Sounds like someone should correct that message

[cascadiance]

12. Perhaps we could call Ron English out of his "retirement" to help with that?

I'm sure he'd like to put up some counter "Popaganda" up instead, and do it in GOOD style too!



http://popaganda.com/

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Given enough time, I'm sure Rudy would've gotten around to this choice ad.

[Clovis Sangrail]

7. 1st ammendment issue my ass

I wish I had the money to put it to the test, but I'm pretty damned sure if I wanted to put a picture of a mutilated Iraqi child with them message "Please Don't Vote for a Republican" they'd turn it down.

[intheflow]

32. The irony is

you could put that same billboard up saying "Please don't vote Republican," but my guess is they would have turned that down as quickly as a casualty of war image.

[Fuzz]

9. And we knew this was coming.

Fucking idiots. This is what happens when you use national tragedies as political wedge issues like this. People lose all sense of reality and common sense.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Somebody brave should ought to paint over it, "Look what the GOP has wrought"!

[cascadiance]

36. How about "IMPEACH or this will happen again!"

[bdamomma]

11. what total crap spewing up this stuff.

[notadmblnd]

13. I sent him a little e-mail; hey guy, what you forgot to disclose

Is that 911 happened on your pretzledent's watch. He ignored the daily briefings and had " no idea that a plane could be used as a weapon," even though on that day, exercises were being employed playing out just that scenerio. I'm sure you've probably got selective amnesia, so to refresh your memory, I'll point out that terrorists attempted to bring down WTC while a democrat was in office and the culprits were actually captured, prosecuted and jailed, unlike another pretzledent, who shall remain nameless and has publicly stated that he's "really not that concerned about Osama bin Laden."

Perhaps you've covered yourself in so much red, white and blue that your body is no longer able to provide your brain with enough oxygen necessary for critical thinking?

on eidt:I'm hoping I get a reply.

[baldguy]

14. "If you want this to happen again..."

"Please Don't Vote for a Democrat"

[gratuitous]

26. That was my reading of the billboard

Please don't vote for a Democrat, otherwise we might not have more national catastrophes. :shrug:

[elehhhhna]

15. I read it as a THREAT.

[pansypoo53219]

16. so,

is he promising a whole new 9/11 if mcsame is elected?
because 9/11 was so awesome.

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. I'm glad that he prefers the people who profit wildly from 9/11 and shoot down all investigation

instead of the other party. It takes rare genius to do so.

[redqueen]

19. If only it were rare... sadly, that brand of 'genius' is all too common.

[mod mom]

18. here's the contact info from his website for those of you who would like to respond:

[e-mail]

[KamaAina]

20. Lyrics to "The Republican Song"

Me, me me me me, me me me me!
Me, me me me ME, me me me me!
(repeat chorus)

[Catherine Vincent]

21. He's got that assbackwards.

Idiot.

[Connie_Corleone]

22. Who was president during 9/11?? Republicans are such dumb asses.

[KelleyKramer]

23. Who controlled the entire US government when that happened?

Thats the first thing I thought when seeing this.

What an idiot.

[Javaman]

24. so by this logic...

we should vote in another repuke so we can have yet another terrorist attack during their watch?

the rightwing and their fucking moron slogans mystify me.

[Tab]

25. I felt compelled to write him too (he probably won't read it, but hey...)

Subj: Timeline

January 1, 2001: George Bush takes oath of office
September 11, 2001: World Trade Towers attacked
July 15, 2008: Osama bin Laden still not caught

What the hell is the connection with the Democrats? This happened on the Republican's watch, and it wasn't just two days into office either. And he's had 7 years to get him "dead or alive".

Myopia much?

[helderheid]

27. By golly, that's right! Fucking Bush the Democrat let this happen on his watch!

[EOTE]

28. Sick of serial killers?

This year vote Ted Bundy, Republican for Senate. It's what God would do.

[Prophet 451]

29. Well, that's bloody tasteless

Leaving aside the boneheadedness, it's just in poor taste. Certain events are so traumatic, so defining that they should not be used for political reasons (which is not to say we can't learn from them in formulating policy). Any party that used, or allowed it's supporters to use, the images of the 7/7 Tube bombings here would be lynched from the nearest lamppost.

Now to the boneheadedness. First off, Chimpy McCokespoon was in office at the time. "Ah", the Rethugs will say, "but he was still dealing with the effects of the Clinton administration". "Ah", says the enlightened mind, "then Poppy Bush was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing during Clinton's first term".

See, you can't reason with these people. Everything that is bad is the fault of liberals or Democrats or both while everything good is thanks to conservatives and/or Republicans. Remember when Chris Matthews badgered that idiot conservative radio host into finally admitting that he didn't know what Chamberlain had done? The idiot talk show host responded that Matthews should watch "The Path To 9/11", a film that's been throughly debunked by pretty much everyone and he must have known that but it was useful to his side so he used it. He wasn't lying. He was exhibiting the illness rampant among conservatives that allows them to edit their internal perception of reality to their whims. Don't bother arguing with them, they need treatment, not debate.

[YOY]

30. Desperate much Meehan?

Keep bitching about "liberals" Mr. "Businessman".

[Initech]

31. Guess he doesnt watch the news then.

Of course if he had said "please dont vote for THESE democrats" then I might be inclined to agree with him.

[intheflow]

33. He can *claim* to be a man of God all he wants.

Doesn't make him one. x(

[CatWoman]

34. a pic of him from his website.

he has the look of a pure genius, no?

[underpants]

35. Looks like there is some rust on that pile of sh*t

on the truck too

[YOY]

37. Another asshole who drapes himself in the flag and calls himself a man of God

Now what did Sinclair Lewis say about when fascism comes to America???

[HughBeaumont]

39. Nice costume.

Looks like something a five year old would wear in a 4th of July parade.

[maxrandb]

38. But you see.....

It's "satire" :sarcasm:

Kind of like that "Obama loves America like OJ loved Nicole" joke....don't ya' get it?

again :sarcasm:

[HughBeaumont]

40. Desperation is great comedy.

They. Got. NOTHING.

Republicanism since Eisenhower left office was, is and always will be an epic fail held up by fear, hatred and greed.

[TNOE]

41. Yea, because a R Pres Failed to Read his daily

Presidential Daily Briefing ENTITLED

BIN LADEN DETERMINED TO STRIKE IN AMERICA.

WE ARE WHERE WE ARE - BECAUSE OF AN IGNORANT (SUPPOSEDLY) R PRESIDENT.

Now - I can't think of any Democrat who would be that stupid or that callus.

[mitchum]

42. Here is the chickenshit blowhard's video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUWVu-pL7v8

Post a comment and let him know how much you appreciate all of his hard work

[Matariki]

43. Because a Democrat was President when that happened?