Why So Serious?

I caught this bit via Drudge. Some guy in LA has been hanging this charicature of Obama about town.

Sound the alarm!

KTLA: Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson is calling the depiction, politically mean spirited and dangerous.

Hutchinson is challenging the group or individual that put up the poster to have the courage and decency to publicly identify themselves.

"Depicting the president as demonic and a socialist goes beyond political spoofery," says Hutchinson, "it is mean-spirited and dangerous."

"We have issued a public challenge to the person or group that put up the poster to come forth and publicly tell why they have used this offensive depiction to ridicule President Obama."

Oh, chill out. Some dude hung a bunch of posters and it went viral. Big deal. A public challenge? I'm sure the guy's having a private laugh. Who knew hanging posters on a street corner could put the national media in such a twist?

I've read a few pieces where people are trying to figure out what the posters mean. If I had to guess, I'd say the guy's calling Obama a "joker" or a "clown" or a "phony" or a "socialist." A stretch, I know.

A trivial story on an otherwise slow news day. Besides, you can't have it both ways. There wasn't a peep of outrage over the hundreds of different "Bush/Hitler" posters and bumper stickers over the years. You can't start crying now that someone's going after your guy - well, you can, but nobody should care.

Free speech. Ain't it a bitch?