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Home Front: Culture Wars
Hollywood Vandals Brand Bush a Nazi
2005-02-19
HumanEventsOnline - HT to Drudge
We previously reported the conservative group, Citizens United, planned to erect two pro-Bush billboards in Hollywood "thanking" Hollywood for Bush's reelection. As planned, the signs were created, coinciding with the buildup to Oscar night. However, one of those tongue-in-cheek billboards was seriously vandalized Wednesday night, when a Swastika was painted on President Bush's forehead.

Few Angeleans saw the disfigured sign though, since Citizens United anticipated the vandalism, and had previously arranged with the sign company that their billboards would be immediately repaired if, in fact, they were damaged.

True to their word, the overnight damage was repaired within hours
Posted by:Frank G

#24  BIG ED- when I was a kid, it was a cruel joke to take an old pocketbook (yard sale material) fill it with Cow or horse meadow muffins...then leave the pocket book in the middle of the road! You guessed it- hide behind a wall, wait and see who stops to pick up the million dollar pocketbook.
(TRICK OR TREAT).

Andrea
Posted by: HALLOWEEN   2005-02-19 3:15:56 PM  

#23  BIG ED- when I was a kid, it was a cruel joke to take an old pocketbook (yard sale material) fill it with Cow or horse meadow muffins...then leave the pocket book in the middle of the road! You guessed it- hide behind a wall, wait and see who stops to pick up the million dollar pocketbook.
(TRICK OR TREAT).

Andrea
Posted by: HALLOWEEN   2005-02-19 3:15:56 PM  

#22  BIG ED- when I was a kid, it was a cruel joke to take an old pocketbook (yard sale material) fill it with Cow or horse meadow muffins...then leave the pocket book in the middle of the road! You guessed it- hide behind a wall, wait and see who stops to pick up the million dollar pocketbook.
(TRICK OR TREAT).

Andrea
Posted by: Andrea   2005-02-19 3:14:41 PM  

#21  BIG ED- when I was a kid, it was a cruel joke to take an old pocketbook (yard sale material) fill it with Cow or horse meadow muffins...then leave the pocket book in the middle of the road! You guessed it- hide behind a wall, wait and see who stops to pick up the million dollar pocketbook.
(TRICK OR TREAT).

Andrea
Posted by: Andrea   2005-02-19 3:14:41 PM  

#20  BIG ED- when I was a kid, it was a cruel joke to take an old pocketbook (yard sale material) fill it with Cow or horse meadow muffins...then leave the pocket book in the middle of the road! You guessed it- hide behind a wall, wait and see who stops to pick up the million dollar pocketbook.
(TRICK OR TREAT).

Andrea
Posted by: Andrea   2005-02-19 3:10:06 PM  

#19  BIG ED- when I was a kid, it was a cruel joke to take an old pocketbook (yard sale material) fill it with Cow or horse meadow muffins...then leave the pocket book in the middle of the road! You guessed it- hide behind a wall, wait and see who stops to pick up the million dollar pocketbook.
(TRICK OR TREAT).

Andrea
Posted by: Andrea   2005-02-19 3:10:06 PM  

#18  Huh?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-02-19 11:38:14 PM  

#17  Clintonism says all Lefties are Righties, all DemsLibs are GOP-Rightists, and all Commies are Fascists, ...... etc. save that, SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH, the Left just doesn't want to admit it, either to themselves or others. Thus by dissing and criticizing Bush the Left, or at least the USLeft, is dissing and disrespecting itself. * THE SIMPSONS ,or Dialectic/Totalitarian Equalism - "BE ONE WITH RIGHTISM AND FASCISM, BUT NOT OF RIGHTISM AND FASCISM", like being FBI-CIA-POlice-Law when everything goes right, while simul being Mafia when everything goes wrong. Can't blame the FBI-CIA-Police-Law cuz you're Mafia, can't blame the Mafia cuz you're also FBI-CIA-Police Law, unto eternity. *DREW CAREY - "This is America and you know what that means - SOMEONE ELSE, ANYONE AND EVERYONE ELSE, IS RESPONSIBLE [FOR MY ACTIONS]", as honest injun as Bill Clinton really, really, REALLY believed he was telling you the truth when he lied to you, and did NOT have sex with that woman Monica, but DID HAVE SEX with her dress while she was still wearing it!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2005-02-19 11:08:18 PM  

#16  Gromky: I have seen this done in N.Y.C. and you know what the vandal does? sprays at dark, wears a hood /mask/bandana. Often if they can spot a camera- they spray the lense of the camera making the camera inopperable. I don't know about the LEFT to defend the bad guys- plenty of liberal's would defend- it's a MONEY $$$game.

Andrea Jackson
Posted by: Andrea   2005-02-19 8:52:32 PM  

#15  I, for one, am disappointed in this childish vandalism. I knew these billboards would be vandalized, and I was secretly hoping for some sort of witty rejoinder, or covering up half the letters in the caption to spell something different. But a mere spraypaint job? Bah. Uncreative.

If they knew it was going to be hit, they should have damn well put some surveillance video cameras near the support structure. Then, we could have wanted posters up, and the Left would be forced into defending yet another group of obvious bad guys.
Posted by: gromky   2005-02-19 8:27:17 PM  

#14  # 13 I am a "lib" but conservative with $$$$$
you are right- billboard advertising is big BUCKS.
This billboard is foolish like so many other's I
see as I drive along the highway. What type of a billboard / message do you think should be displayed?

Andrea Jackson
Posted by: Andrea   2005-02-19 7:29:16 PM  

#13  I'm going to go against the grain here: this billboard was a stupid idea to begin with. It's not just the stars in Hollywood who are lefties. Conservatives have to reach out more to the center. Gloating like this about the election may feel good but it achieves nothing except making you look childish - leave that to the Libs. And while it may be okay to post something like that on your blog, billboard advertising costs money. If we're going to spend money to shame Hollywood, it should've said something like "Donate to the Spirit of America" or some of the other charities that support the troops.

As a former Lib, I wish my fellow Conservatives would quit the petty jeering at Libs, some of who are my friends and family, and focus more on trying to win them over by exposing them to real conservative arguments and spirit. We may never win over George Clooney but we can peel off of few from the staff and crew and the people who work the shops and restaurants. They just need to get exposed to our point of view, which is hard to do in enclaves like New York and LA - that's why the billboard is a wasted opportunity as well as wasted cash. My own conversion came from hearing reasonable, personable and logical conservatives. I would've been a Conservative sooner but my initial contact was more with conservative online trolls who would flame me for expressing my (misguided) liberal opinions. Conservative ranting is fun, I know, but it doesn't reach the center. Save that for the blog. If you're going to rent public space to put your message out, make it a good message.
Posted by: Prince Abdullah   2005-02-19 7:00:22 PM  

#12  Hell, we just paved the path and made sure the dogs knew just to bark and not act out.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-02-19 3:23:45 PM  

#11  Not exactly a booby-trap, but a point made.

When I was a kid there was someone else from my school named Mike who would cut through our backyard as a shortcut. My mother got sick of it. So, she positioned herself by the sprinkler turnon valve, which was out of sight of his "entry point". He he he. When he was on top of the wall, and began his jump, whoosh went the sprinklers. Soaked, he made a hasty retreat. About 5 minutes later Mike came up the street, completetely wet, and leering at my mother who had strategically placed herself on the front porch to watch him pass. She was "acting bewildered" at the sight of a soaked kid walking up the street. At this point another kid across the street (mouthy girl named Beth) said something about, "You mother is going to be upset about you having a water-baloon fight. You're in Trouuuuu-blllle" Mike just stared at her... He never intruded again.
Posted by: BigEd   2005-02-19 3:04:02 PM  

#10  Barbara- SNL always throws in satire about the latest. I think NBC had a great idea. I'm being creative with the symbols. I think it is good to take a break from all the Terror news
and world politics., which is why I suggested
SNL tomorrow night.

Andrea
Posted by: Andrea   2005-02-19 2:32:45 PM  

#9  Andrea - sorry, I don't watch SNL. The last time I saw it for more time than it takes to grab the remote and kill the TV, Steve Martin was a regular. Guess NBC has run out of ideas. Again.

But if it's the first 5 years, how can there be any Bush satire? Either Bush.

BTW, I'm slow today. Do all the symbols mean something?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-02-19 2:28:24 PM  

#8  Barbara- you are right! about the narrow platform----perhaps behind the top of the billboard? I can't imagine risking my life
to paint that!**### Like Big ED I thought the billboard was booby trapped. Tomorrow night
at 9 p.m. NBC will devote two hour's to "LIVE FROM NEW YORK:THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE". Lets watch and see satire about BUSH (*&!!@@)

Andrea
Posted by: Andrea   2005-02-19 2:20:45 PM  

#7  #6 BigED - I like your idea.

I'd even donate to make it happen. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-02-19 2:16:19 PM  

#6  #4 Andrea - Probably the same way people spray-paint elaborate graffiti off the side of bridges. (Which I could never figure out, but then I never wanted to do that, so really don't care.)

Remember, the billboard people got up there to paste up the billboard - and to repair it. I believe there's some kind of a narrow platform on the front and back of most billboards.

But someone with actual knowledge will probably pop up today and set us straight. :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-02-19 2:14:31 PM  

#5  

Frank G : I think this is the image that isn't working for you?


By theway, I wonder if the billboard could be boobytrapped with some of that unwashable dye that they bury in the cash that bank robbers take.

Harmless, but makes a mark for a couple of weeks.

"What's that orange stain on your face Jack? Sunblock problem, he he he"
Posted by: BigEd   2005-02-19 2:09:25 PM  

#4  # 2 Barbara- How could anyone get up there to mark or paint a swastika sign on Bush forehead?

Andrea
Posted by: Andrea   2005-02-19 1:27:36 PM  

#3  damn pic didn't link thru - go to link for picture...
Posted by: Frank G   2005-02-19 1:15:51 PM  

#2  Heh.

It must suck to be the Left. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-02-19 1:15:33 PM  

#1  Hooray for Hollyweird!
Posted by: DMFD   2005-02-19 1:15:03 PM  

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