When cryptic posters portraying President Obama as the Joker from “Batman” began popping up around Los Angeles and other cities, the question many asked was, Who is behind the image? Nope, it turns out, just a 20-year-old college student from Chicago.

Firas Alkhateeb, a senior history major at the University of Illinois, crafted the picture of Obama with the recognizable clown makeup using Adobe’s Photoshop software.

But he wasn’t who printed the pictures and posted them all over LA.

[…] still-anonymous rogue famously found his image, digitally removed the references to Time Magazine, captioned the picture with the word “socialism” and hung printed copies around L.A., making headlines.




  1. pfkad says:

    With that face and that name and now the Obama poster, I’ll bet he’ll have a hell of a time getting on an airplane for a while.

  2. getagrip says:

    Is it still racist now that it turns out to be a liberal Palestinian who made it?

    I love the fact that he’s avoided the Obama Worship, but hate the fact that he will likely have his visa revoked soon (sorry Mr Alkhateeb, you forgot to fold your application crisply enough, and used dark blue in instead of black”…and because he can’t board an airplane, he’ll be sent to Gitmo’s secret replacement camp.

    Liberal fascists, especially the Obama-ite stripe, do not forgive treachery easily. Dollars to donuts he’ll have to leave school within a month due to threats or worse.

  3. Faxon says:

    Ha ha ha ha ha….
    Terrific! A raghead!!!!

  4. Change Now says:

    This guy is a total asshole…he has insulted the very man who might turn the US into a country a Palestinian might feel comfortable living in without fear.

    I think we need to look into his immigration status and find out what his professors and fellow students think about this hate-crime. He has no place in a society of tolerance.

  5. Hugh Ripper says:

    #4 Troll

    Look to me like he was simply exercising free speech.

  6. Faxon says:

    #4 WHAT “Hatecrime”???? You libs just go apeshit over what you twist into racial shit, don’t you???
    I say keep him, and deport YOU! In the words of Rodney King, “Please. Can’t we all just get along?” I agree. Ragheads, Wops, Chinks, Crackers, Afro Americans, or Blacks, or Negroes, or whatever the fuck they are now. Can’t we all just get along? And stop pulling out the God Damn race card???? Too much to ask of Liberals? Probably.

  7. Ah_Yea says:

    According to the article he was doing neither. He was just practicing on Photoshop and posted his proud work like posting a resume.

    It was someone else who took his work and made it political.

    I bet if he had it all to do it over again, he would have chosen Bush or Cheney.

  8. krispycreamed says:

    #2 You pegged it! Fascism and hatred comprise the foundation of New Liberalism.

  9. soundwash says:

    I wonder if he’ll get free tickets and a DVD for the next Batman movie for coming up with the all time best PR campaign for the Batman franchise..

    -s

    (btw, he is U.S. born)

  10. Wightout says:

    Deport him… hahaha gimme a break.
    TERRORISM FOR SURE!

  11. GF says:

    Biden says something really obvious or insensate in 3,2,1…

  12. Todd Peterson says:

    The Obama posters are a part of Alex Jones’ First Amendment fight.

  13. Badcam says:

    “But he wasn’t who”

    Hmmm.

  14. bobbo, this blog is breeding idiots says:

    #14–Diesel==well said. I recall those early IQ tests that were based on reading a paragraph and then stating what the subject of it was.

    While I don’t think the IQ has “actually” declined over the years, certainly the ability to do well on that type of test has nearly disappeared?

    Just what is the IQ of sheep?

  15. Microsoft has failed says:

    Posters are part of Alex Jones’ $1000 competition

  16. Bob West says:

    If he was a student in France and did the same thing to the French Prime Minister I doubt he would be in France very long, the word is respect.

  17. Animby says:

    I simply do not understand the controversy. Did we see any controversy when GWB was portrayed as the Joker? Oh, of course, I understand. One was a fascist, egomaniacal liar that promised a better American but delivered confusion, division and cronyism and the other was George Bush.

    GWB as Nicholson’s Joker
    GWB as Ledger’s Joker

  18. Dr Dodd says:

    Isn’t it exciting when the same people who mastered the art of the “demonized attack” suddenly label it a hate crime when the favor is returned.

    The fact that this type of art pisses-off the would-be oppressors to such a monumental extent deems it mandatory for the rest of us to try and create the next Obama Photoshop masterpiece.

    Come on, show us what you got!

  19. Rabble Rouser says:

    I hope his visa gets revoked, and he has to go home! Let’s see him get away with that type of stunt in his own homeland. He has some nerve, not even being a citizen, and criticizing our leader.

  20. jbenson2 says:

    #22 Here is my Obama Photoshop satire on his Universal Health Care.

    http://bit.ly/3OS4aT

  21. Olo Baggins of Bywater says:

    jbenson: very good!

  22. Dr Dodd says:

    #25

    That’s the spirit! Very inspired, and may I say using a scene from James Bond definitely gets those creative juices flowing.

    After all, Obama deserves the very best.

  23. daav0 says:

    Why is everything simplified to a one dimensional state? Why is everything elevated to fighting words?

    It’s the death of reason, and it begets monsters.

  24. Animby says:

    #21 pedro said, “Get ready to be labeled as a repug.”

    Sticks and stones, Pedro. I don’t care what people call me. I am not a repub nor a demo nor a liber. For the record, I am REGISTERED as a Dem in the State of Texas. I always try to vote my conscious. I don’t like Obama. I’m thrilled we did not elect McCain. I think Palin is a religious airhead, and Biden is a simpleton. I think Hillary is a conniving bitch and Pelosi is just plain wicked. I think Congress is not doing it’s job of representing the people and that Sonia probably isn’t the brightest bulb on the tree but isn’t going to subvert the Supremes. If there are any pols you think I should have mentioned, rest assured, I probably think ill of them, too.

    Must breathe now.

  25. Greg Allen says:

    >> Change Now said, on August 17th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
    >> This guy is a total asshole…he has insulted the very man who might turn the US into a country a Palestinian might feel comfortable living in without fear.

    It’s hard to know, really.

    If a recent immigrant, he might be totally oblivious to the America’s racist history of black face. I skimmed the LA Times article and didn’t see any indication of it. He just might think Obama is a joker.

    But, clearly, the image has become an icon with the racists.

  26. Dr Dodd says:

    #30

    Welcome to Conservatism – the counter-culture of the 21 Century.

    Power to the people!

  27. MPL says:

    #5
    #6

    I believe you have missed sarcasm in
    #4 “He has no place in a society of tolerance.”

  28. cornholer says:

    What? How can this be? I thought that this was the work of a white, conservative, republican operative? I dont believe this. Karl Rove is responsible for this deception. BASTARD!

  29. MikeN says:

    >If he was a student in France and did the same thing to the French Prime Minister I doubt he would be in France very long, the word is respect.

    America operates on the universal idea that it is OK to insult leaders. Some might even say it is demanded, as a way to keep the leaders in their place.

  30. Peggusus says:

    You all left out the inconvenient truth that this guy is a big Dennis Kucinich supporter. So this so called “right wing radical racist” is actually a die-hard liberal Democrat who said Obama didn’t have much substance. Ha!


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