Painting of Obama Burning Constitution Sparks Controversy: Free Speech, Offensive or Both?
- Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:41pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Painting is an art form that often allows the artist to present an opinion. The latest work by artist Jon McNaughton does just that, portraying President Barack Obama burning the constitution in “One Nation Under Socialism” which has drawn its far share of detractors. McNaughton describes the new painting on his Facebook page:
“’I pledge allegiance to the United States of America,
And not to an ideology, which can never stand,
One nation under socialism, divisive,
With no liberty or justice for anyone.’This November, you will make a choice. Will you choose One Nation Under Socialism?”
The painting has already drawn over 700 shares and over 1,200 comments.
“I think what you are doing is bold and should be seen/heard by all Americans!!!” writes commenter Tamara Thomas. “Dead-on! A picture that says what our mainstream media will not,” says Vincent Brusio.
But not every commenter was a fan.
“I would love to see a painting like this of Romney and his Bain Capital Wall Street cronies laughing and stuffing money in their mouths as they rip off all the gullible right-wing dupes who think SOCIALISM for the rich fat cats who looted our country (not to mention the world economy is perfectly fine,” writes John Wages. “Grow up,” Billy Bey says simply.
New York Magazine Art Critic Jerry Saltz told CBSDC that the painting contained “bad academic derivative realism,” calling it “typical propaganda art, drop-dead obvious in message” and “visually dead as a doornail.”
“It panders and preaches to the converted and tells them what they already believe,” Saltz told CBSDC. “It has no graphic power of its own. It simply attempts to crawl into the body of that sort of illustration.”
McNaughton told CBSDC that he hopes his painting will get the “public talking about what the painting represents. Is Obama pushing a Socialist agenda on the American people?”
McNaughton further explained his painting in a video on Youtube:
McNaughton has previously painted the president stomping on the Constitution and a similar pledge painting illustrating one nation under God.
What do you think of McNaughton’s painting? Free speech at its best (and no different than previous attacks from the other side) or offensive?
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Comments (533)
AzSage
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:56pmThe metaphor is right on. If Oblama gets another term life could very well imitate art – literally.
Report Post »screw
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:06pmThere was some news recently reporting that The Obama Campaign was looking for a new message.
This gets my vote.
Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:08pmHell, Obama got elected again, that painting will hand in the whitehouse along with the painter…
Report Post »JohnTwoFeathers
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:17pmWhere can I get a copy?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:23pmIndeed, if paintings of an artist encouraging arson and murder of bankers and others of the ‘rich’ then this qualifies as expression of ones opinion and should be protected as such. Now the left will scream from the rooftops over this matter claiming race and class warfare.
Report Post »db321
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:26pmWe have been Clearly Warned!!!!!
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:52pmHow much would it cost to get this turned into a billboard?
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:56pmSure seems like the painting depicts the truth…..
OMG 2012
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:04pmEveryone Please understand that affects that just happened! He declared Martial Law!
http://frontporchpolitics.com/2012/03/obama-issue-martial-law-executive-order/
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:06pm.
Report Post »Somebody’s gonna get Audited, Somebody’s gonna get Audited, Somebody’s gonna get Audited…..
lordjosh
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:09pm“Art Critic Jerry Saltz told CBSDC that the painting contained “bad academic derivative realism,”
I think that’s pompous ***** speak which translates to “I don’t agree with the message”.
Report Post »lordjosh
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:11pmI pricked my finger with a pin
Report Post »lordjosh
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:15pmHandle roses with care as not to ***** yourself.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:17pmI would just call it accurate. Liberals just can’t handle the truth.
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:53pmIt’s about as accurate as you can get. What’s the problem?
Report Post »sawmill144000
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:03pmWe paid $15,000.00 for Christ on the Cross in an urinal, and the liberals loved it. Somehow we won’t be buying this piece,
resme
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:14pmOne nation under facism, He is just continuing what bush started.
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:22pm1. Why is this even news? Who cares? If it’s offensive to someone, who cares? The guy is within his rights to paint it.
2. Why even do a poll on this website? lol. it’s alway 98% yes for anything anti-left.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:28pm@TH30PH1LUS
Report Post »Bet if someone put up one people would find a way to pay for it.
MONICNE
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:29pmThat is a great looking painting of President O’Bummer in action, he certainly looks like he gained some extra weight in this rendering. That choice of fresh white shirt and red patterned silk tie is exceptional and add to his ultra manly authoritative demeanor. What a captivating charismatic leader!
There is no way such an important fictional portrait painter should have to be accountable for a little playful political pandering! He can be allowed to be refreshingly funny at times, and any stick-in-the-mud who takes this devilishly boyish painting seriously is guilty of having too harsh an eye for the arts! This clever Coloradan just wants thousands of us patriots to personally hang O’Bummer!
TEA
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:39pmI wonder what New York Magazine Art Critic Jerry Saltz said about the Obama Hope poster…
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 4:15pmWhy is a picture depicting what he is doing more offense than what he is doing?
Report Post »BetterInformed
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 4:32pmThis is actually an example of Obama’s “alternate energy”. He is also considering books, historic film, paintings and birth certificates. DNC cave paintings will be safe.
Report Post »DrFrost
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 4:38pmIt is offensive. Horribly offensive. Most notably because it bears a strong resemblence to the truth.
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:08pmDo you think we could get this artist to paint the Florida dem headquarters “modified” o flag on fire? I’d take one of those……..
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:13pmThis painting is completely inaccurate……his ears in the painting are obviously too small to be an accurate representation. Other than that it’s right on the money.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:21pmWell I think he should add all the other D‘s and R’s that helped destroy our Consitution, but there isn’t a big enough canvas.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:23pmThe TRUTH hurts doesn’t it my LIBERAL Communist friends? This man-child has done more harm to our freedoms and liberties than any foreign enemy could do…he will be voted out and hopefully tried for fraud and treason…that is my hope at least!
America better wake up before it is too late! MOLON LABE Obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JohnGalt
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:48pmI can’t think of a truer metaphor.
Report Post »ktmk36
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:53pmThe left can make movies GLORIFYING the ASSASINATION of President Bush, but another “artist” paints a NON-VIOLENT picture and they get their panties in a wad…so despicable. Don’t they know everyone sees through their crap?
Report Post »JohnnyMidknight
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 6:10pm@ TH30PH1LUS
I don’t know, but I am willing to donate to that idea.
Report Post »JohnnyMidknight
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 6:22pmWow is this artist good:
http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/?artpiece_id=379#
Look at the painting above… Note the progressives are all right of the pane and conservatives (in today’s standards) to the left. Really it is big government right and little government left in the original linear political spectrum.
Even W is with the progressives looking confused and pointing to the conservatives and JFK dead center. If you hover over each president, there is a little blurb on the right about them which will tell you why they are in their positions if you see the connections.
Note who is clapping…
Simply amazing!
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 7:24pmIt is all fun and games for libs when some artist puts a painting of Jesus in a jar of urine, but how dare some artist make a jab at their holy one.
Only problem with the pic, is Obama is standing alone. Should have LBJ, Wilson, FDR, Clinton, Carter, Teddy Roosevelt, Ted Kennedy, all striking a match.
Report Post »Pigpen
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 7:47pmSAWMILL144000 Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:03pm “We paid $15,000.00 for Christ on the Cross in an urinal, and the liberals loved it. Somehow we won’t be buying this piece,”
Now THAT is a great analogy! Bless you, SAWMILL144000, BLESS YOU !!! Where is the NEA? Why isn’t the NEA buying THIS picture of President Hussein and lecturing the LEFT about “Respect for differing points of view”?
desertspeaks
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 8:08pmif obama gets another term we’ll all get life terms
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 8:23pmI am so tired of everyone thinking that this is all because of Obama, like putting in a Republican progressive will change everything. Our country has slowly been led towards socialism for a century by both Democrats and Republicans. Big government ideology is the problem and Obama is just not afraid to speed up the progress to socialism by pushing the pedal to the floor. Romney, Santorum or Gingrich will just let off the gas pedal a little bit. Paul is the only one that will pull the emergency brake and throw it in reverse. Wake up people.
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:04pmI hope McNaughton does not die from a sudden mysterious heart attack..Seems to be the leading cause of death for Obama’s critics lately
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:11pmThe only choice missing was D.) accurate. I’m going with D. There is a great youtube on Obama and his energy plan, it really nails the whole situation.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MfgeFnOZbI
Mr Galt
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:13pmFree Speech? Definitely.
Report Post »Offensive? Certainly to some, but so what?
Too far? I think it’s startlingly accurate. The only thing the artist missed were the 3 sixes on O’s noggin.
LFRD
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:15pmThis isn’t any worse (painting is acurate) than the American Flag with Owahbwoma in place of the stars hung from the dem’s national site.
Report Post »savetheconstitution
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:19pmI wish everyone in America could see this painting, maybe it would get the die-hard Obama supporters thinking a little! I’ve met and talked with Jon. He is a wonderful family man that loves America. How could anyone think that this painting is anything but a huge warning for everyone to wake up and realize what the progressives have been doing to our country for the last 100 years. I think Jon McNaughton is a very courageous man. Pass this painting on to your friends, please!
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:23pmPainting is innacurate.
Obama would be laughing.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:26pmFrame It and Send it to BO and MO..This is what O’Blamer
Report Post »will be Remembered for..it will look good in the Oval Office
till Nov. then get the FUC** outta’ My house….
jzs
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:27pmLook, I’m not a fancy art critic or anything. But in my opinion that doesn’t look much like President Obama. And the fire and the ashes falling from it look kind of fake and cartoonish. And seriously, is the Constitution a single page? No, of course not, so that it not represented well, although I understand the symbolism.
The color balance isn’t bad, and I like the way he lightens mottled blue background around the President’s head. The artist definitely took an art class or two and learned some basics, or at least watched a few PBS programs on painting techniques. But in my view the artist should have tried for a more realistic image of the President, including the proportions of his body as somebody pointed out.
So, in conclusion, I‘d say it’s an okay painting. Might fetch $10 at a yard sell. Some of you might even pay more. But the artist should definitely keep his or her day job.
Report Post »redneck
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 11:38pmLooks like Art to me. We’re supposed to tolerate the message, right?
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 12:02amLove the painting and I hope it will open some eyes to the reality of what NObama is up to!
Report Post »This song will help as well called “The Devils Song”
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10789987
VoteBushIn12
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 1:28amSo we hate the art exhibits that target Christianity (see below), but we LOVE the ones that target our standing president.
Hypocritical much, Blaze Viewers?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/smithsonian-christmastime-exhibit-features-ant-covered-christ-nudity-gay-incest-and-ellen-degeneres/
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 1:55amThat painting looks like him when he gets his third term. God help us!
Report Post »ghostsouls
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 2:01amIt doesn’t go far enough. He should have painted in, Supreme Court Justices, Sotomayor, Kagan and Ginsbugh, igniting a fire underneath the constitution.
Report Post »MYHEROISRON
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 2:34amObammy is a communist, plain and simple. That‘s why I didn’t vote for it!
Report Post »JohnnyMidknight
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 1:05pm@ jzs
LOL… Everyone is a critic…
Report Post »JohnnyMidknight
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 1:24pm@ VoteBushIn12
1) your comment is lumping all readers in the same camp, so it is false on its face.
2) In the link you provided, I see some commenters that respect the right to free speech, though the may disagree or take offense to the Anti-Christian art in the piece. They point out the hypocrisy of the progressives to praise free speech on the Anti-Christian and then bash pieces like this.
3) One targets God and faith which is above all and the most sacred (even to the founding fathers), the other is targeting a man who is fallible even though he holds the office of President (to which our founding fathers warned against) . There should be no sacred cows when it comes to art. It is free speech for a reason.
4) Your premise is hypocritical in nature. Art, like comedy, will have people who love one form but hate another. Some like Adam Sandler’s stuff, some like Bill Maher, some like 3 Stooges… I frankly don’t see a hypocrisy in preference. It is only hypocrisy if a person tries to oppress one or the other. You are demonizing people based on their preference of what they consider art and trying to oppress their views through ostracizing them (IE being the PC Police).
What is needed is tolerance, even on your behalf. I am not trying to ostracize you, but teach you the difference. However, there are some people that will be hypocritical as you state. However, they have their reasons ( I am sure, and it would be found in #3 above).
Report Post »83plus
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 1:32pmI haven’t seen Obama do ANYTHING that would contradict what this picture depicts.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,
And to the republic for which it stands,
One nation under God, indivisible,
With liberty and justice for all.
It’s been a couple years since I last recited the Pledge of Allegiance, in elementary school we used to say it at the start of class.
Report Post »JohnnyMidknight
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 1:38pm@ JohnnyMidknight
We are supposed to question and vent our government (especially the President and Congress). We are supposed to stand against the natural flow of government which is to assume more power. You really need to read the writings of Thomas Jefferson.
“A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.”
“A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.”
“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”
“What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?”
Thomas Jefferson, who was a President himself, would have approved judging from his quotes above.
Report Post »JohnnyMidknight
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 2:15pmthe above should be @ VoteBushIn12 not @ ME…. lol…
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 6:30pmWhere can we buy copies? Can Glen Beck start selling them?
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 6:36pmOnce Communist Gain A Foot Hold In The Control Of A Nation They Will Never Surrender
Only musketry and blood shed will drive them from power and once driven from power they must be eliminated for ever. The USSR was driven out yet a few years and the Russian Communist re-organized and are back stronger than before. Only the US Marines can save America like they save so many other communist nations.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 6:39pmObama is Moslem and he believes that bringing down the USA will earn him a place in Paradise. People think he was elected but that is not true.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:56pmNot a bad painting; if I had one criticism, it’s that it looks like an Obama lookalike, not Obama himself.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:03pm“That’s him. That’s the guy!!!!”
Report Post »junior1971
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:06pmAgreed.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:56pmJoe Biden in drag.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:08pmIt seems to capture the “real Obama.” If I were in chage of a state or local government building that has to have a picture of the president on the wall . . . well, I wouldn’t put this one up, but – man! – I would be sorely tempted.
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:56pmSometimes the truth hurts don’t it? :-)
Report Post »Mo Better
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:56pmGood for you, Mr. McNaughton! Keep up the good work of showing it as it is.
Millions of us believe MAObama is destroying the Constitution on a daily basis. It is refreshing to see an artist so realistically present that observation for all to see. Kudos! Bravo! Eccelente!
Report Post »WTFGOV_ENUF
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:55pmMy new screen saver until my “ding dong the commies gone” party the night of 11/6/12.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:54pmwhat a waste of time and talent
Report Post »AzSage
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:58pmYou are talking about Oblama in office for the past 3+ years right?
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:01pmWho are you to presume the right to direct the time and talent of others, or declare their talent and time inefficiently allocated? The talent of the artist is not wasted if the artist felt that his art was worth his time and talent, and you have no say in the matter otherwise.
That’s the problem with statists, even your casual statements contain the undertone of an assumption of authority to rule others.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:07pmghost-just my opinion pal and like yours they don’t mean caca
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:08pmHead-
Report Post »Once again, where is the rest of your truth team and how much do you tithe to the church of Black Lib Theology?
progressiveslayer
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:13pmGHOSTOFJEFFERSON You smoked steelhead and I applaud your style.As far as the painting,I think the artist nailed the Marxist and his views on America as founded,great painting.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:15pmsoupy- were you born with that white cape or did your daddy give you his? you do have a daddy don’t you?
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:15pmYeah, Stalin had “just opinions” like yours too, until he was able to grab the reins of power. Your kind is a well known quality sir. As I said, the very comment explicitly declares that you are a better judge of how others should allocate their time and talent than they are. Your presumption and hubris is stunning in its breadth and depth.
Locked
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:16pm@Steel
I think it’s pretty talented, actually. Not sure if it’s a waste of time; depends if he’s selling it, or just uses it for popularity. Either way, I think the artist did a pretty good job, and the message is pretty spot-on; Obama doesn’t care about the Constitution.
Neither do Romney or Santorum, but that’s another matter.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:28pm@ProgressiveSlayer
Thank you! :)
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:39pm@Locked
Agreed, none of the candidates/office holders from Socialist Party A and Socialist Party B (for President) seem to be particularly beholden to the Constitution in any significantly real way, outside of RP, who clearly is not favored to get the nod (and who has his own flaws to deal with as well).
And agreed, he does have some kind of talent, that’s not a bad painting at all, almost hearkens back to classical painting techniques and color use. If the artist enjoyed it and felt he conveyed his message, then as far as I’m concerned, that’s a great thing, regardless of his intentions in the use and disposal of the art.
I do a lot of leather crafting/carving/art, so I’m particularly vigilant against people who presume to judge how I spend my time in pursuing my passions. :)
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:40pmWell said Ghost!
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:43pmSTEELHEAD..bet you love those “hope” bumper stickers though with Obama’s visage surrounded by that fuzzy red, white and blue. A veritable Picasso to you, no?
Report Post »buck762
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:45pmSTEELYDAN: Why is everything so racial with you. I have not been on here long and most of what you have to post is some kind of racial narrative. Just because Soup does not agree with you, or has a comment about CRT, you immediately, throw out something about a cape. WTF dude?
Report Post »CeramicElement
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:03pmWhat’s a matter StealHead?? Are we “touching your stuff” ?
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:10pm@ AZSAGE — my thoughts exactly.
Report Post »DMONIC
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:12pmI would say the same for you Steel, except that you have too much of the first and none of the second. Go back under your bridge, Troll.
Report Post »dblaess
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:38pmActually the face as painted is good and flattering. It shows a “focus” and “intensity” seldom seen with president Obama. I wish president Obama would show that kind of “focus” and “intensity” with the problems of America, Economy, Jobs, and working with Congress to reduce spending and the debt. Note: His Senate has not put out a budget in years. President Obama has not put together a real budget that is based in reality (only a campaign talking point) for years. I think you are wrong about the waste of time related to this painting. After all it has got you and a lot of other people talking.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:41pmBuck762
Report Post »Seeing racism and bigotry around every corner is just a tactic the left uses to silence opposing viewpoints. If you come around here much you’ll get used to it. Unfortunately, with a Mormon looking like he’s going to be our candidate, some on the right are adopting it.
Athinkerinaseaoflibs
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:44pmWho’s talent? Reasonable people have to believe that BHO is a talented, intelligent and gifted man. That certainly is a waste of talent. He just happens to use his talent for purposes that are offensive to me. The artist appears to be very talented as well. In this case he is simply using his talent to generate visual hyperbole that is making a very clear point.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:26pmbest part of skillethead ran down that mules leg…
Report Post »Athinkerinaseaoflibs
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:40pmBefore passing judgement on the artistic quality I need to know–Canvas or Velvet?
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 4:06pmouch, heard that bit** slap from down here…
Report Post »nice slam ghost.
azitdad
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:05pm@GONZO
Buddy, I hate to tell you this (not really) they guy who painted this picture of Obama is a MORMON!!! LOL!!! Take your ant-Mormon bigotry elswhere.
Report Post »buck762
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:36pmGonzo –
Report Post »I have read your stuff a long time and I agree with you most of the time. But as a Baptist Christian I see no threat from Mormons. As far as I know, although I have not researched the religion, they believe in our God and Jesus. That is enough for me.
Oh BTW I LOVE Ted Nugent! White Buffalo baby!
Chuck Stein
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 11:04pm@ Youdidthis
Report Post »Nice avatar. Where did you find it? ;)
Crazyotto
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 8:29amTROLL!!!!! I would argue that you are a waste of time…
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:54pmI want a copy before Obama has it banned. In 20 years, the truth will be unlawful.
Report Post »majasdad
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:34pmIn twenty years, yes, when the Republicans get back into power.
Report Post »buck762
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:47pmMaja – so 2+2 = 5 right?
Report Post »screw
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:53pm.
Perhaps President Obama was in the process of showing us what the fist bump means.
Or, is he just Fundamentally Transforming the Constitution?
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:51pmMcNaughton is a pretty good artist! So was “Mjolnir.”
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:51pmThe truth is never hateful, and if you are offended by the truth, you need to educate yourself.
Report Post »hi
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:51pmIf you are offended, don’t vote for him. Most of his supporters will hang this on their wall,however.
Report Post »CeramicElement
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:58pmSo true…..
Report Post »Hmschoolnmama
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:36pmI agree with the depiction in the painting, but hanging it on my wall would mean I would have to look at Obumma’s face and it would be in my home. That is not something that appeals to me.
Report Post »Whitehouse Mouse
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:51pmIf they can call a crucifix in a jar of urine art then this deserves to be called art just as much.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:00pmAnything in a jar of urine is more akin to a science experiment or
>voodoo practice.
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:06pmExactly. Thanks for the concise statement.
Report Post »Pium Vir
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:50pmWait a minute…. I thought they said art was a crucifix submerged in a bucket of urine….
Report Post »Now I’m confused…
youdidthis
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:10pmno, art is a flamer in chaps with a bullwhip shoved up it’s backside…
Report Post »T-2
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:50pmI want one
Report Post »Skippy Toes
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:56pmA picture is worth a thousand words? In this case a picture is worth saving the United States.
Report Post »Conservative Freshman
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 10:50amI just set this as my back round
Report Post »Joisey
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:50pmI love McNaughton’s artwork. Can’t wait for the next piece and I hope he goes farther. Maybe a montage of the Progressive Movement from Woodrow Wilson to Obama, and metaphors about how each progressive president has taken our liberties away.
Report Post »FedUpAlready
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:32pmYou should look at his painting called the “Forgotten Man” click on the link in the story. He depicts all the Presidents.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:50pmI love it as I have loved his previous work. He paints what is happening to our country under the Obama regime. Of course the left will hate it because it puts a visual aspect to what millions of Americans think.
Report Post »AzSage
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:50pm“Is Obama pushing a Socialist agenda on the American people?”
The metaphor is right on and if Oblama gets another term, life could very well imitate art — literally.
Report Post »Skippy Toes
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:24pmhttp://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2012/03/hollywood-producer-bettina-viviano-bill.html NEW INFO ON OBAMA. PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT BLAZERS.HOLLYWOOD FILMAKER EXPOSES OBAMA AND ACORN.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:49pmThis painting captures the “real” obama.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:57pmit only confirms what you believe not me
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:10pmHead-
Report Post »Black Lib Theology…where do you find yourself in that rainbow of a church?
scuba13
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:11pmI believe that steel head is an idiot.
FedUpAlready
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 4:11pmHow true, I think there is a hidden Satan somewhere in that painting, but, I can’t find it. Inhis other paintings of Patriotism Satan is hidden among the people ie “ Forgotten Man” “Peace is Coming” I still can’t find it in “Wake Up America” either.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:48pmIf we can listen to the puke from the left, we can listen to the trugh from this guy.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:48pmWhat the problem the man painted what Obama is doing. Art imitates live alot more than life imitates art. Obama is merely a cog on a bigger machine he’s the president so single him out is fine. But make no mistake getting him out of office won’t change much…..it’s going to take a more than an election to take back all the GOVERNMENT HAS STOLEN FROM AMERICAN CITIZENS
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:48pmTruth………in Art
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:48pmEven if I do not agree with his policies or chose of czars, cabinet, etc, I do not believe he had anything to do with this bad, bad choice of art. The artist can run but cannot hide from God.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:00pmJesus fought against Evil, why can’t we? Jesus exposed Lucifer, why can’t we?
Report Post »Dstarr55
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:18pmNochristian – have no idea what you are talking about as I don’t know where God stands on the issue of the MSM messiah, President Obama. When it was President Bush in the White House they depicted him being assassinated and called it art. This is a portrait of President Obama burning the constitution, far less violent than what they did to his predecessor. It is also rather truthful – President Obama has done end runs around congress since he has taken office, attempting to enforce his agenda without going through that nasty process of congressional approval, especially after he lost the house in 2010. You can say you don’t like the painting but why you invoke God as not approving the artist is ludicrous. I think the good Lord would be more concern with the crucifix covered in ants, the Madonna with elephant dung or the crucifix in urine than He would be about Obama burning the constitution as a metaphor of his socialistic agenda.
Report Post »YodaatHOTE
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 11:06pmI would suggest, IMC, that you go to his web site and view “One Nation Under God” and “Peace is Coming” before you make, absurd, comments such as that.
Report Post »Crazyotto
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 8:33amWTF ??? another troll.. is it a school holiday? or you guys just taking a break from watching porn on the net…?
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 9:35amI am so sorry I didn’t mean that I approved. Whoever voted for Obama are the ones to blame for what he has done to this Country. We do have freedom (so far anyway) so go ahead and buy that painting if you want too I sure don’t……….. Vote wisely!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Countrygirl1362
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:46pmFree speech and the truth.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:48pmAgree COUNTRYGIRL .. that was my first thought when I saw it !!!
Great painting!
Report Post »libertytreecaretaker
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:53pmFree speech and Obama can’t handle the truth!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:53pmFree speech and offensive speech are not antonyms. What the heck Blaze? There is no “choice” to be made here, all political speech/expression is free speech, whether it offends or doesn’t offend. Again, what the heck?
Report Post »Cabo King
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:45pmObummer makes me want to puke
Report Post »gapch12
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:44pmTotally free speech!
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