Virginia GOP Denounces Graphic Email of Zombie Obama With Bullet Hole in His Forehead
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Halloween-themed graphic featuring a zombie President Barack Obama with a bullet hole in his forehead provoked widespread outrage and the attention of the Secret Service Monday after a local Republican committee in Virginia used it to scare up interest in Halloween parade political activities.
The montage, a banner on a mass email to Loudoun Republicans, mingles seasonal images including a jack-o-lantern, a disfigured U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi and a throng of flesh-hungry zombie Obama supporters.
The posterized image of a rotting, undead Obama with a bleeding, large-caliber hole an inch above his right eye prompted Democrats to cry foul and Virginia’s Republican governor to denounce it as “shameful and offensive.”
“This is a disgusting and violent portrayal of the president of the United States,” said Democratic Party of Virginia spokesman Brian Coy.
Gov. Bob McDonnell, through spokesman J. Tucker Martin, called on the Loudoun GOP to “apologize for their actions, and to immediately ensure that such imagery is never used again.”
Virginia GOP Chairman Pat Mullins said such an image “has no place in our politics. Ever.”
Loudoun County GOP chairman Mark Sell said in an email response to The Associated Press that the graphic was “a light-hearted attempt to inject satire humor into the Halloween holiday.”
“Apparently, some individuals have interpreted an image of Barack Obama that appeared within the email as intending to portray the President as a victim of a violent crime,” Sell wrote. “Nothing could be further from the truth, and we deeply and sincerely apologize to the President and anyone who viewed the image if that was the impression that was left.”
There was no reply from Sell to a follow-up email seeking an alternative explanation for the nickel-sized hole in Obama’s forehead.
The image was first reported in a post Monday on the conservative northern Virginia blog, Too Conservative. The post’s author, identified as a “Loudoun Insider,” said he’s no Obama fan, “but putting up a photo of him as a zombie with a bullet hole in his head?”
“Someone should send this to the US Secret Service,” the blog post concluded. The Secret Service is in charge of the president’s security.
“We are aware of the situation,” said George Ogilvie, a Secret Service spokesman in Washington.
The image the Loudoun GOP altered is the red, white and blue image of a determined-looking Obama gazing upward that, emblazoned with the caption “HOPE,” became a ubiquitous Obama poster during his 2008 campaign.
It was created from a copyrighted AP photo taken in 2006 when Obama was a U.S. senator appearing at the National Press Club in Washington. The AP sued over the unlicensed, uncredited and uncompensated use of its photo. The litigation was settled earlier this year.
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Comments (184)
Warm In The Desert
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 2:12amOnly the GOP in the US would denounce these images. Only a Democrat, were the images depicting an opposition candidate embrace, and endorse these images with impunity.
Report Post »jadedinkc
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:42amI agree. It’s time for the GOP to grow a pair and stop apologizing. The dems do what they want, say what they want and nobody ever apologizes. They just band together and protect each other. Not the GOP. No. No. No. We sell out faster than biden chokes on his own toe jam.
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:19amIf the situation was reversed, the progressives would be shrugging their shoulders and saying, “So?”
Report Post »jkendal
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 12:06pmI think the pictures are hillarious! Gives new meaning to the phrase ‘nasty pelosi’…..
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 12:17pmQuoting the article: “a disfigured U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi “?
Report Post »I guess the photoshop artist behind this photo did remove a few of her wrinkles. She normally doesn’t look this hot.
ChiefGeorge
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 12:32pmI denounce this GOP picture. Same with the Libs zombie vid.
Report Post »Steel
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:34pmLMAO at the demoRats squirming for a change! Harry Truman, one of their own, said, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!” Too bad the demoRats don‘t listen to Harry’s sage advice.
Report Post »nuttyvet
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 2:04pmAaaaaaaahhhh ha ha ha ha ha haaaa hhhaaa! Pelosi pic is hysterical!
Report Post »Jezcruzen
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 2:43pmThe GOP make me wanna puke! Isn’t it infuriating that NOTHING is being said about the dems making a video of killing “GOP zombies”!
Report Post »JohnGalt
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:51pmWell that picture of Pelosi doesn’t look any different, thought she was supposed to be zombified?
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:53pmGood likeness of Paloosi, if she misses one Botox treatment..whala !!
Report Post »steamboatwilly
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:47amFunny the dems didn‘t seem concerned for Bush’s safety when a book(I’m going to kill the president-a felony),a play(of the same name),and a mockumentery was made about the assassination of George W. Bush.Then they supported it as freedom of speech.
Report Post »Will NV
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 2:10amClinton charged with rape.
Report Post »Cain claimed to have sexually harassed two.
OK for BJClinton, not so for Cain.
Liberals don’t believe in laws.
SimpleTruths
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 2:29pmThe point, since it isn’t obvious to you, is not the accusation but how ineptly Cain handled it. If he can’t fend off a softball attack like this how is he going to command the office of the President of the United States. Short answer – he can’t.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:44ami’m laughing too hard, weak kidneys kicking in. lmao
Report Post »Alfred F. Jones
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 2:25amLike wise! Plus they managed to make Pelosi more attractive! How in the world did that happen!
Report Post »Jwmajic
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:18amIn reply to Alfred F. Jones
Report Post »A bag would have worked better.
JohnnyMidknight
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 11:23am@Jwmajic Make that two bags. I need one just in case the one on her head falls off!
Report Post »countryfirst
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:10pmWas Nancy’s pictures even altered.
Report Post »Warm In The Desert
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:42am@Scout
Report Post »Thanks jogging my memory. Lest we forget “If the Glove doesn’t fit.”
scout n ambush
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 2:13amIf you can‘t pay the piper don’t call the tune ..
Report Post »408 CheyTac
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:32amThe dem party needs to grow a damn sense of humor.
Bunch of wieners seem to walk around looking for a chance to paste on that victim badge. No wonder the nation is going to h e l l.
Anyway, if they made PEBO a zombie, why did they leave Nancy P. looking like her normal self?
Report Post »Jim
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:32amThat is the best pic of O‘bamy I’ve seen!
Report Post »Blue Istari
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:31amStill waiting for the outrage over the Tea Party Zombies Must Die game someone made a couple months back. This silly email seems mild in comparison.
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:40amVery good point.
Report Post »shogun459
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:53amYou must remember, there are 2 sets of standards and soon 2 sets of laws in this country.
One for the Left, and one for the ignorant unwashed masses, that’s the rest of us.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:52amI don‘t give a rat’s ass what a fricking dem goon thinks. If they zombie out on me, I‘m taking ’em down.
Report Post »therapist
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:27amBest picture of pelosi I’ve ever seen.. I guess she forgot her makeup.
Report Post »miren
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:25amArthur Suydam???
Report Post »ohnomrbill
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:25amdisturbing that you people can even comment on this
Report Post »JustMeHere_01
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:28am@ohnomrbill
Well when a group acts like snivveling cry babies how can you not comment on it. These people evidently live a miserable existence in my opinion. All they do is sit around looking for a reason to carp on something.
What dispicable people these are. That is just my opinion.
Report Post »Marsh626
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:22amAwfully hilarious.
Report Post »Warm In The Desert
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:21amGoose and Gander, Pot calling kettle Black…please chime in others I’ve long forgotten.
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:35amIf the shoe fits .
Report Post »wrr8046
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:50pmI believe the politically correct term is Pot call the kettle african american
Report Post »JustMeHere_01
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:13amWell it is afterall Halloween. I do think that if the Republicans had used an ounce of common judgement they would have know that the liberals would jump all over this calling foul play. They should know that the whiney liberals will use any excuse to scream out how outrageous this act is. Doesn’t matter what it is just so it gives them an excuse to belly ache over an issue.
If it was me sending out an announcement for a Halloween gathering I would have just used a blanket figure indicating a zombie and not used real faces. That being said I do not believer there is anything of substance to get ones feathers in a tizzy. Then again you are dealing with a bunch of whiney democrats and liberals.
The honest truth is that if this was done by the democrats then it would not be reported and nothing would have been said. What a bunch of cry babies the democrats are.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 10:08amagreed… how about the GOP says “um, its halloween, its a joke, so relax, and shut up”.
Report Post »HTuttle
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:12amLiberal hypocrite is redundant.
Report Post »thomas242007
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:09amOh where these sensitive people when the tea party zombies must die game came out? double standard much? im sure it would have been fine if it was a bush zombie with a bullet in his head right? getting pretty tired of the double standard here when it comes to the Golden child obama
Report Post »1956
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:45amThey want free speech as long as the speech is what they want to hear. Say or do anything different, and they have to shut us up.
Report Post »eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 7:39am@ 1956
“They want free speech as long as the speech is what they want to hear. Say or do anything different, and they have to shut us up.”
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Isn’t that WHY Congress is in dead-lock with the Obama Administration?
EVERY TIME THE REPS DON’T AGREE WITH WHAT OBAMA SAYS -
HE RUNS OUT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA AND SAYS THE REPS ARE
HOLDING UP PROGRESS.
So, to disagree with DICTATORSHIP – then THE OPPOSERS are the problem, huh?
Report Post »jason1974
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:08amzombies!!! not me have you seen zombieland !!
Report Post »PoliticalSmackdown {Subscribe & Friend me on YouTube}
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:08amI fail to see a problem here….
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:07amFunny from the Right… is not as Funny from the Left? Give me a break… and look up some historical depictions and cartoons (alike Abe the Ape)!
Report Post »Bonesaw
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:07amDepict any Democrat president or statesman in a satirical or caricaturist manner and it is deemed to be offensive and shameful. DUH! And just like lap dogs the GOP establishment will always agree with them.
Report Post »jason1974
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:06amwhy is it when left was talking about kill and/or hanging of Bush all was fine and now its not. just saying
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:43amI think their motto should be “Do as I say, not as I do” as far as the remarks and negative attempts to discredit those who oppose them.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:15amPam
Correction
The socialist’s creed is;
‘Do as I demand of you, or die.’
Report Post »naed5048
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:05amI find a regular photo of obuma offensive…… and would turn away from such a photo
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:04amI thought it was a horn but even if there was no marks on his head there would have been an cry for someones head .Other than that little problem with the mark on his head pretty acurate huh.
Report Post »Ed Brown
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:00amLMAAO!!!! Vote for Loudoun Nov. 8!
Report Post »ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 3:17amI didnt realise you could vote for a COUNTY. Go ahead if you want to I guess but intelligent people should reserve their votes for actual people.
Report Post »Ed Brown
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 12:03pm@ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
I meant that exactly the way I said it.
Report Post »platitude
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 12:59amThe real zombies are the ones drinking the figurative blood and eating the figurative flesh of the messiah every sunday. Talk about living dead, these people have no capacity for reason.
Report Post »LindaTea
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:20amAgreed!!
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:26amYou have no capacity for the truth or humanity. But you exhibit a vast capability for ignorance.
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 8:56amIgnorance is bliss. But from over here looking there, it looks pretty miserable. Have you ever noticed the light on a Christian’s face? Too subtle for ya? Too busy being crass, insensitive and brainwashed?
Reminds me of that whole pigs & pearls thing… :) You’ve heard of that, right? :) Perhaps the phrase should read: Ignorance is the bliss of vacuousness. What you don’t know really can & does hurt you very much every day.
Report Post »Tronix
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 12:55amI think this is good taste. Pelosi looks 20 years younger. And Hussein seems “real” and authentic for the first time….good one!
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 12:59amlol @ pelosi..
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