WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT
' OBAMA'S HOPE SCAM'

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STEALING A PAGE FROM NIKE'S PLAYBOOK [1]
WHY EVERYTHING ABOUT
OBAMA’S ‘HOPE’ CAMPAIGN
IS FRAUDULENT OR CRIMINAL

Posted: November 2008 :: Updated May 21, 2010



"Shepard Fairey's efforts look like death warmed over."
Roberta Smith, New York Times, May 21, 2010: Art In Review -- Deitch Projects

TIME MAGAZINE LISTS OBAMA HOPE SCAM AS #6 BIGGEST LIE OF 2009!!!


UPDDATE
: NEW YORK (AP) - Oct 17, 2009 By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
Obama "HOPE" Artist Admits To Scam | Lawyers for Obama Poster 'Artist' Say He Misled Them

UPDDATE: Arianna Huffington, HuffingtonPost.com -
January 18, 2010: "Hope" Has Been a Bust

 

Chris Hedges (Princeton University): Empire of Illusion at The New School




“ The Obama ‘HOPE’ poster
campaign is nothing more than
a political
— as well as corporate — propaganda” image used to lure
young voters to Obama. [7]
(MyArtSpace Blog)

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Obama ‘HOPE’ is part of a
“grass-roots, stealth marketing developed by the Obama Campaign to access a ‘prized demographic’: the skateboard and illegal graffiti sub-culture. Indeed, “in several cases it has been responsible…for the (illegal) street graffiti that has popped up all over the country, primarily in urban areas such as New York, Chicago, Seattle and LA. …although it has very carefully kept plausible distance for purposes of "street cred" and obeying the law.
(Graffiti, of course, is illegal).”
[5]
(New York Post)


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"The ‘HOPE’ graffiti vandal was arrested
again with 100’s of other Anarchists
on August 25th at the DNC for graffiti."[9]

(Charleston City Paper)

"This was the ‘HOPE’ designer’s
14th arrest."[10]

(Denver Westword News)


Using the ‘Creep Factor’
this next Obama
criminal association
is somewhere between
“a wee bit creepy” [3]
and “half creepy.”
[4]
(TIME, Los Angeles Times)


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"You can assume this (relationship)
came from the highest levels
(of the Obama Campaign),” says the
Designer / Petty Career Criminal.
[2]
(The Washington Post)

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The OBAMA ‘HOPE’ designer
and
career criminal admits he “was contacted by the Obama campaign
to create anofficially sanctioned poster…I didn't want
to do something without
proper authorization.
"
[6]
(New York Post, Wired, Washington Post)

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CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FACT:
Obama and The Obama ‘HOPE’ Campaign Has Received $400,000
in Contributions from the Convicted Career Criminal and ‘HOPE’ Poster Designer.
       


The career criminal / vandal "estimated the profits from his Obama-themed merchandise topped out around $400,000. He says he donated the entire amount to the campaign...I've given the max amount to the campaign. Now we're just buying billboards and postering (Editor: One can read ‘postering’ as slang for more DNC stealth-sponsored ‘illegal graffiti’)." [11] (Wired Blog)
 
“Obama ‘HOPE’ inspired
merchandise has earned
over $400,000 for the Obama Campaign”
[12]
(MyArtSpace Blog)

       


The Last Time Americans Heard
A Democratic Presidential Candidate
Utter The Word 'HOPE',
Cigars Appeared in White House Closets

       

CONVICTED CRIMINAL OBAMA FUNDRAISER:
What difference is there between Obama’s association with a convicted political fundraiser /
“slum landlord”[14] Antoin Rezko and a convicted criminal and major campaign contributor
who vandalizes and 'bombs' America’s buildings?

       
ANSWER: There is no difference. Both associations are “A Mistake”.[15]
       

       

WHAT DIFFERENCE is there between convicted political fundraiser / “slum landlord”[14] Antoin Rezko and the convicted criminal and major campaign contributor who vandalizes and 'bombs' America’s buildings?

Answer:
On the face of it, Rezko respects Americans, American Law Enforcement, and the American Justice System; he isn't stupid enough to continue to disparage Americans, American Law Enforcement, and the American Justice System in the media by insisting his crime wave is not over.

       


  JUST RELEASED ! ! !
The 'Bombers' Handbook



The Philosophy of Obey
 
This major Obama contributor and criminal, despite his recent 14th arrest at the DNC, vows to continue his illegal graffiti crime wave, mocking Americans, American Law Enforcement and the United States Justice System in the US press: He “isn't ready to quit postering…It would take me having potential jail time to quit postering, and that's not likely to happen."[32]
(Denver Westword News)
 
       

       

DISPARAGING AMERICAN REMARKS:
Why does Obama and The Obama ‘HOPE Campaign align themselves with another career criminal with a long record of disparaging remarks against the United States like Rev. Jeremiah Wright?

     

The only difference between Obama’s association with Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s long record of disparaging remarks against the United States and the ‘Hope’ designer record of disparaging remarks against the United States is SCALE... Rev. Wright’s megachurch membership in Chicago “currently exceeds 6,000”[30], whereas the designer’s “worldwide propaganda delivery” website “engineers” roughly 64,000 page views per week according to Alexa.com.

 

The vandal, who admittedly has a long history of disparaging remarks[31] against the United States like Rev. Jeremiah Wright, still continues to disparage the United States of America.
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Indeed, his recent book is intentionally entitled, E Pluribus Venom, itself an impotent and pitiful affront to America’s most charished motto:
E Pluribus Unum.

  JUST RELEASED ! ! !
An Entire Book of Disparaging Images



E Pluribus Venom
       

WHAT DIFFERENCE is there between an African American Minster with a record of disparaging remarks against the United States to only 6,000 members a year, and a caucasian, career criminal / political campaign contributor with a record of disparaging remarks against the United States with 6,000 website visitors a day?

Answer:
Obama still associates with the caucasian criminal Political Campaign Contributor.

       

       

NEW YORK (AP) - Oct 17, 2009
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
Obama "HOPE" Artist Admits To Scam
Lawyers for Obama Poster 'Artist' Say He Misled Them

Review: "I did not plagiarize..." LOL! - Sept 30, 2008
       

THE 'BOMBING' OF AMERICA:
Why does Obama and The Obama ‘HOPE Campaign align themselves with another self-described 'bomber' like Bill Ayers.




COMPARE THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS
THE 'HOPE' DESIGNER 'BOMBED' IN SEPTEMBER 2008 ("NEARLY 40") WITH BILL AYERS
ENTIRE 'BOMBING' CAREER:


"There's a unmistakable note of glee in his voice when he
(i.e. The Obama's 'HOPE' poster designer) describes "bombing"...
nearly 40 public spots around San Francisco.
" - Wired [11]

       

       
America’s ‘War Against Graffiti’ Costs American
Taxpayers And Cities $10 - $12 Billion Dollars A Year
[54]
       

       

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES between radical bomber and Obama associate Bill Ayers and the "fringe radical"[5] 'bomber' and Obama associate / 'HOPE' poster designer?

Answer: Ayers, despite his record of deplorable activism, never was nor became a scumbag hyprocrite: he never cried foul when he, himself, got 'bombed'.
[55] (New York Times)

Answer: Ayers was never called a 'sellout'. [56] (Too many citations to cite here)

Answer: Ayers was never brazen, idiotic or conceited enough to take along a camera man during his illegal 'bombing' missions. [57] (New York Times)

Answer: Ayers didn't need his employees to tag along with him when he went 'bombing'. [57](NY Times)

Answer: Ayers hasn't yet recieved his letter of appreciation and encouragement from Obama for his illegal actions. [57] (New York Times)

Answer: Ayers never gave the New York Times a week by week accounts of his illegal 'bombing of America's city streets and buildings." [57] (New York Times)

Answer: Obama wasn't 8 years old when he praised this bomber. [58]

       
The graffiti vandal is one of America’s leading graffiti advocates to America’s teenagers and youth.
In his recent book, The Philosophy of Obey Giant: The Formative Years (1989 - 2008), the criminal-designer
urges Young American’s to: (1) take up graffiti and (2) consider public buildings as acceptable targets.
How much will this crime wave cost America?
       

       

JADED POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR:
Why does Obama and The Obama ‘HOPE Campaign align themselves with another jaded political contributor like the fugitive Aiham Alsammarae?

       

The only difference between Obama’s $2,300 campaign
contribution from the fugitive Mr. Aiham Alsammarae
(which Obama was pressed to returned on April 29th [33])
and the criminal ‘Hope’ designer’s estimated
$400,000 campaign contribution is:
$397,700

       





One can only suspect that the Obama decision to return Mr. Alsammarae’s
contribution was because:

(1) The contribution amount was so meager,
(2 & 3)
Alsammarae was only an ‘accused fugitive’[34] with criminal ties[35],
(4) A fugative who just broke out of an Iraqi jail[36]

Rather than:

(1 & 2) Donating nearly half-a-million dollars while being a full fledged,
American career criminal,
(3) Getting arrested for the 14th time in Denver just days before Obama’s Denver DNC acceptance speech, and
(4) Still vowing in the US Press to continue a life of crime. [38]

 

To this petty career criminal,
"the law
is not much
of a deterrent"

( The New York Times)

       

       
DEMAND GROWS FOR OBAMA’S ‘HOPE’ CAMPAIGN
TO RETURN $400,000 IN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
ANOTHER OBAMA CRIMINAL CONTRIBUTOR
       

       

QUESTION ?
Is Obama’s association with this petty career criminal necessary
to get a high-caliber ‘HOPE’ campaign poster design??

     


NO.

“In truth (the HOPE design) is
not all that unique.”[16]
(The New York Times)

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NO.

In fact, the ‘HOPE’ design is the 2008 Democratic equivalent of the ‘Che Guevara Poster’ (with all that implies). [19]
(The Washington Post)

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NO.
In visual terms, this poster actually says, “MORE MAO!”[20] (The Washington Post)

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NO.
No. Most astute observers (not the pathetic “apathetic” [22] sort voters for which the poster was designed) are “reminded of a totalitarian cult.”[23]
(The Washington Post)

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NO.
Actually, most astute observers
see this Obama poster and think: “REDS!”[21]
(The Washington Post)

 



NO.

In fact, the ‘HOPE’ design “admittedly…
was inspired by Soviet
propaganda posters...”[17]
(The Los Angeles Times)

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NO.

This image “makes Obama look like
Big Brother.” Indeed, even Obama strategists are counting on the apathy
of otherwise learned viewers when they brag that they “don't think the
Big Brother look will cost Obama votes.” [24] Indeed, the spinning strategist continues, the reason why “a person makes a connection between this
poster and Russian propaganda
is probably because they are set in
their ways and has already made up
their mind.” [25]
(Philadelphia Daily News)

On the other hand,
there is a more substantive reason
why viewers see ‘Big Brother’ in this image: they know the source of
the plagiarism.
 


NO.
In fact, the ‘HOPE’ design was
taken from “Alberto Korda's famed
shot of revolutionary
Che Guevara…”[18]
(Wired Blog)


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NO.


Any mediocre illustrator with Photoshop and plagiarism skills could have made the Obama desired image; “in fact, the designer worked in such close coordination with campaign communications director
Scott Goodstein that they discussed
the color palette for the Obama print.”[26] The Obama ‘HOPE’ campaign made sure the designer “used a photo and slogan
approved by the Obama campaign…while (the designer was told) what to do as well as
the message to convey.”
[27]
(New York Post, MyArtSpace Blog)

QUESTION:
Countless critics have raised questions about this public image issue[39]. Why have their criticisms been ignored? Why has the Obama campaign continue to endorse this petty criminal and this ‘HOPELESS’ image when it depicts Obama and The Obama Campaign is such negative terms?

     

Even in Hollywood, most observers understand “this (‘HOPE’ image debacle) cannot be the Obama campaign's idea of good public relations.”[40] (The Los Angeles Times)


The ‘HOPE’ campaign’s association with the career criminal is clearly an obvious, blatant political conceit to “appeal to the youth in the United States. What better way (for politicians) to appear hip than to utilize the skills of a career street vandal.”[45] (MyArtSpace Blog)

Clearly, this association is necessary because Obama wants to “lure to young voters” [42]
(MyArtSpace Blog)

 

The Obama campaign continues to HOPE that this duplicitous issue remains “a generation thing. The kids know the designers work, old-timers don't.”[41] In other words, in regards to this image issue, the Obama Campaign figures America’s youth are easy dupes; whereas American adults will remain unaware on the key facts surrounding this important issue. (Philadelphia Daily News)

 


Yes. The design's appeal rests almost exclusively on "that (which) might make its way onto dorm room walls of fanboys."[44]
(The Washington Post)

Look: The poster was designed for “younger”, pathetic “apathetic” voters. [43]
(The Washington Post)

 


       

[1] How Nike Conquered Skateboard Culture: The Sneaker Giant Rewrote The Marketing Playbook To Tap The Outsider Sport, Maria Hampton, Adbusters, July 13, 2006
[2] Obama's On-the-Wall Endorsement, By William Booth, Washington Post, May 18, 2008
[3] Inspiration vs. Substance, By Joe Klein, TIME, Thursday, Feb. 07, 2008 ; Obama Mania: Is this 2008 ... or 1984?, By Gar Joseph, Philadelphia Daily News, Daily News Clout, Apr. 4, 2008
[4] Will Those Images By Shepard Fairey That Are Spreading Across The Landscape Help Or Hurt The Candidate? by Meghan Daum, Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2008
[5] Paint Misbehavin' In Team O's 'Street Art', By Maureen Callahan, New York Post, April 24, 2008
[6] Read the “fringe-radical’s”own confession: 'Obey' Street Artist Churns Out 'Hope' for Obama, By Jenna Wortham, Wired Blog, September 21, 2008; Paint Misbehavin' In Team O's 'Street Art', By Maureen Callahan, New York Post, April 24; Obama's On-the-Wall Endorsement, By William Booth, Washington Post, May 18, 2008
[7] MyArtSpace Blog, September 21, 2008, Obama’s Obedient Artist: Is Shepard Fairey a Farce?
[8] True authorship of the ‘HOPE’ image is currently in dispute. See: Paint Misbehavin' In Team O's 'Street Art', By Maureen Callahan, New York Post, April 24, 2008; 'Obey' Street Artist Churns Out 'Hope' for Obama, By Jenna Wortham, Wired Blog, September 21, 2008; and Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey: A Critique by Artist Mark Vallen, with assistance from Lincoln Cushing, Josh MacPhee, and Favianna Rodriguez, Art-For-Change.
[9] Charleston Native Arrested During Denver DNC, By Greg Hambrick, Charlestion City Paper
[10] Causing Trouble at the DNC, Denver Westword News, September 04, 2008
[11] 'Obey' Street Artist Churns Out 'Hope' for Obama, By Jenna Wortham, Wired Blog, September 21, 2008
[12] MyArtSpace Blog, September 21, 2008, Obama’s Obedient Artist: Is Shepard Fairey a Farce?
[13] Obama and His Slum-Lord Landlord, Tim Novak, Chicago Sun-Times, April 23, 2007
[14] Obama and His Slum-Lord Landlord, Tim Novak, Chicago Sun-Times, April 23, 2007
[15] Obama on Rezko deal: It was a mistake, By Dave Mckinney And Chris Fusco, Chicago Sun-Times, November 5, 2006
[16] Beyond Red, White and Blue, Steven Heller, New York Times, February 15, 2008
[17] Tagged: He’s It Election Becomes Their Turf, By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, August 23
[18] 'Obey' Street Artist Churns Out 'Hope' for Obama, By Jenna Wortham, Wired Blog, September 21, 2008
[19] Obama's On-the-Wall Endorsement, By William Booth, Washington Post, May 18, 2008
[20] Obama's On-the-Wall Endorsement, By William Booth, Washington Post, May 18, 2008
[21] Obama's On-the-Wall Endorsement, By William Booth, Washington Post, May 18, 2008
[22] On-the-Wall Endorsement, By William Booth, Washington Post, May 18, 2008
[23] On-the-Wall Endorsement, By William Booth, Washington Post, May 18, 2008
[24] Obama Mania: Is this 2008 ... or 1984?, By Gar Joseph, Philadelphia Daily News, Daily News Clout, Apr. 4, 2008
[25] Obama Mania: Is this 2008 ... or 1984?, By Gar Joseph, Philadelphia Daily News, Daily News Clout, Apr. 4, 2008
[26] Paint Misbehavin' In Team O's 'Street Art', By Maureen Callahan, New York Post, April 24, 2008
[27] MyArtSpace Blog, September 21, 2008, Obama’s Obedient Artist: Is Shepard Fairey a Farce?
[28] Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey: A Critique by Artist Mark Vallen, with assistance from Lincoln Cushing, Josh MacPhee, and Favianna Rodriguez, Art-For-Change
[29] MyArtSpace Blog, September 21, 2008, Obama’s Obedient Artist: Is Shepard Fairey a Farce?
[30] Church Official Website
[31] Most recently acknowledged, again, on his website, September 30.
[32] Causing Trouble at the DNC, Denver Westword News, September 04, 2008
[33] Obama To Donate Funds Received From Aiham Alsammarae, BY CHRIS FUSCO, Chicago Sun-Times, April 29, 2008
[34] Obama To Donate Funds Received From Aiham Alsammarae, BY CHRIS FUSCO, Chicago Sun-Times, April 29, 2008
[35] "Alsammarae posting his Oak Brook mansion and two South Loop condominiums to help free Rezko.", Obama To Donate Funds Received From Aiham Alsammarae, BY CHRIS FUSCO, Chicago Sun-Times, April 29, 2008
[36] Obama To Donate Funds Received From Aiham Alsammarae, BY CHRIS FUSCO, Chicago Sun-Times, April 29, 2008
[37] Obama To Donate Funds Received From Aiham Alsammarae, BY CHRIS FUSCO, Chicago Sun-Times, April 29, 2008
[38] “It would take me having potential jail time to quit postering, and that's not likely to happen.”, Causing Trouble at the DNC, Denver Westword News, September 04, 2008
[39] To name a few: Obama as an art form: Will Those Images By Shepard Fairey That Are Spreading Across The Landscape Help Or Hurt The Candidate? by Meghan Daum, Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2008; Obama Mania: Is this 2008 ... or 1984?, By Gar Joseph, Philadelphia Daily News, Daily News Clout, Apr. 4, 2008
[40] Will Those Images By Shepard Fairey That Are Spreading Across The Landscape Help Or Hurt The Candidate? by Meghan Daum, Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2008
[41] Obama Mania: Is this 2008 ... or 1984?, By Gar Joseph, Philadelphia Daily News, Daily News Clout, Apr. 4, 2008
[42] MyArtSpace Blog, September 21, 2008, Obama’s Obedient Artist: Is Shepard Fairey a Farce?
[43] Obama's On-the-Wall Endorsement, By William Booth, Washington Post, May 18, 2008
[44] Obama's On-the-Wall Endorsement, By William Booth, Washington Post, May 18, 2008
[45] MyArtSpace Blog, September 21, 2008, Obama’s Obedient Artist: Is Shepard Fairey A Farce?
[46] MyArtSpace Blog, September 21, 2008, Obama’s Obedient Artist: Is Shepard Fairey a Farce?
[47] See: MyArtSpace Blog, September 21, 2008, Obama’s Obedient Artist: Is Shepard Fairey a Farce?; 'Obey' Street Artist Churns Out 'Hope' for Obama, By Jenna Wortham, Wired Blog, September 21, 2008
[48] Paint Misbehavin' In Team O's 'Street Art', By Maureen Callahan, New York Post, April 24, 2008
[49] 'Obey' Street Artist Churns Out 'Hope' for Obama, By Jenna Wortham, Wired Blog, September 21, 2008.
[50] 'Obey' Street Artist Churns Out 'Hope' for Obama, By Jenna Wortham, Wired Blog, September 21, 2008
[51] 'Obey' Street Artist Churns Out 'Hope' for Obama, By Jenna Wortham, Wired Blog, September 21, 2008
[52] Inspiration vs. Substance, By Joe Klein, TIME, Thursday, Feb. 07, 2008 ; Obama Mania: Is this 2008 ... or 1984?, By Gar Joseph, Philadelphia Daily News, Daily News Clout, Apr. 4, 2008
[53] Will Those Images By Shepard Fairey That Are Spreading Across The Landscape Help Or Hurt The Candidate? by Meghan Daum, Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2008
[54] Taggers Beware: The Writing is on the Wall, By Douglas Page, Officer.com, September 2005 Issue
[55] As Street Art Goes Commercial, A Resistance Raises a Real Stink, New York Times, By Colin
Moynihan, June 28, 2007
[56] http://www.google.com/search?q=shepard+fairey+%2B+%22sellout%22&rls=com.microsoft:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1
[57] Closer to Mainstream, Still a Bit Rebellious, By MELENA RYZIK, New York Times, October 2, 2008
[58] Official Obama Letter of Appreciation, February 22, 2008, to the Petty Career Criminal: http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn174/obamafairey/obama_letter-to-shepard-fairey.jpg


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