FL Billboard Invokes 9/11 - Please Don't Vote For A Democrat
By Logan Murphy Monday Jul 14, 2008 7:30pm
WFTV:
There are billboards up and down busy Orange Blossom Trail, but this at John Young Parkway (see map) one sticks out.
"Just looking at it, I'm not thinking about Democrat or Republican, I'm thinking about the twin towers and all the people killed," resident Mary Anderson told Eyewitness News. The ad went up last week and is causing quite a reaction."Why use the twin towers for that purpose?" Anderson questioned.
The man behind the billboard is Mike Meehan, a St. Cloud businessman and musician. His website advertises a CD and music video titled "The Republican Song," with the chorus, "Don't vote for a Democrat." He's selling CDs for $5.
"This is a blatant exploitation of that terrible tragedy for political and, perhaps even worse, personal gain," said Bill Robinson, Orange County Democratic Party Chair. Read on...
Meehan, who claims to be "a man of God" who loves his country, has no problem profiting from a national tragedy. Classy. If you want a good laugh, go read the lyrics to his silly little song. I give it 48 hours before this moron shows up on FOXNews and is hailed as a patriot.
Always remember:
9/11 occurred and went unpunished with a reich-wing president and a reich-wing majority in the House and Senate.
Classic. Just classic.
A prime example of why I believe this country is beyond repair....or hope.
"Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence; Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear."
- William Gladstone
And 9/11 happened on Bush's watch. How dare they use that tragedy against the Dems for political gain. I'm beyond outrage.
Jesus jumped up christ! Who's got a match?
Who was president on 9/11 again? *shrug*
Gosh it's good to be out of Borelando...
are you glad to be in america?
Just rename that stretch of highway the Turd Blossom Trail.
O.B.T. and John Young Parkway are in Orange County, which I believe in the past votes Republican anyways, so he's kind of preaching to the choir....That being said, I think Obama is going to win Florida. In new voter registrations, Democrats are outnumbering Repugs 7-1. Albeit not in the millions, it still speaks volumes.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/ucf/orl-voters1208jul12,0,...
"...oh, no no no no no no no no no no no no no..." what a load of tripe. As a mediocre songwriter myself, I have every confidence in saying, that song is shit.
Hey, aren't there any good old boy Democrats down there with a compound bow and a can of gas? One good shot with a flaming arrow ought to do it.
Why do I have a feeling the guy who put up the sign is desperate to sell his CD's?
uuummmm why is it most right wingers need to be reminded of who was actually in power when the 9/11 attacks occurred??
and alsO reminded that THE CURRENT REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION HAVE STILL NOT CAUGHT THE GUY WHO DID!!!!
Ha!
And his lyrics are rife with typos.
Idiots.
Biff Limbaugh @ 6:
Couldn't pay me to go there. When I have to leave Canada to renter, I fly to Europe and back.
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 1:
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alfie @ 11:
Of course they didn't, you don't invent spectres, use puppets, then "catch them",
United States Code Title 4 Chapter 1 — The Flag
3. Use of flag for advertising purposes; mutilation of flag
Any person who, within the District of Columbia, in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America; or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign upon which shall have been printed, painted, or otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed, or annexed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature; or who, within the District of Columbia, shall manufacture, [...]
8. Respect for flag
i. The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
Yep---DON'T VOTE for a DEMOCRAT, FOLKS!
Otherwise we'll have a repeat of the attack that happened during the reign of a Republican President, a Republican-controlled House and Senate, and in a city with a Republican mayor.
Fuck the idiots that believe the GOP's lies.
So tasteless, especially for the 9-11 victims!
...And Cheney's response to the world's crises is: "So?"
Wow, I know that area in Orlando, it's near where my mom lives. The city is pretty Republican but there's a huge minority base _ big Latino community _ and sizable gay population as well. But I think no one _ even business minded Republicans _ will like those billboards because it leaves a bad impression for visiting international tourists. They'll think even less of Americans than they probably do now. I can't imagine the Chamber of Commerce down there is pleased with those ads.
Actually it took far less than 48 hours. He was on FoxNews earlier today and following that Monica Crowley went on some tirade about how its a great thing via-a-vi Republicans are stronger on national security. The clown who paid for the billboards seemed like an absolute moron and had the ugliest flag polo shirt on known to man kind.
Where do these people keep coming from? God help us.
exactly what Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
republicans are the ones to blame for 9/11. it happened under their watch.
I always do just what the billboard says.
DecemberistsPlan @ 8:
*has voted Republican...
(_(_) @ 20:
Give the % of approval for monkey boy, there are about 100 million of them in the US, though I'd say it's likely closer to 50% and 165 million.
Biff Limbaugh @ 6:
I'm counting the days until I can escape. My dream is to be on a one-way ticket far away from this sinking ship.
Wow, using fear for a marketing campaign; right out of the karl rove playbook.
As Canadians we are not perfect by any means, but I think I would think twice to live in a country like the USA is now and with people like Mike Meehan.
Elections are dirty, but I have never seen anything like this in my life and I have been a voter for almost 50 years.
P.S. I also have never seen Democrats to go that extreme
Vincennes @ 18:
Think less of 'murikans than they do now? Not sure that's possible.
His email is pleasedontvoteforademocrat@yahoo.com ....enjoy
Carol @ 27:
Canadians have elections in a single day just to prove it can be done.. lol (and we also use a high-tech system that involves a pencil and a piece of paper which makes for easy recounting)
Oh that's great!
I think John McCain should use that as his official campaign song.
The all the musician's could stop demanding he quit using theirs.
Mike Meehan might has well have used a picture of Katrina victims ..same watch , same party. And his music's a joke.
Hopefully a Patriot will burn it down!
The herd really needs to be thinned in the USA and guys like Mike Meehan should be the first ones to land on the beaches of Iran. Oh I forgot, we don't do that anymore. We just sit behind Nintendo-like computers on destroyers safely floating 500 miles offshore and blow children, I mean colateral damage, to pieces while listening to Black Sabbath.
Yeah. America be tough.
Its funny because 9/11 is essentially Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld's fault.
The sign makes me want to blow up some Repuglicans!
Tool.....
You can let him know what you think at pleasedontvoteforademocrat@ yahoo.com
Abhorrent. Yet catchy!
*taps foot*
OMG! Did anyone else read the lyrics to his song? You talking about someone that hasn't got a clue. This moron would be hard to top.
The song is bad as the news on the media! Where is the research? where is the fact finding?
Republican follow the constitution? Since when?
Here's hoping someone torches that thing, buys all of his CD's and sends them back to him in shards.
Such blatant fear mongering will only encourage people to vote Democrat.
Be sure to check out Mike Meehan's other upcoming work "A Turd With No Soul".
Fuck Florida. It's Darwin's Waiting Room anyways.
That sign doesn't even make sense. All it does is remind me that Republicans controlled Washington on that day after a bunch of idiots voted for them.
What happens if you vote for Democrat? Does the World Trade Center get destroyed. Oops. That already happened on Republican watch.
spero @ 35:
Oh! I get it! It's a plea to vote Republican in spite of all the shit they've put us through!
I seem to recall that the repugs waited a year or two then blamed 9/11 on clinton... Obviously it was believed by a lot of people. Reminds me of a saying:
Never underestimate the power of really stupid people in large groups.
Y'know, it's strange, but I think I've finally gotten past it.
I no longer feel like spewing when I see/hear shite like this, or listen to a few moments from a Bush speech or presser. I think maybe it's because I've finally given up on America. I just don't care any more. I've gotten past it.
Phew. What a relief. And now I can leave.
Maybe the Democrats should erect a Billboard next to this one that shows the same picture but with the Headline---" This is what happened on Bush's watch "
Don't vote for them again!!!!!
Carol @ 27:
If McCain takes it in November, hold your door open, I'm coming to visit.
what an asshole.
Bob Odenkirk should sue his ass. He's totally ripping off 'C.S. Lewis Jr.' from "Mr. Show."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skch4zKdKbc
Another good picture would be of N.O. and the misery there and Bush and McCain went to a party to celebrate
(_(_) @ 53:
Do I smell fear? The Repugs are squaking like birds in buckshot. Didn't they learn anything in 2006?
The right-wing's been exploiting 9/11 from the start.
Why should this come as any surprise is beyond me...
Someone needs to remind this Jackass that Democrats were not in charge on 9/11. Republicans held both the White House and both houses of Congress.
Just think---at least one thousand more wiretaps were installed during that guitar solo.
Thanks, Mr. Patriot!
"Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories" ~ President George W. Bush - November 10, 2001
NanaT @ 4:
This is the one and only answer for anything that resembles a Dems=Terrorist attack argument.
Who's looking for Bin Laden?? Anyone?
Duh, uhm, maa, baa. Deemokrat makeum 9/111 to go boom! Pull handle for reepubleekan so makes no boom on 9/1157 ever agun.
Isn't this fucktard forgetting that the GOP fucking IGNORED all warnings in the first 9 months of 2001?
Democrats?
Jesus H. Fucking Christ on rye-toast.
Can someone please explain to me when it come a day when Democrats and others realize the Republican party of today is not your fathers Republican party. These people are completely repugnant. They have no morals or values at all, that is, any outside of greed, graft, and corruption. The big question for me is this: Why are Democrats still taken by surprise at these evil tactics? Have they not been paying any attention to this party since the Gingrich revolution and the takeover by the likes of Delay, Hastert, and Blunt. These people represent the titular bottomless pit, there is never a floor for them. They will keep trying to see if that barrel of rotten apples does indeed have a floor though.
And the dumbfuck started his wiretapping in March 2001!!!
"I give it 48 hours before this moron shows up on FOXNews and is hailed as a patriot"
Okay...
1 Dr. Hussein Matt Says: Always remember:
9/11 occurred and went unpunished with a reich-wing president and a reich-wing majority in the House and Senate.
Quote This Comment July 15th, 2008 at 4:32 PM - PDT
I came here to say this. Maybe we should erect our own billboard.
as much as I hate the message of this....we do have a 1st amendment in this country....this guy did not break any rules in obtaining this sign and paid for it with his own money. As offensive as it is.....it is his right to say it. I am confident that most Americans are smart enough to look at it, know it is trash and keep on driving. Those that agree with this message were already in that mind frame long before they saw that sign anyway. The best thing that could happen is not for the demand that the sign be removed but for an effort to be made to put up other billboards to counter it....maybe a picture of a US Soldier's casket and a message of "Don't vote for a Republican". Or a picture of bloated bodies floating in New Orleans after Katrina and a message of "Don't vote for a Republican". Or maybe a picture of.....I can go on and on....I am sure you all can come up with some more.
Isn't there some rich Dem in Fla. that can counter these repugnant billboards with some facts?
You know, part of me wonders if this is an absolutely brilliant attempt at satire... it's the only way I can stomach this music video lol.
Pig. But a frightened one, squealing.
"Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories
concerning the attacks of September the 11th;
malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away
from the terrorists, themselves, away from the guilty."
-- President George W. Bush at the United Nations - November 10, 2001
Umm...when 9-11 happened the republicans were in control of all branches of government and even a majority of governorships.
Do we really want to reward that incompetence?
9/11 happened on a Republican's watch (or lack there of), and it's the Dems' fault? Gotta love ReThug logic. Even today, some morons are still trying to pin this on Clinton.
That sign would make great toilet paper or fire accelerant.
That billboard blows. Just blows.
ruffmama @ 70:
When Reagan won in '80 the Republicans ran a nationwide ad with a Tip O'Neil lookalike stalled on the side of the road in his Cadillac. The tagline was "The Democrats are running out of gas." It was very successful for them. It would be great to run that ad - in reverse - against the Republicans this fall.
70 ruffmama Says: as much as I hate the message of this….we do have a 1st amendment in this country….this guy did not break any rules in obtaining this sign and paid for it with his own money. As offensive as it is…..it is his right to say it. I am confident that most Americans are smart enough to look at it, know it is trash and keep on driving. Those that agree with this message were already in that mind frame long before they saw that sign anyway. The best thing that could happen is not for the demand that the sign be removed but for an effort to be made to put up other billboards to counter it….maybe a picture of a US Soldier’s casket and a message of “Don’t vote for a Republican”. Or a picture of bloated bodies floating in New Orleans after Katrina and a message of “Don’t vote for a Republican”. Or maybe a picture of…..I can go on and on….I am sure you all can come up with some more.
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Now that is brilliant. Counter stupidity with intelligence :-)
Biff Limbaugh @ 7:
I got so disgusted with the situation and so angry at the political shambles that I left in early 2002 and lived in Europe until just recently. I'm thinking about relocating permanently to Canada.
JohnnyBravo @ 75:
Might have been prevented if they hadn't deliberately ignored the PDBs
Orangutan. @ 73:
excellent example of double-speak (we all know what he is saying)
"The Democrat secular progressive move,
political correctness is killing us too."
There's that nauseating PC charge again.
After 7 years of the worst government in American history Slim Pickens here is worried about the PC Liberal hordes.
Republicans are fucking scum.
Well you know what I say, turnabout's fair play
The Truth Hurts @ 26:
Ditto. I read that Canada requires either a job waiting or $74,000.00 in savings. I am doomed.
Well I made my way through the WHOLE thing. Don't forget the "music video."
Poor bastard, plays a "base" guitar.
His music video displays "BMI" at the end of it, but I can't find him or his song anywhere in the BMI database. (Or if you;re Mike, thats "databass")
Would that count as fraud?
Jerry @ 14: