Billboard Showing 9/11 Tragedy Creates Controversy

[Rhino]

Political Billboard Showing 9/11 Tragedy Creates Controversy

POSTED: 3:20 pm EDT July 14, 2008
UPDATED: 6:08 pm EDT July 14, 2008

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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A controversial billboard in Orange County has a picture of the burning World Trade Center and the message, "Please Don't Vote for a Democrat." The man who paid for the ad says he's trying to help Republicans, but officials with both political parties are calling the billboard inappropriate....

"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 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.

Orange County Democrats are calling for the billboard to come down and the local Republican Party has said the ad is "inappropriate."...but some are defending his right to free speech.

"They can have their opinion. It's a free country, if they want to pay for the ad. I'm sure it's expensive," resident Louis Champeau told Eyewitness News....http://www.wftv.com/news/16879991/detail.html

[Penguin]

The truth hurts...

[DesertFox]

I like that sign.

[Naturalized-Texan]

I like that sign.
Yep!

[Taylor1]

I laughed and great sign, but tragic in a way.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:moo: Y'all actually like that billboard? Wow, go figure. I was just watching Fox, & some demonic rat on the left side of the screen was certain that the Republican on the right side of the screen would agree with her that the billboard was in poor taste. It's all the Republican lady could do to keep from rearing back her head in abject laughter. Can y'all imagine? We're supposed to be offended by this billboard & the cover of The New Yorker. So how come we're not?

[BarkleUSA]

RE:
...but officials with both political parties are calling the billboard inappropriate....

This is why McCain will lose the election.

If I were McCain I would use every campaign stop to relentlessly remind voters that the left does everything in their power to fund, empower, enable, protect and encourage AlQaida.

Instead McCain pretends that Democrats love their country and want to defeat AlQaida too - when everything the left does suggests otherwise.

It's time someone stand up for America and boldly articulate that the Left's policies are designed to undermine the War on Terrorism.

McCain will lose because he is gutless, clueless and wants to be loved by those that hate him and hate America.

[DesertFox]

For once I can unreservedly agree with Barkle.