I can't get too concerned about the Obama "Joker" poster; although now that I think of it, maybe I should. There's a menacing, hateful tone to the depiction. The depictions of Bush as Howdy Doody and Alfred E. Neuman had a much more humorous tone. The Obama/Joker poster makes me feel uneasy, like the poster is an expression of hatred.

But what really frightens me are the armed protesters. They impress me as people who want to be a lynch mob. That's hatred, not freedom of speech.

-Joe-