Kill Bush, Bush Lied, Media silent
Guest Column Ros Prynn, Bio and Archives--September 18, 2009
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A protester with a sign saying “Kill Bush” and advocating that the White House be bombed, at the March 18, 2007 anti-war rally in San Francisco.
“Save Mother Earth, Kill Bush” says this sign from a November 20, 2003 protest
“Bush is the disease, Death is the cure,” says this protester at an anti-war rally in San Francisco.
“Death to…Bush” at the October 27, 2007 anti-war rally in San Francisco.
Bush being beheaded by a guillotine, at an Obama campaign rally, Denver, October 26, 2008.
An effigy of Bush being killed, at the April 10, 2004 anti-war rally in San Francisco. ((Did Nancy Pelosi condemn this "Hitlerization" of a president in her own back yard?))
Bush being burned in effigy, at a November 3, 2004 post-election anti-Bush rally in San Francisco. ((Wonder if Queen Nancy was there?))
A recommendation that Bush should hang, from an October 27, 2007 protest in Los Angeles.
“Bush — the only dope worth shooting,” at the March 15, 2008 anti-war rally in Los Angeles.
A sign showing Bush being shot in the head, at the March 15, 2008 anti-war rally in Los Angeles.
“Death to…Bush” at the March 18, 2007 anti-war rally in San Francisco. ((And where was Nancy Pelosi's outrage?))
A protester with a sign showing Bush being beheaded.
Protesters call for Bush to be beheaded with a guillotine, at a protest against Bush’s second inauguration, January 20, 2005, in New York.
This sign from a protest in Chicago says “Lee Harvey, where are you?” at the bottom, referring to JFK’s assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.
The anti-Israel conspiracy site nogw.com hosts this pdf file which describes a mock trial and execution of George Bush for a bizarre litany of purported crimes; included in the document is this image of Bush being hanged at the trial.
On August 4, 2000, when Bush won the Republican nomination (but before he was president), Craig Kilborn on CBS’s The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn ran a graphic of the words “SNIPERS WANTED” under George Bush as he gave his acceptance speech. Although CBS belatedly apologized five days later, Kilborn was never investigated, questioned or punished, and continued to host the show for four more years.
Look at the two pictures above. Which do you find more offensive? Which is more obviously a threat to kill or disrespect a president?
For a while, CafePress allowed violent anti-Bush paraphernalia (such as this "Kill Bush" shirt) to be sold by users on its site, but after they were publicized by the Drudge Report, they were pulled offline; though, as far as I can tell, the designers were never investigated by the Secret Service.
Yet another “Wanted” sign for Bush, from a rally in Los Angeles.
Prototypical Bush “Wanted” poster at a protest, with a bonus Hitler mustache.
A different “Wanted: Dead or Alive” poster from a supposed humor site.
This wall-art poster reads “The World Needs More People Like You: Kill Bush.” Location unknown.
"Vote [Nazi] Republican"
"Propagandhi"
"Bush is more evil than Bin Laden"
Ros Prynn is a NewsBlaze investigative reporter and editor, who writes on a range of topics. Contact her by writing to NewsBlaze.View Comments
Items of notes and interest from the web.