The Obama-as-Joker image that has crept into the mainstream is, if nothing else, a good marketing ploy. Everyone gets it, even if they don’t know anything about Batman. President Obama’s face (from one of his many Time Magazine covers) is overlaid with the makeup design from 2008's The Dark Knight’s interpretation of The Joker. The text from the magazine has been removed, but the red frame remains. Underneath the frame is the word "socialism" printed in black on a white background. The image has become the new rallying cry of the anti-Obama crowd, a much hipper and less cliché image that, say, Hitler.
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