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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
P.S. the story with the billboard came from one of Ty's solid "sources" that also speculates the US Government directed the 9/11 attacks.

The story accompanying the photo admits that Clear Channel calls the photo a fraud (easy enough to confirm) and that of the 2 alleged billboards, one was paid for by an individual, not Clear Channel. Still creepy, but not so sinister. Ty forgot to put those parts in his post.

Fuck off, Hank. I saw a first-hand description of the billboards here. That person linked to the picture to illustrate what he was talking about. I didn't read the story below, but since you say I'm misrepresenting it, I'll print it in full so others can decide:

• A billboard recently put up in Orlando bearing a smiling photograph of President Bush with the words “Our Leader” is raising eyebrows among progressives who feel the poster is akin to that of propaganda used by tyrannical regimes.
  
  RAW STORY confirmed the billboard’s existence Monday evening. At our behest, a member of an Orlando media organization drove past the billboard on two occasions and verified that it was indeed the one pictured.
  
  The billboard pictured, which is on I-4, says that it is a “political public service message brought to you by Clear Channel Outdoor.”
  
  The member, who declined to be named out of concern for their employer, discovered a second billboard bearing the same image along the same route, paid for by Charles W. Clayton Jr.
  
  Clear Channel Outdoor Orlando said they could not respond to requests for comment this week because their press person was “away.” They referred calls to their San Antonio corporate parent, which did not return two messages for comment.
  
  One Orlando resident penned a concerned letter to the (registration-restricted) Orlando Sentinel on Saturday about the billboard. As the site is restricted to members, the letter appears below.
  
  “The first thing I thought was, when was the last time I have seen a president on a billboard?” wrote resident Dianna Lawson. “Didn’t Saddam Hussein have his picture up everywhere? What next, a statue?”
  
  Reporters at the Orlando Sentinel told RAW STORY they’d also seen the photograph.
  
  Others said they’d seen a similar sign in Jacksonville along I-95.
  
  “We don’t do political advertising,” said Clear Channel sales representative Brad Parsons in Jacksonville. He said the photograph was bogus.
  
  A second Jacksonville rep acknowledged the company did political advertising but only when paid for by a third party. When asked if he would look at the picture for verification, he declined to give out his email address.