July 30, 2012 09:59 PM UTC

That's One Classy Billboard

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• by: Colorado Pols

Image via Village Voice

7NEWS reports from near Caldwell, Idaho:

An electronic billboard in Idaho comparing President Barack Obama to Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes is drawing sharp criticism nationwide…

Above the picture of Holmes, the billboard says: “Kills 12 in movie theater with assault rifle” and then underneath: “Everyone freaks out.”

Above Obama’s photo, it reads: “Kills thousands with his foreign policy” and then below: “Wins Nobel Peace Prize.”

We sat here for a good ten minutes trying to make sense of this enough to ridicule it. After all, it is surely one of the most ridiculous messages we’ve ever seen on a billboard–we weren’t sure it was possible to top those Compass Colorado Obama/Ahmadinejad comparisons. Or was it the Obama-in-a-turban billboard we were thinking of? Perhaps Obama in a turban, gangster suit, sombrero, and gay? Nope! Obama and the Aurora shooter. This one’s got them all beat.

It’s meant to be jab at Obama, but your faith in humanity is what suffers most.