Billboard Comparing Obama to Colorado Shooting Suspect Called 'Abhorrent'

A billboard suggesting similarities between president Barack Obama and Colorado shooting suspectJames Holmes has caused a stir in one Idaho town and beyond.

The billboard, located in Caldwell, Idaho, features a picture of Holmes, accompanied with the text Kills 12 in a movie theater with assault rifle, everyone freaks out. Juxtaposed is a picture of Obama, with the text: Kills thousands with foreign policy, wins Nobel Peace Prize.

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The billboard is funded by a group honoring the memory of the late Libertarian thinker Ralph Smeed, the Ohio Statesman reported. According to the group, the billboard is there to remind Americans of Obamas promise to bring home the troopsa promise the group says has been broken.

Were all outraged over that killing in Aurora, Colo., but were not outraged over the boys killed in Afghanistan, said Maurice Clements, a member of the group, which has previously paid to display other anti-Obama messages on the billboard.

Local residents have called the billboard abhorrent," but the message remains.

The sentiment expressed on the billboard is similar to a line from The Dark Knight, in whichHeath Ledgers Joker observes that no one would panic if he announced a truck load of soldierswill be blown up tomorrow, but people would lose their minds if he said a city mayor was going to die.

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The billboard controversy comes as the aftermath of the July 20 shooting at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises continues to shake the moviegoing world. Research ahead of the weekend found between 20 percent to 25 percent of moviegoers werehesitant to attend a movie this weekend because of the shooting.

The Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures film is expected to earn roughly $59 million at the box office this weekend, compared to $75 million for The Dark Knights second weekend. Box office observers speculate the shooting is responsible for some of the gap between the two films.

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