Thread: Does billboard comparing Obama to alleged shooter go too far?

Does billboard comparing Obama to alleged shooter go too far?

By KBOI Web StaffPublished: Jul 27, 2012 at 2:54 PM MDTLast Updated: Jul 28, 2012 at 3:18 AM MDT

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CALDWELL, Idaho (KBOI) - A Caldwell billboard is raising questions in the Treasure Valley as it compares President Obama to accused Colorado killer, James Holmes.

The billboard on Franklin Road equates the actions of the president's foreign policies to the acts of Holmes, who's suspected of killing 12 people in the theater shooting.

The group that owns the board, The Ralph Smeed Foundation, says it wants to draw attention to military men and women dying overseas.

"(It's) way over the line, and I am not an Obama supporter," Lynn Davis Hathaway, said on the KBOI 2News Facebook page.

A spokesman for the group says everyone has the right to their own opinion. | Additional photos of the billboard

Ashley Helton, who also wrote on Facebook, agrees with the group.

"It's a free country, this group has a right to voice their opinion no matter what anyone thinks about it," Helton said.

President Obama recently visited the Pacific Northwest - making stops in Portland and Seattle.

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I believe the supreme court just ruled that lying is a right of free speech. My question about that is when being questioned by police why is it a crime to lie or withhold information from he police, if lyng is covered by our right to free speech? More arguements (jobs) created for underemployed lawyers. AND, now political ads, don't believe a darned word in any of them them by either or any side!