I live in Iowa which is very politically divided, just like the entire country. Most of Iowa is rural farmland (where I live) and in this area it is almost entirely comprised of very staunch Conservatives, although some of our cities are as Liberal as San Francisco, CA. We have Tea Parties, and we have extreme Liberal protests and marches.
There is a new billboard in Mason City that is really stirring up some controversy. The North Iowa Tea Party began displaying this sign in Mason City last week.
The sign, located in the 600 block of South Federal Avenue, was ordered and paid for by the North Iowa Tea Party organization, according to the billboard company. Members of the group either declined to speak to the Mason City Globe Gazette or did not return calls on Monday. It is the second controversial sign sponsored by the North Iowa Tea Party. In November, another sign erected at the same spot followed the same socialist theme.
I don't have any problems with these billboards, except that they do extract that "IN YOUR FACE", "WOW FACTOR". The Tea Party movement is being attacked in many directions right now, so anything controversial will most definitely raise lots of eyebrows. Obviously we all know that the North Iowa Tea Party is not saying that Obama will be melting people in ovens. The connotation to Socialism is definitely something that I agree with, and anyone that is honest with themselves simply cannot argue that.
So what say you??
