‘President Or Jihad?’ Billboard Replaces Birther Sign In CO

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A billboard on a car lot in Wheat Ridge, Colo., is displaying a somewhat cryptic message: “President Or Jihad?”

The billboard, which shows a cartoon President Obama in a turban, also says, “PROVE IT! Wake up America! Remember Ft. Hood!”

The message replaces one that read, “Where’s the birth certificate?,” which was supported by radio host Peter Boyle and right-wing site World Net Daily. The owner of the lot, Phil Wolf, donated the space.

Reached by TPM, Wolf Interstate Leasing & Sales general manager Wayne Means said the billboard is “self explanatory.”

“It doesn’t really matter who’s running the country, Democrat or Republican, they’re not running it right anyway,” Means said. “God Bless Mr. Obama, he’s probably a nice guy. [But] his strings are being pulled.”

He wouldn’t say whether the billboard suggests that Obama is responsible for Fort Hood. When asked about it, he said, “I understand, believe me,” and said his grandfather had been in Auschwitz.

He said the dealership put the billboard up itself and was not paid to do so.

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