Controversial Artist Depicts Obama Trampling The Constitution

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CBS Las Vegas:

Provo, Utah (CBS Las Vegas) – In front of the White House a man is sitting on a park bench in the throes of depression. He is surrounded by all 44 presidents. In the forefront, purposefully ignoring the depressed man is President Obama, whose right foot is stepping on the constitution. James Madison, is next to Obama pleading with him to stop.

This tableau is called “The Forgotten Man”, a painting by Jon McNaughton an artist who is known for his politically-charged work.

The painting, which uses objects such as discarded dollar bills as symbols and scraps of paper with individual constitutional amendments scrawled onto them, has been making the rounds across the Internet.

The painting was initially released in 2010 and has resurfaced, causing a stir when it appeared for a caption contest on MSNBCs Rachel Maddow’s blog.

The responses have ranged from sarcastic – “We’ll trade you this peasant for that constitution. We’ll even throw in the bench.” - to Photoshop works of art.

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