Rep. Jim Moran Wants 'Go To Hell Barack' Ad Removed From Metro Station

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) wants the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to remove a controversial anti-health care reform advertisement from a Northern Virginia Metrorail station that bluntly says "Go to hell Barack."

As reported by Blue Virginia on Wednesday morning, the ad promotes the movie "Sick & Sicker" and reads "Barack Obama wants politicians and bureaucrats to control America's entire medical system" before declaring "Go to hell Barack."

ARLNow reports that the ad in the Clarendon station has already been vandalized: "That's President Obama to you!!"

Moran argues that the Metrorail ad is "deeply disrespectful."

In his letter to Metro General Manager Richard Sarles, the congressman wrote:

I accept that WMATA should display ads, including those of a political nature, in the Metro system in order to secure the revenue they provide. But minimum standards of decency must be maintained through a vetting process. I assume such a process exists, but surely this ad does not meet those standards. I call on you to remove this ad and any others like it from the system.

In promotional materials about the movie that examines the Canadian health care system, "Sick and Sicker" promises to put "ObamaCare on ice with cold hard facts from Canada."

A WMATA spokesman said Wednesday that the agency cannot remove the ad since it is protected speech, The Washington Post reports. Metro's advertising is managed by CBS Outdoor.

This post has been updated to include comment from WMATA

Comments

[Reality always bites]

06:32 PM on 03/14/2012

You certainly have some 'Ugly' politics in the US.
You certainly have more than enough tolerance when there are personal attacks on your president!
I am deeply concerned regarding the tolerance in th eUK.
I am genuinely disturbed by the evil rhetoric that is building during this US election season.
Get a grip of yourselves- politics can be emotional, but there is no reason for paranoid hatred and vitriol.
Play nicely and vote with your reason. Stop hating.

[nellybly1]

10:59 AM on 03/07/2012

It's very disrespectful.

[sabrinalilypup]

02:45 PM on 03/06/2012

THE HATRED OF THE REPUBLICANS ARE SO INTENSE FOR THE PRESIDENT (PRES. OBAMA) that they will do anything beyond any MORAL STANDARDS.....Example of this is the Chief Judge from Montana, Richard Cebull. You sometime wonder even if these people are supposedly "Educated" they would compromise their dignity and integrity to the conclusion of HATE & ANIMOSITY FOR THE PRESIDENT. "Scholars" even compromise to go down to the level of MORONS, adults who has the mental capacity of a 12 year old with an IQ of 70 just to show their HATE & ANIMOSITY towards the President.

[Mailman]

09:53 AM on 03/04/2012

I know the Democrats said horrible things about Bush, but no one should disrespect the president like that.

[ThePen]

07:04 AM on 03/04/2012

This is an ad the enemies of America would like. Country before politics.

[Esteman]

05:24 PM on 03/03/2012

If this upsets you, go to barackobama.com and donate one dollar.
You will feel better.

[Anarcho-Capitalist]

01:09 PM on 03/03/2012

I thought the left was supposed to be against censorship.

[mw-maryland]

11:32 PM on 03/02/2012

Wow! If the Repubs are acting this crazed now imagine what will happen when Obama gets re-elected.

[Aurel1us]

08:29 PM on 03/02/2012

Weird.....because I'm Canadian, and I love my healthcare system. It's quick and efficient. Our wait times are greatly exaggerated by the U.S. media. We treat our people well. America should follow suit.

[ETT]

03:47 PM on 03/03/2012

USA citizens need to hear more from our Canadian neighbors! Thanks for speaking up!

[madmilker]

02:56 PM on 03/02/2012

madmilker
1:19 PM CST
God Bless the Metro.....

What is it about....

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives and liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement and prosperity of the State." - James Madison

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined.".....duh! ain't that like "not many" or "almost none."....

The Constitution wasn't written for a Government....Church nor a Corporation....it was only written for "We the People."

Government in 1791 was $75 million in debt and that was five years before George Washington told those turnips to stop spending "We the People's" money and he went back to his farm.

Today, the American government is over $15 trillion in debt and all those turnips on Jenkins Hill in Washington D. C. have learned over that period of time is how to "SPEND MORE" of "We the People's money.

Read slowly and think....

"Ponzi’ finance units must increase its outstanding debt in order to meet its financial obligations.” - Hyman Minsky

[captainreality]

02:43 PM on 03/02/2012

What's the big deal? He is not the first president to be denigrated. People didn't like Bush. People don't like Obama. He is just another politician.

[guy girl]

01:16 PM on 03/02/2012

I love the balsy marketing, but the film IS right wing drivel. ...consulting Canadian doctors about the President's Health Act is like consulting them about whether we should quickly move forward on the Keystone pipeline.

[Rooster Coburn]

12:47 PM on 03/02/2012

The Bible tells us all that we are not to swear upon Heaven, the Earth or Hell. I guess it all depends on what you consider "swearing" to be.

[Lorelei Hillman]

11:50 AM on 03/02/2012

Come on, Huffington Post - tell us who PAID for the ad? I've been on site after site and they only mention who posted it. I went to the site for the 'movie' and they don't even say who their sponsors are. We need real news, not just gossip.

[Glowcy]

09:45 AM on 03/02/2012

President Obama gets record-breaking numbers of threats. He gets disrespect in person by congressmen who walk out of meetings with him, [Boehner and Cantor] shout 'you lie' [Wilson] at his SOTU address, and have a finger wagged in his face [Brewer]. Oh, and do remember the judge who sent the racist e-mail.

We all know when the president will be treated with respect: when the next white president is elected.

[KarasudaJay]

01:54 PM on 03/03/2012

The last white one wasn't treated with respect. Obama is not a very good president, that's the man reason he's struggling in the polls.

[PhilTListener]

02:12 PM on 03/03/2012

Why is he not a very good president?
Opinions are something everyone is entitled to and should be respected, just as the person holding them deserves respect.

However, facts are facts. What facts make you believe he is not a very good president?