Here I thought Shrub paintings couldn't get any worse(Crazy Freeper Alert)

[No2W2004]

On one wall, a buff, shirtless President Bush is a prizefighter, standing over his fallen opponent in the ring: filmmaker Michael Moore. Another work, titled "Larger Than Life," is an 8-foot-tall rendering of Ronald Reagan. And the piece de resistance: Bush on horseback, triumphantly clutching the severed head of Osama bin Laden, by the turban, in his right hand. It is called "Have Faith."

It's all the work of Scott LoBaido, a self-styled "creative patriot" who believes passionately that the fate of the country depends on this election — and that Bush is the only choice.

"I wanted to let the Republicans know there are some creative people in this city who are on their side," the 39-year-old artist said last week as his exhibit opened just before the Republican National Convention.

The work isn't subtle. One of LoBaido's pieces shows a NASCAR (news - web sites)-style race car labeled "Bush/Cheney" barreling toward a bewildered-looking donkey, and another shows a match close to a U.S. flag with the caption "Don't Even Think About It."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/cvn_patriot_art

[BootinUp]

1. Was the photographer laughing at him?

He (the painter) has this strange look on his face.