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A Billboard comparing President Barack Obama and Adolf Hitler is up in Mason City. What do you think?

44.18% Nothing is wrong with the billboard.
24.8% The billboard is protected speech, but in bad taste.
27.9% The billboard is inappropriate.
3.1% Undecided

Comment: obama and hitler differ a lot but they do have many similarities as well

Comment: Sometimes the truth hurts by r

Comment: We have men and women in the military that have, or are serving, and who have died to protect this freedom. I think there is nothing wrong with freedom of speech. by Robin

Comment: It insinuates that he is ruling us with fear. How the people seen to forget during Bushes years after 911, we had all the amber and red alerts for terriost activity. It seems funny as soon as the election was over and he won his second term the alerts disappeared. Well that is ruling the country with fear if anything if anything ever was. by Dean

Comment: if anything, the tea party is being easy on obama by harry

Comment: seriously i dont disagree haven't we learned not to trust charasmatic speakers? So what has the "Big Spender" done other then dig us deeper in two years then bush and clinton the last sixteen. by Joshua

Comment: Freedom of speach by Dori

Comment: KGAN's decision to cast this as a question of free speech irresponsibly diverts the discussion from whether or not it's a meaningful comparison and why our dialogue so quickly devolves into absurd, a historic references. Lenin oversaw a period in Russia's history where thousands were killed for dissent and millions killed in Civil War. Hitler led the world into a world war. How this compares to someone who has worked for wider health care coverage and Wall Street regulatory reform is beyond me. The only way a person can make such a claim is if he's choosing a level of ignorance that deserves no attention except from a psychologist and a history teacher. Why KGAN, on its broadcast, would select two responses that indirectly then directly support such a comparison is bizarre and cowardly. by Steve

Comment: The President Obama has duped the the citizens of United States. In my opinion, not enough has been told of his anti American behavior! by CC

Comment: Although I find President Obama's leadership weak at best, I cannot degrade the United States Presidency to this level. Unfortunately, this type of behavior has become gained a sort of acceptability during the political left's undue criticism of President Bush (43). Shame on both the left and the right for leaving the arena of ideas to discuss politics. by Benjamin

Comment: Study socialism's history:the sign is correct. by Frank

Comment: The message is spot on. by Sandy

Comment: one of the blessing of liberty guaranteed by the Constitution is the right to speak one's mind. That creates the risk of looking like a fool. These guys succeeded. I'm grateful they're not expressing their "views" in my back yard by ron

Comment: I am really worried about the direction this country is going, under this current administration. Wake up, America!! by Anne

Comment: The Tea Party has first amendment rights to spew venom in public, but they should be very ashamed of this billboard. Hitler's genocide and ethnic cleansing are very different from the behaviors of a duly elected president who is working as hard as he can to solve crushing problems on multiple fronts. One can disagree about problem-solving agendas, but this kind of distortion and hatred is shameful. Margaret by Margaret

Comment: THE WAY IT IS ! As we fiddle ! by JOHN

Comment: http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/ news/local/article_b6b931ef- 32dd-5743-9e72-2d6f23f4a3a6.html by Magik

Comment: If it is alright for a church to put up a "god is pro life" billboard that I have to see every day when going to work, and is protected, then why should this be any different? Deal with it by Sly

Comment: my ancestors are german and i know for a fact that my dad hated hitler and every thing he stood for, barack fell into all of the situations going on in the united states, this is just a ploy and should be seen for what it is ,a hated crime by Lois

Comment: The people who put this up need to re-study their history! by Steve

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