Gambit ran my 1200 word story about the tattoo shop in Larose this weekend. Here’s a teaser quote:
President Barack Obama is said to have pointed out the window at the Southern Sting tattoo shop as his motorcade made its third trip to Grand Isle on June 4. Obama, who was passing through the town of Larose on his way to Grand Isle, evidently noticed a 16-foot sign outside the Southern Sting erected by tattoo artists Eric Guidry and Bobby Pitre. “We’re not sure if he waved or pointed or what,” Guidry says.
The sign is a parody of artist Shepard Fairey’s famous “HOPE” portrait of Obama. Guidry and Pitre’s new image shows Obama’s face in the familiar red, white and blue, but covered in question marks, and his forehead emblazoned with the words “WHAT NOW?”
“He had hope and change all over his election campaign, and now he didn’t even do shit,” Guidry says. “He came down here three or four times at the most, didn’t stay, didn’t support the people. He believed a lot of what was told to him from BP, and it was an inside-type deal. But because of this, our whole life and culture is in jeopardy. It’s just a big: what now?”
