Why so Socialist?

As indicated to me by Andrew Sullivan:

These posters are popping up around Los Angeles. Yet another movement against the president (and all Democrats, really) with a meaningless thesis. The Joker (especially Heather Ledger's rendition) is an anarchist, not a socialist. A more appropriate subject for this poster would be Mitt Romney, who wants to shut down the IRS. Anyway, someone wanted to attach President Obama's face to a recognizable villain and it reminds me of the dialogue dynamic that plagues U.S. politics. (Warning: Mass generalization that is subject to many exceptions ahead.)

I don't understand why Republicans, radical or otherwise, don't criticise Democrats for things they're actually doing wrong. Remember when the President joked about "putting lipstick on a pig"? The McCain campaign accused Obama of sexism because Sarah Palin had recently made a joke about hockey moms and pit bulls. The ploy was such a stretch that everyone but the fringe, Talk Radio Republicans moved on in a day or two. One could argue that the McCain campaign was attacking him on every issue and needed something new, but what about now? Fox and Friends recently linked the president's choice of beer to France and criticised him for not supporting the U.S. (see video).

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Seriously, is this best they could do? For all of the President Obama's rhetoric on change, he sure has stayed on track with many Bush-era policies. The rights of enemy combatants remain unchanged. The president's stance on warrant-less wire tapping is murky. And his rejiggering of lobbies in the White House has resulted in its own set of logistical problems. Indeed, I had to track down a New York Times correspondent on NPR in order to actually get some legit criticism of the current administration today.

What gives? I know the left does its share of jumping on controversy, but in many cases, the events in question are actually true. I'll be the first to say that the current administration isn't perfect and I know just where they have fallen short. Why the hell do you think conservatives need to make things up?