Effigy of Hanged Sarah Palin is allegedly Halloween fun

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-palineffigy28-2008oct28,0,3849487.story

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I agree - I think it's despicable, but it's not a hate crime.  A hate crime has to at least threaten violence, and I don't think this does that.  Even if it were against Obama, I don't think it should be prosecuted as a hate crime.

[cp]

It's in poor taste, but I'm pleased and proud of you for using the correct past tense of 'hang' in the title to this thread. Kudos!

[Franzl]

very poor taste, and I wholeheartedly dislike anyone who sets up such a stupid Halloween display, however...I don't think it's possible to be defined as a hate crime.

[Earth]

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I'm happy it's not up to him. "You have the right to free speech, but..." It's free speech until there's a problem. Typical.

[TheGlobalizer]

No issue.  Someone should do a Barack version, tho, just to test the theory.

[elcorazon]

Olbermann had this guy as worst person in the world last night.  good for keith (kinda easy thing to do though)

[exopolitician]

No issue.  Someone should do a Barack version, tho, just to test the theory.

They have....kinda.

[Eraserhead]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2qBM9v01qw

[Keystone Phil]

Nice people

[ag]

Actually, in Mexico this would have been considered not just in good taste, but absolutely normal. For the Day of the Dead you'd find skeleton dressed up as the president, a fake death notice for his wife, and a made-up grave of an opposition leader (complete, with a tombstone) all over. This is, indeed, considered innocent fun. But then, kids in a nursery school put up "their own" skeletons, which they spend weeks making led by their teachers.

[JSojourner]

Olbermann had this guy as worst person in the world last night.  good for keith

Agree.  I'm not an Olbermann fan but this is one small thing that makes me respect him more.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

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I'm happy it's not up to him. "You have the right to free speech, but..." It's free speech until there's a problem. Typical.

He says they have the right of free speech, he just disagrees with their statement.  He's never said they'd have to take it down.

[Lincoln Republican]

What else would one expect from these left coast pinko commie ranting raving looney degenerate scum?

[Ronnie]

What else would one expect from these left coast pinko commie ranting raving looney degenerate scum?

I used to live about 5 miles from where the effigy is.  Please don't insult me.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

What else would one expect from these left coast pinko commie ranting raving looney degenerate scum?

I used to live about 5 miles from where the effigy is.  Please don't insult me.

Fixed. 

[bgwah]

They should make a Sarah Palin pinata.

[Associate Justice PiT]

What else would one expect from these left coast pinko commie ranting raving looney degenerate scum?

I used to live about 5 miles from where the effigy is.  Please don't insult me.

     I used to live closer than that to where it was.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

They should make a Sarah Palin pinata.

What about an Obama pinata?

[Smid]

http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/10/obama-effigy-found-on-uks-campus.html

Don't know if this is a reputable website or not.

[Ronnie]

What else would one expect from these left coast pinko commie ranting raving looney degenerate scum?

I used to live about 5 miles from where the effigy is.  Please don't insult me.

     I used to live closer than that to where it was.

That's pretty hard to imagine.  I remember routinely slinging by West Hollywood when I went to school, and grabbing myself a cookie.  Good times...

[Associate Justice PiT]

What else would one expect from these left coast pinko commie ranting raving looney degenerate scum?

I used to live about 5 miles from where the effigy is.  Please don't insult me.

     I used to live closer than that to where it was.

That's pretty hard to imagine.  I remember routinely slinging by West Hollywood when I went to school, and grabbing myself a cookie.  Good times...

     I don't remember the name of the neighborhood I lived in. I asked my mother though, & she said it was about 3-4 miles away.

[Ronnie]

What else would one expect from these left coast pinko commie ranting raving looney degenerate scum?

I used to live about 5 miles from where the effigy is.  Please don't insult me.

     I used to live closer than that to where it was.

That's pretty hard to imagine.  I remember routinely slinging by West Hollywood when I went to school, and grabbing myself a cookie.  Good times...

     I don't remember the name of the neighborhood I lived in. I asked my mother though, & she said it was about 3-4 miles away.

I'll give you the figures of exactly how far away from my old house.  TO MAPQUEST!

Whoa, I was really off.  The approximate location is 1.38 miles from my old house.

[Associate Justice PiT]

What else would one expect from these left coast pinko commie ranting raving looney degenerate scum?

I used to live about 5 miles from where the effigy is.  Please don't insult me.

     I used to live closer than that to where it was.

That's pretty hard to imagine.  I remember routinely slinging by West Hollywood when I went to school, and grabbing myself a cookie.  Good times...

     I don't remember the name of the neighborhood I lived in. I asked my mother though, & she said it was about 3-4 miles away.

I'll give you the figures of exactly how far away from my old house.  TO MAPQUEST!

Whoa, I was really off.  The approximate location is 1.38 miles from my old house.

     I would too, except I have no idea where my old house was. I just know that I've been down Sunset Boulevard.

[Ronnie]

What else would one expect from these left coast pinko commie ranting raving looney degenerate scum?

I used to live about 5 miles from where the effigy is.  Please don't insult me.

     I used to live closer than that to where it was.

That's pretty hard to imagine.  I remember routinely slinging by West Hollywood when I went to school, and grabbing myself a cookie.  Good times...

     I don't remember the name of the neighborhood I lived in. I asked my mother though, & she said it was about 3-4 miles away.

I'll give you the figures of exactly how far away from my old house.  TO MAPQUEST!

Whoa, I was really off.  The approximate location is 1.38 miles from my old house.

     I would too, except I have no idea where my old house was. I just know that I've been down Sunset Boulevard.

My house was pretty close to Wilshire Blvd.  It was about a half a mile away.

I seriously don't want to talk about this anymore.  It makes me long for the past.

[Verily]

http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/10/obama-effigy-found-on-uks-campus.html

Don't know if this is a reputable website or not.

Politico had it earlier. These things happen in election years; people are morons. The racial overtones of the Obama effigy are somewhat more menacing than the message of the Palin and McCain effigies, but both are just done by fools.