Two men faced criminal charges Thursday for hanging an effigy of Barack Obama from a tree with a noose, the latest in a string of racially tinged incidents targeting the man who hopes to be the first black president.
The effigy hung at the University of Kentucky Wednesday was seen as particularly offensive because it was reminiscent of the lynchings that once took place in the former slave state.
Its discovery prompted strong rebukes from the Kentucky governor and university president, an apology letter sent to Obama by the Lexington mayor on behalf of the city’s residents, and a campus forum.
The two men who turned themselves in to campus police said the effigy was hung in response to the highly publicized effigy of Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin hung from the roof of a California home.
Oct 27, 2008) – A disturbing Halloween prop in West Hollywood, CA features an effigy of Vice Presidential nominee being lynched.
Contrary to the Old Media’s false portrayal of McCain supporters being an overbearing or violent set, this inciting spectacle involving Gov. Palin is merely the latest demonstration of what some have labeled the ‘fascist’ followers of Barack Obama.
Here are some other examples of the callous and over-the-top actions of more of Obama’s supporters towards those who dare defy the man Oprah Winfrey hailed as “The One:”
