Democrats SUCK!

You would think that political discourse would be more intelligent and focused on the issues in the year 2008 than it has been in the past. In a throwback to the wild west, a man called Chad Michael Morrisette created a display in West Hollywood, California that shows a mannequin dressed like Governor Sarah Palin hung from the roof of his house (see picture).

The mannequin is dressed in a red business suit, a wig and glasses that mimic the Sarah Palin look completely. Chad Morrisette also is displaying a Senator John McCain effigy on the roof surrounded by flames and two elephants. Morrisette claims that the effigies are a Halloween display and mean nothing more than that.

Residents in the area are not so sure and have reported the display as a hate crime. I’m sure the secret service will take a look at this as well. I’m not sure about this, but I think that you cannot threaten the life of a candidate without consequence.

“It should be seen as art and it should be seen within the month of October. It’s time to be scary and spooky,” Morrisette said, then added, “I know if we had done it with Barack Obama, people would’ve probably thrown things through our windows. The image of a hanged black man is a lot more intense than the image of a hanged white woman–for our country–in the history of our country.”

In another incident that was reported as I was creating this post, federal authorities arrested two white supremacist who planned on killing 88 African American, decapitating 14 more African Americans and then going on a shooting spree to try to kill Senator Obama. What is wrong with people? 

It has been reported that the numbers 88 and 14 have special significance for the white supremacist movement. The two men are Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tennessee, and Paul Schlesselman, 18, of West Helena, Arkansas. The two were charged in Nashville, Tennessee with illegal possession of an unregistered, sawed-off shotgun, conspiracy to rob a gun dealer and making threats against a presidential candidate. You can read the Associated Press story here.

To all the nuts out there: this is an election and you are entitled to vote. You are not entitled to threaten or hurt anyone. This is not a third world country and many immigrants from those countries are here to avoid the violence that a change in leader precipitates back home. Knock it off knuckleheads.