Police: Deer Head Left In CO Obama Campaign Office

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

Police: Deer Head Left In CO Obama Campaign Office
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4/AP) ―
Police in Colorado Springs are looking for the person who threw the head of a deer into the parking lot of a Barack Obama campaign office.

The head was found late Saturday night.

The Humane Society says the buck's antlers had been cut off to make the head resemble a donkey, the symbol of the Democratic Party.

Right now, police have no suspects.

"We're certainly concerned that someone would do something so ridiculous," said Lt. David Whitlock, a police spokeswoman.



Read more: http://cbs4denver.com/politics/colorado.obama.michelle.2.850599.html

[Lerkfish]

1. of course, its "ridiculous" instead of "threatening".

if it were left at the RNC there'd be black helicopters and Blackwater goons waterboarding people.

[emulatorloo]

18. wow the mcCain spokesman was good! -"despicable." "hate speech,"

From the story:

Colorado John McCain spokesman Tom Kise called the incident "despicable."

"Hopefully, we can continue to have a constructive dialogue and not have it digress into this hate speech," Kise said.

[Lerkfish]

21. well, knock me over with a feather

that's surprising.

[LaurenG]

2. McCain supporters are sick f*cks!

Argh!

[rcrush]

3. Where was Sarah Palin last night?

And where was she when that bear cub was shot and dumped with Obama signs. HMMMMMMM?

[zippy890]

11. Good question!!

:rofl:

[superconnected]

41. good question!

hyahahahhaha

[whistle]

4. Shades of "The Godfather" movie and the horses head in the producer's bed

[Posteritatis]

13. That implies the yokels doing this are cultured enough to know of the Godfather (nt)

[whistle]

23. They might not be but their handlers might

[Posteritatis]

28. Touche (nt)

[phantom power]

5. I hope the Obama campaign demands that McCain denounce this.

These thugs are McCain's base. Make him disown them, publicly.

[emulatorloo]

20. McCain Spokesman:"despicable. . .hate speech" GOOD FOR HIM

Colorado John McCain spokesman Tom Kise called the incident "despicable."

"Hopefully, we can continue to have a constructive dialogue and not have it digress into this hate speech," Kise said.

[phantom power]

26. Not bad at all.

[Merlot]

38. No, let mcbush do what he wants about this - show his character

Isn't it the repubs who always demand denouncements and apologies? I say leave it to them.

[MadMaddie]

39. I agree....

Let McCain destroy what's left of his dignity.

[phantom power]

44. I disagree, because it's a strategy that works...

I think there are a lot of GOP tactics that we mistakenly eschew. The reason they are bad when the GOP does them is because they lie. Forcing a candidate to choose between owning (or disowning) the behavior of their constituents is (in my opinion) perfectly legitimate, and good politics. It prevents them from having it both ways -- benefiting from bad behavior, while claiming to be above it.

The GOP staked their claim on the politics of intimidation, hatred, violence, etc. But we Dems don't make them own it, and we should.

[DS1]

6. It was Santa redistributing his wealth

more than he does already.

Yeah, that's the ticket!

[mike_c]

7. oh for pete's sake, it was probably just some bubba flipping off Obama....

I don't know whether deer season is open there or not, but poached or legal, some folks take the antlers and throw the rest away, or just throw away the head if they keep the meat, too. I wouldn't read too much into this-- just some idiot playing his part in the village.

[uncle ray]

22. yes deer season is open here.

and the Obama office is right on the main route on the outskirts of town to the mountains where all the hunting takes place.

i think the "cutting the antlers off to resemble a donkey" is a stretch.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

29. I agree on the antlers removal being to make it resemble a donkey being a stretch

I often see dead bucks hit by cars on the side of the road with their antlers cut off. I'm seriously doubt they were removed to make the dead animal resemble a donkey. Even without the antlers they don't look anything like one. However, the antlers are used in the making of knife handles and other such items, which more logically explains the removal.

[Cronus Protagonist]

8. Maybe it fell off the back of a truck

I'd take it to a taxidermist and get it stuffed, mounted and hang it on the wall as a memento.

[amdezurik]

10. heh and label it Sarah Palin :)

[amdezurik]

9. as dead and cold as that mutliated animal head was

it still had more working brain-cells then the morons who did that...

[mikelgb]

12. Read as: "We want to behead the young buck of the Democrat party"

[LeftishBrit]

14. Nasty. There are some disgusting right-wingers around.

[ejbr]

15. A dear head in Obama's office???!!

That's it, I'm voting for McCain!

[Robb]

16. It's entirely possible this has little to do with the campaign

Just sayin'. This is Colorado, after all, we have hunters here. Some are just after the antlers; more likely after dropping the buck off at the meat processing place, they got the head back and didn't care for it -- maybe a head shot, or something else that made it un-mountable -- took the antlers and dumped the head.

Maybe, maybe they were off to dump the head in a ditch, passed by the Obama 08 sign and pitched it in there snickering to themselves. But the "antlers cut off to look like a donkey" is a load of crapola, IMO.

[clear eye]

25. Good to know

Around here (in NY state), even though there is some deer hunting, everyone knows the mob used to put a horse head in the bed of someone they wanted to torture emotionally before killing. So a deer head w/ the antlers off would be assumed to be a fill-in for the horse head. After the Sopranos TV show and the Godfather series of movies, we tend to believe everyone's heard of this.

After reading your reply, I can see how it could be what you said, especially if the hunter couldn't afford taxidermy on the head. That donkey thing seems out of left field to me, too.

[Kalifornia.Kid]

17. Just leftovers from repugs with a fetish for deer ass

[Codeine]

19. Meh. It's in the parking lot

and in a hunting state. Non-issue.

[2Design]

24. must be confused - that is palin deer head - the deer in headlights n/t

[Dogtown]

27. Story is contrived

The incident can easily be explained without nefarious political intent. There's plenty of stories out there that needn't be stretched for.

[Elidor]

30. ...

Wanted for questioning

[librechik]

31. the "Deliverance Demo" in CO is not to be underestimated.

they are stupid, angry, and they have machine guns.

[intheflow]

32. And it is Colorado Springs.

Home to Focus on the Family, the nefarious Air Force Academy, and Cheyenne Mountain. Extremely conservatively nutty.

[Lorien]

33. Those sick fucks sure love to kill things

not the most "Christian" of supporters that you have there, McSame.

[Fire1]

47. Including 'people.' I've never seen or heard of so many 'christians'

filled with violence and hate.

[progressivebydesign]

34. More animal mutilation from the "FAMILY VALUES" people???

What next?

[newtothegame]

35. Disturbing n/t

[guitar man]

36. Breaking: police release photo of suspect!

[fascisthunter]

37. idiot

[slampoet]

40. And this gets less coverage than the Palin holloween display.

[yellowcanine]

42. Has anyone asked Todd or Sarah? Sounds like a mavericky thing to do.

[Bake]

43. What I'd LIKE to hear McLame say:

"This is despicable. I don't want anyone who approves of this kind of hate and divisiveness to vote for me."

Like that will ever happen. Yeah. Sure.

Bake

[happydreams]

45. Reminds me of the horse-head put in Mafiosis bed in "The Godfather".

Has there ever been anything like this done in another election? I've never heard of anything like it.

The racial hatred out there is really disheartening.

[fudge stripe cookays]

46. Figures it's in CO Springs.

Whaddya wanna bet it's one of Dobson't little minions?

I have to tell you guys-- I have never been so creeped out driving around a place in my life. And I'm a TEXAN!

Fucking brainwashed freak AF Academy moms and Dobson freaks. It's a hole. I hope never to go back.

[agentS]

48. McPalin certainly attracts the freaks and racists and animal molesters

don't he?

[defendandprotect]

49. "Ridiculous"....? I'd say this was very violent activity ---