***UPDATE**** Two Suspects Arrested In Obama Effigy On Kentucky Campus

[kittycat1164]

Source: WKYT News Lexington, KY

Police have arrested two suspects in the effigy of Presidential candidate Barack Obama on the campus of the University of Kentucky.
The two suspects have been identified as Hunter Bush and Joe Fischer. They're charged with disorderly Conduct 2nd, Burglary 2nd, and theft by unlawful taking. Fischer is a UK student.
Someone found the effigy hanging from a tree on the University of Kentucky campus.
The item was discovered Wednesday morning in a tree along a walkway from Rose Street to the William T. Young Library.
It was immediately cut down from the tree.
President Lee Todd said he was "disgusted" by the discovery. Governor Steve Beshear also issued a statement saying he "strongly agrees" with President Todd.

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[luvspeas]

1. Joe the Racist!

Sorry.
no I'm not.

[tanyev]

8. Maybe McCain will post his bail so he can start making campaign appearances.

[Kittycat]

2. Facebook here:

http://www.facebook.com/people/Hunter_Bush/12933628
You have to be a friend to view though.

[martymar64]

3. They need to be beaten with a sockful of D Size Batteries

I'll volunteer!

[OnyxCollie]

4. Hunter Bush.

The name alone screams "Asshole".

[jkshaw]

5. A little laugh there on my part -- the reporter slipped and

called the effigy "of President Ob ... CANDIDATE Obama."

[KamaAina]

6. I knew it! It's all Bush's fault!

Figures. :eyes:

[stillcool]

9. Living up to his name..

Barbara will be proud.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Before you're freeped by someone demanding apologies for maverick Palin's effigy

Here's a very abbreviated list of similar Obama effigies which happened long before someone added a Palin effigy:

Oregon school says 4 confessed to Obama effigy
Christian university says students punished; FBI still investigating
updated 8:05 p.m. CT, Tues., Sept. 30, 2008
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26963833/

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Obama effigy found hanging at George Fox University
11:39 AM PDT on Friday, September 26, 2008



http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_092408_news_obama_effigy.a95f35cb.html

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Racist Obama Effigy Hung In Ohio (VIDEO)

October 19, 2008 0:300 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/19/racist-obama-effigy-hung_n_135971.html

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Hoosier removes Obama effigy from tree
Associated Press
Posted: October 30, 2008

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081030/NEWS0502/810300430

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SoCal woman removes bloody Obama effigy

10:55 a.m. October 30, 2008

REDONDO BEACH – A Redondo Beach resident has removed a Halloween effigy of Barack Obama hanging from her balcony with a giant butcher knife through its neck.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20081030-1055-ca-obamaeffigy.html

[EC]

10. There's also the reasoning that there aren't clans of people out there

that would hang a woman, but there are that would once again hang a black man...the history is there, hangings didn't stop until the 60's that is still fresh in a lot of peoples minds...

[CherokeeDem]

11. Interesting...

There was a troll on yesterday that questioned why I was embarrassed by this behavior which occurred at University of Kentucky, my alma mater (I live in Lexington), but I had not mentioned how horrible Sarah Pallin being hung in effigy was. I responded that I took more of a personal interest in my own community but did not condone either. Interesting that these two morons that hung an effigy of Obama at UK...did so in response to the Pallin effigy. So much for the troll's equal condemnation argument! I love these idiots. They just can't keep up the act.