Obama effigy reported in Plains, Ga.

Carter did it. Jealousy of BO getting the Peace Prize.

Oh please. Despite breathy reports such as this designed to paint Obama as a poor victim, U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan testified at the December 3, 2009 Homeland Security Committee hearing that the level of threats against Obama "are the same level as it has been [against] the last two presidents." Americans and freedom are the victims under Obama. He's a narcissistic con man. Nothing more. 2012 can't come soon enough.

Okay, conservatives: care to spin about how this incident isn't racist? You seem to do such a good job at thinking there's been zero racism directed towards the nation's first Black president (with a Muslim middle name!), and I'm curious to see how you'll spin this one. Let me guess your top 3:

1)"Democrats used to hang little white dolls of George Bush all the time! Where was the "Lib-une" back then?"

2)How dare anyone make fun of Rush Limbaugh being ill, despite his myriad comments showing complete disrespect when Ted Kennedy died?

3)Glenn Beck said this was staged by the liberal media just to draw attention - and besides, now that Obama is president, I have none of the same freedoms, my taxes have gone up 800%, and me and my white friends are being discriminated against everywhere!!!'

4)War yes, healthcare no! War yes, healthcare no!

Ah, conservatives. So adorable. So obvious. So afraid. Liberals who love America like I do wish you'd spend some of the new year getting back to being proud of your country, while realizing a few changes won't be such a bad thing. Couldn't hurt, right?

(And don't wait for Beck or Rush or Hannity to tell you to feel this way - it's really liberating to feel something for yourself!!!)

There is only one bow I would like to see our President make. I'd like him to bow to reality. He appeared before a podium and a presidential seal in Hawaii. Tieless, he assured us that the failed Christmas Day attack by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was the work of an "isolated extremist."

TAKE A BOW, NOBAMA!!!
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http://spectator.org/archives/2010/01/04/time-to-take-a-bow
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How did Obama know that? Very quickly word is coming out that the 23-year old Nigerian may well have been schooled by the same Imam who coached the Fort Hood shooter. Is it the extremists who are isolated? Or is Barack Obama isolated?

Wait...so the anti-semite Jimmy Carter is an expert on race relations.

Is he as good at race relations as Barry "the cops acted stupidly" Obama?

HOW'S THAT HOPEY/CHANGEY THING WORKING FOR YA?
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Partisan Trends
Number of Democrats Falls to New Low, Down Six Points Since Election 2008
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In December, the number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats fell to the lowest level recorded in more than seven years of monthly tracking.
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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/partisan_trends

All I will say is that if it was someone on the right it would have never made it to the news so fast. And about race, Obama is of color so you use a colored doll. Now if something was wrote that would be another matter. But, lets got real here no one raised a finger when does was done to Bush. You Obama lovers are so full of yourselves.

I hope they find the guy and show him the door. If he hates America so much, he is welcome to leave.

WOW!!!!!!!! LEFTIES REALLY ARE THE RACISTS.
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Berkeley's Unbearable Whiteness of Science
By Thomas Lifson
The racial madness that has left-wing America in its thrall finds its apogee in the Berkeley, California public schools. Berkeley High School is now poised to eliminate science laboratory classes because "science labs were largely classes for white students."
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http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/berkeleys_unbearable_whiteness.html

SadTimesForRepubs thank GOD that libs only make up 20% of the voters. But, I agree with your ending.

Typical dumbocrat comment from sad times. Take an extreme example of hate and apply it to everyone that does not agree with Obama. Yes, the person that did this is a disgrace. But then again so are all these stimulus packages that have amounted to nothing. Just stick to looking at the President's dropping approval rating.

BTW, glad you are proud of the healthcare that passed with no public option or tort reform.

Looks like the SS has removed all photos on the internet of the effigy of our president , I cannot find one, They were happy to display effigies of Bush burning. Big Brother hard at work.

One look at the contents of some of the above proves that President is in danger.

It is so tiring when conservatives say they love their country while spewing hatred at anyone that doesn't agree with their narrow minded opinions. You don't have to agree with all of the President's views, but you should respect him. You can no longer discuss politics or even agree to disagree. People have taken such a hard-line look at every single issue. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and their right to express it, we must also be tolerant of opposing views and at least be civil.

Only in Chicago are racism claims in the media and press as regular an occurance as taking a shower. In no other city that I travel to, and on no other news stations that Iisten to or watch is there so much race baiting and so many fire alarms bieng pulled.

The liberals in this town need this stuff.They create it and feed off of it. Without drama and racism, they would have no causes and no way to control government.

Sure, Conservatives, we have no racism in the US... keep dreaming!

We'll see if in 2050, when minorities will be the majority, you still think we don't have racism, we shall see...

What's adorable to me is when conservatives who supported a trillion-dollar war against a country that never attacked us, try to pretend like they favor "fiscal responsibility." Please. Do you people even hear yourselves? Who expanded the government, and the deficit, to their largest size in history? Who ran the most fiscally reckless administration in history??

NOT Democrats. NOT liberals. I know Glenn and Rush say differently, but they are LYING to you.

"But "that racism.... still exists,'' Carter said, "and I think it's bubbled up to the surface, because of a belief among many white people, not just in the South, but around the country, that African Americans are not qualified to lead this great country."

I know people who feel this way, and in fact heard ugly comments about Obama's race over the holidays--by supposed "good Christian folk". Good tidings to all. . .

Okay, conservatives: care to spin about how this incident isn't racist? You seem to do such a good job at thinking there's been zero racism directed towards the nation's first Black president (with a Muslim middle name!), and I'm curious to see how you'll spin this one. Let me guess your top 3:

1)"Democrats used to hang little white dolls of George Bush all the time! Where was the "Lib-une" back then?"

2)How dare anyone make fun of Rush Limbaugh being ill, despite his myriad comments showing complete disrespect when Ted Kennedy died?

3)Glenn Beck said this was staged by the liberal media just to draw attention - and besides, now that Obama is president, I have none of the same freedoms, my taxes have gone up 800%, and me and my white friends are being discriminated against everywhere!!!'

4)War yes, healthcare no! War yes, healthcare no!

Ah, conservatives. So adorable. So obvious. So afraid. Liberals who love America like I do wish you'd spend some of the new year getting back to being proud of your country, while realizing a few changes won't be such a bad thing. Couldn't hurt, right?

(And don't wait for Beck or Rush or Hannity to tell you to feel this way - it's really liberating to feel something for yourself!!!)

Um. Y'know, effigies, hanging or burning, are not necessarily a marker of racism. Effigies are a function of politics.

At some point, crying "racism" will get what the kid got who cried wolf.

"It is so tiring when conservatives say they love their country while spewing hatred at anyone that doesn't agree with their narrow minded opinions. You don't have to agree with all of the President's views, but you should respect him. "

Yes, if the previous 8 years have taught us anything; it is that the political left only care about respect when it involves a Democrat. If you had shown the Republican President respect when he was in office, the Democrat President would likely be receiving more... instead both you and Obama blame Bush, attack anyone who disagrees with you and act like spoiled children whenever anything doesn't go you way.

Liberals and Democrats wouldn't recognize facts or truth if it bit them in their self-indulgent a$$es.

Screw FOX news... anyone who has watched CNN, NBC et al. can see what a screw-up this administration is... in spite of the constant spin!

I remember well all the racism that spewed in white neighborhoods right here in Chicago when Harold Washington ran for mayor. I heard people say things like "Vote right, vote white", and a Bernie Epton commercial ended with "before it's too late". Bernie Epton was an unknown Republican candidate who somehow amassed almost half the vote, which was unprecedented for a Republican running for mayor of Chicago, but then it was the same election in which an African American was running as the Democratic candidate, which was also unprecedented. I'm sure that was just a coincidence. And I'm sure that racial attitudes have done a 180 since 1983.

I have only to read emails from members of my own family, good practicing pro-life homophobic Polish-American Catholics one and all to remind me what kind of racists they still are.

I love how all the liberals embrace Obama's "isolated radical" when discussing the terrorist attacks of the past several months, yet insist that most, if not all, criticism of Obama is racist.

SadTimes, is it racist only because he's BLACK? I don't remember anyone crying racism when Bush was ridiculed. You might want to consult a dictionary: race has nothing to do with it. The fact that he's a horrible leader has everything to do with it.

SadTimesForRepubs, you win first place for most predictable post. Did you have to consult the Liberal Responses for Dummies handbook to write that?
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/27/can-you-imagine-if-an-obama-effigy-were-hung-from-a-noose/

Anti-Racist... Anti-Obama

Based on a few of the comments I read here, I see that "opinion over facts (truth)" still prevails.

When faced with facts, more and more people voice an opinion and claim it's real, and that the the facts are not.

That's scary. I call it the "It's My Opinion, Take it or Leave It," or

"We report you listen." (Faux Gnus)... either one: both wrong (in my opinion).

"I hope they find the guy and show him the door. If he hates America so much, he is welcome to leave.
Posted by: Patriot | January 4, 2010 10:07 AM"

Clarify this. Do you mean the President or the person that hung the effigy?

The right wing republican party bloggers here are a bunch of dorks.

I feel bad for them being so powerless and ranting about all the time. Must be tough being irrelevant

Hanging someone in effigy is an expression of personal dislike (maybe even hatred). I would expect such a disply hatred of our President from the myriad of radicals around the world not citizens of this country.

Former President Carter has spoken true worthy words to be investigating "Hate Organizations/Hate Crimes committed. A major group that I truly believe is under watch is "The Pioneer Fund" a group that vetted Sarah Palin and gave and I believe who, still are supporting Palin, Former Vice President Cheney, FOX Radio/TV teams/individuals according to Morris Dees "Intelligence Report" magazine. More public awareness is necessary and who better to bring this "oppression" and "oppressors" and oppressor-agents" to the surface of main stream America, than Former President Carter, who remains true to America . To Humanity. Former President Jimmy Carter.

Exactly what law (laws) are broken when you hang a public figure in effigy?

I am so glad we have the second amendment!

The left would never do anything like this would they?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HINhfkQAz1g

Remember these from the 2008 election?

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=sarah+palin+effigy&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=zX5CS8XwGZPaNqWSlfkI&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5&ved=0CBsQsAQwBA

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Posted by: Caleb Gornstein | January 4, 2010 3:52 PM
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Actually, Caleb, threatening someone with bodily injury or death is a crime under the laws of most states, as long as it is an imminent, credible threat and intended to be understood as one. (See, e.g., Cal. Pen. Code, § 422; N.J.S.A. § 2C:12-3, and Tex. Pen. Code, § 22.07.) In addition, federal law specifically prohibits making such threats against the President, federal officers, and against anyone if done by means of the instrumentalities of interstate commerce. (18 U.S.C. §§ 871, et seq.) These are just a few examples, and not intended to be and exhaustive list.
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I’m not saying that hanging or burning a doll or effigy of some politician immediately qualifies as a violation of any of these laws. For instance, if it is done as some form of political protest, hyperbolic expression of displeasure, or even as a joke (just to name a few circumstances), then doing so wouldn’t likely violate the law. The problem with applying laws against “terrorist” or “criminal” threats in such instances is that it would criminalize a lot of speech and conduct protected by the First Amendment. (See Watts v. United States, 394 U.S. 705 (1969) at http://supreme.justia.com/us/394/705/case.html .) The same could not be said, however, if the circumstances convey an imminent, credible threat of death or bodily harm. Such “speech” has no more constitutional protection than yelling “fire” in a crowded theatre or committing extortion. Context and intent are everything.
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BTW - I, too, am glad we have a Second Amendment. However, I don’t understand that constitutional provision as authorizing the use deadly force until and unless there is an imminent threat of bodily harm or death, or of invasion. If your happiness over the existence of the Second Amendment is some veiled threat of insurrection, then methinks you are talking trash. Violence should never invade political discourse as long as words can do the job; and words still work. Even according to the Declaration of Independence, bloody Revolution is not to be undertaken lightly. It is a remedy of last resort reserved for systemic failure of the political system which results in serious destruction of life, liberty and property. I cannot think of any single failure, much less a total failure in any part of our country’s current circumstances, which could justify resort to arms to settle political differences. Besides, with modern technology being what it is, armed insurrection would be more devastating and bloody than many could now imagine. A lot of people who talk of war have never been in a battle with trained soldiers shooting at them. Those who have are not so eager to repeat the experience. Think about it.

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Posted by: SadTimesForRepubs | January 4, 2010 9:27 AM
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Posted by: SadTimesForRepubs | January 4, 2010 9:27 AM
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Do you care to explain why “conservatives” have to step-and-fetch for an explanation every time someone commits some stupid, racist act? Is it really that hard to believe that many conservatives actually hate racism and groan every time some racist remark or gesture is brought to light?
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I, for one, will assume (as you do) that the hanging in effigy of Obama was motivated by racism. However, the racial motivation behind the act doesn’t mean that I must explain, justify or mitigate the act, or even apologize for it. Guilt is personal in this country; and I had nothing to do with the effigy of Obama found in Plains, Georgia. As long as I, as a free-agent and individual, refrain from engaging in racially motivated misconduct or encouraging it in others, I have absolutely no reason to bear the guilt of, or answer for, someone else’s stupid, racist behavior. Are you getting the picture now, or must I illustrate the point by leaving spaces for you to color in or connect the dots?
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If I seem a little miffed at your brazen attempt to paint most or all conservatives as racists or racist supporters, I am. Not only is the accusation unfounded (and, perhaps, a bit racist in itself), it also has a chilling effect on legitimate criticism of the President and his administration. I readily admit that I oppose many of Obama’s policies and goals. I wouldn’t be much of a Libertarian if I didn’t. My opposition, however, has nothing to do with Obama’s ethnic origins. I would oppose the same goals and policies were they championed by any politician (regardless of ethnic background) because I believe they are inimical to basic, human freedom. Yet, with stalking horses like Jimmy Carter - and, now, people like you - I face being accused of racism for expressing my legitimate opposition. I wonder if you have even half a clue as to how inherently wrong that is. I somehow doubt it.

It doesn't matter what people did during previous administrations, we all need to take responsibility for our actions. We can all continue to sling mud at each other, or try to act like adults.