UPDATE: CBS picked it up. west hollywood(phone.mpeg) - October 24, 2008, 07:26 AM

[Goldwater68]

The Liberal Keith Olbermann labeled the guy the "worst person in the world."

I think he's from the Media. The difference is, black men were hung in America before, in public, often for the sole crime of being black! This insult to Palin-while disgusting-is in no way a revival of past ugly chapter of America's history.

[Smokin3215]

Putting up holloween designs is NOT a hate crime. idiots.

[DameDiabolique]

This just in.

Effigy of Obama found at the University of Kentucky hanging from a tree.

This is the second effigy of Barack Obama; the first found at a Christian college in Oregon where 4 students were punished when they confessed to hanging the effigy....

Yet no one says a word....

[PaintMaryconley]

is there and actual picture of it? or is it like the one from ealier this year that ONLY the Janitor saw.

[DameDiabolique]

Are you kidding me? All you have to do is a simple google search and you will find these stories. There may not be pictures of the actual effigies but 4 kids got suspended at George Fox University, apparently more than the Janitor saw that one....

LOL...

[PaintMaryconley]

yeah i googled but i want pictures. ther were no pictures of the first one that went up and these things seem to appear every time Obmama has something to cover up ,, BTW WHY is the Govoner of HI hiding Obmaams supposed birth cert? and why does Obamas Grandmother claim she Witnessed his birth in Kenya?

[DameDiabolique]

What does this have to do with that???? And this "I want pictures" thing is ridiculous. How does that determine whether it is fake or not? It's not fake, I live in Kentucky, it actually happened. People got SUSPENDED from the Oregon school so it indeed happened. This is just ignorant.

[PaintMaryconley]

it has everything to do with it

Duke Players went on trial under the acusation of rape .. but it turned out that didn't happen either.. so. i want pictures not just circumstanial evidence.

and so far with the exception of the NY "decoration", and the one in OH, i havn't seen pictures .

it still dosn't change the Fact that your man is nothing more then an inexsperianced puppet of corruption

[DameDiabolique]

The kids that did the effigy thing at George Fox CONFESSED...

OK, since apparently you won't listen to reason, I will leave you alone in your own disillusion little world.

Did you ever think that the reason why they didn't release pictures of the actual effigy is a Security issue...

[PaintMaryconley]

NO RACIAL SLURS.

[midwest26]

That was a ghost these people went as far to make it look exactly like them. I think it was more about getting people to vote for Obama than it was halloween, but who cares. Stupid things like this don't make me change my mind about who I vote for. They should be able to do what they want as long as it is okay with both candidates no double standards.

[midwest26]

If you think it can't happen look at what happened with the jena six.

[PaintMaryconley]

your other comment was removed . attacking race and religion are below the belt and will not be tolerated on this channel. go after his crappy policies. there is enough there that there is no need to attack his ethnicity.. and i think your a plant .

[BlueskyTN]

The guy seems to be a first class twerp. This is how he's chosen to stand behind "freedom of speech?" Wow...soooo brave.

[jjurado11]

So, If I would do the same thing for Obama,it would be ok because its halloween right?.

I have a question for the homeowners,if I put a gay doll with a rainbow flag hanging would it be ok with you guys,after all is halloween right?

They did this just for the hate,not for halloween it just an excuse.

[PaintMaryconley]

see other video

[hol35]

This makes me sick. The only thing scary about this is the mind of the creator. Notice how there is no other halloween decorations on the house. Totally a hate crime with the noose in it. Totally unacceptable and this person should be put in jail.

[mitch629]

Sickening & despicable. The culprit's name is Chad Michael Morrissette and his address is:

1253 N Orange Grove Ave

West Hollywood, CA 90046-5311

(323) 822-9383

can you imagine the outcry if that had been Obama being hanged in effigy? Why isn't the FBI or secret service at this guys door? God pity this nation.

[PaintMaryconley]

mitch I posted my response there WAS a "Barry " ghost in OH. but it was wallmart ghost. either way it was distastfull politics should really be kept out of holloween , it's a religious Holiday. My new years .

[bowser724]

"Politics should be kept out of Halloween because it's a religious holiday."

Why not get rid of the extensive commercialism of the holiday as well? I'd approve of that.

[PaintMaryconley]

it would be nice if they got rid of commercialism in ALL holidays .

since it demeans their true spirit.

but I don't see that happening, as long as people keep buying it.

but thats the way it works in a free market. the market decides . personally. I still make all my own presents for Christmas and the winter Holidays .( my family is Christian, so I sudo celebrate that , and wintereenmas is a gamer holiday... and then their is Yule...)

[PaintMaryconley]

Samhain is effectively new years , and death and the dead are to respected but not "celebrated" in THIS manner... it a time of remembrance and renewal , and thankfulness and hope for surviving the upcoming months or at least until Yule when the long night heads towards the dawn and rebirth of Ostar.

[jp3711nc1]

I think anybody who told you this was fake should apologize because fox and cnn covered it.

[PaintMaryconley]

they don't need to appologize just post retractions :P

but you may have missed THAT fun from last week

i'm posting the better vid in about an hour and both stories.. since the Obmama effigy is being called "hatefull" and "racsit" and Palin is being call "art"

[huruy]

you expect us to believe this?.....1. we cant see whats hanging let alone tell who its supposed to be, 2, how do we know you didn't hang that up to counter your dumb mistake just so you can say "oh look" an obama supporter is doing this." when in reality you hung that up knowing we cant make it out since its a crappy video upload.?? and how do we know it is in fact what you say it is, whenwe cant see shit. stop making things up just because you dont like obama.

[PaintMaryconley]

uh becuse it's a shitty cell camera , and i don't get home till after dark i'm, going back withe Canon digi rebel XT and the Sony Camcorder tomarrow to get better quality vid .

and I admit my mistakes I don't cover them up.

[huruy]

yeah i bet you set that up yourself...and you'll do the same tomorrow.

[PaintMaryconley]

eh no. but i'm uploading the better vid tonight. although CBS already did a story it( today) so it verifies it.

and this is NOT "art", this kid is seriously disturbed

[dandizzle5956]

why give the exact location of this if u were not principled enough to act on correcting this or exacting some kind of just revenge? oh you want someone else to do it. like maybe some guys with tattoos of the confederate flag, or with more less to lose if caught. hypocrite.

[PaintMaryconley]

ther isn't an exact location on this .

you have to go look for it, and considering it's a whole house decoration, on a very busy street , it's hardly a "secret location".

[dandizzle5956]

move to wyoming, idaho, or alaska.

[PaintMaryconley]

don't think we havn't considered it.

[MadBadVoodo]

Five Stars!!

[cr4607]

Isn't it just wrong that it's a representation of a real person hanging? Who cares if it's the Republican VP nominee or the Presidential Democratic Nominee? Obviously you do. I'm not a parent, but if I had kids I wouldn't want them seeing that kind of stuff no matter who it is. I'm an Obama supporter but I would demand that, that be taken down just for the sake of decency. Not because of political implications. You're video like the GOP campaign has no real message. It's just whining.

[PaintMaryconley]

it's almost halloween if it was a generic haunted house or a person dressed up as "Zombie" Palin or "vampire" McCain i'd of been fine, that is funny. this is not funny.

[cr4607]

very true.

[SereneOrganics]

maybe you did this yourself, like the stupid bitch who carved a B in her own face

[edrammeh]

Now are there double standards. HELL YEAH! There are double standards on both sides. But it just doesn't make any difference. I suggest you give up wasting you time, looking for something to accuse those you disagree with.

[edrammeh]

This is ridiculous! Take the action of one individual, then make a against a general population. The problem isn't the action of that one person. The problem lies with prejudices and racism. That is people taking a racial view to bad incidences. I don't like palin, but I would never want her. What does that make me? The exception to rule...stupidity! This action here is the exception, not me.

[AverageCamino]

Imagine if it were Obama hanging...HATE CRIME! THOUGHTCRIME! Doubleplusungood! They'd be whisked off to jail so fast their head would spin.

Do it to a conservative - it's free speech. Call the police and see what they do.

[PaintMaryconley]

it's los angeles it will be deemed "free speach" and a Holloween decoration.

BUT if I do the same with Obama, I will be locked up and charged with a hate crime.

[MadBadVoodo]

Fact!

[rustygaver]

They're getting out of control. NOBAMA'08!