Obama "Ghost" Described as "Racist"

TV stations, newspapers, and political blogs picked up the story of a Fairfield man's anti-Obama display. Mike Lunsford hung the display at a home at Symmes and Hicks Road in Fairfield this week. His neighbors called Local 12 to express their shock, saying the display is racist and offensive. But Lunsford, who spoke to Local 12's Shawn Ley spoke isn't shy about his views. The make-shift ghost hangs from a noose above an"McCain-Palin" sign. A Barack Obama sign attached upside down. Obama's middle name: "Hussein" spray painted and misspelled above. Mike Lunsford hung the ghost in his yard. He spoke to us off-camera, saying his views could hurt his employers business ... but he says make no mistake: He doesn't want an African American running the country. Lunsford says he believes Barack Obama is not a "full blooded American." And he says the United States is a white, Christian nation - and only with white Christians should be in power. With Lunsford not willing to share his views on-camera: "It's like whoa. He's definitely anti-black." Vickie Crowe lives next door. She's an Obama supporter. "What did you think when you first saw that?" Vickie Crowe/neighbor: "Well actually my 5 year old son says Obama's hanging upside down. He's what? He's hanging upside down. It's the neighbor's ghost. I took it as a little bit of a racist statement because my grandson's mixed and it hurt a little bit." Mike Lunsford says he got the idea after an Obama supporter in New York put up this display of a Obama mannequin being chased by a figure of John McCain wearing Ku Klux Klan robes. Another neighbor, Megan Sory says this symbol makes her more than uneasy it scares her. Megan Story/neighbor: "He's been a really nice neighbor but it's one of those you question and wonder, you know, if he's that forward about something will he be forward enough to do something else, too. it is scary at times but we live in a scary world." Lunsford also says he's motivated by the national media which he says is pro-Obama. Local 12's story on the ghost has been picked up over the last 24 hours by major TV stations and newspapers across the country and nearly a dozen political blogs, including USA Today and Democratic Underground.

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[jesseinmontana]

Yeah, I must be a liberal since I think racists are cowards (you).

[corbaman]

Call this douche yourselves and let him know how you feel:

Lunsford, Michael

1941 Fairfax Ave

Fairfield Township, OH 45015

513-889-1816

[Smoke393]

MELTING POT OF FRIENDSHIP

[TheFirestorm214]

GHOST IS A MELTING POT OF FRIENDSHIP

[sk8erpunk351]

Hahahahaaahahahahahahahahahaja­haha!!!!!

[BilaalUSA]

To compare Obamas reform proposals to the horrific atrocities of the Holocaust is simply ridiculous. By the way Knight, Hitler was not a Black Muslim; according to his autobiography, Mein Kampf, this white supremacist felt it was his Christian duty to exterminate the Jews. It may also interest you to know that the anti-Semetic Pope in those days, Pius XII, fully endorsed the Nazi "Solution".

[BilaalUSA]

Knight: Social Security, Medicare, Civil Rights, Womans Suffrage were all the result of moral reform. Americas existence is a testament to positive reform. Post offices and public libraries are not communistic havens designed to crush UPS or Barns & Noble. Most who scream Communism take full advantage of all eligible social benefits. When positive change takes place, remember to be honest about which side you were on. Your shallow comments regarding Black Muslims do not warrant a response.

[BilaalUSA]

Bush did more to fan the flames of terrorism than Al Qaeda! He and his arrogant cronies crafted easy to digest punch-lines to feed discontent to that segment of society that craves such a diet. The reign of deregulated terror he dealt our economy nearly took the nation into financial collapse. His own experts admitted that the misguided war in Iraq diverted attention from the real enemy and 911 perpetrators in Afghanistan and Pakistani border, the cost of which can only be described as obscene.

[NautyKnight]

Bush was a great leader. He actually LEAD the country to do something against terrorism. Obama has done nothing so far in office except constantly bellyache over getting the country to convert to social reform - something that most Amercians learned the evils of during WWII when Nazi Germany was all about socialized reform - and the genocide of Jews. Of course all the muslim negros in Amercia want to see white Christian men and women wiped out. That would be like black muslim utopia for sure.

[scooter45207]

Fuck you I am probably well more educated then you is with a degree in Mental/Human service and psychology, I could probably help you out with your little problem on being an asshole online and to scared to speak out in real life sucker because that is what you are a fake ass sucker at that. If you want my help you know where to find me looser

[sonabehr]

Nice education...your grammar and lexicon need updating, sir. Punctuation and usage are SURE marks of an educated response.