Oh My God! Fairfield OH, racist hangs Obama ghost in tree!!!

[bkkyosemite]

Surprise, shock and some fear in a local neighborhood, after an anti-Obama display is hung from a tree. The display is at a home at Symmes and Hicks Road in Fairfield.

And the person who put it there says the message isn't political, it's racist. Shawn Ley spoke with the man who isn't shy about his views.

There it is, right above the "McCain-Palin" sign: a make-shift ghost, hanging from a noose. 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."

His neighbors are. 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.

Here - new mom Megan story 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. The McCain KKK image is being celebrated as a "hit" on the internet. Lunsford expects a negative reaction to this, although he hasn't gotten any complaints.

http://www.local12.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=39c3f3ee-24f8-4126-9ea8-f8b18ef1c2d1

We need to yell about this to the authorities, to the news people.......

[RagAss]

1. What are you trying to accomplish by posting this here?

[bkkyosemite]

3. I am fearful for Obama that's all and I want people to stand up to these pigs and speak out.

[Strelnikov_]

6. Hang in there.

Things are raw.

Regarding the Freepers yard art, my bet is that they are driving 10 votes to O'Biden for every one to McMoose.

A reverse 'Bradley effect'.

[bkkyosemite]

8. Thank you I sure hope you are right. But you would think there is a law against this

He is a Senator.

[RagAss]

10. if it gets any worse.....we're going to do more than speak.

[Tallison]

2. Self-delete

[xchrom]

4. oh my god! oh my god! oh my god! -- are you surprised

or just dense?

[bkkyosemite]

7. No just concerned and would think the racheting up would concern others to the point of action

by voice.

[20score]

9. WTF! Was that necessary? Really. Somebody in this thread is dense, but not

the writer of the OP.

[bkkyosemite]

5. I have watched youtube for Oct 11th. The rage from the other side is getting

very dangerous. We need to start calling the FBI with our concerns about the anger, threats and racist ranting that is going on since Palin and McCain have been inciting it for weeks now. We cannot just stay silent. I will be calling the FBI tomorrow with my concerns.

[20score]

11. Please don't pay attention to the judgmental people here, bkkyosemite.

Some just love to find fault. It's what they do.

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. yep.

[bkkyosemite]

14. Thank you ;-)

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. Welcome to DU

You'll get used to the criticism. :hi:

[bkkyosemite]

13. Thank you I understand that and I'm new so few posts do not help but thank you for your kindness

[bkkyosemite]

15. Shouldn't we be getting a campaign together to launch a complaint about all the violent talk I dunno

but I'm getting really worried for Obama. I took my bumper sticker off the car today (magnetic) until I returned to the parking lot..lot of repubs here. This is getting very ugly sigh...

[Liberal_in_LA]

17. I'd be worried. Glad I live in a liberal state.

[20score]

18. Thanks, and welcome.

[bkkyosemite]

19. Well the Youtube on it hit DU's front page-Good for channel 12

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

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x217931