Laura Mulholland, Minnesota Woman, Impales Chair With Bayonet, 'Lynches' It In Anti-Obama Display

[Quixote1818]

A southwest Rochester woman said she doesn’t see any problem with a politically oriented display in her yard in which a chair is suspended from a tree by a noose, with a bayonet and rifle stuck in the side of the chair — a reference to President Obama.

“It’s been there for a month,” said Laura Mulholland on Tuesday when asked about the display outside her house at 3005 40th St. S.W. "I'm not sure why everyone is up in arms about it."

Mulholland said she and her husband, Kevin Mulholland, got the idea for displaying an empty chair after watching actor Clint Eastwood’s speech at the Republican National Convention, where he had an imaginary conversation with Obama.






http://www.postbulletin.com/news/stories/display.php?id=1513525

[DU9598]

1. Poor soul

I hope she gets the therapy she clearly requires.

[Alekei_Firebird]

2. Yawn

Yet another white racist who irrationally hates Obama.

Let's ignore them.

[Ikonoklast]

18. NO. Let's confront them on their racism.

Playing nice is for losers, we need to fight these assholes every single time, or it just emboldens them.

[JI7]

3. wonder what Eastwood thinks about that

[Ikonoklast]

23. He's busy arguing with a davenport.

[madinmaryland]

38. I thought he was pissed at the Ottoman!!

[Ikonoklast]

41. No, Eastwood has no beef with the Turks.

[madinmaryland]

44. Then why the hell was he arguing with an Iowan??

Isn't that supposed to be a swing state??

[Ikonoklast]

46. I always assumed Iowa was more of a

square dance than a swing state.

Iowa must have got a lot more hip since the last time I was there.

[Faygo Kid]

4. Charmers, aren't they?

I hope and pray people like this choke on the results next week.

[TwilightGardener]

5. Nope, not crazy at all. Not at all...

[BeyondGeography]

6. These people are going to crash-land on Tuesday night

Bless their hearts.

[Quixote1818]

12. I was thinking the same thing...

The crazes may really come out from the woodwork Tuesday and go NUTS!!! This is going to shake their whole foundation!

[BeyondGeography]

21. It will be like watching a whole new category of porn

Batshit porn, or something...

Four more years.

[slackmaster]

7. I understand the (probably Chinese) SKS rifle and the noose, but what's the pitching wedge for?

[Faygo Kid]

10. Because the reich wing fumes about his playing golf.

A family consumed by Faux News, Rush and Hannity.

And their racism.

They are disgusting. May they lose.

[Bake]

43. But Dubya "now watch this drive" was fine and dandy to them.

What hypocrites.

Bake

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

13. Perhaps a shout-out to Bob Hope?

They're nuts. Who the hell knows?

[Brother Buzz]

25. Black Horse and Bayonet are two golf couses near Clint Eastwood’s home

Located on the old Fort Ord property. I played Black Horse as a soldier, Bayonet, thirty years later, as a civilian. Bayonet is a south-paw golfer's wet dream.

Beyond that, I ain't got nothing.

[slackmaster]

27. I suspect that the artist is mentally unhinged, so there probably is no really good explanation

Thanks!

[Brother Buzz]

29. Wait, wait, wait....

Obama is a south paw. Coincidence?

[Zalatix]

35. They are making a parody of themselves and they don't even realize it.

[Siwsan]

8. At least there isn't a horse involved

And I gdid I miss something in that article? What is the significance of the golf club??

[GETTINGTIRED]

9. lets just say it

IGNORANT.....as the day is long....

[SubgeniusHasSlack]

11. Repellent republickcon sociopathy

republickconism is a social disease.

[keikoasmom]

14. Is this Simply Racism at it's Worst?

The behavior of Americans embarasses me and saddens me.
A friend, actually two different people now, have said, "Linda,
it is simply racism." One is a black surgeon, a friend of my husband's, the other is a forum friend, a white school teacher from CA.
I thought we had moved beyond racism, sexism and other
types of petty discrimination decades ago, but I see that I
am naive and possibly living in a fantasy world.
At the same time, I am proud to have lived when a
wonderful man, an honest, intelligent problem-solver who loves our country,
has been president and he just happened to be partly AA.
His parents and grandparents gave him a wonderful legacy
of caring, education and work ethics that would have been lauded
with wonder and celebration in the perfect world.
At the same time, I hope that Barack Obama knows how much we have appreciated his foolhardy choice to take on the challenge that Bush left, the destruction of our country, our economy and the thriving corruption in
high places.
I am honored to have been able to vote for Obama twice.

[rightsideout]

15. Memories of when I was an art student

When I was an art student we did pieces like this.

My sculpture project involved a chair too. But my sculpture was a wooden school chair with a tree growing out of it. Hanging from one of the branches was a child's swing and I welded a simple wire frame kid onto the swing. I got an A.

My critique of this particular piece shows a demented individual who has a slight tendency towards violence. My first thought is since the setting is in the country this is a piece that shows the artist doesn't like Scandinavian furniture.

[slackmaster]

19. In my school such a piece would have led to deep discussions of feminist symbolism

Just like every other piece of art.

[marions ghost]

20. "the artist doesn't like Scandanavian Furniture" (!?!)

[marions ghost]

16. very abstract...

put it in the Museum of Right Wing Hate.

[11 Bravo]

17. Hey, crazy lady, fuck up all the chairs you want. If it keeps you off the street, it's a net plus.

And if you're feeling REALLY destructive, I suggest dropping a few English Muffins in the old toaster, setting it to high, and then hopping it the bathtub with the toaster clutched to your chest. (Trust me, this will keep the muffins from drying out.)

[Initech]

22. WTF is going on here? Are they all injecting bath salts straight to their veins or something?

They seem to be doubling down on the extreme hate and bigotry lately.

[spanone]

24. laura mulholland the racist... all her neighbors and friends now know.

[MrScorpio]

26. There's a lot of hate going on in that woman

What a sad, pathetic soul.

[argiel1234]

28. bless her heart

what a sweet woman she seems to be.

Hateful, racist piece of shit of a human being

[Quixote1818]

30. When I first saw the photo I just assumed she was not a fan of the movie The Jerk.

Because Steve Martin was born a poor black child and all he needed was that chair. She didn't want him to have the chair that was all he needed!

[Raine]

31. "Up for a month"? Then where did the bayonet idea come in to it? That was just

a week ago during the debate ... typical repuke LIAR.

[Sunlei]

32. If I lived there I would cut it down. No neighbors with a backbone in that area?

[slackmaster]

34. I wouldn't go trespassing on the property of someone crazy enough to display something like that

It's her property and her business. She can deal with the social consequences of her actions.

[Sunlei]

45. true, note the address. lynch of the President scene is surrounded by 100 acres of plowed fields.

The woman is crying for attention on social media. Perhaps the local authorities should be made aware if there are children in reach of an old gun, a noose and a long knife in the families only big tree.

[GoCubsGo]

33. Laura Mullholand is in dire need of some serious psychiatric help.

And, so is her husband.

[mac56]

36. I think she's picking up stations the rest of us don't get.

[Auntie Bush]

37. The noose alone make it a shameful racist statement.

That's sickening!

[JustAnotherGen]

39. The brain trust of MN right there . . .

[tanyev]

40. Hmph. Not very ergonomic.

[BlueIndyBlue]

42. We have some of the same idiots here

in Indiana.....




http://www.wthr.com/story/19956914/secret-service-investigates-boone-county-hanging-obama-display

Happy to report he was forced by the neighbors to take it down and then got a surprise visit from the Secret Service. He said it got to be "mentally exhausting" with the harrasment he was receiving. I think he has long been mentally exhausted but that is just my opinion. This country is finally unraveling.