Fairfield (OH) Neighbors Upset Over Anti-Obama Ghost (hanging from tree)

[sabra]

Source: Local12

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:

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

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[fascisthunter]

1. wow.... reallly stupid

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. I hope a foreclosure is coming his way.

I have no patience with these racist assholes.

[ebdarcy]

3. Seems like a threat to me.

Stupid fucking Ohio racists.

[rateyes]

4. So, he's saying that hanging Obama in effigy is a white-Christian thing to do?

Evil wraps itself up in religion all the damned time, doesn't it??

:puke:

[Greyskye]

6. It certainly does.

[spelldmilk]

12. Ewwwwww…{shud.d.d.d.d.der}

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

5. I'm willing to bet

our country is full of people like this. They just haven't made themselves visible. While most of us on this website can see the change a man like Obama may bring, people like that guy cannot see past skin color.
This is not so surprising actually if you scratch the surface a bit. Here's hoping there are more of us then there are of them........ :shrug:

[RedLetterRev]

7. Chickenchit won't back it up on camera, huh

What is it about those supremacist types that have to do their dirtywork under hoods and the cover of darkness? If they were so right, they could walk about in the light of day.

But they're not and they know it.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

[Tempest]

8. This guy is a freaking idiot

He won't go on camera, but he's willing to use his name?

Doesn't he realize just how easy it's going to be to find out where he works?

What a moran!

[bullwinkle428]

28. Not to mention his exact street location in the story as well!

:dunce:

[Dying Eagle]

9. WTF... Secret Service

Arrest that man. That is a CLEAR death threat!!!

[Heather MC]

18. I sent this to my Secret Service friend, If they will look into she will let me know

[wordpix]

51. thank you. The secret service should not take these things lightly

I'm for freedom of speech but all too often these nutjobs carry out their fantasies.

[Judi Lynn]

36. You bet it is. I'm shocked the local police haven't already done something about this Republican.

Surely one or two of them would feel compelled to do the mature, professional thing, and then get that open death threat down immediately.

[Solly Mack]

10. ...

...

[Connie_Corleone]

11. My state sure has a lot of idiots in it, especially in Southwest Ohio.

It's embarrassing.

[ChromeFoundry]

49. Yes, I am embarassed of my state too...

sure would be nice if we could brick off the redneck sections of the state, and let them all feed off each other.

[Dark]

53. Ugh. I know. I'm just hoping we can get Chabot out of office.

nt

[JesterCS]

56. Im about 10 mins from Fairfield. in monroe >

I saw this on chan 12 news.. and my immediate thought was.. you moron, way to get investigated.

[Kukesa]

57. This Daytonian is embarrassed, too. n/t

[darkism]

13. Look at the comments on the article.

What a bunch of morans!

[last_texas_dem]

41. Haha- the funniest was the one racist who was on his high horse

about education b/c he had corrected someone's spelling, and, in doing so, used the phrase, "If Obama would of corrected..." I swear there's nothing worse than an idiot who thinks he's intelligent...

[jwirr]

14. More and more. And I thought our nation had matured beyond the

jim crow era. I cannot help but feel ashamed.

[Politicalboi]

15. Is this white asshole

Indian? Does this asshole work with black employees? I sure hope so.

[HopeHoops]

16. The McCain Palin "base" in action

[AllentownJake]

17. If I was one his neighbors

I'd knock on his door and inform him that the Patriot Act is in Obama's hands now on November 5 :-)

[chill_wind]

19. My god that is pure hate and evil.

I hope they get an unpleasant visit from someone.

[noiretextatique]

20. as disturbing as these folks are, i am glad they are outing themselves

and showing that racism is alive and well in america.

[Hepburn]

21. Call the secret service....IMO, they need to talk to this bigot PRONTO! n/t

[CountAllVotes]

22. where is the Secret Service anyway

and why do they ALLOW this kind of sh*t to be published in the newspaper? :mad: :grr: :argh: !!

:kick:

[intheflow]

37. They're keeping the press away from Palin supporters.

So I doubt they'll look into this. :grr:

[bluesmail]

23. I don't understand that intense degree of hate.

[GinaMaria]

24. Wow. He's doing our job for us

Thanks for clearly associating racism with McCain and Palin. I could not have come up with a better way to communicate that association. This doofus did it in a picture. Impressive and I extend my gratitude for exposing the truth about McPalin.

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.

[Strelnikov_]

47. Yep. That was my first thought. Another 1/2% bump for O'Biden. n/t

[NinetySix]

25. Ah, nostalgia....

"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."

Remember the good old days when the United States was merely a Christian Nation?



Memories.

[daggahead]

26. I would have had to accidentally ...

trip and fall, grabbing onto that "ghost" to try and prevent my fall. After ripping it down, I would have "accidentally" lit it on fire with a lighter ... accidentally ...

[Caretha]

44. Then I would

have accidentally sued the fcuk for having a hazardous obstacle on his lawn that caused an incredible incurable back injury that would not allow me to work for the rest of my life, support my wife, and send all 11 of my children to college.

[daggahead]

48. Works for me! n/t

[Botany]

27. Barack Obama is not a "full blooded American."

and neither is this dip stick

I doubt he is an American Indian

[bullwinkle428]

29. McCain : "I'm so proud of our supporters including those who come to our rallies!"

:puke:

[EFerrari]

31. And of Palin: "I'm just so PROUD of her."

:puke:

[liberal N proud]

30. Doesn't that qualify as a hate crime?

In my opinion it does.

[intheflow]

38. You'd think so.

An effigy of a black man hanging in a tree by a noose? Strange fruit Ohioans are allowing to grow unchecked.

[peacetalksforall]

32. Bigoted AND a coward. A true patriot. Throw away the melting pot that this

country was once so proud of. What am I if I hate bigots? Beget. Begot. It doesn't end. I want this country to be split up - it's the only way to get away from these people whose Christ-ianity is not showing, not evident, not there.

[IsItJustMe]

33. Wonder if he knows Joe the Plumber?

[bobd0]

34. I'll "betcha" this asshole was REALLY upset over OJ's acquittal

and REALLY happy over his recent conviction.

Just sayin'. This is the kind of asshole people side with on such matters without even realizing it. Or maybe they do realize it.

Just sayin'.

[yellowdogdemocrat2]

35. Is this Sad or what????

This sorry so and so needs to be brought out into the light of day. How dare he even think he is Christian with these kinds of ideas. Wonder what the hell his preacher is teaching in church? But you and I know they are all around us, and if they had the guts they would do the same thing. My God does not love me anymore than the blackest person in the world. What a disgrace he is to the human race. I wish his neighbors runs him out of town on a rail, And yet I don't want to wish this kind of a person on some other neighborhood. I really appreciate the people who write on this board, at the very least you aren't race haters.
Yellowdogdemocrat2

[daggahead]

39. Even my own father ...

I was at a recent family gathering, and i was wearing my OBAMA 2008 t-shirt, and he asked me,
"Are you really gonna vote for that N*?"

I was appalled. I looked at him and shook my head. I said, No, I'm voting for the person best prepared to turn this nation around."

I know my dad grew up in Detroit during the depression, but I thought he was past this.

[sarcasmo]

40. The Racism will get more vicious as we get closer.

[Kukesa]

42. I sent this to the Obama campaign; this needs to be addressed.nt

[jdadd]

43. That whole part of the state is klan country....

on interstate 71 just north of Cincinnati (around Wilmington) there is a scorched cross and the stars and bars flying from a flagpole,visible from the interstate northbound lanes.

[Honeycombe8]

45. Oh...my...God. Surely this is against the law. A hate-speech crime or something. Looks like KKK.

Seriously. The law needs to pay this guy a visit and cuff him.

I hope someone has contacted the law there.

[Snarkoleptic]

46. Was he sporting a full or partial mullet?

[progressivebydesign]

50. McCain/Palin have unleashed the hounds of hell with their rhetoric.

It is now okay to be an outted racist. They have opened that box... and they cannot stuff it back in when it's politically convenient to do so. McCain, you stupid fucker, the people who destroyed your family in 2000 are vile and dangerous, and yet.. in your desperate grab for the White house you have unleashed them on America. You have made this okay.. you have emboldened them. You can't just turn this shit off when you feel like it... you have given the most vile members of our society license and boldness to speak up. Shame on you.

[mbee]

52. This guy is Anti-American and anyone like him are

individuals we should be ashamed of!

[Imagevision]

54. Ohio of all places - one would think Ohioans would have had enough of rough times with Bush, but

it appears after losing the first time around supporting Bush in 2000 thaat would have convinced a...sensible person? - so these ghost-hangin peeps hang in there for 4 more years of Bush-believin and continue to get get nailed deeper into the ground. - fast forawrd to 2008 and the same peeps say; "we may go with McBush? - some people must make an attempt to help themselves. Like this moron

[machI]

55. Kick

[Lorien]

58. If someone is a patriot who loves their Nation, how can they NOT see

Obama as the nearly perfect manifestation of the American dream and American ideals? America is a country of many races, nationalities and religions; we have always been proud-at least in the past-to call ourselves a "melting pot". Obama is the perfect representation of that. He also came from very humble and difficult beginnings, but pulled himself "by his bootstraps" to become well educated, wealthy and a huge success. He's the perfect embodiment of the American dream. How any of that can slip by a so called "Patriot" is beyond me.