Obama Image Found Hanging on Kentucky Campus

October 30th, 2008

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Obama image found hanging on Kentucky campus

. Authorities at the University of Kentucky are trying to find out who hanged a life-sized stuffed doll of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on campus (the bottom of the display is pictured). The Obama likeness was found hanging from a tree on campus Wednesday morning, college spokesman Carl Nathe said. Police immediately took it down. School President Lee Todd says that he plans to personally apologize to the Obama family on behalf of the university and that he is “personally offended and deeply embarrassed by this disgusting episode.” It’s the second time an effigy has been found on a college campus recently. Earlier this week, George Fox University in Oregon said it was punishing four students who confessed to hanging a likeness of Obama from a tree. Obama wasn’t the only victim of such pranks. Secret Service agents recently visited a California home where a mannequin of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hangs from a noose. The display also features John McCain surrounded by fake flames coming out of the bungalow’s chimney. Deputy Special Agent in Charge Wayne Williams told The Associated Press that so far that incident seems to be a harmless Halloween display. He said they are not treating it as a threat.

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ronsparks2004 Said on

YES I AM LOOKING AT HIS RACE I AM A BLACK MAN YOU DAM RIGHT IM VOTING BECAUSE HES BLACK. THAT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME. WE VOTE FROM BEING ABLE TO WALK WITH THEM TALK WITH THEM AND LIVE IN THE SAME WORLD AS THEM. WE FINALLY MADE IT. YOU DAMN RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM A FAMILY MAN DEEP IN MY ROOTS, I KNOW MY FAMILYS HISTORY, I CARRY THE EMOTION PAIN AND JOY THAY SOMEDAY THEY COULD SEE THIS, THIS IS BEYOND OR ANCESOTRS DREAMS, AS GOD IS MY WITNESS THEY WILL WITNESS THIS GREAT BLESSING WITH ME, YOU PEOPLE DONT GIVE A DAMN VOUT THE ECONMY NEVER REALLY WAS THERE TO HELP US ANYWAY, KEEP IT 100 , I’LL BE DAMN IF I TELL A LIE, WE ARE WITNESSING THE DREAMS THAT UNFOLD RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, LOOK AT THE BIG PIC!!!!!



anointedinhim Said on

We as a proud people need to not focus on the negative but only on the positive.God will allow Obama to be the first mixed President.We just need to pray for The Obama family and this whole entire country to heal from all past hurts and get ready for change.MARTIN LUTHER KING Preached that this vision would come to pass and He did say that he might not be there., but it will come to pass that we all will work together and learn to love one another.



Marquetta Said on

PEOPLE GROW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OBAMA IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT BECAUSE THAT IS IN GOD’S PLAN. DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE BLACK PEOPLE COMING UP IN THE WORLD AND TAKING ALL OF THE WHITE PEOPLE POSITIONS. WE ARE HERE TO STAY JUST WAIT AND SEE



SHARiON Said on

WHAT i HAVE TO SAy 1ST iS JW WHO EVER yOU ARE i RESPECT WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.BUT YOUR WRONG OF COURSE “SOME” BLACK PEOPLE ARE VOTING FOR OBAMA BECAUSE HE IS BLACK BUT WHITE PEOPLE ARE TO DONT JUS PUT IT ON US BECAUSE YOU CANT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE RESPECT OBAMA NOT ALL PEOPLE ARE VOTING FOR OBAMA BECAUSE HE IS BLACK MOST PROPLE ARE VOTING FOR HIM BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THER CAN ACTUALLY BE A CHANGE NOW ALL THIS RACISM GOIN ON IS STUPID IGNORANT AND UNTOLERABLE AND I WOULDNT VOTE FOR MCCAIN IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT BECAUSE ITS NOT ABOUT IF YOUR A DEMORCRAT OR REPUBLICAN TO ME ITS ABOUT WHOSE ACTUALLY GOING TO CHANGE THE COUNTRY WE LIVE IN I PERSONALY DONT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE SO RACIST AFTER ALL THIS IS IT REALLY OUR FAULT THAT WE’RE BLACK??? NO ITS NOT. AND I PERSONALY WILL NOT TAKE DISRESPECT FROM ANYONE REGARDING MY RACE AND THE RACIST WHITE PEOPLE ARE JUST JELOUS BECAUSE THEY KNOW SOON THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO BLACK PEOPLE AT ALL…



SHARiON Said on

WHAT i HAVE TO SAy 1ST iS JW WHO EVER yOU ARE i RESPECT WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.BUT YOUR WRONG OF COURSE “SOME” BLACK PEOPLE ARE VOTING FOR OBAMA BECAUSE HE IS BLACK BUT WHITE PEOPLE ARE TO DONT JUS PUT IT ON US BECAUSE YOU CANT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE RESPECT OBAMA NOT ALL PEOPLE ARE VOTING FOR OBAMA BECAUSE HE IS BLACK MOST PROPLE ARE VOTING FOR HIM BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THER CAN ACTUALLY BE A CHANGE NOW ALL THIS RACISM GOIN ON IS STUPID IGNORANT AND UNTOLERABLE AND I WOULDNT VOTE FOR MCCAIN IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT BECAUSE *ALL HE IS DOING IS LYING ON OBAMA TO MAKE HIM LOOK BAD THAT TELLS ME THAT IF HE BECOMES PRESIDENT HE IS NOT GOING TO HELP US I’D PREFER HE BE REAL HE IS SUPPOSE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT OUR COUNTRY NOT ABOUT OBAMA BEATING HIM I BET IF HE LOSES HE’S DONE HE’S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP ANYONE BUT HIS SELF** ITS NOT ABOUT IF YOUR A DEMORCRAT OR REPUBLICAN TO ME ITS ABOUT WHOSE ACTUALLY GOING TO CHANGE THE COUNTRY WE LIVE IN I PERSONALY DONT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE SO RACIST AFTER ALL THIS IS IT REALLY OUR FAULT THAT WE’RE BLACK??? NO ITS NOT. AND I PERSONALY WILL NOT TAKE DISRESPECT FROM ANYONE REGARDING MY RACE AND THE RACIST WHITE PEOPLE ARE JUST JELOUS BECAUSE THEY KNOW SOON THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO BLACK PEOPLE AT ALL…



llyod Said on

Why are we talking about it?Lets do like Mr Obama,lets pretend that racism does not exist and the haters would go away.I’m white and i’m voting for Mr Obama because he’s smarter than Mr Mac Cain and he has a plan how to
solve our country’s problems.Mr Mac Can doesn’t have a solution,he’s part of the problem,this is a man that said :he doesn’t know how to send an E-mail to a friend.



Shay Said on

wow…. the effort they put into creating the display, should of been focused more positively somewhere else like your education the reason youre at Kentucky Univ. in the first place, i actually feel sorry for the persons involved, they r obviously lacking intelligence and struggling with their self esteem…..go get some counseling!!!!!



pittsburgh Said on

Why not treat it as a threat ,with all this racism gone on right now.What they gone wait until something actually happens. Then its gone be to late!



david Said on

If Obama ever comes to my city, I will spit in my hand and shake his.



OBAMA/BIDEN Said on

Daniel, Jw, and david u all r racist pieces of trash thats scared of change and yall need a reality check…david u bi*ch how about u get hung on a tree u a**wipe…ur parents should b ashamed of how they raised u….o yeah don’t 4get 2 vote 4 obama!



J D Said on

Im embarrassed for the Obama family because I used to live in Kentucky and mainly us black folks lived in the city so we weren’t in Lexington by this campus. I was shocked and embarrassed to be reppin Ky when the people there actin hecka immature. It’s all good tho because we as a people are still gonna rise up from all this



Marvelous Marvin Said on

the secret service can check cameras located in certain areas that would prove who is responsible for the stupidity and ignorance. . attention secret service the students responsible live on campus and there are other students that are fully aware of what occurred. They should also be responsible because they did not come forth or try to prevent their fellow knuckle heads from carrying out this act of racism.



Eli Said on

The year 2008 is the year of the GENTILES read you bible its out time now.



shaheim jahmil Said on

its sad that some people still have a sick mind like that here in america
in 2008-09



MissEverson4Obama Said on

I can’t believe all this controversy going on. Is is so bad that a BLACK man wants to be president of the U.S.? Why is that so wrong? We are in the 21st century and seriously all this racism needs to stop. It’s getting really ridiculous. What all these racist people fail to realize is that no matter what you say, we as the people have the right to vote for whoever we want. If you feel that you don’t want Obama to be our president, then don’t vote for him. You have a right to vote, just as WE do. No one is forcing you to vote for him. You’ve obviously made your decision about who your voting for so why all the racist comments??? Seriously people grow up!!! OBAMA has my vote 100% and millions of other people.

Obama/Biden all the way. Yes we can, Yes we will. A change has come!!!!



Deander Said on

We are living in the last days and the bible is fulfilling . God says that the first shall be last and the last shall be first. Racism still and has always existed it’s just that people hide behind the truth. We as a people should get to know each other by the contant of our hearts and our character, not by judging each other by the color of our skin. None of us chose who our parents would be, color of our skin, what our anatomy would be, when we bleed we bleed thw same blood. Now, we choose what we want to be, our attitudes, what we want to wear, who we want to love. What’s so hard about learning to love each other? My mom taught my brothers and I to embace people and love them for who they are, not what their color is. I’m proud of Barack Obama, and I believe that God has raised him up for such a time as this, and if it’s his will Obama will be our president. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CALL YOURSELVES AMERICA, GET READY BECAUSE GOD ISN’T PLEASED WITH WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE. TRY DOING THINGS THE WRONG WAY, DON’T YOU SEE CORPORATE AMERICA HAS PAID ITSELF SO MUCH UNTIL IT’S BEEN EXPOSED, THAT’S THE HAND OF GOD SHAKING THIS WORLD TELLING US AS A PEOPLE TO TURN TO HIM AND HE’LL CHANGE THINGS. GET IT RIGHT! LET’S COME TOGETHER ! LET’S SHOW THE AMERICA THAT MANY CLAIM TO LIVE BY. BLENDING RACES CAN’T FIX IT, WORKING ON JOBS AND GOING TO SCHOOL TOGETHER CAN’T FIX IT, PRETENDING CAN’T FIX IT, BUT GOD CAN FIX IT !



LadyLynne Said on

I’ve read a few of the comments and I won’t comment on them. What I will comment on is this. It is a sad time that in the year 2008 so much venom is still being spewed. Has anyone listened to what Senator Barack Obama has said? He wants change people! He wants ALL people to come together in peace. He wants ALL people to be successful and prosper. Not one race, but ALL of America. He wants peace around the world. He wants a better economy for us ALL. He wants us to keep our homes, our kids to go to college, us to keep our jobs, jobs to stop going to other countries and stay here at home, better, quality education for our children, better and affordable health care for us ALL. He wants CHANGE for us ALL! He is a man of different races. He is not just black. He knows what struggle is. He has been there. While he is speaking of change, things are staying the same with American people. IGNORANCE! If you don’t like the man, fine. If you don’t like Sara Palin, fine. That too is your right. But to hang these two Americans from nooses is such a shame and a crime to humanity. Is all of this drama really necessary? No it is not. Go to the polls on election day or better yet, go vote early. Let your voice be heard in a more positive way. Instead of mud slinging, calling people names, hanging nooses, etc… do what is right and vote. We need to stop all of this mess. God is not pleased. I’m sorry that my Mom and Dad are not here to see what they fought so hard for in the Sixties, but I’m glad that they are not here to see that what they fought so hard for is taking a few steps back. People please. Let’s just all get along. Think about our Brothers and Sisters that are overseas fighting for freedom. Think about those that have been injured in the name of freedom. As Americans we should really do better than what we are doing.



Christy Said on

Kentucky is not full of “hicks” and “rednecks.” There are racist people in every state and country. I, being a resident of Kentucky, will apologize for what those people did. It was a horrible thing to do and no one should have that done to them. That’s extremely disrespectful and people who would do such a thing doesn’t deserve to live for racism is a terrible thing and COME ON PEOPLE, it’s 2008!!!! I, being a white female, am voting for Obama. It has nothing to do with race but that I believe he is a better candidate. Obama for 2008!



T'Queeshantay Wiggins Said on

I know you alls aint getting mad at this. They did this to palin in Cali the other day and nobody cared. I shold be the same now. Does this mean our black peoples dont give a dam about womens? Thats why I be voting for Palin and McCain because they be bringing respect back to the womens where it belong. I speak for many proud black african womens.
Peace
TQ



Sharon Said on

This need to stop, we as people all over the world have cover obama in the name of Jesus.And when prays go up Blessing come down. I hope they understand what IM say.