When the "artists" in West Hollywood hung Sarah Palin in effigy for Halloween, it was considered free speech. Imply the same with Barack Obama and they make a federal case of it.
The U.S. Secret Service is being asked to review a sign a Bonner County landowner put up which suggests a "free public hanging" of President-elect Barack Obama and several other political figures. The handmade cardboard sign also features a noose fashioned from a length of nylon rope.
A "free public hanging" as opposed to what, a pay-per-view?
"That's a political statement. They can call it whatever they want, a threat or whatever," said Ken Germana, who installed the sign on his property off Golden Gate Road in southwestern Bonner County.
Obama's name is the most prominent on the sign, although it also bears the names of former Democrat presidential nominee John Kerry, current U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and civil rights activist and former presidential candidate Al Sharpton.
I don't understand what all the fuss is about.
Don't get me wrong; no one in a right mind would threaten the president. But when there's a movie about an Obama assassination while he's still in office, then those hypersensitive amongst us will have cause to squeal.
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