Right-Wing Obama Lynching Advocates Take Cue From Eastwood
You may recall that there were a couple of nooses displayed as protests of Barack Obama in right-wing precincts the night he was elected in 2008, and there have been effigy hangings of the president here and there since. They quickly were swept under the rug, everyone moved along, and that was that. But obviously, those sentiments among racist rednecks have, if anything, intensified in recent years.
And now that it's clear he is about to win re-election, it's coming back out -- with clear references to Clint Eastwood's speech at the GOP convention included.
First there was the cretin who hung an empty chair labeled "Nobama" in close proximity to a George Allen sign at festival in Virginia this weekend. No one evidently was able to track down the culprit.
As we say, effigy hangings aren't particularly new, though they do serve as a nice barometer of the anger levels of the expressly racist faction out there. What made this noteworthy was the clear reference to Eastwood's use of an empty chair as a proxy for President Obama.
Then an angry Republican in Austin, Texas, did it in his front yard:
more . . . http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/right-wing-obama-lynching-advocates-
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But, yes, you have a good point. 
That story doesn't specify which incident that pic belongs to other than a hint in the attribution (i.e., Blue Virginia), but there's a link within the story to the original report and pic in Austin:
http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/12756/republican-lynches-empty-chair-in-racist-presidential-effigy-in-northwest-austin|
(I only really noticed because those of us in Central TX would LOVE to have those tall trees in that Virginia pic!
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that regardless of where this happened, it's disgusting. 
