Under "It's only racism if it's Republican," stick this Halloween display.
Havens, who lives on Schuyler County Route 15 (Ridge Road) just south of Odessa, this week set up a Halloween display featuring mannequins that look like Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain.
But the Obama figure looks like he is running, and the McCain likeness is dressed in the hooded robe of the Ku Klux Klan and is carrying a baseball bat.
Havens is quick to point out he is a liberal and a big supporter of Obama, and that the scene is meant to provoke thought about the way he believes Obama has been unfairly treated by the McCain campaign.
"I figured it would be equally offensive to everyone. It's just for shock value," Havens said. "McCain has been rabble-rousing, calling Obama a terrorist and a Muslim. The McCain campaign has gotten so ugly. That's what the message is. I can see how people could take this the wrong way. I'm not advocating anything. It's sarcasm."
Aside from the obvious smear job of portraying John McCain as a member of the most infamous racist organization ever created, there's all the lies Havens obviously believes. John McCain has not called Barack Obama a terrorist or a Muslim.
But if by "ugly" Havens means "truthful," then I suppose all conservatives who cringe at Obama's leftwing policies are guilty.
I wonder what would happen if I set up a Halloween display of John McCain being tortured by the Vietnamese while, across the yard, Obama is sniffing cocaine? I wonder if Obamaniacs would be upset? And why? At least my display would be truthful.
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