"The display shows a bloody skeleton behind Obama..."

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. -- Melissa Neese said she didn’t mean to cause a stir with the choice of Halloween decorations outside her Cherokee County home.

“It’s an election year and this is a great opportunity to show our patriotism,” said Neese.



Neese set up a lawn display with puppets resembling presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain.

The display shows a bloody skeleton behind Obama as he stands next to McCain.

“It’s kind of like the shadow of death behind Obama. We’re kind of more of McCain advocates,” said Neese.

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That you are a drooling, mouthbreathing moron with The Neese Family's Halloween Decorating Tips!

Collect them all!

I have a bridge to nowhere to sell her too.

on a frequent basis.... adjacent to Newt's old stomping ground, Cobb County.... So, is anyone surprised? Whew... there are white supremacist groups throughout the country (just check out the Southern Poverty Law Center's website to see the extent), but those in the deep south remain the most frightening to me.

There are some scary places in the hills around here.

and have not seen or heard of any Klan rallies.

Woodstock has no organized Klan activity that I know of. I answered in haste.

Acworth has a racist skinhead group, the Vinlanders. Cumming has an active Klan office, I believe, and has held Klan Rallies within my memory. Forsyth County also has an active chapter, also.

The Southern Poverty Law Center and ADL have interesting records on hate groups active in Georgia.

in the 1990s... If they have moved their activity to Acworth, I say yeah for the citizens of Woodstock, but don't kid yourself about a move a few miles away.

It would be naive to suggest there are no active members in *any* community down here, but I personally don't know of any organized efforts in Woodstock itself. There's certainly no evidence that the persons in the article are members of any organization, but it's pretty clear where their sentiments lie.

I used to live there...it's actually the county seat, as I recall. Are you saying there are two active klan chapters in Forsyth Co., one specifically in Cumming and one in the larger county, or is it actually the same group?

Please don't think I'm doubting anything you said, I'm just looking for a small clarification. I know what the general attitude of that area is and I wouldn't want to live there again. I went to my younger brother's graduation ceremony there last year and their continued, blindly arrogant support of Bush's "righteous" war was mind-blowing. Fear, bloodlust, and disgust for anyone who doesn't fit their religious, ideological, and ethnic mold seemed to run pretty strong there.

The Klan offices are in Cumming. I know of no other organization in Forsyth County. I meant to note Floyd County, and mistyped. There is a Klan office for Floyd County in Rome, GA.

It should be noted that these "Klan" affiliations are nominal; diverse organizations (albeit *all* hate-based) use the klan designator in their title. There are also many that don't in Georgia; Vinlanders is such a group, listed as a racist skinhead group by SPLC.


Georgia is, as it always has been, a festering sore on the nation's dignity.

or at least moved their rallies... They were quite open about them in the 90's.

They're "kind of more of McCain advocates"??? Doggone it, who could have guessed. :eyes:

I have heard Atlanta is fairly progressive.

Mostly. Progressives are outnumbered elsewhere.

Has anyone called the SS yet?

I believe SS should be investigating this, and I'll keep an eye on it.

these people are not well and harbour much hatred.

Either way, it is morally reprehensible. And definitely not "funny," if that is the effect they finally claim they were intending for the display.

:eyes:

" Man shot three times in street by racist gunman - for wearing Barack Obama T-shirt "

“It’s just to encourage people to vote. That’s about it. I haven’t really finished it . I was going to put pumpkins and a vote sign up there,” said Neese.

HA! Jeez, people. "Encouraging people to vote" by reminding everyone about the Scary Black Man! And a lack of pumpkins is not the problem, lady.

and ugly souls.

but I hope she loses hers, can't afford to buy it and has to sell her house and decorations to pay for medical care. What an ignorant twit.

talk about voting against your own best interests. What a moran!

I hope she doesn't encourage *anyone* in her county to vote...

:puke:

"We're kind of more of McCain advocates." No shit, really?

should be arrested!

This literally makes me want to vomit.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH AMERICANS????????

Cherokee County is just about 100% Republican. I sometimes think that I am the only Democrat there.

Scarce as lipsticked pigs.

to have its face spray-painted black?

Dude got a tan!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

I would be sad about that....

Could use some indoor plumbing.

Is the skeleton supposed to be wearing a blue turban? Someone wearing a blue turban will bring the world to an end, dontchaknow?

“It’s kind of like the shadow of death behind Obama. We’re kind of more of McCain advocates”

She could have said this in ten words, but she used 17. Did Sarah Palin teach her how to speak?

Have him bursting out of a coffin whenever someone walks by...

that has Bush, Cheney, McCain tombstones! :evilgrin: