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Racial slurs spray-painted across Obama billboard in Pittsfield Township (Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti)
Ann Arbor News ^ | 9-17-08 | Tracey Davis

Posted on 09/17/2008 12:34:48 PM PDT by Darren McCarty

Racist slurs were spray-painted across a large Barack Obama presidential campaign billboard alongside a heavily trafficked stretch of US-23 in Pittsfield Township sometime overnight Tuesday.

And the U.S. Secret Service is investigating what now appears to be two threatening letters against Obama that were received in Livingston County, according to news reports.

Michigan State Police were on the scene of the billboard Wednesday morning, and have called in for tracking dogs, police said.

Black spray paint was used to draw three swastikas, symbols of Klan hoods and to write "KKK," "Rebel" and two racial slurs.

The billboard, roughly 10 feet tall by 50 feet wide, is located where Textile Road deadends near US-23, east of Carpenter Road.

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It's not clear how many similar incidents have happened nationwide. Mark Potok, executive director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, an Alabama-based organization that tracks hate crimes, said he's aware of only one other incident in Virginia - and that appeared to involve a regular campaign sign rather than a billboard. In that case, "KKK" was painted on the sign.

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.mlive.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: annarbor; brownshirts; desperation; obama; obamabiden; race; staged; ypsilanti
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To: henkster

Exactly, you beat me to it. I think Obama sent that stuff to himself.... and hired someone to trash the billboard


41 posted on 09/17/2008 12:49:58 PM PDT by SMARTY ('At some point you get tired of swatting flies, and you have to go for the manure heap' Gen. LeMay)
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To: Darren McCarty

Probably done by the obama campaign so they can cry racism!


42 posted on 09/17/2008 12:50:46 PM PDT by KansasGirl (READ MY LIPSTICK!!!)
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To: VR-21

>>What’s the term the 9-11 “Truthers” are so fond of? Oh yea, “False Flag?”<<

What’s that?

I’ve watched “Screw Loose Change” but that’s about as far as I have gone into that looney movement.


43 posted on 09/17/2008 12:51:24 PM PDT by netmilsmom (An Obama win? Move to AK, secede, drill, drill, drill!!!!!!)
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To: Mashood

How does this help Obama?

The only way Obama can win is to convince White Voters that he is not black.

Every time a National Story comes out about race, Obama loses.

For every KKK Michigan rebel, there is Wright and Farrakhan.


44 posted on 09/17/2008 12:51:35 PM PDT by Wilder Effect
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To: Darren McCarty

The work of “community organizers” no doubt.


45 posted on 09/17/2008 12:53:37 PM PDT by downtownconservative (Intelligence sans reason is vainglorious pulp)
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To: VR-21
I think they started by practicing on a local Republican's signs (Doug Holder) down here in florida where I live. OBAMA was written across his signs in black spray paint this weekend. I'm thinking of sneaking a new sign up there saying "Hope, Change, and Vandalism."

I'm left with very little doubt that Obama was behind the vandalism in Michigan as well; he seems to have the scumbag vote locked up. In fact, given the close temporal proximity of these two acts of political vandalism, could it be a coordinated effort? Has anyone else experienced this kind of thing over the weekend?
46 posted on 09/17/2008 12:53:46 PM PDT by messierhunter
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To: AmericaUnited

Exactly. Obama’s only hope of winning is to get a certain percentage of White Males and Women to feel guilty enough to vote for him because of race.

The only problem with this is that he is also a Muslim.


47 posted on 09/17/2008 12:53:46 PM PDT by Wilder Effect
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To: henkster

My first thought. It would be an attempt to garner sympathy from the hand wringers.


48 posted on 09/17/2008 12:54:38 PM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: henkster

My first thought. It would be an attempt to garner sympathy from the hand wringers.


49 posted on 09/17/2008 12:54:57 PM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: Soliton

Where’s the sarcasm alert?

All the politicians are white? Like Kwame “The Commie” Kilpatrick? And his successor Son of a Communist Ken Cockrel, Jr.?


50 posted on 09/17/2008 12:55:31 PM PDT by LongTimeMILurker
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To: Jibaholic

As a Michigan grad (during those “fun-filled” sixties), I keep remembering when I see this sort of garbage where the SDS (from which came the Weather Underground) got its start.


51 posted on 09/17/2008 12:56:01 PM PDT by Sigurdrifta
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To: Wilder Effect

My comment was directed to the person mentioning Henry Hyde, aka Bobbie Byrd.


52 posted on 09/17/2008 12:58:19 PM PDT by Mashood
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To: SoDak

Can’t wait to hear the lib media reporting this.. McCain and Palin where seen in the area!

This racial thing is all they got left!


53 posted on 09/17/2008 12:59:27 PM PDT by knn123
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To: Darren McCarty
A pic of the offensive billboard: http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2008/09/medium_OBAMA.jpg

Notice the cute little Klan hats in the corner...my $ is on a pimply faced 14 yr old, driven to this bold act by his only 2 friends in the world. And all 3 drunk as proverbial skunks

54 posted on 09/17/2008 1:00:46 PM PDT by justkate
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To: LongTimeMILurker
Like Kwame “The Commie” Kilpatrick?

You mean Kwamie the Kommie Kilpatrick don't you? (KKK). (Lots of smiles, sarcasm tags, etc.)

55 posted on 09/17/2008 1:01:07 PM PDT by mlocher (america is a sovereign state)
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To: henkster

Ding-ding-ding we have the winner!


56 posted on 09/17/2008 1:03:50 PM PDT by proudpapa (McCain - Palin'08)
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To: Darren McCarty
Photobucket This is just dumb and inciteful. What they should focus on is on how a potential president is racist!
57 posted on 09/17/2008 1:03:59 PM PDT by xuberalles (The Best Anti-Liberal Novelties On The Net! http://www.cafepress.com/titillatingtees)
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To: henkster

Obama’s campaign is gearing up for “racial riots” when he loses the Presidential race. They’ll just point to bill boards like this to make their case that the U.S. of A is still a racist country.


58 posted on 09/17/2008 1:04:59 PM PDT by auto power
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To: Darren McCarty
This crap only helps the left.

Yes it does, until 9 times out of 10 lately it is found out it is some lefty dem trying to get attention for his cause or just attention.

59 posted on 09/17/2008 1:06:45 PM PDT by Lady Heron
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To: Darren McCarty

Obvious tactic of Obama’s Goon Squad. Then they can scream “Racism!”


60 posted on 09/17/2008 1:06:57 PM PDT by pabianice
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