Did you hear about the Hollywood Halloween prankster with the Sarah Palin effigy? This seems to strike most folks in a comedic way. Seeing Sarah with her Neiman Marcus designer suit, expensive hair and make-up, all $200,000 worth, dangling alongside other mock-scary Halloween monsters---this is a hard to mistake as anything other than a joke from America's capital of irreverence.
Sure, Sarah's supporters won't see it that way but they aren't known for abundant senses of humor. In fact, they are generally challenged with all things involving sense, so we can depend on them to take umbrage. "Oh, the horror!"
Effigies of Barack Obama---are they the same or different? To some, I suppose an effigy is an effigy. But this is wrong because it ignores our national history. Given our shameful behavior patterns of bigotry and violence toward African-Americans, KKK lynchings and burning crosses, a Barack effigy connotes something far more sinister and despicable than dangling Sarah.
Imagine having a conversation about this with Rush Limbaugh or Bill O'Reilly. I can see them bursting a vein at the very suggestion that there's a difference. But as with most things, knowledgeable people know better.
The campaign is quickly coming to a close. And closure is good. Especially if the outcome is the one you want. This time, the world is paying closer attention than usual. I pray that we do not disappoint.
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