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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (Jan. 25) - The maker of a Sarah Palin mannequin says a would-be buyer backed out when he discovered its past — as a effigy hung by a noose in a West Hollywood home's Halloween display.

AS SEEN ON THE TODAY SHOW, INSIDE EDITION, THE VIEW, FOX NEWS, KEITH OLBERMAN, EVERY MAJOR NEWS NETWORK, AND READ ABOUT IN EVERY NEWSPAPER WORLDWIDE, the world famous, controversial, sarah palin halloween display is currently on ebay! the mannequinn is a patina-v mannequin. outfitted with the original neiman marcus red vintage coat and tortoise-shell framed glasses,this is surely something not to be missed! along with the sarah palin halloween display, we are also going to include a larger-than-life john mc cain political propaganda head poster. the head is 4 feet tall and 40" at its widest. \ this amazing piece...

Yes, the noose is still included. For those who already have the Obama hope poster, the McCain maverick button and the Joe the Plumber T-shirt, there is one more kitsch -– though more controversial -– item for the comprehensive 2008 presidential campaign collection: the Sarah Palin effigy that caused a bit of an uproar outside one West Hollywood home and prompted Keith Olbermann to name the homeowner “Worst Person in the World.” Chad Michael Morrisette, a professional window-display designer, and his partner, Mito Aviles, put the Palin mannequin up for auction on eBay last week, complete with red coat, beehive...

(CNN) -- Two men have been arrested in connection with an effigy of Sen. Barack Obama that was hung outside a building at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, police said Thursday. Joe Fischer, left, and Hunter Bush were arrested on disorderly conduct and other charges, police said. Authorities found a life-size effigy of the Democratic presidential candidate hanging from a tree outside the school's Mines and Minerals building on Wednesday morning, police said. Police said they arrested Joe Fischer, 22, a senior at the university, and Hunter Bush, 21, a former student at Bluegrass Community and Technical College. "This...

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Two men have been arrested for hanging a Barack Obama effigy from a tree on the University of Kentucky campus. University police say 22-year-old student Joe Fischer and 21-year-old Hunter Bush turned themselves in Thursday afternoon. Both men were jailed Thursday on charges of disorderly conduct, burglary and theft. Jail officials did not know who the men's attorneys were. UK Police Interim Chief Joe Monroe says university police interviewed the men, who described the incident as a "stunt that had gotten out of hand." The effigy was found hanging from a tree with a noose around its...

By now I'm sure you've probably heard the news. An effigy of Obama hanged was discovered and immediately removed by police at Northern Kentucky University. The hordes of people expressing their shock was astounding. The president of the University also expressed that he would be calling Mr. and Mrs. Obama immediately to apologize. This is a big deal folks. Someone made fun of Obama and now all hell is breaking loose. You can't poke fun at The One without getting the police involved. And yes, I am choosing my words carefully. Because when an effigy of Sarah Palin hanging from...

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Amid a growing frenzy of protesters and media surrounding his home, Chad Morrisette decided his noosed Sarah Palin mannequin should be cut loose. ... On Wednesday the mayor convinced Morrisette the mannequin should come down. "I explained to them that this could be dangerous to you and your neighbors," said Mayor Jeff Prang, noting that he received hundreds of venomous e-mails from people offended by the display. "They were totally unprepared for this kind of international attention, for the amount of impact on their home and their neighborhood." ... "This evening, it wasn't as friendly," he...

Homeowners Pull Down Sarah Palin Effigy WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (CBS) ― An effigy of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been taken down from a West Hollywood home, after the homeowner discussed the situation with the city's mayor.

Just reported on KFI LA, Palin effigy has been removed, due to crowds, protesters, helicopters, nation news media, law enforcement, and assorted freaks.. lol..

Authorities at the University of Kentucky are trying to find out who hung an effigy of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on campus. College spokesman Carl Nathe said it was found hanging from a tree Wednesday morning. Police immediately took it down. School President Lee Todd says that he plans to personally apologize to the Obama family on behalf of the university and that he is "personally offended and deeply embarrassed by this disgusting episode." It's the second time an effigy has been found on a college campus recently. Earlier this week, George Fox University in Oregon said it was...

Palin effigy hung in Halloween displayOct 28, 2008 9:13 AM An effigy of US Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin hanging by a noose as part of a Halloween display drew complaints on Monday, but local officials said the homeowner was covered by free speech rights. A mannequin dressed to resemble the Alaska governor, with her trademark beehive hairdo and glasses, was hung by the neck from the eaves of the home in famously liberal West Hollywood. On the roof, a mannequin of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, protruded from the chimney surrounded in flames, holding his head as he was...

FAIRFIELD — City and school district leaders have "condemned" the actions of a Fairfield resident who last week displayed a ghost with Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama's name on it — hanging from a tree by a noose. Mike Lunsford said he hung the ghost in his front yard as a Halloween decoration and later wrote "Hussain" in on it. Obama's middle name is Hussein. Lunsford also attached part of a campaign yard sign with Obama's last name to his decoration. Fairfield police received calls from neighbors and passersby, but decided Lunsford had not committed any crime. Fairfield Police...

New video emerged today ending years of controversy over whether or not Charlie Brown attended an anti-war protest dressed in a military uniform. The video clearly shows Brown standing with anti-war demonstrators in front of a home where a soldier had been hanged in effigy. Deborah Johns, mother of a Marine who served three tours of duty in Iraq, saw Charlie Brown that night (February 15, 2005). Brown's campaign told Politicker that “Brown attended the rally in a camouflage jacket and spoke with people on both sides of the rally before leaving.” “Deborah Johns said she saw Brown clearly on...

Tucson open-borders official gloats about effigy-beating By Michelle Malkin • July 16, 2008 12:45 PM [See Picture at link--Oyarsa] Tucscon residents remain up in arms over the unhinged open-borders mob, led by reconquistadora Pima County (AZ) public defender Isabel Garcia, who beat and tore apart an effigy of tough, anti-illegal immigration Sheriff Joe Arpaio at his recent book tour event. See the videos here in case you missed it yesterday. Garcia is now gloating about the incident–calling it “funny.” She has posted a bigotry card-playing response at her militant website, Derechos Humanos. Laugh line: “We stand for the principles of...

Unhinged in Arizona: Open-borders mob, led by public official, ravages Joe Arpaio effigy By Michelle Malkin • July 15, 2008 03:34 PM Scroll down for updates…Jon Justice has more… Reader Tim C. in Tucscon sent me an e-mail about some completely unhinged open-borders activists who mobbed a book event for Sheriff Joe Arpaio. A group of young pro-illegal alien protesters repeatedly beats an effigy of Arpaio as Isabel Garcia–local reconquistadora and an official from the Pima County legal defender’s office–eggs them on. She then parades around with the effigy’s head as onlookers cheer and hoist up the rest of the...

Blame the media for soldier burned in effigy By Judi McLeod Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Members of the left leaning mainstream media should collectively hang their heads in shame. A soldier has been burned in effigy at an anti-war protest in Portland. It likely never would have happened without what Rush Limbaugh coined, the “drive-by” media. In treasonous times, the desecration of G.I. Joe was never far away from reality. It began to gather momentum with a media that lionized the anti-war movement’s every protest and ended with a fairytale media deliberately suppressing the pro-troop side when the moment of...

Pearcy seeks to intimidate Bloggers I have just received a phone call today at about 12:15 pm from Mr. Stephen Pearcy regarding this blog which I wrote March 9, 2005 about Mr. and Mrs. Pearcy who hung a soldier in effigy (twice) from the eaves of their home in Land Park in Sacramento. I also noted with links vulgar statements posted on Mr. Pearcy’s car. In the call I received from Mr. Pearcy, he informed me that I am guilty of a “tortious interference with a business relationship” because I suggested that people who didn’t like her private actions could...

The man who tore down an effigy of a U.S. solider hung as a protest last month outside a Land Park home will not face criminal charges, the Sacramento County District Attorney Office said in a press release Friday. After a review of Sacramento police reports seeking an arrest warrant for misdemeanor vandalism, prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence because there was no damage to the effigy or the home belonging to Stephen and Virginia Pearcy. Charges for trespassing are not sought because the encroachment was slight and that such cases are not ordinarily prosecuted. A second incident in which...

While media and protesters raged against the military mannequin outside, a very different scene unfolded inside the house on Marty WayDon’t want to live like an effigy: Virginia and Stephen Pearcy pose beneath the second coming of their controversial creation. Stephen Pearcy had little idea what kind of monster he was about to create when he stepped into a surplus store to buy materials for his latest political statement. In fact, all signs pointed to the contrary: Even the store manager, when he found out what Stephen and his wife, Virginia, were up to, showed his approval by telling the...

Stephen Pearcy says the protest art outside his home -- a mock U.S. solider that hung from a noose on Pearcy's roof last week -- is no more than the expression of his personal belief that young American soldiers in Iraq have been left hanging by the Bush administration.

"Support Our Troops" Candlelight Vigil This week Move America Forward conducted a "Support the Troops" candlelight vigil across from the home of Steve & Virginia Pearcy.The Pearcy's you will recall hanged a U.S. soldier in effigy - from a noose with an American flag balled up in the soldier's helmet - above the Iraqi flag of Saddam Hussein as part of their anti-war protest. In the adjacent window they hanged the Palestinian flag.Despite pouring rain for most of the three hour vigil, several hundred people from northern California turned out to show that Free Speech works both ways - the...

Here's the transcript: http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=548 Here's an excerpt: "Reporter: One of the unique and interesting programs of the Islamic Revolution anniversary parade was the contest of the "effigies of arrogance." This contest was held in response to the US president's babbling. When the effigy makers had completed the route of the parade, they presented their works [to be judged] at the eastern side of Azadi Square… How many people signed have up for the contest? Contest organizer: So far, we've got 150 works. The excitement is so great, and the people are so angry about Bush's recent statements that they are...

<p>The anti-war display hung at the home of Steve and Virginia Pearcy includes a Palestinian and Iraqi flag. This is the second time this week that the couple has hung a U.S. soldier in effigy. Earlier the couple shamefully hung a soldier by a noose with a sign that read “Your Tax Dollars at Work.” The new sign says “Bush Lied. I Died.”</p>

An effigy of a soldier hanging from a house in Sacramento's Land Park neighborhood that sparked controversy over freedom of expression is now gone.