Palin Effigy in West Hollywood Causes Controversy

CBSNEWS ^ | 10-28-08 | staff

[Wegotsarah.com]

Sarah Palin is not considered to be a friend of the gay community, but the Republican vice presidential candidate seems to be looming over the West Hollywood Halloween Carnival.

First, a rumor got started that city officials were going to ban Sarah Palin drag queens at its upcoming costumed street party, which draws some 500,000 people annually. The rumor turned out to be false, but tonight comes word that a mannequin has been outfitted to look like Palin -- with glasses, a beehive wig and a red business suit -- and is hanging from a noose outside a WeHo residence.

The display also depicts a devilish John McCain emerging from flames.

"We see people stopping and taking pictures, and the tour buses are stopping and slowing down ... people reach out and take pictures,"display creator Chad Michael Morrisette said.

However, some neighbors said the effigy is in bad taste... Canadian tourist Ron Hernando, who stopped by to take a picture, said he was not shocked by the display. "This is West Hollywood, after all," he said. "It was kind of cruel, but it made me laugh, too. What can I say?" (more at site) .

[Cobra64]

Sheesh, I don’t know if that kid is drunk or high on drugs. The comments were also disgusting, and the grammar and spelling indicate severe lack of education.

[kcvl]

Obama’s C*nt: Supporter’s Vile T-Shirt Prominently Displayed on Barack Obama’s Own Website

Ben Smith wrote:

I mentioned the shirts in passing earlier, and one of their creators, emailing under the name Rhiannon Volpe, objected to my suggestion that she was a Democrat:

I personally am a registered Libertarian, supporting Obama this year.

http://tinyurl.com/5mmjva

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Does she write for the Curious Parents magazine?
Popular Mechanics

9. RE: Quiz: Are You Ready for Disaster?
I am currently writing an article for the Curious Parents magazine regarding natural disasters and how to be prepared. I enjoyed your information and quiz, and I was hoping to gather more information from my article from you. Would you be interested in participating in an interview and/or supplying this quiz for our readers? Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Rhiannon Marie Volpe rhiannon.volpe@gmail.com

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Wow, is daddy Volpe a Christian Country Rock musician.?

http://tinyurl.com/49tvbh

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Hmmm, she admits to posting it at her Obama website:
Yes I did it and am proud of it

Location: NJ
Why I support Barack Obama: dear democrats: if you are seriously going to judge me on my right to free speech outside of a palin protest, then i am sorry that i wasted my time and energy supporting your candidate to try and turn this trainwreck bush is leaving behind around. dear republicans: get off of your high horses. you and your candidate have proven to be absolute scumbags throughout this election. god forbid someone says something back, the whole world cries. remember mccain called his own wife the “c word” right? and for the billionth time, these shirts were at a palin protest. NOT an obama rally. you are all hypocrites.

http://tinyurl.com/676nx3

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Comedy Central even lets her advertise her shirts....disgusting.

SARAH PALIN IS A CUNT t-shirts now available.

http://www.crucialbrutal.com under “other shit” in the online store.
by Rhiannon Volpe September 12th at 11:55PM

[kcvl]

MyBarakObama.com

Rhiannon

http://donate.barackobama.com/page/dashboard/public/xqDsSrH

[kcvl]

“I personally am a registered Libertarian, supporting Obama this year. Palin is the last woman I want to hold a political office right now. Her lack of common sense, cruel treatment to animals, and just plain ignorance to what we (Americans, and even women) really care about is absolutely frustrating. The point of wearing the shirt to me is just a bold way of saying that she certainly is not liked or one of “us.” To play the gender card is irrelevant, because I am a woman who wears the tshirt anyway,” Rhiannon Volpe said.

[kcvl]

[kcvl]

Rhiannon-Marie Volpe
Philadelphia, PA

[kcvl]

The creator of the t-shirt, Rhiannon-Marie Volpe (blonde woman on end)

[kcvl]

Larry Flynt ( Palin movie); it’s Rhiannon-Marie Volpe (mysogynist T-shirt) , it’s Erica Jong (Huffington Post screed calling Palin a white trash dream), it’s Gary Kamiya ( Slate calling Palin a dominatrix)....

[kcvl]

Rhiannon-Marie Valpo (in the photo) has placed her t-shirts at every independent on-line selling site. She has her own “Sarah Palin is a C***” website at Myspace and she also has her own website as a connection. Her father’s Myspace also has her as a link. She is very much aware of what’s going on

[kcvl]

SARAH PALIN IS A CUNT t-shirts now available.

http://www.crucialbrutal.com under “other shit” in the online store.

by Rhiannon Volpe September 12th at 11:55PM

[rvoitier]

You could never get away with a hanging Obama.

How about silhouette targets with big ears?

Just kidding, F.B.I./Secret Service.

[Caipirabob]

The creator of the t-shirt, Rhiannon-Marie Volpe (blonde woman on end)

Well, at least she has something appropriate to wear at satanic mass now.

[jws3sticks]

I used to work with and date a beautiful woman, who's line was to use here very smart brain, curvasious body and her big brown eyes to get ahead (pun intended). Shortly after we broke up, driving down the freeway, at about 7 pm, here she was riding "shot gun" in my Vice President's car, off to an evening of 'no good" or maybe it was "very good evening". She later became President of a bank in Denver. Bless her heart. The guy between me and the VP was an airline pilot. We were standing in line at a bank party, when he leaned over to her and in more than a "stage whisper' said: "Stick with baby and you will be far**ing through silk."

Heaven knows how Sarah plays these same cards. Love it.

How about them dimples, so to speak! I love her feisty attitude and t-shirt.

A loving mother of five very well fed kids. Love it.

I want one of these for my car's bumper!

I missed her in Sturgis, SD, earlier this summer. Dang! I wonder if the "First (what't the other side of Dude) acutally drives that "Road Machine", as the "First Dude" rides a "Snow Machine" versus a "Snowmobile". Go figure. She could ride my Harley any time she wanted, if you get my drift.

Now here's a "slick guy as a kid"!

Now here's a "slick guy as a big kid"!

Now this has to be the totally worst picture of the prospective world leader that I have ever seek. Funny to friends, scary to the smart ones.

John S McCain is one lucky and hopefully our "First Dude" and our next POTUS.

That's little old me, howling at the moon.

[spikeytx86]

Do these neo-hippie enviro-radicals like Bill Maher and this blonde chick even know what a libertarian is?

They understand Libertarians would never support hunting bans or cap and trade right?

Earth to losers, the LP is not the GREEN party.

[Thorin]

Appalling, but unsurprising.

[Tired of Taxes]

How appalling. I think it’s important these photos of obnoxious t-shirts and effigy are brought to light. Of course, the MSM and the Obama supporters won’t care, but maybe some undecideds will.

[A_perfect_lady]

No, I don’t want that picture removed. I want it put on a billboard.

[max americana]

La Cienega? That explains it..

[CaliforniaCon]

RE: “Is everyone in West Hollywood gayer than a Christmas tree?”

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Pretty much; even most of their police are “gay.” It’s a bizarre place and, I think, horrifying to even drive through.

[KittyKares]

Supposedly the image of hanging a white female doesn’t have a negative cultural and historic background. But speaking as a conservative white female, it certainly doesn’t make me feel welcome in that neighborhood.