Sign Of The Times? Anti-Obama Billboard In Missouri

Courtesy Donklephant  Sun, 10/12/2008 - 1:53pm

And Missourians respond…

A billboard in West Plains showing a caricature of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama wearing a turban and using his middle name — Hussein — in quotes has sparked outrage and accusations of racism.

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Outrage over the sign triggered West Plains resident Becky Estes to write a letter in Monday’s edition of the Daily Quill newspaper saying “such a tasteless display merely reinforces the wide-spread belief that Ozarkers are ignorant country bumpkins.”...



 

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