By Joe Kovacs
WorldNetDaily

It’s not just Sarah Palin hanging around for Halloween.

Police are investigating the discovery of an effigy of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama

dangling from a tree this morning at the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington.

"I am personally offended and deeply embarrassed by this disgusting episode," said Lee Todd, president of the university in a campus-wide e-mail. "This is not reasonable political expression; it is just malicious. And it is unacceptable."…

…Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear called the incident "embarrassing" and "deeply offensive."

"This was not political speech. It was simply hate," he said, according to the Associated Press…

…The effigy of Obama comes on the heels of a high-profile hanging depiction of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin in West Hollywood, Calif.

Local authorities have said the Palin effigy is not a hate crime…

 

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