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Old 11-01-2008, 07:18 PM
 
Location: Middle Creek Township
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I read this article on a Joe The Plumber casket display. Regardless of any affiliation, which I have none, I thought it was done well. It was a play on an old saying and made a point. I am not sure what the outrage was about. It was a display on death by taxes. Are people around here that uptight? I thought it was a creative art piece.

Casket with anti-Obama sticker raises ire in N.C. :: WRAL.com
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Old 11-01-2008, 07:26 PM
 
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That's just sick. Typical, however, for the way Republicans have run their hate filled campaign.
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Old 11-01-2008, 07:27 PM
 
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I read this article on a Joe The Plumber casket display. Regardless of any affiliation, which I have none, I thought it was done well. It was a play on an old saying and made a point. I am not sure what the outrage was about. It was a display on death by taxes. Are people around here that uptight? I thought it was a creative art piece.

Casket with anti-Obama sticker raises ire in N.C. :: WRAL.com
It didn't happen in Raleigh, it happened in Craven County (near New Bern). The simply have Raleigh down as that is where the state headquarters for GOP and the Election board are.
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Old 11-01-2008, 07:28 PM
 
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That's just sick. Typical, however, for the way Republicans have run their hate filled campaign.

That is what I am not getting, unless I missed something. It wasn't hate filled. It was a statement that Joe is going to be killed by high taxes. I thought it was kind of funny. Maybe I missed something somewhere.
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Old 11-01-2008, 07:51 PM
 
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Yeah, the only thing sicker than that would be if someone hung a Sarah Palin mannequin by a noose and...oh, wait...
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Old 11-01-2008, 07:56 PM
 
Location: Middle Creek Township
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Just to clarify, this is a thread about the local reaction to artwork. This is in no way meant to be a political debate. This is strictly about the artwork itself and the local over reaction to it.
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Old 11-01-2008, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Raleigh
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You call this artwork?
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Old 11-01-2008, 08:28 PM
 
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Joe doesn't have to worry about death by taxes since he doesn't pay his.
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Old 11-01-2008, 08:31 PM
 
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Joe is not from the Triangle.

The casket was not on display in the Triangle.

The news story is not about the Triangle.

This post belongs on the politics and controversies forum. Not here.
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Old 11-01-2008, 08:36 PM
 
Location: Middle Creek Township
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Joe is not from the Triangle.

The casket was not on display in the Triangle.

The news story is not about the Triangle.

This post belongs on the politics and controversies forum. Not here.

WRONG!

Quote: RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina officials are decrying the appearance of a casket with an anti-Barack Obama sticker .........


The officials that are outraged are in Raleigh, so it is a local issue that I am talking about, along with trying to get local input regarding the situation.
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