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Quixote1818

(31,154 posts) Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:23 PM Oct 2012

Laura Mulholland, Minnesota Woman, Impales Chair With Bayonet, 'Lynches' It In Anti-Obama Display [View all]

A southwest Rochester woman said she doesn’t see any problem with a politically oriented display in her yard in which a chair is suspended from a tree by a noose, with a bayonet and rifle stuck in the side of the chair — a reference to President Obama.

“It’s been there for a month,” said Laura Mulholland on Tuesday when asked about the display outside her house at 3005 40th St. S.W. "I'm not sure why everyone is up in arms about it."

Mulholland said she and her husband, Kevin Mulholland, got the idea for displaying an empty chair after watching actor Clint Eastwood’s speech at the Republican National Convention, where he had an imaginary conversation with Obama.

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Laura Mulholland, Minnesota Woman, Impales Chair With Bayonet, 'Lynches' It In Anti-Obama Display [View all] Quixote1818 Oct 2012 OP

Poor soul DU9598 Oct 2012 #1

Yawn Alekei_Firebird Oct 2012 #2

NO. Let's confront them on their racism. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #18

wonder what Eastwood thinks about that JI7 Oct 2012 #3

He's busy arguing with a davenport. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #23

I thought he was pissed at the Ottoman!! madinmaryland Oct 2012 #38

No, Eastwood has no beef with the Turks. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #41

Then why the hell was he arguing with an Iowan?? madinmaryland Oct 2012 #44

I always assumed Iowa was more of a Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #46

Charmers, aren't they? Faygo Kid Oct 2012 #4

Nope, not crazy at all. Not at all... TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #5

These people are going to crash-land on Tuesday night BeyondGeography Oct 2012 #6

I was thinking the same thing... Quixote1818 Oct 2012 #12

It will be like watching a whole new category of porn BeyondGeography Oct 2012 #21

I understand the (probably Chinese) SKS rifle and the noose, but what's the pitching wedge for? slackmaster Oct 2012 #7

Because the reich wing fumes about his playing golf. Faygo Kid Oct 2012 #10

But Dubya "now watch this drive" was fine and dandy to them. Bake Oct 2012 #43

Perhaps a shout-out to Bob Hope? Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2012 #13

Black Horse and Bayonet are two golf couses near Clint Eastwood�s home Brother Buzz Oct 2012 #25

I suspect that the artist is mentally unhinged, so there probably is no really good explanation slackmaster Oct 2012 #27

Wait, wait, wait.... Brother Buzz Oct 2012 #29

They are making a parody of themselves and they don't even realize it. Zalatix Oct 2012 #35

At least there isn't a horse involved Siwsan Oct 2012 #8

lets just say it GETTINGTIRED Oct 2012 #9

Repellent republickcon sociopathy SubgeniusHasSlack Oct 2012 #11

Is this Simply Racism at it's Worst? keikoasmom Oct 2012 #14

Memories of when I was an art student rightsideout Oct 2012 #15

In my school such a piece would have led to deep discussions of feminist symbolism slackmaster Oct 2012 #19

"the artist doesn't like Scandanavian Furniture" (!?!) marions ghost Oct 2012 #20

very abstract... marions ghost Oct 2012 #16

Hey, crazy lady, fuck up all the chairs you want. If it keeps you off the street, it's a net plus. 11 Bravo Oct 2012 #17

WTF is going on here? Are they all injecting bath salts straight to their veins or something? Initech Oct 2012 #22

laura mulholland the racist... all her neighbors and friends now know. spanone Oct 2012 #24

There's a lot of hate going on in that woman MrScorpio Oct 2012 #26

bless her heart argiel1234 Oct 2012 #28

When I first saw the photo I just assumed she was not a fan of the movie The Jerk. Quixote1818 Oct 2012 #30

"Up for a month"? Then where did the bayonet idea come in to it? That was just Raine Oct 2012 #31

If I lived there I would cut it down. No neighbors with a backbone in that area? Sunlei Oct 2012 #32

I wouldn't go trespassing on the property of someone crazy enough to display something like that slackmaster Oct 2012 #34

true, note the address. lynch of the President scene is surrounded by 100 acres of plowed fields. Sunlei Nov 2012 #45

Laura Mullholand is in dire need of some serious psychiatric help. GoCubsGo Oct 2012 #33

I think she's picking up stations the rest of us don't get. mac56 Oct 2012 #36

The noose alone make it a shameful racist statement. Auntie Bush Oct 2012 #37

The brain trust of MN right there . . . JustAnotherGen Oct 2012 #39

Hmph. Not very ergonomic. tanyev Oct 2012 #40

We have some of the same idiots here BlueIndyBlue Oct 2012 #42