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‘It’s Not a Lynch!’ Fiery TX Man Takes Down Hanging Empty Chair Representing Obama in Front of News Crew

Sep. 21, 2012 12:08pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Texas homeowner Bud Johnson removed a chair hanging from a tree he said was meant to represent President Barack Obama, but insisted the display was not meant to be racial. (Image source: KEYE-TV)

The Austin, Texas man who hung an empty chair representing President Barack Obama from a tree in his front yard took it down Thursday in front of a news crew, but insisted the display was not a lynching nor racial in any way.

Swearing repeatedly at the KEYE-TV crew and warning them not to set foot on his property as he fumbled with the rope holding the chair up, Bud Johnson reaffirmed it was related to Clint Eastwood’s empty chair routine from the Republican National Convention.

“No it has no other meaning,” Johnson said when asked about the racial connotations of his display. “I’m not a racist, I don’t dislike any race….it’s not a lynch.”

By the time he took the chair down, Johnson had added a small American flag to the display. No flag was present when a photo of the chair was first published on the Texas political blog Burnt Orange Report.

Asked by KEYE why the chair was hanging from a tree, Johnson responded, “because it’s the only place I had to put the damn thing” and said he couldn’t put it on the ground because he likes to keep his grass cut.

“It has nothing to do with race,” he repeated.

Austin, Texas Homeowner Bud Johnson Takes Down Hanging Empty Chair Representing Obama

Image source: Burnt Orange Report

Later in the day, Johnson told a columnist from the Austin American-Statesmanwhy he chose to take the chair down: “I decided to make the change because some people are stupid.”

Asked whether he planned to put the chair up again, Johnson replied, “Not unless I want to.”

Johnson previously told TheBlaze that he is a Republican and put the chair up to express his feelings about the president.

“I don’t support Obama and the empty chair and that’s why,” he said.

On Wednesday, Johnson told Burnt Orange Report that he didn’t “really give a damn whether it disturbs you or not.”

“You can take [your concerns] and go straight to hell and take Obama with you,” he said. “I don’t give a sh-t. If you don’t like it, don’t come down my street.”

Watch KEYE’s full interaction with Johnson here.

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rpp
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:53pm
“Racist connotations”?!?!?! Here is the actual definition of a racist: A person winning an argument with a liberal.

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- blanco5
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:15pm
  I LOVE your definition!
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:18pm
  …and we have a winner!
  
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- JRook
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:21pm
  Ah, so i guess that is why racism has been virtually eliminated throughout most of the country.
  
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- The Third Archon
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:29pm
  @JROOK
  I think your sarcasm is lost on them–these are precisely the kind of people who DO genuinely believe there is no such thing as “racism in American” (WHAT?!) anymore. Which is terribly ironic, but really not all that surprising given the demographics of this audience.
  
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- MONICNE
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:29pm
  This is POW-MIA Remembrance day in the United States.
  
  Today is for our left-behind national heroes and the patriotic women and men who today are bringing peace of mind to the loved ones who were separated for so long.
  
  POW/MIA 21-9-12
  
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- Inlightofthings
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:34pm
  Yeah THIRD. And you’re unwilling to give yourself a label as someone that hates those that YOU deem racist. Oh the hypocrisy.
  
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- WindyDualism
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:35pm
  Turd Arch-
  And you in no way resemble said demographics? Elucidate. Pander to sophomoric toads all you want, rookie is observed as a mere tpm shill, and you relate to that? Well said then.
  
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- IAMMADDOG
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:37pm
  Oh there’s racism alright. Problem is the people being called racists, in most cases are not, and the people claiming racism are. Its thrown around so dang much that Webster removed it from the dictionary as it has absolutely no meaning anymore.
  
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- Pilgrimsarbour
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:45pm
  It can only be misconstrued as a lynching if you’ve already admitted that Obama is an empty chair.
  
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- The Third Archon
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:46pm
  @INLIGHTOFTHINGS
  LOL–I don’t hate people who are racist, I just think they are stupid, foolish, and ill-informed.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:50pm
  JCROOK, THE THIRD ARCHON, Unfortunately racism still exists in this day and age. And, just as unfortunately it will remain with us for years to come. I’ve had the chance to see racism first hand starting with the likes of LBJ, one of your liberal Demi-Gods. You know, the Democrat President who said in the Oval Office shortly after signing the Civil Rights Bill, “I’ll have those n*****s voting Democrat for the next 200 years.” Keep worshiping him now, as I often see here on The Blaze. Not necessarily with your two names attached, but too many other well known libs here.
  As for your attempts to falsely label conservatives as racists the libs would call me racist because I used to laugh at Sanford and Son when I lived in Florida. After all, that is the south. Should I go to Montgomery, AL and be overheard mentioning the word “bus” in a statement, some lib would scream “racist.” You guys have watered down the word racist to the point that you are absolutely vacant. This absurdity on your part allows the true racists to actually slip under radar and continue to do their dastardly deeds….practically unnoticed. You go about performing the wannabe victim hunt for those oh so coded words and messages to the point that tin foil hats come to mind. Stop watering yourselves down, and take the opportunity to see real racism. RACISM: a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:54pm
  Look at the SS goons. Now they are the racism cops-haa . What a bunch of morons.
  
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- johnjamison
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:56pm
  http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=621
  thousands of actual threats were made about Bush NOT ONE TIME DID HE SEND JACK BOOTS TO INTIMIDATE A CITIZEN FOR FREE SPEECH. The 15th quality that Obama and Hitler share.
  And for all those who think it’s racist Let me me state for the record that Obama being half black is like the 30th thing that’s wrong with him.
  
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- IsThereADifference
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:59pm
  This story has over 200 comments when viewed from my iphone and only 110 when viewed from my desktop. Both pages on iphone and desktop refreshed to make sure. What the hell is that all about???
  
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- IsThereADifference
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:02pm
  Oh I get it…. They removed All of comments from the board that were made yesterday. I guess those comments are no longer relevant. WTF is up with this corrupt news site???
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:03pm
  RACISM: a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
  Oddly, it fit when I was typing the above post.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:05pm
  ISTHEREADIFFERENCE, I know a number of people who have experienced all sorts of problems with their iPhones. You may want to have a technician take a look.
  
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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:10pm
  @ The Third Archon
  
  LOL–I don’t hate people who are racist, I just think they are stupid, foolish, and ill-informed.
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  So what you’re trying to tell us is that you hate liberals? Which demographic does THAT fall into?
  
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- The Third Archon
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:10pm
  @RJJ
  1) I don’t really like LBJ, and he was a piss poor Leftist (kept us in Vietnam, which sucked up all the money for his so-called “Great Society” which turned out to be a “great hullabaloo about nothing done”) other than he was the critical cause of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 being passed, and yes, he did do it, like MOST politicians, for self-serving political reasons; but that doesn’t change the value of the law.
  2) I don’t, and have never said, all modern conservatives, or conservatives writ large, are racist. What IS true is that the modern Republican party, the more politically more conservative OF the 1.5 modern American political parties, IS the racist’s party of choice. And what is FURTHERMORE true, is that there is a REASON why almost all racial minorities vote Democrat, and it has everything to do with the policies of Republicans, which racial minorities don’t see as having their interests in mind. You can argue with that assessment, but they can argue with YOUR assessment of the value of their policies right back–ultimately, their politics is a subjective value judgment just like yours. And it really says something when VIRTUALLY NO racial minorities vote for your policies, if NOTHING else about the perception the policies send.
  
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- Blazed_and_Confused
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:26pm
  teh stupid on this site, it hurts.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:31pm
  THE THIRD ARCHON, First, I have to say that I have far more respect for you than that idiot muck slinging JCROOK. I guess that I couldn’t help tying the two of you together considering your agreement above. But, I really shouldn’t have.
  I have to agree with much of what you said. Since the passing of Reagan, the Great Communicator, too many on the right fail to actually convince minorities that the Republican Party is truly open to all. While wondering around here in town I do see an awful lot of 0bama bumper stickers, and those wearing his T shirts. They are almost all African-Americans. I’ve talked with a few, and for the most part they say they are voting for 0bama for a singular reason. That he is black. If I said that I was voting for Romney only because he is white, guess what I would be rightfully called? I was at the Mariel Boat Lift as I’m sure you have seen my mentions in the past. That resulted in a lot of future Cuban Republican voters. Having lived in Tampa for a number of years I also knew a number of Cubans who were almost entirely conservative. Granted, this is a minority within the Hispanic minority. But, you can’t paint them all into your corner.
  You cannot with any honesty say that no racial minorities vote for conservative policies. But, only a precious few do.
  I do understand your disdain with LBJ then. Even while in grammar school, then Jr High while he was in office, I had sense enough not to trust that man.
  
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- girlnurse
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:33pm
  THETHIRDARCHON: IN this day and age it is a lower IQ’s individual that thinks in the narrow concepts of D=Good R=Bad OR visa versa. And you my friend are of that lower IQ that the NWO, the ellites, and the powers that be are targeting. IF you would take a larger look you would see that there hasn’t been anything that we could call “conservative” for years–otherwise we wouldn’t be looking at trillions of dollars in debt and if you would take another look in your own coveted party you would notice people such as: Senator Robert Byrd, Earnest Hollings, Cragg Hines, etc. etc.
  The Democrat National Convention of 1924 was host to one of the largest Klan gatherings in American history. If you would STOP to look outside the box and stop believing in your left wing sound bites and propaganda you would see that your party has instituted some of the most damaging policies to minorities that were designed to keep them from succeeding in this economy. But, what are parties anyway? You really believe there’s a difference between the political parties??? And that “your’s” is the best! You are like Archie Bunker rooting for your bowling team! But where will you be when we have to fight for our very freedoms in this land??? Ha Ha Ha…
  
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- RedManBlueState
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:55pm
  But it’s a BEIGE chair!!
  
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- SnowKalBebes
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 3:20pm
  Bud Johnson AKA Grimmster AKA Blazebanned AKA Drago AKA…am I missing any AKA’a Bud? seems like a nice fellow. A good, compassionate Christian. You can just feel the love from Beck’s sheeple…it warms the heart.
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 4:45pm
  DUH, hanging a chair in a tree is purty’ racist ya’ no’, DUH !!
  Robert Stevensin’ must be the “STUPID” AH, Mr. Johnson
  was referring to, This obamatard hasn’t learned to mind his
  own F’N business, he’ll probably pis* and moan about the
  American Flag next … KISS OFF ROBERT, JERK……………
  GOD BLESS YOU, Mr. Bud Johnson, we’re with YOU..OORAH !!
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 4:50pm
  @Pilgrimsarbour
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:45pm
  “It can only be misconstrued as a lynching if you’ve already admitted that Obama is an empty chair”
  
  It can only be misconstrued as a lynching if you’ve already admitted that Obama is THE empty chair.
  
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- Independent4233
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 5:12pm
  A guy harmlessly hanging an empty chair garners a ton of attention from the radical MSM and the Secret Service ****** Alert Team, but the Black Panthers threatening to murder honkies, crackers and their little blond-haired, blue-eyed babies is ignored.
  
  Sounds about right in 1984 Orwellian America.
  
  The empire continues to deteriorate.
  
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- Inlightofthings
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 7:38pm
  TA:
  Is it impossible for a gay atheist to hate, or simply deemed implausible?
  
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- mymanz2
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 8:29pm
  so true
  
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- Bill Rowland
  Posted on September 22, 2012 at 5:49am
  Is anyone else sick and tired of every action having racist overtones. This Pretender in Chief has divided this country because he and his worshippers see racism in evry action every word that comes from a conservative.
  He also hung the tree in the most liberal city in the state of Texas. Texans elect a republican legislature and the Austin City Atty starts looking for any charges he can trump up to harrass them. A republican from a different part of the state is always under investigation in Austin.
  
  OMG Nov 6, 2012
  
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- firmbeliever
  Posted on September 22, 2012 at 8:03am
  Great definition. I wonder if this will be added to the dictionaries.
  
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2SENSEWORTH
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:51pm
I guess if he hung an empty suit from the tree someone would make an issue out of that.

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- JRook
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:19pm
  I would think the romney supporters would.
  
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- Independent_Vote
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:19pm
  If it represented someone in particular… yeah probably.
  
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:50pm
After a visit from the SS Im not surprised he took it down.

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jrcess
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:49pm
In West Texas the chair would have stayed up and Obama could stick it.

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- zorro
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:49pm
  Austin, TX sucks thanks to California liberals living here. I wish that imbecil in the glasses came to my house asking me to sign his silly petition. What a bunch of freakin’ morons…
  
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willingtoupe
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:47pm
He is not racist! #1 It is not the same exact chair that was used in the Convention. #2. He used an American flag, not a Confederate flag. #3 He is taking his country back!! Der diggy der diggy diggy der der.

He is just another Hoarder that probably once caused trouble terrorizing the civil rights movement in his younger years now filled with the little hate that remains now that he is old. Very crafty of him because leaving the chair on his lawn would do no more harm than the big roots that are from that oak tree.

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- mrunner
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:02pm
  Excellent point! The media is furniture “profiling”!! I thought the left considered profiling a bad thing!
  
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PhineasJWhoopee
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:42pm
MSNBC is reporting that night time is racist because it’s black like Glorious leader obama.

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- PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:51pm
  @Phineas Actually wouldn’t he be closer to racist twilight time.
  
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- meeester
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 4:11pm
  half black, actually, take out the Arab and it’s more like 5% black. Maybenight near a big city would be the correct balance.
  
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- Inlightofthings
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 7:46pm
  Yeah and this just in: The ACLU has filed suit on behalf of those on the west coast that want their fair share of being the land of the rising sun. Originated by the same clowns that filed to suit to disallow the Tea Party from handing out copies of the Constitution at the local library. Apparently because they feel the government should not be involved in politics. Source: Inga Barx filling in for Levin…
  
  What’s it coming to folks.
  
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USPATRIOT101
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:41pm
The neighbor will be hailed as a hero by the black community. This guy will walk around with a puffed chest boasting to all his friends about how “black” friendly he is. Way to go you champion of civil rights!!

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TMunson
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:39pm
I thought it was a swing……
:)

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- Ray2447
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:47pm
  There’s a lot of gross hypocrisy from the left wing of the Democrat party going on over this. Of course that would include the vast majority of America’s MSM. Where was this level of negative reaction when Sarah Palin was hung in effigy from a house in Hollywood, CA? That was a lot more graphic than this and didn’t get nearly as much condemnation. http://tinyurl.com/9prxqrj
  
  As I’ve said before, “When it comes to vitriolic rhetoric it’s the hatefully bigoted left wing of the Democrat party that way out in front.” :-/
  
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- CatB
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:13pm
  Just tying it “up” so it couldn’t be stolen … by the anyone who was offended with it on the ground.
  
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JimL
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:38pm
clotheslined

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Landon410
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:31pm
guess i’ll put an unside down empty chair in my yard tonight

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Winedude
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:31pm
Unfortunately, racism is behind much of the ill-informed anti-Obama sentiment in this country and has been from the start. The Republican Party has consistently attempted to channel such ignorance to favor their side. They unleashed the celebration of ignorance with the nomination of Palin; they continue to fuel it with tacit support for every ignorant kook’s idea; from Birthers, to those who think Obama is a Muslim, to those who foment ridiculous views about Obama’s father and attitudes about America, to the dime store ideas of intellectual hacks such as Gingrich. They’ve expanded this practice now to propagate ridiculous lies, half-truths, and deliberate mis-interpretations about vital policy debates. They are walking a dangerous line. The wealthy interests pursued similar strategies in Germany in the 1930s and the result was the rise of Nazism. So far, despite those policies that I disagree with him about, Obama has proven to be the most calm, mature, principled, and intelligent we’ve had. The Republicans look like foolish pre-teens playing with dangerous weapons.
This doesn’t make me pro Obama…I’m absolutely not voting for him. The Dems don’t appear any brighter than the GOP. They just seem to peddle a LOT less fear…

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- Ray2447
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:37pm
  Sooo have lawn swings now become Politically Incorrect too? I can see tomorrow’s headlines, claiming a wave of racism is sweeping the country, or is it just a wave of journalistic stupidity? Warning, do not leave your lawn swings unoccupied for fear a journalist may report them as an offensive symbols of lynching. :-/
  
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- Tom
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:41pm
  We are very informed about your Idiot and chief and color is the last thing on the list you simple little droid.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:43pm
  RAY: Maybe the Democrats will schedule an Occupy a Chair Day ! LOL
  
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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:45pm
  Beat it you race-baiting loser. Sell your self-righteous liberal nonsense to someone willing to buy it. If you spent more than 5 minutes on this site, you would see the love and adoration that conservatives have for blacks such as Thomas Sowell, Allen West, Tim Scott, J.C Watts, to name a few. The stuff about Obama’s father is from Obama’s OWN BOOK. Maybe you should try reading it sometime homey.
  
  Democrats don’t peddle fear. That is so laughable it’s not even worth enumerating the endless list of nonsensical straw men the Democrats put out daily.
  
  It’s not Obama’s black half that bothers me. Especially since he was raised by white people in rich white neighborhoods and when to rich white colleges. If anything, it’s his white half I can’t stand.
  
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- Witness1974
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:54pm
  Your statement is so rediculous that it hardly warrants a response, but here goes: What a load of crap. If there is so much racism out there why is he in office, oh enlightened one. I’m so sick of hearing about race I could puke. I feel sorry for you and people like you, always blaming race for everything that happens you don’t like, for every opinion you don’t like. Do ever think people might find you and your opinions odious because you are, oh I don’t know, AN ARROGANT SELF-RIGHTEOUS JERK. If you think Obama is the most calm, mature, intelligent, principled leader we’ve had then, pal, you need to read some history. I can’t tell if you are black or just a simpering white liberal, but I think the proper spelling of your handle is wHinedude.
  
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- GlennaBeckski
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:14pm
  Your nickname speaks volumes. It is indeed a sad day in America when people are offended with a chair because it is represtative of their president. Hahahahahaha …
  
  Lay off the wine.. let your head clear for a few days and find some good reading material to clue yourself in on what’s really happening in the U.S.
  
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- WindyDualism
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:31pm
  Wink
  How does piss off strike you? Are you a typical elitist collegiate fraternity puke?
  
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- GlennaBeckski
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:35pm
  @Glenna that would be “representative” silly girl.
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:49pm
  @ WINEDUDE: NO, you’re probably one of the dopes who is voting for Gary Johnson or maybe ROSEANNE BARR ? Sounds about your speed.
  
  YOU never read Sarah Palin’s Books. You never figured out that SARAH PALIN is STILL the only person to take on BIG OIL and win;
  
  as far as RACIST on that dope in the WH: WHICH RACE? HE’s BLACK AND WHITE …so which one?? Maybe it’s the Dismantling of AMERICA we PATRIOTS disagree with…ya think? OR The all-out effort to destroy America, our Economy, our Military?
  
  BIRTHER? I don’t give a damn where this SOB was born, he did NOT grow up in AMERICA and all the people around him from his Mom to his Grandparents were COMMUNISTS as was his closest mentor, Frank DAVIS.
  
  HE’S a gutless wonder who hides behind RACISM because he cannot explain his ‘gutting of America’…
  
  As far as being a MUSLIM: HE talks like one, walks like one, went to school as one and knows -0- about Christianity. MUSLIMS are taught to LIE to get to their goal..total world domination.
  
  SO you go on, little boy and knock the PATRIOTS and DECENT people of this country…Lucky for you we’re going to save this country so you’ll benefit…but other than that…you are a sad example of an American. YOU COULD NEVER speak for anyone I know.
  
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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:04pm
  Winedude make too much sense for most of you on this site so naturally you turn on him, much like you do with anybody that doesn’t 100% agree with you (compromise = defeat right?)
  
  The worst thing that happened to the party of Reagan is the takeover of the party by the ultra-right wing faction. You have Romney twisting himself into a pretzel trying to please all the warring factions of his party – and the result is most of the people in the county have no idea what he actually stands for or would actually do as President. Not only is his numbers dropping virtually daily but the effect down ticket on key races in the Senate and House may very well result in losing a fair number of seats in both.
  
  Nice job TP’ers, you couldn’t be doing a better job of tearing down the Party if Soros was paying you.
  
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- USPATRIOT101
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:42pm
  Yeah, its racism, not the fact that we the peolpe are fighting against socialism. You are a lazy human being to put such garbage out there.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:52pm
  WINEO This country is so sick of this racist s hit talk,anytime someone says anything about Barry it’s racist. We’re in no mood to be lectured about racism when this Marxist bastard is destroying this country by design.We are however in the mood to fire his ass in November and that’s exactly what’s going to happen,is that racist? Who gives a F
  
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- For my Liberty!
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 3:38pm
  YOU are either DELUSIONAL…or a LIAR….I pick that you are BOTH!
  
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VRW Conspirator
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:30pm
this guy is AWESOME…only in Texas…LOL

anyone that thinks this is about lynching is a MORON and he is right…everyone saw or heard about the Clint Eastwood speech and the National Empty Chair day thing…anyone that thinks he tied the chair to a tree to mean he wants to lynch Obama is a MORON!!

you have got to be kidding me…stop being so thin skinned people…PC garbage..same thing the STOOPID people in all those gloriously enlightened countries that practice the religion of peace for their moon god Allah…a movie..really.. RIGHT…try a coordinated Al Qaeda effort started on the 9/11 anniversary due to some CIA spooks attempting to get back the weapons they gave to Libyan Al Qaeda members to oust Khadafi because Obama saw it as a poll booster…and now it back fired on them…

oh yeah…don’t mention the 4 killed were all CIA operatives..yes..even the Ambassador…and don’t mention that the terrorists burned out the Embassy..took all the Intelligence files and the NOC list… that is the undercover agent and asset list…

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Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:30pm
Oh for God’s sake…
Get over yourselves.

It’s a F-ING CHAIR…..
It’s not a picture of Obama — it’s a CHAIR…. suspended by twine ……
It’s not a noose — it’s TWINE!!!

Get a life people.

If the system were not so broken then this man would not have even thought of suspending a chair from a string – and if the system we not so broken….. the news would not have taken it wrong.

Damn you — you got me talking about this STUPID topic. Damn you media – damn you

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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:48pm
  I agree, if he wanted to make it a noose and state that he wish Obama was lynch, I’d wager he would have made a noose out of that rope… to me AT FIRST it was a “just to make sure you dont miss this..” seconds later the news hag “it looks like a lynching of President Obama.”
  
  Oh for Pete’s sake was my first sentence out, look over at my friend…
  
  “Really? You really didn’t see it as that?!”
  
  ‘Ya sorry, try not to look at people as victims’
  
  (He’s not happy)
  
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HadEnoughofThis2
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:29pm
To hang someone for treason is not racist….. it is patriotic…. just saying…

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floridareader
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:27pm
Why is the empty chair controversial?
It’s a reality. The Presidential seat in the Oval Office is empty. BHO is never there. He is all over the place campaigning, partying, apologizing, lying, meeting with Hollywood stars-drug dealers, kissing Arab feet, etc. etc. etc.

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- DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:31pm
  Hanging it from a tree is controversial.
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:53pm
  I took at as Obama doing what he does best, leaving us hanging…
  
  Never thought of a lynching until the media gal mentioned it, where I went from amused to pissed.
  Once again, social media reminds us all to give a certain race a pass because they got boo boos
  
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- GlennaBeckski
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:25pm
  Funny how this same media doesn’t find a problem with the obama desecrating the American flag
  
  Well at least icky Bob Beckel didn’t..
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 2:00pm
  DIVINE: You obviously didn’t see the huge EMAIL of all the “EMPTY CHAIRS” on the EMPTY CHAIR DAY…Hanging from Trees, Roofs, sitting on Mail boxes etc. AREN’T you more concerned for the thousands of Americans now in Harm’s way because of the gutless wonder and his Miss Piggy side kick in DC?
  
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:26pm
He should have just said, “That doesn’t represent the President, it represents Mohammad.” Let them handle that.

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- RLTW
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:37pm
  …or he could have said it was a hanging chad, but then the Algoreites would be upset.
  
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- WindyDualism
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:25pm
  Don’t offend manbearpig-we will lose the interwebby.
  
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thevikinghelmetwithhorns
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:24pm
I like the guys attitude towards everyone, especially the news crew!

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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:17pm
  I can understand his frustration, the media has taught us that kids go in droves throughout our public property and destroy it all to voice their opinion and if anyone opposes it, the opposers are quickly reminded of civil and legal rights to gather and speak their minds? So disgusting and threatening behavior is dismissed and no one is ever named.
  
  BUT THIS OH NO! This was the mans Private Property and displayed a public opinion and now he’s the NATIONS TALKED ABOUT subject because some granola had a hissy and displayed it on some liberal trash talk site were SUDDENLY, everyone knows about it, him and where he lives… real nice.
  
  At 74, he deserves this respect that occupys get, look at it, comment about it, then him leave him the #$%k alone.
  
  ok for mobs but oh no not him.
  
  No, media needs their MON NAY so they knock on his door
  
  “What did you mean by that?”
  Fuh, I odon
  
  News crews hanging around his house waiting to see him and get a shot of him… oh wait he’s going for the chair ROLL CAMERA!
  
  If I knew which neighbor put that on the net and started this, I’d love to thank him.
  
  Ya he had an opinion too, but he made it strickly for the hopes of causing harm to the elder…
  after all.. he deserves it… in his opinion.
  
  He has a right to be pissed and remember this is AUSTIN, Obama’s stronghold in Texas. He’s in the middle of all that Obamabucks mentaility
  
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vbell
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:23pm
One of the downsides of this president: everyone and everything that is not 100% onboard with Obama is labeled ‘racist’ by the left. Seems to have thrown us all back 75 years!

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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:36pm
  The New Yorker, July 21, 2008 Great cover…
  
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Nepenthe
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:23pm
A person would have to be pretty ignorant of history to not understand that hanging a representation of a black man from a tree would be interpreted as a lynching.

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- ShakeTheBaby
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:26pm
  It was a chair, not a person.
  
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- sta
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:29pm
  He was hanging a representative of Obama’s white half. You DO know he is half white, right?
  
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- johnjamison
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:35pm
  Only to thoses that see it that way……There were actually more whites lynched during that period in American history than blacks…. So why do blacks think thy have a monopoly on that? THEY DON’T!
  Mr. Johnson should have left it up and tehy let the real racist come to his house in TEXAS where castle law is the Supreme law.
  
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- Ray2447
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:39pm
  Hogwash! Have lawn swings now become Politically Incorrect too? I can see tomorrow’s headlines, claiming a wave of racism is sweeping the country, or is it just a wave of journalistic stupidity? Warning, do not leave your lawn swings unoccupied for fear a journalist may report them as an offensive symbols of lynching.
  
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- Nepenthe
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:45pm
  Yes many whites were lynched, because they either helped the blacks or were against lynching. How does that possibly support your position?
  
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- Nepenthe
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:47pm
  For crying out loud he already stated that the chair was based on Clint’s use as a representation of President Obama. This was not a swing and to say so is quite dishonest.
  
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- Exidor
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:14pm
  A person would have to be pretty ignorant of history to not understand that hanging a CHAIR from a tree cannot be interpreted as a lynching.
  
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- The Third Archon
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:17pm
  But he might not have done it for the hangings sake, but instead for reasons of presentations (no one who sees an empty chair just sitting in a yard is going to recognize it as political satire).
  
  Now I COMPLETELY understand how this COULD be interpreted as racist–my only point is that’s not the ONLY way it could be interpreted, and while in poor taste for the ambiguity about which any reasonable and informed person should have been aware, if the homeowner’s own words are truthful then he can reasonably said not to have INTENDED the racist interpretation of it, but rather a politically satirical interpretation, when he hung up the chair.
  
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- Independent_Vote
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:19pm
  I agree. A person would actually have to be very ignorant of history to not understand that hanging a representation of a black man from a tree would be interpreted as a lynching.
  
  And looking at the guy he’s old enough to understand the history.
  
  He understood exactly what he was doing.
  
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- The_Cabrito_Goat
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 3:43pm
  But it’s not up to us to decide what he was thinking.
  
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sparkyrules
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:21pm
On Wednesday, Johnson told Burnt Orange Report that he didn’t “really give a damn whether it disturbs you or not.”
“You can take [your concerns] and go straight to hell and take Obama with you,” he said. “I don’t give a sh-t. If you don’t like it, don’t come down my street.”

Commie Obama has a way of bringing out the rage in every Patriot,period.Some people just have different ways of expressing it,however offensive.Symbolic speech is protected speech in any case.

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hi
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:20pm
” I decided to make the change because people are stupid!”

I love it!

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pmacres
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:19pm
Its a chair,
Ill hang one out there for Halloween

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- sparkyrules
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:25pm
  No doubt! It can mean anything someone wants it to mean!
  
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DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:16pm
He’s lying. No other way to take hanging an empty chair from a tree than a symbol for lynching. I’m all for empty chair displays on lawns etc and free speech, but he crossed the line.

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- sparkyrules
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:24pm
  Who decides he crossed the line?You? Me?Will somebody answer this question?
  
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- ShakeTheBaby
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:25pm
  you read what he said…He likes to keep his lawn cut. he has the right to protest in any way he chooses. he has not harmed anyone physically, and those who are offended, grow up. Who are you to say he has crossed the line?
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:27pm
  That’s BS. Likely he just wanted it to beseen, but in a society that has devolved to using every word in the Webster dictionary as “code words” for racism he should have seen this accusation coming. Any criticism of that worthless fascist moron in the white house is seen as racist. Unless someone is wearing a white hood standing in front of a burning cross and screaming “Death to N1**3&s!” I’m not buying their knee jerk claims of who is racist and who isn’t anymore.
  
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- grimmster
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:32pm
  Really divine,he crossed the line?I guess you dont remember the leftwing loonies hanging Bush ineffigy,or putting his supposed severed head on a pike? Guess some people never learn.As for Bud,he should have left it up,obama the empty suit, and avoiding the empty chair, needs to hanf for crimes against America, most notably, treason.So take your leftwing liberal b/s to some other site….
  
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- DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:42pm
  I don’t condone any symbol or dummy meant to represent an elected official being hanged on either side.
  
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- sparkyrules
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 1:03pm
  DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:42pm
  “I don’t condone any symbol or dummy meant to represent an elected official being hanged on either side.”
  Well I don’t necessarily condone it either,but when you start down the slippery slope of banning free speech,it’ll only gain momentum and pretty soon your protected rights are gone.The man made the choice to take the chair down because of the negative publicity and attention and that’s the way it should be.Not because its illegal.
  
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Landon410
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:14pm
well ive leard that if someone does something that offends you even if it is in response to something youve done to offend them, you should become violent

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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:50pm
  lol, you can’t argue that it gets results from the White House. Maybe we Christians should re-think this whole non-violence thing….. (that’s called a sarcastic joke liberals. calm down)
  
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Xiccarph
Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:12pm
What if you put two ropes on it and made it into a swing? Doubly racist??

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- tightline
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:18pm
  folding chair as a swing, mmmmm, that may work,lol
  
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- cubber
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:25pm
  The next you tube sensation.
  
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