SPRING LAKE, N.J. (TheBlaze/AP) — A New Jersey business owner’s Halloween window display which depicts President Barack Obama as a witch doctor is generating support and outrage.
The display in a window of Skuby & Co. Lifestyle Clothing in Spring Lake includes an image of the president’s head superimposed on the body of a witch doctor above the word “ObamaCare,” the “C” in the shape of the hammer and sickle communist symbol.
There’s a tombstone featuring a picture of the president with a stethoscope and the inscription, “I Told You I Was Sick.” A mannequin also reportedly wears a hat with an Obama acronym, “F.Y.B.O.” It was not confirmed that the acronym actually stands for “F**k You Barack Obama.” The Associated Press calls the acronym derogatory but does not say what it actually means.
Store owner Bill Skuby tells the Asbury Park Press the display is personal, not political. Skuby says he deals with “a 1 percent customer.” He says business has been thriving.
“My feeling about ‘Obamacare’ and all this other stuff — at some point you have to stand up to how you feel and I feel this is wrong and awful…I think this guy has just taken us down a path we could never recover from,” Skuby told 1010 WINS.
“There’s a skeleton above the gravestone with an Obama mask on and a crown because I think he thinks he’s the king,” Skuby also told WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond.
However, local resident Nancy Pugliese says it’s disrespectful and portrays the town as racist. However, Skuby says he is not going to back down.
“I don’t care what they do. I’ve had a black group call me a little while ago, they are going to picket me. Fine. Picket me all you want. Maybe I can get a customer out of the deal. But the truth of the matter is, this is the way I feel and we’ve got to stand up for what we feel. And at my age, I’m taking a stand and that’s just the way it is,” Skuby told WCBS 880.
Skuby told CBS New York that he was surprised about all the attention the display has gotten given the fact that he had the exact same display up last year but no one complained.
























































































































Comments (76)
cosmic dogma
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:40pmHey, if this was George Bush, the media would think it was the most wonderful thing since sliced bread. Why is it sacrilegious and noteworthy, nearly illegal, to dis the big o, when the same dissing of past presidents was fine and dandy?
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GeorgieJo
Oct. 9, 2012 at 9:08pmCOSMIC DOG—
You are absolutely correct.
When Palin was “HUNG IN EFFIGY” in Southern CaliFORNIA—It was deemed “ART” by the main slimeball media.
OMG in NOV 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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JustMe333
Oct. 9, 2012 at 10:18pmI’ll bet the “tolerant, free-speech loving” liberals will come after this guy.
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banjarmon
Oct. 10, 2012 at 1:02amDo you think big bird will come and poo on this for BHO????
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menticide
Oct. 10, 2012 at 4:47amI must be turning prudish in my old age, it took me awhile to figure out what F.Y.B.O. might mean, and how it might be offensive…
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SocialistSlayer
Oct. 10, 2012 at 3:14pmMy Halloween just got better ! This is too funny ! Commie Insane obama looks just like a Witch Doctor!
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:39pmI absolutely freaking love it! Giving me some ideas too. Here’s to you Doc…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8C7i9kdEf8 As long as we’re free SPEAK UP. yea!
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BelievinginAmerica
Oct. 10, 2012 at 12:35pmI agree with all of you, the main slime media wouldn’t do a thing if this was Sarah Palin and hasn’t! Thanks #PIGSWILLNEVERFLY for posting the wonderful “Madison Rising -Star Spangled Banner”, great way to start any day!
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bikerdogred1
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:28pmI’am voting for ROMNEY because he is WHITE,black people better wake up.
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Trollkiller68
Oct. 9, 2012 at 11:48pmNothing wrong with your view point, but blacks should vote for him because Romney truly cares about the future of all Americans. Nov 6!
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LeadNotFollow
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:26pm.
A lot of thought and work went into this Halloween display.
Great job.
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Tri-ox
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:13pmSo how long before obama sends his storm troopers out to smash this guy’s windows and haul him of to jail for ‘slandering the prophet’?
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damon_k
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:24pmGood point, I’ll bet Obama is in the situation room at the White House getting ready to watch it all in real time. Read more insights at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:28pmMore likely Nancy Pugleash. It’s raaacist.
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bullcrapbuster
Oct. 9, 2012 at 9:37pmA tax audit is more the kings style.
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RazorsEdge
Oct. 10, 2012 at 3:52amGuess who’s been added to the no fly without cavity search list.
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HURRICANEPAUL
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:52pmThe Kenyan’s, where Obama’s father was born and raised, take their VOODOO crap serious.
If they think you are a Witch Doctor, and something bad happens to you, they have no problem setting the people they SUSSPECT of “witchcraft” on fire.
None at all.
I have a funny feeling there are LOTS of people who think Obama’s witchcraft is what’s causing them their bad fortune and I don’t blame them one bit.
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progressiveslayer
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:52pmI like your style there Bill keep up the good work. I hope you’re armed to handle the maggots that will be coming after you,oh it’s Jersey you’re F&^%$D Bill.
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Inlightofthings
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:03pmThere’s always the fallback bean-bag gun…
Love the line…”picket me all you want. Maybe I can get a customer out of the deal”… Now that’s America.
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BODYBAG
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:30pmF.Y.B.O.
I think thats a bumper sticker.
Glad you’re back to your old self slayer.
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Oct. 9, 2012 at 9:31pmSLAYER – see this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cQ7ldhD05E “Right to Bear”
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progressiveslayer
Oct. 9, 2012 at 10:36pmPIGS That’s a nice tune I like their message.
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wisehiney
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:51pmThe imaginary “Libertarian” Ron Paul -”OOPS! – He is a TEA Partier!” Make that Gary Johnson supporters now (flip floppers), you know, the ones that are posting here tonight. They will be mighty upset because Romney is not only gonna repeal oBUMMER care, but he is gonna show them as even bigger fools and liars by repealing most of the oBUMMER BS. But wail away…..
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JarheadX
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:02pmJohnson is the only candidate saying anything I believe in- repealing the Patriot act, and disassembling the DHS/TSA fascist goon squads.The economy’s toast anyway, so why choose between a robber baron and a entitlement Zombie?
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BelievinginAmerica
Oct. 10, 2012 at 12:40pm@JarHead- A vote for Johnson, is a vote for Obama! Just saying….
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RGB
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:51pmNice store too bad he doesn’t have online ordering.
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Pigpen
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:49pmHey, why isn’t Mr Skuby getting a big, juicy grant from the National Endowment for the Arts? Isn’t this kind of “speech” the ultimate in patriotism? If burning the flag is “patriotic” then YTF isn’t showing President Hussein as a Zombie? I mean if the “Piss Christ” and expressions like “Zombie Jesus” are GOOD for our Society ie it demonstrates that we are “truly” free, then YTF isn’t Mr Skuby being CELEBRATED by the Liberal Left?
Oh, wait, we KNOW WHY. The LEFT are at best HYPOCRITES and at worst a bunch of ******* HATING NEO-COMMIE CONSPIRATORS H3LL BENT ON “DECONSTRUCTING” WHAT REMAINS OF WHIT3Y CULTURE!!!
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Jenasus
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:46pmObama, the Village Idiot from Kenya, is now the Witch Doctor for Obamacare.
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WashingtheBrainWashed
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:45pmWe all have the freedom to speak our minds, no matter how small the are.
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Wool-Free Vision
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:16pmThe fact that you posted that comment is proof of its veracity.
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Watermain
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:42pmRock on Bill…it’s called the first amendment. Nobody would care at all if it was Romney would they?
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WashingtheBrainWashed
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:46pmIf they had Romney dressed in a white hood people might be upset. Yes, its free speech and more power to him. All his black customers will be gone though, and he’ll get more racist whiteys through the door at least.
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Wool-Free Vision
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:25pmWashingTheBrainwashed, you are the epitome of the brainwashed liberal. You fail to recognize the eye-rolling irony in the handle you chose for yourself, and you bring racism into a discussion about someone’s criticism of Obamacare. What’s next, Mr. Irony? I suppose you’re going to tell us that Mitt Romney is a liar who wants to kill old people and take voting rights away from women and minorities. Does that just about sum up your position? I thought so.
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F_This
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:41pmWell I’ll say it outright, **** You Obama!
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Smokey_Bojangles
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:41pmTo be fair,he needs one for Romney Care as well.Maybe dress Mittt up as a Soviet era Abortion Doctor or a Chinese family planning Clinic Doctor.
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glckgrl
Oct. 9, 2012 at 9:08pmFair? Are you kidding? Surely you jest. Our pot-smoking, coke-snorting, brew-swilling president wouldn’t know fair if it bit him in his ****; he employs liars, probably other drug addicts who are stoned, stupid or both!
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lildrummerboy
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:39pmNothing in that display is targeted at a any certain race..I’m really getting sick of the race card….really!
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wisehiney
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:37pmGet on up brothers. ENOUGH!
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progressiveslayer
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:54pmYou’ll like this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW-i1LTDxR0
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wisehiney
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:01pmHow did you know? I am sending that one around!
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progressiveslayer
Oct. 9, 2012 at 8:08pmI just guessed you would like it and the video reflects how millions of Americans feel about the POS fraud in chief.
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bread and circuses
Oct. 10, 2012 at 4:37amFUBOwear.com is a site that’s been around for 4 years, worth a look
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bread and circuses
Oct. 10, 2012 at 5:20amhere’s the link, if the blaze will allow it:
http://www.fubowear.com/servlet/StoreFront
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DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:35pmLiberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. -Frederick Douglass
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RJJinGadsden
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:43pmGood point there. Regardless how disgusting this display is, I bet that none of your usual lib trolls will stand up for his right to free speech or expression. That only applies to libs who will put a crucifix in a jar of urine for protected public display.
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KingCanon
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:34pmFictional or Non-Fictional… That is the question!
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wisehiney
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:31pmDana Perino said that Big Bird makes $315,000/year. Poor birdie.
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Paul -Indiana
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:30pmThe solution is close at hand. Keep remembering that Obama was elected by only 30% of registered voters. There was a 58% turnout and of the people who actually voted, 52% voted for Obama. Multiply 0.58 and 0.52 and you get 0.30. Just 30% of registered voters saddled us with Obama. Forget about the polls and just vote.
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LakeHartwellSailor
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:46pmExcellent point. Voter turnout is important. In fact, I travel every week, but I will not travel the week of the election. I vote in person. Remember, Romney supporters MUST vote, because we are going up against all those fraudulant absentee ballots which will consist of not only “legitimate” Obama votes; but also ballets which pick Obama from all of those ballots that were filled out by Democratic election “officials” on behalf of the uneducated & disintrested. Not to mention all those dead people who happen to be Democrats.
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possom
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:28pmNice one.
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mattmo79
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:24pmLove it! Boy is the IRS going to audit his a$$ now!
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RJJinGadsden
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:40pmNot only that, the local police will be investigating his broken storefront windows. Hell, if they destroy or crap on campaign sings in Virginia, they will do far worse in NJ.
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HumbleMan
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:56pmYeah, he’ll get audited. I’m proud of him.
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godhatesacoward
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:24pmAwesome! Keep it up, Scuby!
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LakeHartwellSailor
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:21pmI love this! Excellent display of humor….and First Amendment Rights.
Very Nice!
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kenboo1
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:30pmI concur – What do you sell? I would love some!!!
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Angel_light
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:33pmditto! I was rotflmao when I saw the picture! I still cannot stop laughing! This Mr. Skuby has Obama dead on.
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kenboo1
Oct. 9, 2012 at 7:38pmIm feeling a steam roller coming the first week of November!!!
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