Obama Hung in a Tree for Halloween

Kathleen Thompson has an interesting photo on her blog. The yard you see here sits across the street from Colleyville Elementary School. No matter your political affiliation, you have to applaud the effort. But the tableau does make me wonder. Even if spiderwebs and clowns are involved, is it ever a good idea to hang an effigy of a black man in a tree? And if you support Romney, should you depict him as a spider? Charlotte was a good spider. There’s Anansi. But in general spiders don’t connote “leader” or “trustworthy” or “doesn’t use Swiss bank accounts to avoid paying taxes.”