Last week, a dead bear was found on a North Carolina college campus, wrapped in Obama stickers. Since the story broke, local authorities have said that they believe the incident to have been a student prank. One of the kids involved claims that there was no political motivation behind the stunt, that they chose Obama signs because they were the most readily avaialble material to cover up the animal's wounds...
I truly hope that these students are lying in order to avoid being charged with some sort of hate crime. The alternative is that they were stupid enough to think that no one would assume malicious intent at the sight of a mutilated bear displaying political literature in a battleground state...
Racial tensions are not dead in this country--not even close. And the unsettling tone of this election's waning weeks has me deeply concerned that someone is going to do something stupid (and not "cute"-stupid, but rather lethal-stupid)...
Faithfully presented, this is "NC PSA 2008"...
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