Previously, Chad Michael Morrisette said the Sarah Palin effigy strung up by a hangman's noose on his house would not come down until Saturday. Funny how our perspective can change when someone does the unkind thing to us that we have done to them.
A man parked a black truck in front of Chad's house with an effigy of Chad - wearing a noose and a t-shirt that said: "Chad, how does it feel?"
After days of nationwide controversy, a West Hollywood homeowner has removed an effigy of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin that was hanging from a noose off the side of his house. . ChadMichael Morrisette, a professional window display designer who set up the life-size mannequin of Palin, said Wednesday evening that he had met with West Hollywood Mayor Jeffrey Prang and decided it was best to remove the decoration.
"There was a huge mob scene," Morrisette said of the onlookers -- and protesters -- the display attracted. "The whole thing became a life of its own." . . . Also Wednesday, a city official delivered to Morrisette an inch-thick collection of e-mails about the effigy from hundreds of people. Jake Stevens, an aide to the mayor, said the city assigned extra staffers to answer phone calls from around the country. . [A] news report this week sparked a national uproar, drawing the attention of the Secret Service; upsetting politicians, including one local official who called for a hate crime investigation; and prompting MSNBC host Keith Olbermann on Monday to dub Morrisette "today's worst person in the world."
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