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Obama Haters Carve Swastika on 18th Hole

Link to President Obama on country club green stumps police

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 14, 2009 5:52 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Obama-equals-Hitler folks have left us a puzzle. Vandals carved "I swastika Obama"—with the swastika facing the wrong way—on, of all places, the 18th hole of a country club golf course 40 miles north of Boston. It's unclear who did it or even when, but a club manager speculates that it might have been carved with a golf cleat. The Secret Service and Massachusetts police are investigating.

The daughter of the club's owner yesterday covered the desecration with a large cardboard heart. President Obama is due to appear in Boston at a fundraiser for Gov. Deval Patrick next week.

Lakeville Country Club owner Gary Mosca looks down at a message carved into the 18th green, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, in Lakeville, Mass.
Lakeville Country Club owner Gary Mosca looks down at a message carved into the 18th green, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, in Lakeville, Mass.   (AP Photo/Boston Herald, Boston Herald, Matt Stone)
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schmidtkoff
Oct 15, 2009 8:02 AM CDT
it's the nazis who turned it into an abomination. it's an ancient symbol used by many peoples and cultures. it only became a symbol of hate when hitler for some reason decided to adopt it. and now, history aside it is equated with all things dispicable, racist, hate - you name it. but that's not what it originally was.
schmidtkoff
Oct 15, 2009 7:40 AM CDT
@newserscooter - notwithstanding his past moniker, he is now known as and recognized as Barrack Obama. to revert to barry to me, anyway, is likened to belittlement. that's just my intrepretation though.
J.A.H
Oct 15, 2009 7:30 AM CDT
The country club owners daughter has some respect

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