14 Oct 2012
Spring-Lake New Jersey: A
self-proclaimed political independent has drawn flak from people across
the country for setting up an insensitive Halloween display on his
shops’ window depicting president Obama as a witch doctor because he
couldn’t get a line of credit.
“Call it what you want, I’m not taking it down,” Bill Skuby told WABC-TV regarding the display, which also has Obama’s picture on a tombstone above the words, “I told you I was sick,” an apparent reference to the Affordable Care Act.
He told the WABC that he custom-ordered baseball hats with letters F.Y.B.O embossed, suspected to be an acronym for F#$% You Barack Obama. He told a New Jersey newspaper that he believes “lots of people feel the way he feels but afraid to say it”.
“That window represents the worst of the worst in our society,” said Suzanne Herrmann, a therapist who lives part-time in Spring Lake. “People can have their views, but to express them with bones through their nose is not right. Let’s talk about policy, not about nastiness. This is not representative of how people in Spring Lake act. It’s not what you say, but how you say it. This is absolutely disgusting. It is also incendiary. It brings the out the worst in people. This is outside the boundaries of the parameters of good ethics.”
“We don’t touch anything political locally or nationally, but I’ve expressed by own personal opinion to Mr. Skuby about the window,” said George D’Amico, president of the Spring Lake Chamber of Commerce. “He has a First Amendment right to do what he wants, but from a business perspective, I would not do what he did.”
“It’s crazy,” said Lynn Ludwig of Neptune Township, who was shopping on Tuesday at the Main Pharmacy in downtown Spring Lake. “I didn’t vote for [Obama], but I respect him. It is what it is.”
But bill Skuby is not buckling down.
“Call it what you want, I’m not taking it down,” Bill Skuby told WABC-TV regarding the display, which also has Obama’s picture on a tombstone above the words, “I told you I was sick,” an apparent reference to the Affordable Care Act.
He told the WABC that he custom-ordered baseball hats with letters F.Y.B.O embossed, suspected to be an acronym for F#$% You Barack Obama. He told a New Jersey newspaper that he believes “lots of people feel the way he feels but afraid to say it”.
“That window represents the worst of the worst in our society,” said Suzanne Herrmann, a therapist who lives part-time in Spring Lake. “People can have their views, but to express them with bones through their nose is not right. Let’s talk about policy, not about nastiness. This is not representative of how people in Spring Lake act. It’s not what you say, but how you say it. This is absolutely disgusting. It is also incendiary. It brings the out the worst in people. This is outside the boundaries of the parameters of good ethics.”
“We don’t touch anything political locally or nationally, but I’ve expressed by own personal opinion to Mr. Skuby about the window,” said George D’Amico, president of the Spring Lake Chamber of Commerce. “He has a First Amendment right to do what he wants, but from a business perspective, I would not do what he did.”
“It’s crazy,” said Lynn Ludwig of Neptune Township, who was shopping on Tuesday at the Main Pharmacy in downtown Spring Lake. “I didn’t vote for [Obama], but I respect him. It is what it is.”
But bill Skuby is not buckling down.
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