Sarah Palin fan unknowingly buys effigy with noose
This Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008 picture shows a Sarah Palin effigy hanging by a noose and a John McCain effigy surrounded by fake flames coming out of a chimney in a Halloween display at a home in West Hollywood, Calif. A supporter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has suffered from buyer’s remorse after learning that he won an eBay auction for an effigy that had been hung by a noose, its maker said. ChadMichael Morrisette, a professional window dresser who created the Palin look-alike, told the Los Angeles Times that the item sold for more than $2,200 on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, but the buyer has changed his mind. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. —
The maker of a Sarah Palin mannequin says a would-be buyer backed out when he discovered its past – as a effigy hung by a noose in a West Hollywood home’s Halloween display.
Professional window dresser ChadMichael Morrisette said the winner of the eBay auction thought he was buying a pro-Palin item until he heard a radio report about it.
Morrisette created the look-alike mannequin of the Republican vice presidential candidate and hung it from his home’s roof for Halloween. He removed it early out of safety concerns after the display prompted protests.
Morrisette told the Los Angeles Times the would-be sale price was more than $2,200. He hasn’t said whether he would auction the item again.