KKK Roast Offered to Maker of Obama Sock Monkey


	KKK Roast Offered to Maker of Obama Sock Monkey

digitalsistere

6-18-2008 2:16 PM

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obama, kkk, racism, toy, toys, threat, barack, funny, weird

digitalsistere says:

"Having led a moderately quiet lifestyle until now; our social calendar suddenly filled up with vivid and creative death threats," the statement said. "And last we heard, a posse of bloggers from back east are on their way over to conduct — how did they phrase it, a good ol' fashioned KKK house burning party at David & Elizabeth's. Kinda exciting stuff, but this in America?"

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