What Ron Haven's was trying to do with his display was to ultimately get people thinking about the political debates and show first hand that Obama is being treated poorly by the McCain campaign. Although I feel that Haven could have come up with a less discriminating way of speaking his mind, since it did show McCain dressed as a Ku Klux Klan member chasing Obama with a bat; his choice in the matter, however, definitely got people's attention, even if some was for the worst.
I thought it was cool that Murray, the journalist, recorded past Halloween set ups that Haven has done, also. It got me more into his idea of putting together a set and showing people via Halloween costumes instead of just going around ranting and raving about his beliefs. It's creative, which is something you don't see a lot when it comes to politics.
'"McCain has been rabble-rousing, calling Obama a terrorist and a Muslim. The McCain campaign has gotten so ugly. That's what the message is. I can see how people could take this the wrong way. I'm not advocating anything. It's sarcasm."' Haven's words are so nonchalant and make him seem so laid back about something so conflicting. What the McCain campaign is doing to Obama is serious stuff that people should take note of but some are over looking it, and Haven is trying to bring their eyes back to the problem at hand. I just show respect for people who go out on a limb and take a chance to share their beliefs through something creative.
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I agree with what you are saying here, when I read the article I also felt like Haven was very nonchalant when he was talking about the decorations.I also felt like the author had a negative attitude about the way the decorations were portrayed, even though Haven actually didn't do anything wrong but sharing his thoughts of the election in a different way.
I do commend Haven for expressing this point - that Obama has been mistreated by the McCain campaign - but personally, I don't agree with the way he did it. I think expressing his political views through scarecrows (what perfect timing - Halloween's right before the elections) is awesome, but by resurfacing the image of the KKK and basically accusing McCain of being a member of it, he gets to a subject that I think is way too touchy for the message he's trying to send. People are bound to react to it, and as Verdier said, "The message we send is not always the message received."
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