Man At Palin Rally Displays Monkey Doll Donning Obama Sticker

By: Scott Conroy
Topics: Sarah Palin

(CBS)

From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

(PHILADELPHIA) As the crowd cheered at a Sarah Palin rally this morning in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a man in the audience grinned as he held up a stuffed monkey doll with a Barack Obama bumper sticker wrapped across its forehead.

The incident came at a time when McCain and Palin's events have increasingly been fueled by angry crowds, since Palin began drawing a connection between Barack Obama and 1960s radical William Ayers, claiming that the Democratic nominee has a history of "palling around" with a terrorist.

At a rally in Lakeville, Minnesota, on Friday, McCain was booed after he called on his audience to be respectful of Obama. The Republican nominee took the microphone away from one woman who said she couldn't trust Obama because "he's an Arab."

After Palin finished her remarks this morning, the man holding the stuffed monkey seemed to notice that a video camera was pointed at him, at which point he removed the Obama sticker from the doll's head and crumpling it up in his hand. He then handed the doll to a young boy who was watching the rally from his father's shoulders. The boy's parents later told CBS News that they weren't acquainted with the man who gave their son the stuffed monkey.

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Scott Conroy
Scott Conroy is a National Political Reporter for RealClearPolitics and a contributor for CBS News.
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by ggraham1977 October 14, 2008 5:57 PM EDT: Hmmmm. interesting to watch what happens when this idioit realizes the cameras are watching his every move. He seems embarassed at his own actions, He knows what he is doing is wrong but does it anyway. These are the Mccain followers that want power in the White House. No way!!!; Reply to this comment


by moojmolests October 14, 2008 5:52 PM EDT: "Can any of you convince me with FACTS that this guy wasn''''t a DNC/Obama Plant?"

Haha no problem- I''ll do it as soon as you can convince me, with FACTS, that you don''t molest small children. You know you can''t you dirty, dirty man.; Reply to this comment


by moojminion October 14, 2008 11:20 AM EDT: Can any of you convince me with FACTS that this guy wasn''t a DNC/Obama Plant?

I can''t wait for your hate to start flowing my way!; Reply to this comment


by michaelinnot October 14, 2008 8:19 AM EDT: He was a very different man when this camera was rolling: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bKUovpF9LWU; Reply to this comment


by michaelinnot October 14, 2008 8:17 AM EDT: He was a very different man when this camera was rolling: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bKUovpF9LWU; Reply to this comment


by merletrutled October 14, 2008 3:08 AM EDT: this is terrible when a campaign has to sink so low and obama isnt even bringing up trooper gate and this woman talks about integrity and what is right for the whitehouse. i guess her husband will be running the white house just like he did in alaska; Reply to this comment


by merletrutled October 14, 2008 3:07 AM EDT: this is terrible when a campaign has to sink so low and obama isnt even bringing up trooper gate and this woman talks about integrity and what is right for the whitehouse. i guess her husband will be running the white house just like he did in alaska; Reply to this comment


by merletrutled October 14, 2008 3:06 AM EDT: this is terrible when a campaign has to sink so low and obama isnt even bringing up trooper gate and this woman talks about integrity and what is right for the whitehouse. i guess her husband will be running the white house just like he did in alaska; Reply to this comment


by jtownnative October 14, 2008 1:55 AM EDT: Those who wish to judge an entire town based upon the actions of one individual should look out their window and gaze upon their own town. What do you see? It is probably a town not that different than mine. A town of many cultures and much history. Should I then judge you, your citizens, your town based upon the actions of one individual in your hometown? I think not, because to do so would demonstrate ignorance.; Reply to this comment


by louiseriley October 14, 2008 1:54 AM EDT: These redneck bigots and Sarah Palin deserve each other. Let''s see if they will follow her back to Alaska when they lose and she is facing impeachment. Talk about a "monkey on her back". These hateful people should be prosecuted for threatening a presidential candidate.; Reply to this comment