That's funny. None of the stories I've read said the lips were big. You just kind of assume that, based on the President's race?
I've seen pictures of the clown in the mask. The lips were not grotesquely large, but it's widely reported that one of the other clowns was messing with the lips and acting like they were big and floppy, and IIRC that's one of the things Lt Gov Kinder (a Republican) mentioned specifically when he denounced it.
What I don't understand is why *you* are being so sensitive about it.
Or are you just channeling CSD or DeSelby for the sake of a good argument? (if so, well, you got me. Good show.)
I think that all parties of whatever political persuasion should pay proper respect to the office of the POTUS. Not necessarily the person, but the office. As I am sure all the veterans here were taught, you salute the position, not the person. And I am equally as dismayed by people hanging President Bush in effigy. And such people certainly don't represent me.
It is
particularly appropriate to mock Obama because he has no respect for the office he holds. But hanging anyone if effigy is crossing the line.