Graham hung in effigy, S.C. still importing crazy

Just as we were thinking of doing a piece on “Cat on a leash,” here comes “Graham in a noose.” You know, abortion’s been a hot topic for decades, and in the last century there was a time in which people could get arrested for advocating birth control. And in the grand scheme of things, we’re still dealing with the issue on a regular basis, though the fire has died down since the ’80s. So, what do you do if you’re a nationally-known pro-life activist? You go to South Carolina and hang a Republican U.S. senator in effigy.

That’s what Randall Terry did Monday. WYFF was all over the story, which is so absurd that you’d have to see pictures, which makes the station’s small yet apropos photo gallery so perfect. The way the story goes, Terry got his panties in a bunch over U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham voting to confirm Elana Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. And he’s going around the country doing “skits” for his television show involving senators who voted for confirmation. Naturally, Terry shows up in Greenville and strings up Graham in effigy, putting a picture of his face on the “head.”

In his second act, he strung up a pinata with Graham’s picture on it, and whacks were taken until — and this is the best part — the innards came running out. Was it tasty candy? Upstate peaches? Old “Gary Bauer for President” buttons? Why, no. Just a bunch of tiny plastic babies. But here’s the kicker of it all — Terry’s shenanigans don’t seem to have made national news until he came here, the nation’s humid greenhouse of crazy.

Not to get all Brad Wartheny, but this shit has to stop, and by that we mean the doctrinaire attitude that just seems to be getting worse. We wouldn’t be surprised if the whips actually start carrying whips now. From Democratic efforts in 2006 to Republican actions this year, it seems that unless you’re a robot for the activist base of your party, you’re on the hot seat.