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Barack O'Lanterns: Halloween Trend Alert!

The Huffington Post   |  Willow Lindley
First Posted: 10-31-08 12:02 PM   |   Updated: 12- 1-08 05:12 AM

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Multitaskers take note: now you can celebrate Halloween without neglecting your election obsession. Behold the newest trend in pumpkin carving: Barack O'Lanterns. See pictures and video below or visit YesWeCarve.com for more information, stencils, and even carving events.

Click here to see celebrity Halloween costumes or here for last-minute Halloween costume ideas.

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Multitaskers take note: now you can celebrate Halloween without neglecting your election obsession. Behold the newest trend in pumpkin carving: Barack O'Lanterns. See pictures and video below or visit...
Multitaskers take note: now you can celebrate Halloween without neglecting your election obsession. Behold the newest trend in pumpkin carving: Barack O'Lanterns. See pictures and video below or visit...
 
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06:40 PM on 10/31/2008
no more tricks, that was great
wow!
Great pumkins!
Great Americans!
03:31 PM on 10/31/2008
That first one is amazing! The shading is so intricate :-)
02:51 PM on 10/31/2008
I made 3 Obama pumpkins with the stencils from www.yeswec­arve.com and they turned out beautiful!­!!!

OBAMA '08
02:55 PM on 10/31/2008
BTW, I've never carved a pumpkin before and it was pretty easy!! I did his face and the Obama logo!!
01:30 PM on 10/31/2008
that rocked
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DrJohnnySkeptic
The road to success is always under construction.
12:28 PM on 10/27/2008
This is wonderful.­.. it brings tears of pride and hope to my eyes.
06:46 PM on 10/25/2008
wow thats alot of........­..white hipsters lol...


I did see one black couple tho...isnt diversity great?

cool pumpkins tho..
02:59 AM on 10/25/2008
I want one! That is awesome.
11:54 PM on 10/24/2008
hey all, there's a flickr group called obama pumpkins '08.
if you decide to try your hand at carving an obama pumpkin - go post your masterpiec­e on flickr!!!
there's nothing on there yet - but get the word out and it would be very cool!
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rini
Physician & mother..struggling musician
09:58 PM on 10/24/2008
Ok,

How does anyone do this? Have you ever tried to carve a pumpkin? I'm guessing they traced some sort of mold, but still....

Incredible­.
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SoonerThought
04:03 PM on 10/24/2008
You'd have to be out of your GOURD to vote for McCain!
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DrJohnnySkeptic
The road to success is always under construction.
12:36 PM on 10/27/2008
That's hilarious.­.. good one!

You'd HAVE to be a vegetable to support McCain.

McCain supporters are like the Night of the Living Dead:

"BRAINS!!!­.... I NEED MORE BRAINS!!!"

Obama/Bide­n '08
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calliope
02:25 AM on 10/24/2008
Yay, those pumpkins are awesome! :-)
12:30 PM on 10/23/2008
Wow, This is why i love America, i live in Europe, but this nice. I love this artWork!!!­!
09:16 PM on 10/25/2008
Halloween can be soooo fun for both the little ones and adults!
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raye1
Proud Democrat !
04:58 AM on 11/01/2008
I carved a few of the pumpkins using the stencils. It was sooo easy!! And my neighbors here in Switzerlan­d loved them. Even came by to take pictures of and with them! Go Obama/Bide­n!! My Dream Team!