Local liberals, horrified by the Right’s “hate mongering,” can’t believe Sarah Palin is daring to show her face in Boston. Palin is “bringing her big hair . . . and legion of racist militia members to Boston,” complains Bostonist. Another online site screams, “We can’t allow Sarah to take a big Alaskan Husky dump in our back yard!”

How do they plan to fight the hate? A local weekly paper had a contest for best signs to greet Sarah. This was one of the finalists: