*Official* Crime against Republicans thread

[burnedout]

We'll begin in Madison, Wisconsin

From WISC - TV

Swastika Burned Into Grass On Bush-Cheney Supporter's Lawn
Homeowner: 'My Signs Are Going Right Back In The Yard'

POSTED: 11:57 am CDT October 1, 2004
UPDATED: 12:31 pm CDT October 1, 2004

MADISON, Wis. -- Madison homeowners are livid after vandals defaced their homes.

Someone burned an 8-foot-by-8-foot Nazi swastika on a home's lawn near where Bush-Cheney signs were posted. The vandals used grass killer to spray the symbol.

Several nearby homes were vandalized -- all were within a two-block radius on the West Side, near Ice Age Trail, News 3 reported.

Moving on to Knoxville, TN, we have this report from WBIR - TV

Shots fired into Knox Bush/Cheney headquarters
An unknown suspect fired several shots into the Bearden office of the Bush/Cheney re-election campaign Tuesday morning.

The headquarters are located at 4618 Kingston Pike, next to Noveau Classics and in the same shopping plaza as Long's Drugstore.

According to Knoxville Police Department (KPD) officers on the scene Tuesday, it is believed that the two separate shots were fired from a car sometime between 6:30 am and 7:15 am.

One shot shattered the glass in the front door and the other cracked the glass in another of the front doors.

Finally, from the Vail, CO area, a landowner offers a $5,000 reward for info leading to the arrest of those responsible for cutting Bush/Cheney campaign signs with a chainsaw. From the Vail Daily

Wanted: attackers of campaign signs

September 29, 2004
AVON ? Enough of the burning Bush and enough of the Avon chain saw massacre.

Vandals trespassing on his property to chainsaw the middle out of Republican campaign signs spurred landowner Magnus Lindholm Wednesday to offer a $5,000 reward for information leading the arrest of those responsible.

Earlier this week, somebody chain-sawed the middle out of two Bush signs on his property in Avon at the William Post Boulevard exit on Interstate 70. A ?Bush/Cheney ?04? campaign sign was burned in Wolcott.

The Avon signs had been torn down previously, and others around the state have been damaged. Also targeted were campaign signs in other parts of the state promoting the U.S. Senate campaign of Pete Coors, also a Republican.

No signs promoting Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry or Senate hopeful Ken Salazar have been reported damaged.

[...]

Cars owned by Eagle County resident Gunther Schmidt and his daughter, which carried Bush/Cheney bumper stickers, have also been targeted. While the damage was light ? the bumper stickers were scratched off and the cars scratched ? Schmidt said it?s not the extent, but the principle of free speech that matters.

?If you are for the Republican party, it seems to me that the Democrats take all kinds of measures to destroy your signs,? said Schmidt. ?I thought we lived in a free country where you could express your opinion in a non-violent way, without being punished for it.?

If you have related news reports, then by all means, please let us know.

 

[jackschmittusa]

What does the word "official" in your title imply? Sanctioned?

 

[dmcowen674]

I was posting new Revolution thread based on similar events.

 

[Infohawk]

Wait, don't the Repugs advocate violence as a means to an end? What's the problem here?

 

[Steeplerot]

how about a purple heart bandaid for your signs of idiocy.

 

[Infohawk]

Originally posted by: steeplerot
how about a purple heart bandaid for your signs of idiocy.

LOL! :thumbsup:

 

[DealMonkey]

Ahhh yes, Republicans ... they love to portray themselves as the "oppressed underdogs," yet they control all aspects of our government. A strange disconnect from reality I must say . . .

 

[burnedout]

How can we forget the burglary in Seattle?

From the Seattle Times:

Bush's state headquarters for re-election burglarized

By David Postman and Ashley Bach
Seattle Times reporters

KEN LAMBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES
A rock was thrown through the window of the Washington state headquarters for the president's re-election campaign.

The Washington state headquarters for the president's re-election campaign was broken into last night, and police are investigating the theft of three computers from the Bellevue office.
Missing are laptop computers used by the campaign's executive director, the head of the get-out-the-vote effort and one that had been set for delivery to the campaign's Southwest Washington field director, said Jon Seaton, executive director of the state's George W. Bush campaign.

Seaton said data on the computers was backed up and available elsewhere. But, he said, the loss creates a potential security breach about the campaign's so-called 72-hour plan, the Bush get-out-the-vote effort.

"Obviously there's some stuff there we wouldn't want our opposition getting their hands on," Seaton said.

The campaign has spoken about the importance of the 72-hour plan in swing states across the country. Bush campaign officials say it could make the difference in a close election if Republicans are able to make sure their voters get to a polling place on election day and don't sit home as many did four years ago.

Seaton was the first one in the office this morning. He did not notice the break-in until he walked into his office and saw a rock and broken glass on the floor.

A side window of the office on 112-th Ave. N.E. had been smashed.

 

[jpeyton]

:thumbsup:

Karma is a bitch.

 

[dahunan]

Why are Republicans complaining about a swastika in their front yard when they have one in the backyard too?

Anyhow..


Can we get a Official thread for Republican Stunts and False Activities created to make Democrats look bad thread?

 

[Rainsford]

What is the purpose of this thead? To demonstrate that, yes, stupidity is everywhere?

 

[burnedout]

Vandals hit local Bush headquarters in Oxford, Mississippi - The Daily Mississippian

Vandals hit local Bush campaign office

by Martin Bartlett
Senior Staff Reporter
September 28, 2004


Oxford police are investigating a break-in over the weekend at the Bush-Cheney campaign headquarters in Oxford.

Andrew George, North Mississippi Field Coordinator for the Mississippi Republican Party, said he was heading to church in Oxford Sunday morning and noticed that something wasn?t right at the store-front headquarters on Van Buren Avenue at South 11th Street.

?They came in and broke out the window on the front door. They broke out another of the front windows,? he said.

George said it was an act of vandalism, not theft. Vandalism is a felony in Mississippi.

 

[burnedout]

:music:Sign, sign, everywhere a sign:music:

The Cleveland Plain Dealer from Medina

[...]

Republicans also say they have gone through an unusually high number of signs this year.

The Democrats figure about 450 signs have been removed or damaged since last Thursday's presidential debates, said party chairwoman Pam Miller.

"You always see signs disappear, but never to this extent," Miller said. "I have no idea who's behind it, but my guess would be some group of renegade volunteers."

Medina County Republican Party Chairman Ralph Berry denounced the vandalism and said that his party's sign campaign has also suffered thefts since the Republican convention.

The Republicans say they have gone through about 4,000 signs, with a third of them replacements for those that have been stolen.

"I've been involved in political campaigns since the early 1970s, and I've never seen anything like this," Berry said.

[...]

 

[burnedout]

More violence, this time in Orlando. From the AP via the Lakeland Ledger

Published Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Florida GOP workers claim intimidation by labor protesters

By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press Writer
ORLANDO, Fla.
Bush-Cheney campaign workers in three Florida cities said they were intimidated by chanting labor union activists who showed up unwelcomed in their offices on Tuesday, protesting changes pushed by the Bush administration on overtime pay.

Dozens of union activists showed up at the Bush-Cheney campaign offices in Miami, Orlando and Tampa to deliver postcards from people opposed to the Bush administration regulations that they claim would threaten the overtime payments of chefs, nurses, police officers, journalists, athletic trainers, lower-level computer employees.

Similar protests organized by labor unions occurred in other cities around the nation.

A criminal complaint was filed with the Orlando Police Department after Rhyan Metzler, a field director for the Republican Party of Florida in Orlando, said his wrist was sprained while he was trying to stop protesters from getting through the office door. About 50 of the 120 protesters in Orlando got into the office.

The head of another campaign worker was slammed against the glass door, Metzler said.

"I locked the door to keep them from coming in. I asked them to leave," Metzler said. "I told them they were trespassing, that I had called the police and that if they didn't leave I would have them prosecuted."

Police officers were considering filing two misdemeanor battery charges against a protester, said Sgt. Brian Gilliam, a spokesman for the Orlando Police Department. . . . . . . .

 

[burnedout]

Much more on the Orlando story. This time with pics.

WKMG TV - Orlando

Protestors Ransack Bush/Cheney Headquarters In Orlando
2 People Receive Minor Injuries During Protest

POSTED: 6:05 pm EDT October 5, 2004
UPDATED: 9:10 pm EDT October 5, 2004
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A group of protestors stormed and then ransacked a Bush-Cheney headquarters building in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, according to Local 6 News.

Protestors Storm, Ransack Bush-Cheney Headquarters In Orlando

Local 6 News reported that several people from the group of 100 Orlando protestors face possible assault charges after the group forced their way inside the Republican headquarters office.

While in the building, some of the protestors drew horns and a mustache on a poster of President George W. Bush and poured piles of letters in the office, according to the report.

"We told them to leave, they broke the law," Republican headquarters volunteer Mike Broom said.

Two protestors received minor injuries when the crowd stormed the building, including a Republican volunteer.

One of the protestors said she wanted to send a message.

"We want to send a clear message to Bush, we want him to take his hands off our overtime pay," protestor Esmeralda Heuilar said.

Local 6 News learned that most of the protestors were from the AFL-CIO and were taking part in one of 20 other coordinated protests around the country.

A spokesperson with the AFL-CIO told Local 6 News that the Orlando protest did not go as planned.

A protest similar to Orlando's demonstration was held at a Bush-Cheney office in Miami at the same approximate time, Local 6 News reported.

 

[Infohawk]

burnedout, having fun posting but not responding? That's what a troll does.

Again, conservatives believe in furthering their views through violence. What's the problem here?

 

[burnedout]

Montana too.

Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Saturday, September 04, 2004

GOP headquarters vandalized in political protest
By WALT WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer

The headquarters of the Gallatin County Republicans was vandalized early Friday morning in a crime one Republican called an "act of terror."

An unknown vandal or vandals spray-painted peace signs on the windows and anti-Bush messages on the outside walls. A rock was thrown through a double-paned window next to the main entrance to the building, and the front door was coated with eggs and possibly cottage cheese.
The sign marking the headquarters also was destroyed. The interior appeared to be mostly untouched.

Bozeman Police had no suspects as of Friday.

Rep. John Sinrud, R-Bozeman, pointed out the irony of the peace signs given the obvious message.

People, he said, "have become so hateful."

Friday was the second time the GOP headquarters was vandalized in less than a week. Several holes had been kicked into the headquarters' sign sometime late Sunday or early Monday, but that damage had been repaired.

This time the vandalism was much more extensive. The GOP is using an office in a business park on North 19th Avenue for its headquarters. Gallatin County party co-chair David Penwell said insurance should cover the cost of damages, which he called "an act of terror." . . . . .

 

[tallest1]

Originally posted by: jackschmittusa
What does the word "official" in your title imply? Sanctioned?

by the UN of course

 

[AntiEverything]

Originally posted by: Rainsford
What is the purpose of this thead? To demonstrate that, yes, stupidity is everywhere?

Anytime a Republican gives a Democrat a dirty look it makes the news, and the liberal hate machine here goes into action painting anybody not voting for Kerry as as puppy-kicking, gay-hating, racist nazi.

Isn't it only fair to show how Democrats pull the same garbage? Democrats are as evil as Republicans. Too bad they're also blind to their hypocrisy. In their fervor to kick Bush from office, they have become exactly what they hate.

Sad, but predictable.

 

[thegimp03]

sad...

 

[Mockery]

The only thing sadder than these acts are the alleged "peace hippies" bouncing up and down supporting this type of vandalism and hate.

Seriously....This country is so desperate for another revolution.

 

[Mockery]

Originally posted by: Infohawk
burnedout, having fun posting but not responding? That's what a troll does.

Again, conservatives believe in furthering their views through violence. What's the problem here?

You are a vivid example of what is wrong with this country. Only the ubberly elite of the devotee trolls can condemn the actions of one event while keeping intellectual dishonest about another.

Ever heard the saying lead by example?

Apparently not, since you?ve decided to enact the doctrine of ?they're dense, so I?m going to act as if I?m a lead poison victim.?

 

[Steeplerot]

*shrug* it's how our forefathers wanted it to be if jerks like this Bush ever took over.What else can you do after dissent is taken away?
Anyhow with the way it is looking the shrub is going home to be a civilian failure again so don't trip

 

[Mockery]

Originally posted by: steeplerot
*shrug* it's how our forefathers wanted it to be if jerks like this Bush ever took over.What else can you do after dissent is taken away?
Anyhow with the way it is looking the shrub is going home to be a civilian failure again so don't trip

That?s interesting, because how I see it: if these peoples ability to dissent had been taken away our president would be kicking dirt on these people?s bodies, rather than suffering from a recurring ear infection that he has acquired from 1200 days of consecutive whining.

 

[arsbanned]

Mockery: I honestly have no idea what you are trying to say. Are you spanking the OP or the people responding?
Basically, huh?