The Official Campaign Hooligans Thread

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Please keep the editorial comments and partisan hackery to a minimum. A brief synopsis is preferred. Linkage to media (print, online, TV, etc) reporting - no blogoscrap propaganda. And here we go ...

Tires slashed during Obama rally in Fayetteville, NC

Someone slashed the tires of at least 30 vehicles parked outside the Crown Coliseum on Sunday during a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, authorities said.

Sheriff?s deputies are investigating. The tires were cut while people were inside the Crown Coliseum listening to speeches, said Maj. E. Wright of the Cumberland County Sheriff?s Office.

Dead bear covered with Obama signs found at school

CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) - Police at Western Carolina University and wildlife officials were investigating the discovery early Monday of a dead bear cub draped with a pair of Barack Obama campaign signs.

Leila Tvedt, associate vice chancellor for public relations, said Monday night that maintenance workers found the 75-pound bear cub shot to death in front of the school's administration building at the entrance to campus. The Obama yard signs were stapled together and placed over the bear's head,