Someone needs to tell these kids that years ago, right where they are now, Republican soldiers died so that these punks would have a country to drop F-bombs all over.
-Dan
Posted on 10/03/2004 6:57:29 AM PDT by Old Lady
Update to this article: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1232770/posts?page=51,45
This Sunday morning my husband left the house to buy a newspaper, drove by the Republican Headquarters at Chambersburg and Washington Streets, and saw graffiti written all over the plate glass windows -- some swear words and something about soldiers dying.
This Republican office is closed Sunday. We reported it to 911 (state police, as the local police have limited hours and were not on duty). We also reported it to local Rep. Stephen Maitland's office (on an answering machine as they are not open), and reported it to the AP.
As noted above in an earlier article, sometime Thursday after the presidential debate, somebody threw 2 beer bottles through a plate glass window of the same office, created a massive hole and shattered the window. We went up there to get a replacement sign as our Bush sign was stolen from our yard the night of the debate. The office opened at noon and the pregnant office worker was close to tears, worried about her safety and the safety of her baby. Approx. 2 weeks earlier, someone shot the windows with a pellet gun, damaging but not breaking the glass.
Link to the Gettysburg Times: there is a tiny article somewhere in the crime section about the broken window.
That office should install a surveillance camera, I think. In fact, I think all such offices should do so. I can't imagine why this has not already been done.
Catch the buttheads, don't just complain about them!
-Dan
I agree. Cameras are a cheap and effective way of catching vandals.
"Someone needs to tell these kids that years ago, right where they are now, Republican soldiers died so that these punks would have a country to drop F-bombs all over. "
It would be nice to publish a photo of the vandalism with the headline "In 1864, Democrats bitterly opposed a war to end slavery. They are doing the same in 2004."
Are the libs this desperate? What can they hope to accomplish by vandalizing Bush/Republican HQs? The same thing happened in Seattle yesterday, except the punks went so far as to b&e and steal some laptops. Shameful.
-Dan
Hi neighbor; I'm in the York area. I'll check the papers here and see if anything's posted...
"Use the attack to garnish a little media time. Clearly, someone is illegally interfering with your first amendment rights, and the electoral process. Don't forget to take plenty of photos, and circulate them around."
Yes. Sadly, it's not just Republican signs and stuff that are being vanadalized. Plenty of action the other way, too.
Personally, I'd like to see some serious enforcement action on the part of law enforcement against any political vandalism, no matter on which side.
As you say, these are our first amendment rights. Nothing is more precious.
Why doesn't someone work overnight to watch for this stuff and protect the offices from theft and vandalism? This and other reports-a report from Seattle of Demonrats stealing their computers. All Bush-Cheney headquarters need to be prepared and aware of this.
Excellent caption. Kerry supporters would call you part of the Republican attack machine (and I would they are right).
Grammar check: ....(and I would hope they are right).
There should have been a regular news article pointing out the broken glass incident happened the night of the presidential debate, plus the stolen Bush signs in the area.
There is nothing in the papers yet about this latest graffiti incident.
I totally agree with you.
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I tried to link this to an earlier article I posted a few days ago about the first vandalism incident, but I did not make a proper link (don't know how, sorry).
Thanks for getting the word out about these perpetrators!
**That office should install a surveillance camera,**
My thoughts, exactly!
Folks
Don't forget, this isn't the only one that it happened to. It's happened in numerous cities.
For instance, the headquarters in Huntington WV was vandalized twice. Once, some idiot fired a gun through the front window while people were in the headquarters watching Dubya's acceptance speech at the convention.
The thing is, this should be thought of as maybe...I dunno...a RICO style conspiracy by leftist operatives. And should be investigated as such. Cases before a grand jury, subpoenas served, all that.
Don't we have a friend in a federal prosecutors office somewhere that can take the ball and run with this thing? It's not as if it isn't legit, because it IS.
Put a sign on the window saying in 1863 51,112 men were wounded, mortally wounded and died in three days at Gettysburg.
Most of these small offices are run by groups of volunteers on very small budgets. No funding from the NRC or the Bush Campaign.
We find and empty building and rent it for 6 to 8 weeks before the election. Sometimes if the landlord happens to be a republican they will donate the building, but this doesn't happen often.
Our particular club has a fund raiser once a year to pay for this, along with buying signs etc.
Most areas are set up and run by volunteers. If there were lap tops in the office they probably belonged to individual volunteers.
In Alvin, TX. we have a pretty nice headquarters but there isn't anything paid for other than by the volunteers and people who come in and maybe drop a couple dollars in to help keep it running. This is just FYI.
It would be nice to have a surveillance camera, I agree.
***It would be nice to publish a photo of the vandalism with the headline "In 1864, Democrats bitterly opposed a war to end slavery. They are doing the same in 2004."***
EXCELLENT thinking.
That is awful.
But now that I think of it...we have a very large front yard. We live in a rural mountainous area. This morning we discovered that someone during the night had done numerous wheelies digging the yard all to heck. I jokingly told my husband that maybe they didn't like all our Bush/Cheney signs! Maybe that's why they did it. At least they didn't steal or hit the signs!
According to the WA state board the damage is much worse than that. They used info on the laptops to break into the RNC's national voter vault and wrecked it. All the get out of the vote effort since August... gone.
I don't have a lot of money, but I trying to find info on an inexpensive surveillance camera. Anyone have any suggestions?
Webcams are cheap. Even camcorders can be had for under $500.
Mount them near a window, facing out.
Radio Shack says they sell two products that should help:
(1) a camera that connects to a VCR and records for 8 hours, for $119
(1) a camera that can film at night, connects to a computer and can record endlessly, for about $200.
When the vandalized office opens Monday, I will offer to donate something to them until the election is over.
Sounds like Kerry's MO. Kerry's brother broke into opponent's HQ in his first campaign. Kerry lost and brother spent time in jail.
Kerry's KGB in action supported by some union thugs.
I wish Kerry would have been charged for the conspiracy that took place prior to the break-in.
any more info on this?
I hope you get out of Iraq soon. Not exactly one of my favorite destinations. Don't get kidnapped.
Maybe they should choose a more upscale area in which to place their Victory Center -- that part of town has no security and is filled with Democratic trash union workers. This vandalism just proves that the Bush team is effective and is making the opposition nervous. We're gonna take PA!
http://www.komotv.com/stories/33333.htm
Bush-Cheney Campaign Headquarters Burglarized
I wont...
i dont leave the base often and when I do, I am never alone....
thanks!
It would add a prohibitive cost to the Bush campaign. That's what terrorism does, whether it's Al Qaeda forcing us to implement extensive airport screening, or Demopuke operatives engaging in thug tactics to frighten the opposition.
The only answer is a surveillance camera. I would imagine between now, the election and inauguration that more violence/vandalism will occur.
The local police have "limited hours and were not on duty"? What's up with that? Is Gettysburg that down and out that you have no police protection at an office that has been vandalized twice now? I'm really glad I live in Texas, where even in the smallest burgs, the local sheriff keeps an eye on things all week. I'd seriously consider moving if the union/Dem thugs run the place.
The National Park Service, however, has rangers/Park Police on duty at night -- on the battlefield, not the town.
Does anyone here remember when Carville was managing some politician in Europe and the opposition candidate's office was broken into? I think there was a window broken to get in. This incident reminds me of that, but I've forgotten the details. Anybody know them?
http://www.carville.info/jcbio.html
After the Clinton victory, Carville began to focus on foreign consulting. Since that time, Carville's political clients have included the following: Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis; Brazilian President Fernando Enrique Cardoso; Honduran Prime Minister Carlos Flores; President Jamil Mahuad of Ecuador; the Liberal Party of Canada; British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Sao Paulo Mayor Celso Pitta; Argentine Economic Minister Domingo Carvallo; Francis Labastida of Mexico; Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Basdeo Panday; and President Hipolito Mejia of the Dominican Republic. In 1999, Carville led Ehud Barak to Victory in his campaign to become Prime Minister of Israel.
No yet. I suspect the fur will start flying today -- but I'm away this week and won't be much in touch.
The West Allis, WI Bush-Cheney office was invaded by protestors yesterday while most volunteers were away hearing Laura Bush speak. They used a bull horn and jumped on the furniture to intimidate workers. The latest word is that no charges will be filed.
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