CW2 PING
Posted on 10/05/2004 8:57:51 AM PDT by mike182d
Edited on 10/05/2004 10:46:14 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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.
There were no witnesses to the shooting. A customer at a nearby dry cleaning store noticed shattered glass on the sidewalk in front of the headquarters and called police.
Volunteers and staffers at the campaign office say they have no clues as to who might have committed the crime. However, they add that the shooting makes them even more enthusiastic and energized about working for their candidates.
"If I have to sleep here (at the campaign office) now, that's what I'll do," says volunteer Suzanne Dewar.
In an unexpected twist, a bank directly across the street from the headquarters was robbed just as KPD officers were busy investigating at the scene of the shooting.
THis helps the democrats how? They are hateful and ignorant.
Democrappers have become political terrorists.
The party of tolerance and diversity! LOL
And yes, that are that nuts.
They are becoming like communist revolutionaries.
Locally, a family that had a Bush/Cheney sign in their yard woke up this morning to find swastikas painted all over their property. Does anyone think the perps will be charged with a hate crime?
In every other circumstance but this, yes.
I have never before witnessed the seething, animalistic hatred of a sitting president at any prior time in my now 4 decade long life. Even when Nixon was on the verge of resigning, even when Carter was the king of depression and even when it was known that Clinton not only had sex with that woman but also either nearly committed or committed treason. This hatred is dangerous, and it may be like the hatred demonstrated by the Jacobins at the time of the French Revolution. I think Bush is too nice. The Constitution *DOES* allow for certain measures considered extreme, as part of the President's duty to uphold the oath of office. If bloody revolution is being planned, then it is time for extreme measures and failure to execute them would be gross incompetence. Have we grown so flaccid and liberal that we would not *UTTERLY CRUSH* revolution? If that is the case, then, beware the *COUNTER REVOLUTION*! Maybe Franco was not all that bad.
Ever wonder why the Rats can't get this worked up over Islamic Terrorists?
In a lot of third world countries, there is a lot of
violence and shooting associated with elections.
Looks like we might have imported some of that 'style'
election practice with all the lovely new cultures.
Good Lord! Pray for the safety of those in the Bush/Cheney campaign, including the guys at the top, of course!
On Rush now
DNC brownshirts.
Stealing Republican computers from campaign head quarters. Firing into severeal re-election offices for Bush/Cheney.
Tell me again how these people aren't terrorists?
Keep your powder dry....this is gonna get worse before it gets better.
Happened here in WV, Huntington I believe, on primary night. A shot was fired into the Rep. HQ only this time, folks were present in the HQ. No blood no foul.
I think there may be more than enough evidence to label the Dems officially "enemies of the State." :-)
My wife, kids and I volunteeer at the Knox County Republican Headquarters. We've given away over 15,000 yard signs since we opened after the Republican National Convention.
This particular location is relatively near the University of Tennessee which has a fair amount of strident opposition to our current President.
Glad this didn't happen during business hours.
We need gun control for dems.
"We are the gun-contol/peacenik party. We approve of this action."
"Volunteers and staffers at the campaign office say they have no clues as to who might have committed the crime. However, they add that the shooting makes them even more enthusiastic and energized about working for their candidates. "If I have to sleep here (at the campaign office) now, that's what I'll do," says volunteer Suzanne Dewar."
Now THAT'S the spirit!
Question - What does the Democrat Party and Islam have in common?
Answer - They are both hate-filled, evil cults.
I'm afraid you may be right. The Left has never been famous for being good losers.
I read that someone shot Toby Keith's bus driver this morning? Just random or another America hater?
I read an article last week that quoted college kids saying that it is "cool" to hate bush. To them, this is cool.
My oh my. I hope somebody's keeping track of all the break-ins and vandalism at various Bush/Cheney campaign offices in the past 2 weeks. I'm thinking this makes about number 4 or 5. Something wicked this way comes.
Question - What does the Democrat Party and Islam have in common?
Answer - They are both hate-filled, evil cults.
YOU ARE CORRECT!
I didn't know Dems could operate firearms.
I think they already are, and this does not surprise me in the slightest.
Somebody does this to an abortion mill and they'd call out the national guard and place this as the lead story on the MSM evening news.
RATS are Communists.
Exactly.
Next time it probably will.
Really? No idea? You haven't heard Alec Baldwin shouting that Ken Starr and his entire family should be stoned to death? Or seen the teeshirts depicting the President in the cross-hairs? I've even seen the occasional column where presidential assassination is condoned--one in Florida comes to mind. The dems are raving, foaming at the mouth, wild-eyed crazy. Hatred can do that to people.
I thought the Dems were against guns?
"I'd say if you live in the United States of America and you vote for George Bush, you've lost your mind." - John Edwards, the epitomy of evil in our no-justice system, said this last night on ABC's Nightline. Yes, the Dems have gone THIS nuts...and Kerry-Edwards promote class-envy/hatred.
Time to break out the body armor.
Giving us the name of a State would be nice...
Democrats shouldn't be elected to any position, and these people represent the Democrat party. They are the Democrat party. Violent, hate filled, and vile.
Well, I do find it interesting Toby Keith had shots fired into his bus, not too long after an Iraq war veteran was beat up after one of his concerts. Toby has a famous song about kicking terrorist butt, it's possible it was intentional from the Dem 'peaceniks'.
You can blame this new era of mendacious take-the-gloves-off, pitbull, go-for-the-jugular, win-at-all-costs vitriol on the Clinton slime team - Paul Begala, James Carville, and Syd "Vicious" Blumenthal.
Unfortunately, I fear things will never be the same. There is no such thing as civility in politics anymore. We're becoming a Banana Republic.
Suspect? Its pretty well established that shots were fired which would make the person who did it a 'perpetrator.'
IOW, the person who did it is NOT suspected of doing it, THEY ACTUALLY DID IT!
I wouldn't sign my name to this lousy writing either. Rant over...
It depends on the police and DA's office. That area is heavily Democratic, so I expect this will be the last we hear about it.
The media sure as he;; won't touch it. I live in West TN and had to learn of the event off the internet.
Knoxville, Tennessee.
Swastikas etched into lawns, bullets through rival campaign headquarters... business as usual for the Party of Peace.
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