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Vandals Set Fire To McCain/Palin Campaign Signs
WHAG TV ^ | 9/23/08 | Mary King

Posted on 09/23/2008 3:59:29 PM PDT by DallasBiff

The Republican Central Committee of Washington County says just 12 hours after they put up a McCain/Palin sign on Maryland Route 68 this past Saturday, someone burned it.

The party says this isn't the first time signs have been vandalized.

Two years ago during Michael Steele’s run for senate and former governor Robert Erhlich's gubernatorial election, campaign signs were sliced up with box cutters.

Campaign volunteers say there's a message behind the burning signs.

"I think what it says is that the Democratic party in Washington County is frustrated. This is a Republican county and we expect to get 70 percent for John McCain and Sarah Palin on November 4th, and while I can certainly understand their frustration, acts of vandalism, arson should not be tolerated, and are not only potentially criminal but a civil rights violation," said Mark Boyer, a McCain/Palin sign chairman.

(Excerpt) Read more at your4state.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: brownshirts; mccainpalin; obama; obamabiden; palin
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The "in your face" campaign proclaimed by Obama starts.
1 posted on 09/23/2008 3:59:30 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

This was expected.


2 posted on 09/23/2008 4:00:37 PM PDT by PeterFinn (NObama in NOvember.)
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To: DallasBiff

HOPE, CHANGE, YES WE CAN!


3 posted on 09/23/2008 4:01:09 PM PDT by nobamanada
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To: DallasBiff

Enviornmetalist should be up in arms. These fires are creating more global warming


4 posted on 09/23/2008 4:01:15 PM PDT by shadeaud
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To: DallasBiff

Obviously an act of sexism by the democrats.


5 posted on 09/23/2008 4:02:22 PM PDT by bayliving (Democrats used to be funny. Now they're just plain dangerous.)
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To: DallasBiff
Of course, if you want to get yourself on TV, you can light your own signs on fire and claim agitators did it.
6 posted on 09/23/2008 4:02:22 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: DallasBiff

The Vanguard of the Obama Revolutionary Front at work, eh?


7 posted on 09/23/2008 4:02:29 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: DallasBiff

Ah, yes. Some of Ayers’ spawn doing what they do best.


8 posted on 09/23/2008 4:02:35 PM PDT by loungeSerf (Freedom Sucks! Obama 08)
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To: DallasBiff

Why you don’t see McCain/Palin yardsigns and bumperstickers most places....


9 posted on 09/23/2008 4:03:00 PM PDT by Uriah_lost (Obama just woke up with a moose head in his bed....)
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To: DallasBiff
I guess we're lucky where I live -- here the lefty-whackos just scrawl "OBAMA" across all the Republican signs with black spray paint.
10 posted on 09/23/2008 4:04:11 PM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: DallasBiff

Do what I’m doing. Rub your signs with poison ivy. My sign was trashed last night. I’m watchin’ all my neighbors and their kids to see who shows up covered in Calamine Lotion. And,,, they won’t know how they got it. And next time they trash my sign, they’ll get it again!


11 posted on 09/23/2008 4:05:31 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: DallasBiff

As was the case in Milwaukee in 2004, there will be no formal investigation and prosecution because this is being perpetrated against those rich, intolerant Republicans.


12 posted on 09/23/2008 4:05:36 PM PDT by rj45mis
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
In 04 after my Bush/ Cheney sign was stolen I used this:



To booby trap my signs.

I also suggest if you put a yard sign, put up motion or heat sensitive game tracking camera to snap a pick of anyone who gets near your sign. With any luck you will be able to identify the perp and cause them big trouble.....
13 posted on 09/23/2008 4:09:29 PM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
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To: DallasBiff

I’ve been tempted to buy a whole lot of red “N” stickers to “modify” any Obambi signs and stickers I see....


14 posted on 09/23/2008 4:10:39 PM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
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To: DallasBiff

Ah, they’re like the cross-burning, noose hanging, KKK Republicans now! I’m SOOOO disappointed. (Just being themselves. I guess this is what Barry meant by “in their faces.”)


15 posted on 09/23/2008 4:14:08 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: DallasBiff
Well, boo frickin’ hoo that the Libs are frustrated because Washington County remains a Republican stronghold amid the rest of Maryland, which is polluted by Dems. Yay to my childhood home for staying strong!!!!
16 posted on 09/23/2008 4:15:25 PM PDT by Heartland Mom (I'm a Republican because EVERYONE can't be on welfare.)
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To: DallasBiff

Keep it up and “you will have a war you won’t believe”!


17 posted on 09/23/2008 4:18:42 PM PDT by timydnuc (I'll die on my feet before I'll live on my knees.)
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To: BallyBill; Salamander

WRONG. I live in this county, and have had signs vandalised in 2004 and 06.I would NOT have agreed to an interview about it either. I just hid in the bushes with a Beeman.


18 posted on 09/23/2008 4:25:41 PM PDT by Into the Vortex
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To: Kozak

The Eau de skunk will keep them away for sure. I’m an old deer hunter and have used it many times to mask my human stink. I’ve also played some great practical jokes with it. My buddy’s Corvette tires for one. After the poison ivy, I will hook up a fish line to a switch operating a flashbulb. Should scare the cr@p outa the neighborhood kids!


19 posted on 09/23/2008 4:39:02 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Two problems with that.
They need not touch the sign if they are setting fire to it or defacing it with spray paint.
Not everyone is allergic to poison ivy.


20 posted on 09/23/2008 4:57:06 PM PDT by magslinger (A politician who thinks he is above the law is actually beneath contempt.)
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