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Republican HQ Manager's Home Shot Up Over McCain Signs [Florida]
Local 6 News Orlando ^ | 10/23/08 | Staff

Posted on 10/23/2008 5:46:31 AM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia

LONGWOOD, Fla. -- The home of a Central Florida Republican headquarters manager was shot up and damaged over his support of Sen. John McCain, the man told police.

Rog Coverely said several pellets pierced his Longwood home. Coverely showed several spiderwebbed-holes in the front windows of his home.

The Republican manager said he is convinced he was targeted because of new McCain signs he added around his home.

"All I can tell you is this, I have a very good relationship with my neighbors," Coverely said. "I mow my lawn. The only thing that has changed is I have two McCain signs in my front yard."

Coverely said he has taken about 300 calls concerning stolen or vandalized McCain signs in the area.

"It says this campaign is getting vicious," Coverely said.

Coverely said it appears Democrats are becoming more aggressive in the county.

"I wouldn't say slipping but I would say the Democrats have become far more aggressive in Seminole County because it is such a heavy Republican area," Coverely said.

Local 6 has learned that the attorney general's office is getting involved in area investigation and has asked to see police reports of sign vandalism and theft.

Meanwhile, McCain will be in Florida Thursday.

The Republican presidential nominee is speaking at Allstar Building Materials in Ormond Beach. Later he'll be in Sarasota for a "Joe the Plumber" bus tour rally at Robarts Arena.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; obamathugs; shots
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1 posted on 10/23/2008 5:46:31 AM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

DEMOCRAT PARTY ... SUBMIT or DIE
Islamic Terrorist .. SUBMIT OR DIE

hmmmmmmmm


2 posted on 10/23/2008 5:49:45 AM PDT by gwilhelm56 (Orwell's 1984 - to Conservatives a WARNING, to Liberals - a TEXTBOOK)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia
Very interesting.

Lock & load.

3 posted on 10/23/2008 5:50:10 AM PDT by G.Mason (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

I also heard this morning on Bill Bennett’s program that Michelle Bachmans home in Minnesota has been vandalized. Someone spray painted “SCUM” on it. Doncha just love the tolerance of the left?


4 posted on 10/23/2008 5:51:00 AM PDT by ladtx ( "Never miss a good chance to shut up." - - Will Rogers)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

This is what will become more common place if you oppose BO during his administration!!!

This is the policy of CHANGE!!!!


5 posted on 10/23/2008 5:51:13 AM PDT by ethics
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To: ethics

These people are dangerous. Time for McCain and Palin to talk about this on the campaign trail.

This kind of evil will hopefully create more support for McCain in FL and everywhere else it happens. I hope local TV stations give it thorough coverage.


6 posted on 10/23/2008 5:53:00 AM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

I-4 Corridor ping. This is where Florida elections are won (and lost).


7 posted on 10/23/2008 5:53:20 AM PDT by Hoodat (Obama's only connection to the descendants of American Slaves is that his muslim ancestors sold them)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

The radical leftists are insane. I was listening to Michelle Bachman on Bill Bennett this morning and she said her home was vandalized and that the word “scum” was spray painted. Look what happened at the Republcan convention. Imagine what a McCain win will bring?


8 posted on 10/23/2008 5:53:48 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

The 0bama SA strike again.
November 3rd will be kristallnacht.


9 posted on 10/23/2008 5:54:10 AM PDT by counterpunch (It's the SOCIALISM, Stupid!)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

Fear is a great motivator. Hussein as POTUS is the ultimate nightmare. These stories should have an effect on conservative GOTV across the fruited plain.


10 posted on 10/23/2008 5:54:32 AM PDT by albie
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

Obama: “Get in their face.”


11 posted on 10/23/2008 5:54:37 AM PDT by vietvet67
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

Listen Republicans, and understand. The Democrats are out there. They can’t be bargained with. They can’t be reasoned with. They don’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.


12 posted on 10/23/2008 5:54:49 AM PDT by roses of sharon (When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD will put him to flight (Isaiah 59:19)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia
Intolerance

13 posted on 10/23/2008 5:55:48 AM PDT by feedback doctor (The first female president will be a Conservative Republican)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia; Jeff Head; Joe Brower; Travis McGee; Squantos; PhilDragoo; BOBTHENAILER
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/3662419?fr=yvmtf

The video above shows the gun control, we all will be needing:


14 posted on 10/23/2008 5:56:24 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Joe the plumber should provide his license right after Obama provides his real birth certificate)
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To: roses of sharon

Yep. That simple.


15 posted on 10/23/2008 5:58:08 AM PDT by polymuser (God bless and keep America.)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

The headline seems true but misleading. Saying the house was “shot up” I was expecting firearms. As the damage is described it sounds like a pellet gun, most probably kids.

That’s bad enough just on its own terms but it’s not the SLA shootout.


16 posted on 10/23/2008 5:58:39 AM PDT by tlb
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

Saw this on the local 11 PM news last night. They’re receiving hundreds of calls about McC-Palin vandalism in our area.

Yesterday I mentioned on another thread- driving around I’ve seen dozens of McC yard signs torn and dumped in the streets. A friend told me 3 cars in her neighborhood with McC stickers were badly keyed- and one windshield smashed.

Four years ago- in my complex there were tons of yard signs mostly Bush but lots of Kerry too. They ALL remained standing and undamaged til the middle of November.

This year- very few signs at all- mostly Obama- but I know many of the 04 Bush people and they’re voting for McC- but aren’t willing to risk signs.

Intimidation tactics are powerful.


17 posted on 10/23/2008 5:58:52 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: hoosiermama; backhoe

PING!

Just like WV in 04.


18 posted on 10/23/2008 5:59:17 AM PDT by Roccus (POLITICIAN.....................A four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
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To: roses of sharon

Politics is the religion of the left. This is the most important thing in their lives.


19 posted on 10/23/2008 5:59:18 AM PDT by Harry Wurzbach (Joe The Plumber & Rep. Thaddeus McCotter are my heroes.)
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To: ladtx

In Minnesota, not only was Bachmann’s home vandalized, also Sen. Coleman (R), Sen Klobuchar (D), Congressman Ellison (D), Congressman Ramstad (R) and Congressman Kline (R).

All happened on the same night and the FBI is now involved.

It seems we have an equal opportunity whacko on our hands in the land of 10,000 lakes.


20 posted on 10/23/2008 6:03:53 AM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: PajamaTruthMafia
Well, these guys keep on giving. A few more of these incidents got some real publicity either off line or on line, it could turn the election.

ACORN must have lots of gangstas among its ranks.

21 posted on 10/23/2008 6:04:32 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: jersey117
" ... Imagine what a McCain win will bring?"


A thinning of the herds?


ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

22 posted on 10/23/2008 6:05:49 AM PDT by G.Mason (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: mplsconservative
It seems we have an equal opportunity whacko on our hands in the land of 10,000 lakes.

Heck, you've got a bona-fide whacko poised to be Senator!

23 posted on 10/23/2008 6:07:38 AM PDT by Mygirlsmom (P.O.O.P. Prevent Overtaxation Of Plumbers-or we'll all be knee deep in it!)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia
I am sure this will be pursued as a Hate Crime.

[/SARCASM]

24 posted on 10/23/2008 6:07:42 AM PDT by 50sDad (OBAMA: In your heart you know he's Wright.)
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To: Harry Wurzbach

“Politics is the religion of the Left”
——Yes, and it’s finally come full circle.
They finally found their Messiah.
They’ve been heading in that direction for a long
time, and found in Clinton their secular “saint”.
Now they’ve found one whose indeterminate “religion”
spreads in a flabby embrace around both Islam and Black
Liberation “Christian” theology, and it suits them fine, and is a perfect fit.


25 posted on 10/23/2008 6:10:18 AM PDT by supremedoctrine
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To: TNCMAXQ

I think this stuff is getting worse because when the GOP ticket is attacked very personally, the press acts like it’s all OK to be uncivil, and says nothing.

Whether it’s the death threats painted on Norm Coleman’s garage, or sign stealing, or “Sarah is a CU__,” or shooting at houses, or the assault on cops by Obama supporters, none of it is worth saying a negative word.

It’s like Giuliani’s explanation of what happens in cities, if you allow graffitti and vandalism to go unchecked, you will have worse crimes. Same thing is happening now.


26 posted on 10/23/2008 6:10:32 AM PDT by cookcounty (Sarah and Todd Palin : They're more like us than we are.)
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To: Mygirlsmom

Well, that too. :(

I guess I should correct the state motto to land of 10,000 flakes, give or take a few million Franken voters.


27 posted on 10/23/2008 6:10:45 AM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: PajamaTruthMafia
Hate Crime?

Nah, he's a white middle class hard working male that happens to be Republican. He doesn't count.

28 posted on 10/23/2008 6:10:57 AM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: gwilhelm56

Grim view of things to come if God withholds His mercy on our nation.

Anyone wonder why 0bama opposes the Castle Doctrine?

It makes it dangerous for his “volunteer brownshirts” to operate.


29 posted on 10/23/2008 6:11:18 AM PDT by MrB (0bama supporters: What's the attraction? The Marxism or the Infanticide?)
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To: mplsconservative

That tells me that Obama’s internal polling indicates that he is losing Minnesota.


30 posted on 10/23/2008 6:11:41 AM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon
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To: jersey117
Imagine what a McCain win will bring?

some rioting, but significantly less death and suffering than an 0bama win will cause.

31 posted on 10/23/2008 6:12:48 AM PDT by MrB (0bama supporters: What's the attraction? The Marxism or the Infanticide?)
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To: mplsconservative
It seems we have an equal opportunity whacko on our hands in the land of 10,000 lakes.

Or maybe he is just hitting the others to make it look that way. These people are scum at the lowest levels.

32 posted on 10/23/2008 6:13:01 AM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia
I live on a very busy inner city Houston street, and this is the reason I decided to fore go the McCain/Palin signs this year. When nObama loses the dims are going to be mad.
33 posted on 10/23/2008 6:13:49 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: PajamaTruthMafia
Obama's Brown Shirts.

Coming to your neighborhood soon.

Don't piss off The One.

34 posted on 10/23/2008 6:14:09 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: SE Mom
"Intimidation tactics are powerful."

And they affect polling......it only takes a few scared grandmas to throw the polls totally out of whack. For people with tendencies toward paranoia, the Pubbies and Dem voters usually cancel each other out, but this year looks different. The "intimidation" from the press alone is huge.

I've always been one to take polls quite seriously, but there are times when they can be completely unreliable. I think this is one of those times.

35 posted on 10/23/2008 6:17:08 AM PDT by cookcounty (Sarah and Todd Palin : They're more like us than we are.)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

The DemoKlan are reverting to their old Kluxer tactics of intimidation and violence.


36 posted on 10/23/2008 6:22:06 AM PDT by DGHoodini (Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia
Kristallnacht (IPA: [kr,ɪst.aɫ.n'ɒxt]; literally "Crystal night") or the Night of Broken Glass was a pogrom in Nazi Germany on November 9–10, 1938.
37 posted on 10/23/2008 6:22:06 AM PDT by Crawdad (Joe Biden- the Fredo Corleone of the Democrat Party)
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To: mywholebodyisaweapon
That tells me that Obama’s internal polling indicates that he is losing Minnesota.

Hmmmm. Well, the fact that Ellison and Klobuchar were vandalized doesn't point to that for me.

I also think Obama's probably polling pretty well here. It "is" Minnesota, after all. The deep blue cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth will make sure they put 0bama on top, negating all the sane people in outstate areas. Also, ACORN is very active in Minneapolis.

38 posted on 10/23/2008 6:23:23 AM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

These people are out of control.


39 posted on 10/23/2008 6:24:11 AM PDT by hp1025
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To: MeekOneGOP; floriduh voter; TigersEye

Ping!


40 posted on 10/23/2008 6:24:39 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (When someone is trying to help -- why pee in his cheerios?)
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To: unixfox
Or maybe he is just hitting the others to make it look that way. These people are scum at the lowest levels.

I agree that there are no low boundaries considering how low the left will go.

I hope the FBI can get to the bottom of this. It had to be a very coordinated effort considering the territory they had to cover in one night.

41 posted on 10/23/2008 6:27:58 AM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

Was he home at the time? If so, did he have a weapon to shoot back?


42 posted on 10/23/2008 6:28:03 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspell)
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

“All I can tell you is this, I have a very good relationship with my neighbors,” Coverely said. “I mow my lawn. The only thing that has changed is I have two McCain signs in my front yard.”

Well that’s some pretty solid proof.


43 posted on 10/23/2008 6:28:44 AM PDT by gracesdad
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

Related. Buried report over the weekend:

TRUE COURAGE UNDER REAL FIRE!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110038/posts
“[Bus] arrived with a window shattered by a .22 caliber weapon.”

What a contrast the way McCain/Palin were low key about REAL gunfire on a campaign bus compared with ‘snipper fire’ and Biden’s ‘adventure’.

At the same time, I think these incidences need to be remembered!


44 posted on 10/23/2008 6:30:01 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (When someone is trying to help -- why pee in his cheerios?)
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To: mplsconservative

What? Do you have a link?


45 posted on 10/23/2008 6:31:01 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (When someone is trying to help -- why pee in his cheerios?)
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To: gracesdad
I mow my lawn with a bulletproof vest.
46 posted on 10/23/2008 6:31:12 AM PDT by Brown Deer
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To: Brown Deer

“I mow my lawn with a bulletproof vest.”

IF you’re serious, then you are now officially the most paranoid person I’ve ever had contact with. Life must be a real drag for you.


47 posted on 10/23/2008 6:34:39 AM PDT by gracesdad
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To: SE Mom; STARWISE; Miss Didi

OBAMA BROWNSHIRT PING!

This is getting to be a morning ‘ritual’. I sit down to have coffee and read Free Republic and it is article after article of Obama minion violence and intimidation all over the country!

Is there anything that can be done to stop the insanity before someone gets killed?


48 posted on 10/23/2008 6:35:07 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: mplsconservative

6 Minnesota politicians’ homes defaced / vandalized
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/32329244.html


49 posted on 10/23/2008 6:36:43 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (When someone is trying to help -- why pee in his cheerios?)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Here you go. :)

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/32329244.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs


50 posted on 10/23/2008 6:37:29 AM PDT by mplsconservative
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