Author Topic: "Politics gone overboard"-- 2004 election edition (Read 1073 times)

lazs2 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 12, 2004, 08:27:48 AM »

so sandie... you think those people were lynched because they had kerrie bumper stickers and the murderers were Bush supporters?

Face it... Bush supporters don't riot over the outcome of a game (win or lose) they don't loot and destroy property... in fact... they rarely, on a 10 to 1 basis probly at least, shout down the oppossition or attack them at rallies. Republican rallies rarely turn violent unless it is because they are attacked...

One could say that the republicans are the modern ghandies of campaigns eh?

lazs

Ripsnort · « **Reply #31 on:** October 27, 2004, 01:16:18 PM »

stealing signs is a felony (Not violent in nature, but definately STUPID in nature)Democratic supporters of Kerry that appear on television ads know this

Here' another:

"I was just trying to excercise my political expression when I tried to run down Katherine Harris with my car!"
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1027042harris1.html

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #32 on:** October 27, 2004, 01:23:34 PM »

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Originally posted by Sandman
The left still has a if a lot of ground to cover if they want to catch up with the right.

So you provided a link to a site justifiably criticizing lynching. Lynching was a tactic used by the Ku Klux Klan. What party has a senior senator who was a member of the Klan? Which party voted in a greater percentage on the landmark 1964 civil rights bill ?

ra · « **Reply #33 on:** October 27, 2004, 01:33:56 PM »

Dumberer.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #34 on:** October 28, 2004, 09:14:21 AM »

Shook is shaken with anger!
http://www.wral.com/news/3865436/detail.html

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Man Caught On Tape Removing Election Signs
Wake Deputies Arrest Edward Shook On Misdemeanor Larceny

UPDATED: 10:05 am EDT October 28, 2004

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A Wake County man says he caught a campaign sign stealer on tape.

Wake County deputies arrested Edward Shook for misdemeanor larceny after he was videotaped removing signs from a Raleigh man's yard.

Bill Moore, of north Raleigh, said his free speech was trampled when three different sets of Bush-Cheney signs were swiped from his yard in less than a week.

"I was a little upset that people were stealing other people's property," Moore said.

As a result, Moore and his friend, Brent Sullivan, took action. They staked out in the woods armed with a video camera. Within an hour, they caught 59-year-old Edward Shook ripping up signs.

The men gave chase as Shook drove off. With video proof and a license plate number, Wake County deputies arrested Shook for misdemeanor larceny.

"It's ridiculous," Shook said as he left the courthouse. "It's litter."

In the hotly contested election season, political passions are crossing the line. Thieves stole computers from a Bush office in Washington state. In Ohio, burglars did the same at Kerry headquarters. A hidden camera caught some men tearing down a Bush sign.

"Whether it's pro-Bush, pro-Kerry, pro-Nader, the fact of the matter is they can express what they want and they shouldn't have their property stolen or removed or damaged," Moore said.

After checking the law, Moore made a point to place his signs beyond the 10-foot easement on his property. Shook was released on $800 bond.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #35 on:** November 07, 2004, 07:50:02 AM »

Last entry for Politics gone Overboard for the 2004 edition:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/nyc-suic1107,0,2157220,print.story?coll=ny-nynews-headlines

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Distraught over the re-election of President George W. Bush, a Georgia man traveled to New York City, went to Ground Zero and killed himself with a shotgun blast, police said yesterday.

Shuckins · « **Reply #36 on:** November 07, 2004, 08:09:31 AM »

But...but...can't you guys SEE!!?? Their goal is so RIGHTEOUS!!

lazs2 · « **Reply #37 on:** November 07, 2004, 09:59:47 AM »

the election was too important to leave to fairness and the confines of the law. The end justifies the means.

lazs