Posted on 09/16/2004 10:34:54 PM PDT by kattracks
A West Virginia man said yesterday that Democrats stole his family's Bush-Cheney campaign signs at an event featuring Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards.
"They just pounced on us," said Phil Parlock, who took his 11-year-old son, Alex, and 3-year-old daughter, Sophia, to the Democratic rally at Tri-State Airport in Huntington, W.Va.
Sophia became briefly famous yesterday when an Associated Press photo showing her in tears after Democrats tore her sign to pieces was posted on Matt Drudge's Web site, www.drudgereport.com. "She was crying; they were pushing and shoving her," said Mr. Parlock, a Huntington real estate agent. "She was scared."
Sophia is the youngest of 10 children in a proudly patriotic family. The oldest two Parlock children, a 22-year-old daughter and a 21-year-old son, are members of the West Virginia Army National Guard, and a third Parlock — who recently turned 18 — will be sworn into the guard tomorrow, Mr. Parlock said.
The Parlocks went to Mr. Edwards' airport rally yesterday "to support the president," Mr. Parlock said, and brought nine Bush-Cheney signs with them.
"We stood there quietly while Senator Edwards went through the receiving line," he said. Then, as the North Carolina Democrat prepared to leave, Mr. Parlock said, "I took out a few Bush-Cheney signs, gave one to Alex, and Sophia and I held up one jointly."
Immediately, he said, the family was set upon by supporters of Mr. Edwards and Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry — "mostly the painters union guys" — who "started stealing my signs."
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Ping - here we go.
cool, it's national. Way to go DU (sarcasm).
This from the party that says everything its stands for is "for the children."
cool, it's national. Way to go DU (sarcasm).
Compare and constrast to the Democrats showing up at the RNC.
No excuse. The democraps are child abusers.
Dude, these Dems have no class whatsoever. They showed their true colors.
I'm glad this story about the reprehensible behavior of Kerry Supporters has legs.
BTTT!
Remember, "it's all about the children", according to the criminal enterprise of democrats.
Wow! What class! If I was at a Bush rally and a Kerry supporter pulled out a Kerry sign I'd say: "Well, this is America. We still have freedom of speech". I'd certainly never rip a sign being held by a 3 year old little girl.
Good, more bad publicity for the Dim ticket. Go get 'em Dubya. Let the big dawg hunt!
Not exactly a surprise. Unions are a haven for cowards.
Dear union goon- thanks for a couple hundred thousand Bush votes today! Excellent work!
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