Posted on 10/24/2004 4:03:25 PM PDT by BansheeBill
Re Yard Sign Wars. Hell, we have a true, take no prisioners, political war going on down here:
Many folk in my area (Orlando / Winter Park,FL) are not putting up yard signs (or have taken down yard signs) and in particular, not putting political stickers, in particular "W" or Bush/ Cheney stickers on their cars due to vandalism. A close friend has a beautiful two door gloss black bathtub tastefully flamed Merc flattie lead sled with all the period "Go Fast" stuff including dual spots and the mandatory Red with White dot dice.
Some weeks back Bill put the small black background with silver "W" sticker on each backseat side window.
While we were at the Outback having dinner with Bill and his wife Judy, some ass deeply scratched, to the metal, into the paint F... YOU under one of the "W" stickers and ASS under the other "W" sticker and seriously dented up the passanger side spotlight. (A real classic light from the 50's) The car was parked about 80 feet in front of the Outback near an overhead light pole...... Now this Merc's Black Paint is (was) just stunning..... I have never seen Bill so pissed.......and we have been friends for 18 years...... (He took me to my very first Old Town Sat Night Cruise in his 32 Duce, 18 years ago, two weeks after Linda and I moved into the neighborhood. :<)
This political fueled vandalism happened in an area which any one of you would call very very nice. Where vandalism of any kind is almost non existent. Where you can walk on the sidewalks or in parking lots any time of the day or night and feel safe. Where people often walk up and have asked me questions (which I love) about my Avanti or Bill about his Merc as we try to leave the parking lot after dinner :<)
When Linda and I returned home, I immediately took off the two small "W" stickers from my Avanti's rear flip windows. The next day, the local Repug. Campaign HQ's was stormed, ransacked and 80 % distroyed (campaign materials, computers, keyboards, etc.) by 30 or so Kerry Supporters wearing AFL/CIO and Kerry Buttons. Two of this group have been arrested on criminal assault charges. Charges are pending against a dozen additional of these protester thugs.
Repug's are pissed. The next day after the local HQ breakin, more volunteers walked in and offered their help than the Repug's had had all year! How do I know,...... Well I'm one of them........ At least 3 hr's per day for the past few weeks....... Why, cause I'm still pissed everytime I think of Bill's Bathtub Merc.......and the HQ storming and trashing.....
Avanti_Ken ...... On the front lines in the Battle Ground State of Floriduh
When I first voted for Barry Goldwater in 1964, there was none of this destruction of others' property. Today, I hate to say it, I'd never put a bumper sticker on my car. I do put a static sticker inside the window when travelling, but remove it when parked. The dems are a pathetic lot, aren't they. I'd never "key" my opponents car.
Gad, I'm just waiting for the first report of a lib/dem murdering a Republican who was on his way to the PO with absentee ballot in hand.....
The party of tolerance.
I have a hat with W on it, as well as a "W04" sticker on my car. I'm finding that most people I encounter don't know what the "W" stands for.
It seems like there ought to be a way for all of the people who had their cars keyed to get free stickers and t-shirts saying, "a person of tolerance and diversity keyed my car" if they send in a quality set of jpegs of the car. These should then be posted on a website and put together in one of those "forward to the world" emails.
A glass door bathtub? Is this indoors or outdoors?
Go to the website listed on the jpg and ask them.
I've heard "W" stands for Wong....but I heard this from a moron.
ugh! I'm in winter park too. have car and yard signs and no vandalism so far.
not backing down!
Suggestion if you feel like some exercise. Park it in a public place, walk away and watch from a distance for a while. Have appropriate fun when the thugs arrive....
I was thinking the same thing...I would never refer to myself as a "repug". That's what I called my local paper, "The Arizona Repugnant (Republic). They've endorsed Bush so now I'm being a little nicer to them. :)
Time for some paybacks to the AFL-CIO.
Thanks for the link to the thread. I had forgotten that you could access newsgroup threads via Google.
My friends car had dog crap smeared all over it because of his signs for W. He washed it, and hung all new signs/stickers. F them dems.
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