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My 4 signs Bush-Cheney signs were stolen Sunday night. I reported the theft to the police. (The policeman who took the report told me he had his own Bush lawn sign.)

Monday night, my 4 replacement signs were stolen. I called the police. My fellow county committeman down the street told me HIS sign was stolen.

I'm in Bergen County, NJ. I gave my nephew in Silver Spring, MD several lawn signs, and HIS were stolen within a few days.

What a strange coincidence! :)

Last night, I sat outside watching my signs in the middle of the night. They were not stolen this time. I live around the corner from a police station, and I'm determined to catch them if they try to do it again, taking special precautions.

If I hear of one more sign being stolen in my town, I'm going to make sure there is an article in the local paper about it.

Here is my article going to the paper tomorrow, feel free to use any ideas for your paper.

As a member of the (name withheld to protect my idendity) County Republicans, I probably hear more quickly about the political sign destruction going on in the County than you do. I talked to just one candidate who has had $600. worth of signs stolen.

I would like to remind everyone that the US was founded 228 years ago. The Declaration of Independence said that governments were formed to protect our rights. The First amendment was specifically meant to protect our freedom of speech. Political speech particularly.

Now we fast forward to the 21st Century. Our County republicans are having their candidate signs torn down, stolen or defaced. I would also like to remind you of private property rights. These signs were ordered and paid for by the candidates. They own them and loan them to citizens who support those candidates. Someone is going on to other people’s property and stealing these signs.

If it is just kids in the area, then where are the parents who should be teaching their kids to respect others and their property? You are letting your kids down if you don’t teach them properly. If as I suspect, it is adults who are committing these crimes then shame on you, you are REALLY teaching your kids the wrong values.

The reason that I believe it is the adults involved in the democrat party taking down these signs is because of what happened when I attended the Tony Sanchez rally here in (my city). A young man handed a Tony Sanchez sign to the lady standing next to me and said that he worked for the Patrick Rose campaign and said that he just asked Patrick “if it was time to take down Rick Green signs.” This was a month before the election. I asked him “more importantly … what did Pat Rose say to that?” The democrat lady next to me quickly informed him that I was a Republican rather than chastise him for ILLEGAL behavior. Typical democrat thought, the ends justify the means. And it is so common in the party that he would be so up front with a stranger!

To those good people whose parents have said “we are democrats because we have always been and that is the way to vote”… the party has changed. IF you agree with this behavior, then go ahead and vote democrat. They will keep doing it, because it works. Across the US, Republican headquarters are being attacked, windows broken with cinder blocks and cars keyed. In 2004 we are being attacked for supporting a non-democrat candidate. (Truly this is the party of tolerance.)

Is this the kind of America that you want to live in? If you continue to vote Democrat and don’t call your party leaders local, state and federal and demand they stop these criminal activities, then you are a willing accomplice to the violence and upcoming voter fraud.

Republicans are always slammed for saying there is a “right and wrong”. You can’t just “do your own thing” when it involves stealing from another human being.
Besides being illegal this is just plain wrong.

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