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NEW & REVISED LIST OF VIOLENCE AGAINST REPUBLICANS
March 25, 2010 - 4:15 pm

Posted on 03/25/2010 1:18:52 PM PDT by MrChips

Here's an incomplete short list of violence/vandalism against Republicans in recent years: (Revised March 25, 2010)

September 22, 1975: President Gerald Ford survives assassination attempt in San Francisco.

March 30, 1981: Just 69 days into his presidency, there was an assassination attempton President Ronald Reagan. President Reagan and three others were shot, one of them crippled for life. President Reagan’s lung was punctured.

January 19, 2001: When the Clintonistas left the White House, they threw paint on the walls, ripped all the W’s off the computer keyboards, trashed the Executive Wing. The Clintons moved a bunch of furniture and silver out of the White House. Mr. Bush chose not to press charges.

March 21, 2003: GOP Headquarters in Madison hit with bricks, paint bombs Journal Sentinel

In 2004, Republicans were subject to an aggressive and sometimes violent campaign of harassment and intimidation orchestrated by Kerry supporters. At least three Bush-Cheney offices were shot at during the election season. A swastika was burned into the front yard of a Bush-Cheney supporter in Madison, Wisconsin. Other incidents included offices burglarized, windows smashed, tires slashed and other property damage. The following is a timeline of documented election-related violence and intimidation against the Bush-Cheney ‘04 campaign and Republicans in 2004.

September 2, 2004: Gun Shot Fired Into Huntington, WV, Republican Headquarters.

September 3, 2004: Windows Broken, Anti-Bush Messages Scrawled At Gallatin County, MT, Republican Headquarters.

September 2004: John Kerry supporters and other libs/dems take to the streets of NYC destroying property, beating a NYC detective into a state of unconsciousness and harassing/threatening attendees during the 2004 GOP convention in NYC

September 6, 2004: Huntington, WV, Republican Headquarters Egged.

September 13, 2004: Swastika Drawn On Duluth, MN, Resident’s Lawn, Signs Also Defaced With Words “Nazi” And “Liar.”

September 16, 2004: Community College Professor In Florida Punched Republican County Chairman In Face.

September 22, 2004: West Elmira, NY, Resident Found Swastika Drawn On Bush Campaign Sign In His Yard.

September 23, 2004: Office Ransacked During Break-In At Vilas County, WI, Republican Headquarters, Obscene Words And Graphic Pictures Sprayed On Campaign Signs.

September 26, 2004: Windows Smashed And Signs Stolen At Oxford, MS, Bush-Cheney ‘04 Headquarters.

October 1, 2004: Laptops Of Executive And Field Director Stolen From Bush-Cheney ‘04 Headquarters In Seattle, WA.

October 1, 2004: Swastika Burned Into Front Yard Of Bush-Cheney ‘04 Supporter In Madison, WI.

October 2, 2004: Collinsville, OH, Resident Chains Down Bush-Cheney ‘04 Signs After Several Signs Stolen And One Was Replaced With Kerry Sign.

October 3, 2004: Burglary At Thousand Oaks, CA, Victory 2004 Headquarters Where Bush-Cheney ‘04 Banner Was Stolen From Outside Premises.

October 5, 2004: Gun Shots Fired Into Knoxville, TN, Bush-Cheney ‘04 Office, Shattering Office’s Glass Front Doors.

October 5, 2004: AFL-CIO ACTIVISTS RANSACK BUSH HEADQUARTERS IN ORLANDO, The Orlando Sentinel . . . part of 20 coordinated union attacks across U.S.

October 8, 2004: Two Men Were Caught On A Hidden Camera Tearing Down And Urinating On Bush-Cheney ‘04 Sign In Akron, OH.

October 9, 2004: Oxnard, CA, Supporter Placing Bush-Cheney ‘04 In Yards Verbally Abused, Knocked Down And Had Signs Stolen.

October 9, 2004: Bush-Cheney Signs Near Vail, CO, Cut In Half And Burned In “Ransacking.”

October 10, 2004: Office Windows Broken And Field Director’s Laptop Bag and Purse Stolen In Burglary At Canton, OH, Victory Office.

October 11, 2004: Windows Broken, Petty Cash Stolen And Computers Tampered With In Burglary At Spokane, WA, Victory 2004 Headquarters.

October 13, 2004: Walls And Windows Of York, PA, Victory 2004 Headquarters Vandalized With Pro-Kerry Spray-Paint And Signs Outside Destroyed.

October 13, 2004: Window Smashed At Laconia, NH, Victory 2004 Headquarters.

October 13, 2004: Kerry Supporter Caught Stealing Bush Sign In Cape Girardeau, MO, Pulled Knife On Sign’s Owner And Was Arrested.

October 15, 2004: Someone Destroyed Large Plywood Bush-Cheney ‘04 Sign, Then Tried To Smash Debris Though Glass Door Of Santa Fe, NM, Republican Party Headquarters.

October 15, 2004: Someone Lined Window Sill With Bullet Casings At Littleton, NH, Republican Headquarters.

October 16, 2004: Unknown Suspects Vandalized Large Bush-Cheney Campaign Sign In Hollister, CA, With Obscenities.

October 17, 2004: Stickers Placed Over Windows Of Gettysburg, PA, Victory 2004 Headquarters.

October 18, 2004: Eggs Thrown At Keene, NH, Victory 2004 Headquarters.

October 18, 2004: 21 Protesters Arrested At Bush-Cheney ‘04 Campaign Headquarters In Arlington, VA.

October 20, 2004: Rocks Thrown Through Windows At Multnomah County, OR, Republican Party Headquarters.

October 21, 2004: Bomb Threat Made Against Lake Havasu, AZ, Republican Party Headquarters.

October 21, 2004: Windows Smashed At Multnomah County Republican Party Headquarters In Portland, OR.

October 22, 2004: Break-In Discovered At Cincinnati, OH, Victory 2004 Headquarters.

October 22, 2004: Break-In Discovered At Flagstaff, AZ, Victory 2004 Headquarters. Perpetrators gained entry by throwing a cinder block through a plate glass window.

October 22, 2004: Chunk Of Concrete Tossed Through Glass Door Of Republican Headquarters In Santa Cruz, CA.

October 23, 2004: Two Kerry Supporters Arrested After Stealing Pro-Bush Signs From Activist And Pushing Police Officer At Edwards Rally In St. Petersburg, FL.

November, 2004: Editors say Yale Free Press stolen Yale Daily News

November 2004, Election Day: 30 vans intended for getting out the vote in Milwaukee in 2004 had their tires slashed . . .Of the four men who were arrested, one is the son of Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, and one is the son of former acting Milwaukee Mayor Marvin Pratt.

June 8, 2004: Court sets release of Ryan's divorce file Chicago Tribune

August, 2005: Reservist suspected of spray painting pro-Bush bumper stickers in Denver - Associated Press

October 26, 2006: A New Campaign Tactic: Manipulating Google Data. New York Times

October 30, 2006: RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman Responds To Today’s Letter From DNC Chairman Howard Dean GOP October (?) 2006: Staffers from Chuck Schumer’s office steal the social security number of Michael Steele then run an illegal credit report

Sept 17, 2008: Sarah Palin’s E-Mail Hacked

September /October 2008: Sarah Palin effigy hanging in someone’s yard, and the burning of her church

October 1, 2008: Vandals destroy Republican candidate signs, PolitickOr.com

October 6, 2008: Laptop stolen from regional GOP headquarters CNET News

October 8, 2008: Tennessee Man Indicted in Hacking of Palin's E-Mail Account Fox News

October 22, 2008: Minnesota, Senator Coleman campaign: Senator's garage vandalized Associated Press

January, 2009: Hackers get Republican Senator Norm Coleman’s donors’ credit card info and post it on the internet

August (1st week?) 2009: a black gentleman who was a Tea Party participant named Kenneth Gladney went to a town-hall meeting hosted by Rep. Russ Carnahan, Missouri Democrat. While passing out "Don't Tread on Me" flags, he was viciously attacked by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) members. One called him a "nigger."

September, 2009: The Washington DC Tea Party appears to be a big success, but it’s not for lack of trying among the movement’s more lunatic opponents. Yesterday, the DC Metro police evacuated the offices of Freedomworks after several threats, including a bomb-threat phone call that police considered credible enough to investigate.

March 22, 2010: Bullet shot through window of Republican Congressman Eric Cantor's Richmond, Virginia campaign Office.

March 24, 2010; Republican Congresswoman Jean Schmidt of Ohio receives telephoned death threats.


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Thanks to all who contributed. This list can be revised again, so if you know of instances not recorded here, please add them. Dates help. Thanks.
1 posted on 03/25/2010 1:18:52 PM PDT by MrChips
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To: MrChips
We need to add this one:

March 24, 2010: Republican Congresswoman Jenny Brown of Florida receives telephoned death threats

2 posted on 03/25/2010 1:20:11 PM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: MrChips

(((ping)))


3 posted on 03/25/2010 1:21:00 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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To: MrChips

Need the hate list against Democrats ..... ummmm, hmmmm ....(crickets and frogs) ....


4 posted on 03/25/2010 1:22:11 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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To: MrChips
http://biggovernment.com/kengladney/2009/11/09/i-am-kenneth-gladney/
Kenneth Gladney's incident happened August 6th
5 posted on 03/25/2010 1:22:29 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: MrChips

What about the guy who had part of his little finger bitten off by a leftist in Thousand Oaks, California?

I don’t remember the details, but it did happen.


6 posted on 03/25/2010 1:23:20 PM PDT by Boucheau
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To: Boucheau

It was last year, BTW.


7 posted on 03/25/2010 1:23:48 PM PDT by Boucheau
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To: MrChips

March 21, 2010, The Constitution was assaulted by a group of Marxist Congressmen. Not the first time.


8 posted on 03/25/2010 1:24:39 PM PDT by rbosque (11 year Freeper! A true American is an armed American.)
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To: MrChips

bttt


9 posted on 03/25/2010 1:25:36 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Without the Constitution, there is no America!)
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To: rbosque

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!1 Yeah, that was pretty violent, too!


10 posted on 03/25/2010 1:25:41 PM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: MrChips

What about the comprehensive list of violence against Democrats...

Is that cricket chirping I hear?


11 posted on 03/25/2010 1:30:34 PM PDT by TheBattman (They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
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To: MrChips

Violent and ugly. I hope the Constitution presses charges.


12 posted on 03/25/2010 1:31:31 PM PDT by rbosque (11 year Freeper! A true American is an armed American.)
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To: rbosque

It just might.


13 posted on 03/25/2010 1:32:50 PM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: Boucheau

when?


14 posted on 03/25/2010 1:33:31 PM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: MrChips

bttt


15 posted on 03/25/2010 1:35:22 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (my former tagline "We can, and we will prevail" doesn't fit with the usurper's goals.)
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To: MrChips

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-finger-bitten-rally,0,7135717.story


16 posted on 03/25/2010 1:39:03 PM PDT by Boucheau
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To: MrChips

As you requested:

There are dozens of examples just on the issue of immigration. Pay particular attention to the last one...where the other side was calling for violence against Tea Partiers.

Anti illegal alien rallies usually wind up with one of our citizens being attacked. Jim Gilchrist, who started the MMP was surrounded in his house, his neighbors harrassed. He was rushed on stage at Columbia University.

http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/archives/002137.html

[snip]Remember those Columbia University students who rushed James Gilchrist on stage at Columbia University last year? Well if not you can see the video below. They were handed their punishment, which was described by one student as a “slap on the wrist”. I look at it as “encouragement to do it again”.

Minutemen and Police Attacked by Illegal Alien Activists
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1411042/posts

Another time an elderly lady was attacked with a frozen bottle of water.

[snip]For example, Dottie Dalton, a 66-year old grandmother, suffered inner-cranial trauma when she was hit with a frozen bottle of water thrown by a protester averse to the Minuteman Project during a rally in Baldwin Park, California on May 14, 2005. Dennis Slater was battered on Nov. 3, 2007 by a dozen illegal alien day laborers who ganged up on him after he protested their hiring site at a Home Depot in Canoga Park, California. Ten sutures were required to close a wound to his skull from a baseball-size rock.
In their efforts to suppress freedom of thought and speech, anarchists, unscrupulous business interests, and criminal mentalities are quick to attack the law-abiding.

http://minutemanproject.com/newsmanager/templates/light.aspx?articleid=481&zoneid=24

There have been so many of these incidences, it’s hard to compile them all. Remember the journalist who was attacked for merely covering a protest and screamed at by ‘latino’s’ as a ‘white b!tC#!” There are so many instances of the same calling for violence I can’t even begin to count them. And they are often side by side SEIU, and other communist groups.

This is interesting, with photo of the hurt man from a tea party protest

Friday, November 20, 2009

In Fort Lauderdale, violence broke out Saturday at when pro-amnesty activists brutally beat two immigration protesters. The clash occurred when tea party protesters entered the protest zone of****** amnesty proponents who had e-mailed group members calling for “a militant confrontation” with “tea-baggers,”******* the Christian Science Monitor reported.

In Phoenix, a scuffle broke out Saturday between tea partyers and a group of neo-Nazis brandishing a swastika flag and a portrait of Adolf Hitler. Members of the National Socialist Movement found themselves shut out of the event, organized by American Citizens United, leading to shoving and shouting. Police intervened quickly, and no one was hurt.

Dozens of similar demonstrations across the country have erupted in violence in connection with the immigration reform debate and other issues such as healthcare:

• Members of the Service Employees International Union beat a state worker at a town hall meeting this month, according to an NBC report. A woman filming the violence also was accosted.

• In September, a nationalized healthcare advocate bit off the finger of a healthcare opponent after the protester pointed it at him, the Associated Press reported.

• Also last summer, a handicapped woman in a wheelchair was attacked by a protester at an Obama town hall in New Hampshire. Another protester kicked an armed man in the groin and spit into a camera filming it.
• At a tea party in Milwaukee, a heckler attacked several people and rushed the stage while a speaker was talking, YouTube video shows. Police tackled and removed him.

http://www.can-you-hear-us-now.com/2009/11/anti-tea-party-activists-resort-to.html


17 posted on 03/25/2010 1:40:27 PM PDT by AuntB (WE are NOT a nation of immigrants! We're a nation of Americans! http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/)
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To: Boucheau
Wow! Thanks!

Sept 3, 2009 - About 100 protesters sponsored by MoveOn.org were having a rally supporting health care reform. A group of anti-health care reform protesters formed across the street. The finger-biting incident occurred after a member of the group protesting health care reform, William Rice, 65, of Newbury Park, became involved in a heated discussion with a member of Code Pink, sheriff’s Capt. Ross Bonfiglio said. After the argument, Rice returned to where his own group was standing. A man from Moveon.org’s area then walked over to the opponents and verbally confronted Rice, allegedly calling him names and acting aggressively, Bonfiglio said. Rice later told investigators he felt threatened by the man and punched him in the nose, Bonfiglio said. The punch set off a fist fight between the two men, during which the tip of Rice’s left pinky finger was bitten off, Bonfiglio said. Rice drove himself to Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks. Another man found the bitten-off portion of the finger and brought it to Rice at the hospital, Bonfiglio said.

18 posted on 03/25/2010 1:42:54 PM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: AuntB

Thank you.


19 posted on 03/25/2010 1:43:44 PM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: AuntB

Wow! That last one is, indeed, worth looking at. Thanks again.


20 posted on 03/25/2010 1:44:51 PM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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