Posted on 10/02/2004 7:18:17 PM PDT by Time4Atlas2Shrug
SEATTLE - Three laptop computers containing campaign plans were stolen overnight from the Bush-Cheney state headquarters office, Republican officials said Friday.
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Nice link... Doesn't even go to the story.
WATERGATE!
Finally something worthy to which we can attach the suffix "gate."
http://www.komotv.com/stories/33333.htm
Bush-Cheney Campaign Headquarters Burglarized
October 2, 2004
By KOMO Staff & News Services
BELLEVUE - The state's Bush-Cheney campaign headquarters in Bellevue were burglarized and three laptop computers containing campaign plans were stolen, Republican Party officials said Friday.
Sometime between 2 a.m. Friday, when campaign workers went home, and 8 a.m., when the office reopened, a person threw a rock through the window of Jon Seaton, executive director for the state's Bush campaign, said Chris Vance, state GOP chairman.
Stolen were three laptops that Vance said belonged to Seaton and Chris Taylor, head of the office's get-out-the-vote campaign. A third computer had been slated for a field office.
Information on the computers included much of the Bush-Cheney campaign strategy for the state, he said.
Leah Yoon, Washington state Bush-Cheney campaign spokeswoman, declined to comment on what was on the computers, but said they did not contain advertising schedules, as had been previously reported.
"We've already been violated enough," she said.
The headquarters are located northeast of downtown Bellevue, in an area with several office buildings.
"This looks like it was politically motivated," Vance said in an interview from the Republican party offices in Tukwila.
Bellevue police confirmed the burglary Friday afternoon, but could not confirm Vance's claim.
"No evidence at the scene indicated this was politically motivated," police spokeswoman Jessamyn Poling said.
State Democratic Party spokeswoman Kirstin Brost said Democrats knew nothing about the break-in.
"We think it's awful and we definitely condemn the actions of those who stole these computers," she said.
Vance said a similar incident occurred in 2000 when a joint Bush-Slade Gorton office was broken into and a laptop was stolen. Gorton is a former Republican senator from Washington state.
"Somebody is trying to get a look at the Bush campaign plan or disrupt the campaign plan," he said.
In recent months, there have been several complaints of various acts of subterfuge against the Bush campaign, Vance said.
The party's office was called by Republican voters who said they received telephone calls alleging Bush would reinstate a military draft if re-elected, which Vance said isn't true.
Cars with Bush bumper stickers also have been vandalized, he said, and campaign signs have been painted over with swastikas and burned.
"There's always some tension in the campaign, but this is out of control," Vance said.
Sorry, I guess you need someone to help you find it even though it is the first story you see when you link to the site. I guess I'm just a newbie that could use some guidance with linking and you could use some guidance with manners.
Thank you.
Some "tension", huh?
ouch.
Naaaaaw, really?
Did you know your link doesn't work? :)
Did she say this with a straight face? What an idiotic statement.
A couple of ways to get the link.... you could have right clicked on the title and selected properties which would have given you the URL [link] or you could have open the article and copied the URL from the address bar on your 'puter.
Too big to accidently fall down your pants or into your socks don'tcha think?
Shouldn't this be a HUGE story? What if a Kerry campaign headquarters office was burglarized?
What amazes me is the police spokesperson insisting that there was no evidence suggesting political motivation!! The crime itself is evidence.
Thats cool guy.. Sorry to back bite you. I forget that some people do not have a lot of experience and for that I truely apologise. God Bless
Laptops are portable for a reason. Take them home and keep them some place safe at all times.
Thank you, I will try it next time. Is there a page on this site that details all that I should know regarding this kind of thing or do I just continue to annoy everyone by fumbling my way through it all while learning? I think I can get what you suggested, though. I am such a computer novice when it comes to posting to sites.
:)
Shouldn't that be written on the walls of every Bush HQ? Right beside "All Employees Must Wash Hands". I mean, it's just common sense--especially in a liberal nest like SEATTLE!
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