Posted on 10/05/2004 8:57:51 AM PDT by mike182d
Edited on 10/05/2004 10:46:14 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
An unknown suspect fired several shots into the Bearden office of the Bush/Cheney re-election campaign Tuesday morning.
The headquarters are located at 4618 Kingston Pike, next to Noveau Classics and in the same shopping plaza as Long's Drugstore.
According to Knoxville Police Department (KPD) officers on the scene Tuesday, it is believed that the two separate shots were fired from a car sometime between 6:30 am and 7:15 am.
One shot shattered the glass in the front door and the other cracked the glass in another of the front doors.
There were no witnesses to the shooting. A customer at a nearby dry cleaning store noticed shattered glass on the sidewalk in front of the headquarters and called police.
Volunteers and staffers at the campaign office say they have no clues as to who might have committed the crime. However, they add that the shooting makes them even more enthusiastic and energized about working for their candidates.
"If I have to sleep here (at the campaign office) now, that's what I'll do," says volunteer Suzanne Dewar.
In an unexpected twist, a bank directly across the street from the headquarters was robbed just as KPD officers were busy investigating at the scene of the shooting.
Granted -- so if they will not (or cannot) change... let's replace them.
Its a shame that peaceful people can't be left alone to just enjoy our lives. If (God forbid) Kerry gets elected, we will be very disappointed but we won't act like a bunch of out of control spoiled brats.
I wish. If everybody would tune them all out, maybe bad ratings would do it.
"If (God forbid) Kerry gets elected, we will be very disappointed but we won't act like a bunch of out of control spoiled brats."
Spoiled brats? Oh, you're way to nice. Try "we won't act like a bunch of out of control, foaming at the mouth, rabid animals".
In nearby Toledo Bush/Cheney signs have been run over in people's yards with cars; torn down & wadded up; & just removed.
How many stories have you heard about violence against Dems? I would wager...none. The Liberals have no morals why should they care?
Well they'll just invent something. Or its because we don't have any issues to talk about.
As life has moved on and the left has taken over the democommie party of today, my family also left. As in left the democratic party. None of my family votes dems any more. My first cousin ran for sheriff in our home county. He ran as a dem. He won. But he did not get the votes of my family. They refused to vote for a dem. They voted for some guy running as a libertarian or independent. There was not republican on the ticket as I remember.
I think a 20 gauge semiauto would do just as well, if not better. Less recoil for the inexperienced shooter to deal with, and almost as much lead; also, the semiauto action eliminates the chance of stress-induced short stroking.
He ought to be feeling, after the criminal and civil cases against him are seen through. The chair ought to push quite hard for those...
I was born in Chicago and have lived in the area all of my life. I have a friend who went into local politics in the area (at the village level). Although he is basically a Republican (in ideology and sentiment) he had to become a Democrat to get anywhere in local politics. He just wanted to have a say in what was going on in his village. I'm sure he'll be voting for Bush. Also, our Democratic governor (Illinois) has recently admitted he voted for Reagan.
You're right. And therein lies the problem.
hmmmm east Tennessee is pretty strongly PUB....the local lefties must be desperate.
It was probably some diverse, tolerant, open-minded gun control freak! - either way this is all Bush’s fault!
They are already shooting, albeit in isolated instances so far. Never bring a Louisville Slugger to a gun fight. Keep your LS, but have a gun as well.
A combination of massive, blatant voter fraud by the Democrats and passivity by the Republicans will destabilize this country. Democratic hubris may well exact a horrible price. If they think George W. Bush is intolerable, how about an American Pinochet or Cromwell?
It's crazy out there. I've lived through numerous campaigns and I don't recall, although there may have been, this type of violence in the last weeks of a presidential race: the GOP HQ in Washington State (PC's stolen) and an eastern state (PA?) being broken into, and now this.
Post 167, thanks for including Gettysburg on your list -- the GOP Headquarters has been vandalized 3 times that I know of.
Are you insane?
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