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President Bush's campaign office in Spokane burglarized, vandalized
Seattle Times ^ | 10/11/04

Posted on 10/11/2004 11:42:12 AM PDT by ambrose

President Bush's campaign office in Spokane burglarized, vandalized

By David Postman

Seattle Times chief political reporter

President Bush's campaign office in Spokane was broken into and vandalized last night, the latest in a string of crimes at Bush offices across the country.

Workers arriving this morning found a hole smashed through the wall from an adjacent, vacant office. Bush campaign officials say a small amount of petty cash is missing and a computer and television had been moved and left near the hole.

"They must have gotten spooked because they ultimately left the computer and TV," said Bill Hyslop, the campaign's chairman for the Fifth Congressional District.

Spokane police responded this morning and took the computer's monitor and the TV, Hyslop said.

"We obviously have no idea who did this and are not going to cast aspersions," said Hyslop, who served as U.S. attorney in Spokane under President George H.W. Bush.

Last week computers were stolen in a burglary at the campaign's Bellevue headquarters. Bush campaign officials believe the break ins are part of a broader attack on the president's re-election offices around the country, including a burglary in Canton, Ohio, last night, gun shots fired in West Virginia, Florida and Tennessee and union protestors storming offices in three Florida cities and Minneapolis.

There are no suspects in the burglaries or shootings and no injuries were reported.

Because the protests at campaign offices that were stormed were part of organized union demonstrations, Bush campaign chairman Marc Racicot wrote a letter today to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney asking him to call off any future protests.

"In addition to the injuries, property damage and disruption associated with these acts, these events have created a threatening and intimidating atmosphere abhorrent to our democratic process," Racicot wrote.

The Spokane headquarters for the Bush campaign is a part of a joint operation with the Republican Party. It sits at the corner of two busy streets.

Hyslop said that a security guard checked the building at about 6 a.m. today and did not report any disturbance.

But when construction crews working on the adjacent office arrived within 30 minutes later, they noticed the back door of the adjacent office had been pried open from an alleyway.

They also discovered that a hole appeared to have been kicked through the drywall separating the vacant space from the Bush offices. The computer and TV were found near the hole.

David Postman: 360-943-9882 or dpostman@seattletimes.com


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: brownshirt; brownshirts; democrats; democratsarescum; democriminals; dnc; friendsofhowardhunt; goons; liberals; napalminthemorning; wot
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To: ApplegateRanch

'John Fuhrer Kerry??'

Nah...He's not that bright. His strings are being pulled by Hitlery, for the good of the people.

So check out the FBI website, and flood ALL their email addresses with protests about the GOP office break-ins...and tell all your friends to tell all THEIR friends...

And don't forget to vote for FREEDOM!


101 posted on 10/11/2004 6:33:03 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Ask me about my vow of silence.)
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To: Monkey Face

So, tell me about your vow of silence!


102 posted on 10/11/2004 6:42:55 PM PDT by pharmamom (The Evil Drug Companies may someday save your life...)
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To: AZamericonnie
Disgraceful! Has to be Skerry supporters, like all libs, they don't know the meaning of words like......self control, decorum, self discipline, and god forbid they should know the meaning of ACCOUNTABILITY! In fact, Libs make laws to outlaw such things!

Their Nemesis sure doesn't grasp any of those concepts!.
103 posted on 10/11/2004 6:45:54 PM PDT by gidget7
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To: ambrose

Gee, I thought Washington state was in the bag for Kerry. I guess the Dems up there aren't so confident about winning the state. Something is going on out there. The Dems are acting more kooky and reckless than usual during an election season. My guess is deep down they know their man is going down in flames big time, and it's causing them to become unhinged.


104 posted on 10/11/2004 6:53:04 PM PDT by midftfan
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To: pacified69

Dangit, ah done missed anuther 'un!
105 posted on 10/11/2004 6:55:24 PM PDT by Old Sarge (K'nigget-Commander. Sergeant-At-Arms, Sentinel of Meetingplaces both Clandestine and Public.)
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To: gidget7

Ya know I was impressed this eveing...this Vet had replaced both flags & bumper stickers on his car within hours! Good for him. I have a feeling he will do it if it happens again too. It made me sooo made I had knots.


106 posted on 10/11/2004 6:55:28 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. ~Will R)
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To: midftfan

naaaaa they are too all self important, they are thrilled with these "successes" of theirs, planning more, and truly believe they are winning because of it.

These people don't have a rational Republican mind set, they are LIBERTALS.


107 posted on 10/11/2004 6:58:39 PM PDT by gidget7
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To: AZamericonnie

I know. I get tied up in knots all the time. I worry about this country, I really do. There truly is no accountability anymore. These people are a bunch of overgrown, overaged, rebellios adolescents!!!!


108 posted on 10/11/2004 7:00:49 PM PDT by gidget7
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To: AZamericonnie

guess I really!! should have hit the spell check on that last one. They get me so mad I can't type!!


109 posted on 10/11/2004 7:02:43 PM PDT by gidget7
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To: pharmamom

If I tell you, I will have to kill you.


110 posted on 10/11/2004 7:12:41 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Ask me about my vow of silence.)
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To: gidget7
No worries FRiend. Spelling is not my forte. It's like memorizing phone numbers...there all stored on the cell phone so why should I memorize them? Same rings true for spell check. We as conservatives must rise above the fold as always. Sometimes though it is very difficult in the light of what you coined as adolescence, mischievous, destructive behavior. What ever happened to property rights?
111 posted on 10/11/2004 7:13:30 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. ~Will R)
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To: AZamericonnie
What ever happened to property rights?

Only the intellectual, highly nuanced elite have property rights. For the rest of us, it's all for the "common good."

112 posted on 10/11/2004 7:39:25 PM PDT by pharmamom (Just give the entire Middle East some Zoloft)
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To: ambrose

I am just sick to death of this. Is this what it felt like to watch the Nazis attempt to come to power? How can it be stopped?


113 posted on 10/11/2004 7:48:23 PM PDT by conservative cat
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To: pharmamom
Only the intellectual, highly nuanced elite have property rights. For the rest of us, it's all for the "common good."

You forgot your sarcasm tag. *L*

114 posted on 10/11/2004 7:56:20 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. ~Will R)
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To: ambrose

So, after Western Washington offices had been vandalized, the Eastern side managers still did...NOTHING to protect themselves? Sigh...


115 posted on 10/11/2004 7:57:49 PM PDT by Libertina (10 Little Lying MSM Networks. CBS & ABC went down, soon there'll be none!)
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To: ambrose

"No suspects"??? Gimmie a big frickin' break!


116 posted on 10/11/2004 7:59:04 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Route66
"It's an epidemic, isn't it" shhhhhh! It's the "Kerry Plan"
117 posted on 10/11/2004 8:23:20 PM PDT by SunnySide
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To: ambrose

I am sure this will be headlines in my newspaper tomorrow............Not!

The day after the Afghan elections, the first in 5000 years, Newsday stuck the story on page 8. Of course the proceeding 7 pages had all the "bad" news about Iraq.
The MSM has become an absolute joke.


118 posted on 10/11/2004 8:29:22 PM PDT by Sparky760 (The sleeping Giant has been awakened)
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To: Smoote
When is the Kerry campaign going to condemn all of these brown shirt tactics?

November 12th.

119 posted on 10/11/2004 8:37:05 PM PDT by boycottliberalhollywood.com (www.boycottliberalhollywood.com - www.twoamericas.us)
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To: Slings and Arrows; pacified69
He's dead, Jim.
(Click here or on the pic).



120 posted on 10/11/2004 8:40:04 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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