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
The forgot to mention Bush/Cheney HQ's in West Allis, WI
signs stolen & swaztikas burned into lawns in Madison, WI
I am going today to do my weekly work. Nobody better pick on this W loving grandmother.
Yeah, no joke. Look at the livejournal page I found:
www.livejournal.com/~strangegreenfog
"anyone who knows me and my "extracurricular activities" will know why im posting these links... i even had a friend in Canada who said he heard about this. in addition, Rush Limbaugh featured the story on his website. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! sorry the links fucked up.... go here tho... trust me its good..."
Then they posted some links to news articles about the Knox County, TN shooting.
What the h*** is wrong with these people? It's madness for people to allow hatred to eat them up like this.
Not only could innocent people (that I like) have gotten killed, things like this could destabilize the entire country. Let's face it, if we can't have peaceful transfers of power, the Great Experiment is OVER.
Folks, please keep on praying that we make it through this safely!
er, and apologies to all for that bit of rough language. ><
Hey, I was on Fox News.
I never realized before how dorky-looking I am.
Memo to self: Never be on TV again.
I've read counter-claims that the "union thugs" were actually her older brothers and that this is staged.
GOP Congressman Nethercutt, who oustered Speaker Foley, represents the greater Spokane area and is running for SENATE.
The Republicans still think that they can play by the Marquis of Queensbury rules with the RAT's & that everything will be OK sadly that is not the case.
Also the only thing I believe that will wake up the GOP leadership is a deliberate attack that kills campaign workers & even that might not get the party leaderships attention.
The Kerry campaign will NEVER condemn the Brownshirt tactics simply because they are the ones who profit from them . They also happen to agree that anything that a RAT does to a Republican up to & including murder can be justified & excused.
Do you honestly believe that the DOJ would ever investigate the RAT party ? Do you honestly believe that a Republican administration would have the spine to call for such an investigation?
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