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Men save signs for Bush in stakeout
Seattle Times ^
| 10-14-2004
| Ashley Bach
Posted on 10/14/2004 8:31:25 AM PDT by vox_freedom
According to two Mercer Island men, signs supporting President Bush are an endangered species. Within days of going up in the affluent neighborhood, the signs disappear...
TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: bush; campaign; corruptdems; election; kerry; signs; theft
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Another gross example of anti-Bush criminals stealing signs. This time the thief is caught in the act.
To: vox_freedom
Posting an article, unless otherwise proscribed, generally includes Posting The Article!
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posted on
10/14/2004 8:32:55 AM PDT
by
Cogadh na Sith
(--Scots Gaelic: 'War or Peace'--)
To: vox_freedom
WELL DONE! Another liberal busted.
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posted on
10/14/2004 8:34:48 AM PDT
by
gunnygail
(Founding member of the VRWC. --Black Helo crewman. (I operate the Liberal tinfoil hat scanner.)
To: Cogadh na Sith
Ahh, come on, don't be a smarty pants. The link was given. Let's be nice.
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posted on
10/14/2004 8:36:45 AM PDT
by
discipler
To: vox_freedom
Excerpted:
So there the men were this week, camped in the dark woods with lawn chairs and a video camera, waiting for the thieves to strike.
It only took three hours. At about 10 p.m. Tuesday, a 25-year-old Mercer Island man walked to a grassy area along the 6700 block of Island Crest Way and began to pull up Bush signs installed by the two men, police said.
The amateur detectives burst out of the woods and confronted the man, who was apologetic. The men detained him until police arrived.
The man was arrested and released on suspicion of third-degree theft, a misdemeanor, said Mercer Island police Sgt. Lance Davenport.
The two Bush supporters said they set up the stakeout after 60 of their signs were stolen on the island last week. One of the men, who did not want to be identified for fear of reprisals by Kerry supporters, said the anti-Bush sentiment in the neighborhood is extreme and angry.
To: vox_freedom; Cogadh na Sith; gunnygail; discipler; green iguana
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posted on
10/14/2004 8:38:57 AM PDT
by
Pyro7480
(Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
To: Cogadh na Sith
Sorry, I'm learning...
:-)
According to two Mercer Island men, signs supporting President Bush are an endangered species. Within days of going up in the affluent neighborhood, the signs disappear. So there the men were this week, camped in the dark woods with lawn chairs and a video camera, waiting for the thieves to strike. It only took three hours. At about 10 p.m. Tuesday, a 25-year-old Mercer Island man walked to a grassy area along the 6700 block of Island Crest Way and began to pull up Bush signs installed by the two men, police said. The amateur detectives burst out of the woods and confronted the man, who was apologetic. The men detained him until police arrived. The man was arrested and released on suspicion of third-degree theft, a misdemeanor, said Mercer Island police Sgt. Lance Davenport. The two Bush supporters said they set up the stakeout after 60 of their signs were stolen on the island last week. One of the men, who did not want to be identified for fear of reprisals by Kerry supporters, said the anti-Bush sentiment in the neighborhood is extreme and angry. "They're entirely within their rights to protect their investment and make sure their views are protected," said Ross Marzolf, executive director of the King County Republican Party, which gave the men new signs. The men had bought 60 signs for $350 through the Bush campaign Web site and put them up last week. A day later the signs were gone, and a handful of other signs put up over the next several days also disappeared, the men said. So the men and another friend headed into the woods, about 25 yards away from several new signs. The friend soon bailed out, but the other two men stayed behind and expected to wait most of the night. "They had just gotten sick of dealing with the [thefts]," Davenport said. "They had had enough."
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posted on
10/14/2004 8:40:04 AM PDT
by
vox_freedom
(Vote W, and then vote again!)
To: vox_freedom
OK. Now with less bold and more paragraphs...
I had to learn too. :)
Welcome to FR.
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posted on
10/14/2004 8:42:28 AM PDT
by
Cogadh na Sith
(--Scots Gaelic: 'War or Peace'--)
To: vox_freedom
Here's a tip. Copy the original article text and past it into a reply window of any thread. Then do a spell check and don't make any of the recommended spelling corrections, Hit "Apply Corrections" and the article it will appear in the reply box with the paragraphs automatically HTML formatted.
Copy and paste the HTML formatted article into to the post box and you're good to go.
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posted on
10/14/2004 8:48:12 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
("We will crush Al Qaeda"....Silky Pony)
To: green iguana
They scum stole my lawn Bush sign about 5 days after I put it up. I replaced it. This time I now have hanging 30 feet high atop from my blue spruce tree in my front lawn. It's actually positioned better view so everyone far and wide can see.
To: Cogadh na Sith
Is it illegal to bait em?
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posted on
10/14/2004 8:48:27 AM PDT
by
chuckles
To: chuckles
As long as you don't use (David) corn.:)
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posted on
10/14/2004 8:52:13 AM PDT
by
auboy
(If you favor works over words, vote Bush-Cheney 2004.)
To: chuckles
Baiting is legal but in my parts,we have to dispose of the carcass by burying above the high water line or weighting to sink in a river or lake.
Burying or sinking will keep the rotten carcass from creating any health problems in the environment. ;)
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posted on
10/14/2004 9:01:39 AM PDT
by
Free Trapper
(Terrorism is the Black Heart of Islam,not the fringe!)
To: vox_freedom
All threee of mine were stolen.
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posted on
10/14/2004 9:11:33 AM PDT
by
MonroeDNA
(In Islam, a woman can be married at any age even when she is a newly born baby.)
To: vox_freedom
I'd like to suggest a solution: rub the signs with poison ivy extract (urushiol) or something similarly unpleasant. Use heavy gloves. Repeat offender will be unlikely.
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posted on
10/14/2004 12:17:53 PM PDT
by
GSlob
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posted on
10/14/2004 3:44:56 PM PDT
by
Mike Fieschko
("Ted Kennedy is the conservative Senator from Massachusetts.")
To: chuckles
No, but remember the Three S's:
Shoot, Shovel and Shut-up
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posted on
10/14/2004 9:21:58 PM PDT
by
Cogadh na Sith
(--Scots Gaelic: 'War or Peace'--)
To: vox_freedom
Methinks the 'pillory' should be brought back.
ANYONE, either side of the aisle, caught doing anything to a sign should be pilloried in from of it,
with a sign telling what they did!
I can say that and be confident that the ratio of dems caught -vs- reps would easily be 20-1.
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posted on
10/14/2004 9:27:46 PM PDT
by
45semi
(Man has only those rights he can defend...)
To: vox_freedom
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posted on
10/18/2004 6:54:54 PM PDT
by
rantblogger
(Rantblogger can be seen http://la4israel.org/wordpress)
To: vox_freedom
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posted on
10/18/2004 6:55:47 PM PDT
by
rantblogger
(Rantblogger can be seen http://la4israel.org/wordpress)
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