Posted on 02/27/2008 4:06:25 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy
A weekend rally for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama was supposed to leave a hopeful tone in Longview, Texas.
Instead, it left a sour note as vandals spray-painted racial slurs outside the campaign headquarters.
"I don't even know why anyone would do this except ignorance you know, total ignorance, " said installation technician Lonzell Johnson.
It was a sight that "Towles Phone Center" technicians never wanted to see. The phrase "a racist" was spray painted on the hood and the sides of two of their company vans.
"I saw it, It hurt my feelings. You know what I'm saying? Off the top, it hurt my feelings. That they would even, you know what I'm saying, take it to that level, to spray paint my family's businesses," said Johnson.
Not only was the writing on the vans, but spray painted on the wall of the front part of the building.
The building is the home of owner, Eddie Towles phone center and the Obama campaign headquarters, and where superstar actor, Samuel L. Jackson spoke only hours before the vandals hit.
"I am not a racist I take this personally," Towles explained. ""Now, I can not take my vans out with my technicians and service the good people of Longview and take care of businesses that I have done for 20 years."
"This is a person that has not had the kind of care and training that any child is born today should have from the very beginning," said Obama supporter Mae Towles.
Despite the degrading racial remarks, owner, Eddie Towles said it won't stop his support for Obama and his good works he tries to do for the Longview community.
"They can destroy my building; They can destroy my vans. But they'll never be able to destroy my spirit," Eddie Towles said.
Calling someone "a racist" is a racist slur? Or does the word "racits" have some racist connotation that I am not familiar with?
Obviously, it is only a racist slur if the target is a democRat.
Spot on.
If they spray-painted the word “Hussein” on the wall, would that make them racists?
Another “hate crime” hoax.
Is this the place that displayed the Che Obama flag?
Look at the spelling on the building.
Racits?? If your going to insult and slur someone you should at least appear smart enough to spell it correctly...
Gotta be a liberal faker. Conservatives don't spell that bad. LOL!
No, that was in Houston
I’ve got a feeling the Rodent party is going to be treating us to a lot of these types of “incidents” before this election is over. JMHO.
Running low on paint,
Hahahahahah....Public education system at work.
Where was Grand Kleagle Byrd, and what was he doing when he fell?
Not to mention, a product of government "education".
Interesting, isn't it? I expected the "n" word. Maybe someone has been paying attn to Obama's church's website.
Well, you know what I'm saying, it's a racits thing to be saying, you know what I'm saying, when you paint racits on my, like, business, you know what I'm saying.
Well, they got away with calling the use of Obama’s full name, demeaning, I guess they thought they’d try calling Obama a racist, demeaning. I guess it all depends on what the meaning of is is.
>Racist?
Spot on.<
I’m in total agreement, but didn’t you know only white people are racist?/s
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