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Shots Allegedly Fired at McCain Campaign Bus (Neither Candidate On Board - No One Hurt)
Little Green Footballs ^ | 10/20/2008 | Charles Johnson/Mark Williams

Posted on 10/20/2008 11:21:04 AM PDT by mojito

What will it take for the media to start covering incidents like this? EXCLUSIVE: .22 Gunshot, paint balls fired at McCain / Palin Straight Talk Express.

(Sunday, October 19 - Filed by Mark Williams in Raton, New Mexico with the Stop Obama Tour) We learned at this morning’s Stop Obama Rally here that the McCain/Palin Straight Talk Express came through town yesterday. It arrived with a window shattered by a .22 caliber weapon. It had also been hit by an unknown number of paint balls from a paint ball gun or guns. There were reportedly no injuries and neither candidate was on board.

One local man who saw the damage and spoke with the McCain/Palin staffers said the attack(s) had occured in southern New Mexico that same day. The Express is traveling the country independent of the candidates, handing out campaign materials.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: antiamericanleft; electionviolence; mccain; nm2008; palin; shooting
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Yeah, those rabid, racist Republicans.

And I'm listening for the sound of a major news organization to mention this......just as I thought: not a peep.

1 posted on 10/20/2008 11:21:05 AM PDT by mojito
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If this had happened to one of the Messiah’s campaign buses it would be breaking news on ABCNBCCBSCNNMSNBCFOX. Hey...why isn’t the liberal press spreading the wealth of news out there?????


2 posted on 10/20/2008 11:24:09 AM PDT by truthluva ("Character is doing the right thing even when no one is looking" - JC Watts)
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2nd hand or 3rd hand report. I wouldn’t put much stock in it. I’m sure if it were true, the SS would be looking into the matter.


3 posted on 10/20/2008 11:25:30 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: mojito

Nothing on local NM news.

Sarah drew 10,000 in Roswell.


4 posted on 10/20/2008 11:27:04 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: mojito
Exclusive

Not an exclusive.

.22 Gunshot, paint balls fired at McCain / Palin Straight Talk Express

5 posted on 10/20/2008 11:27:23 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: A.A. Cunningham

Disregard


6 posted on 10/20/2008 11:29:41 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: theDentist
This story definitely needs a police report, or at least a photo.

The report is sourced to an unidentified man who talked with unidentified campaign workers on the bus.

This is a pretty big fib, if it is a fib.

7 posted on 10/20/2008 11:33:15 AM PDT by mojito
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The Raton Range, (local newspaper) had a photo of the bus and a quickie story that it was in town. No mention of paint spatters, let alone a bullet hold. Being from a small town, the local newspaper would have that in big letters emblazoned in red were it so.


8 posted on 10/20/2008 11:36:41 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Isn’t Roswell a pretty small town in a remote area?


9 posted on 10/20/2008 11:37:51 AM PDT by gop4lyf (Obama wants to raise taxes and kill babies. Palin wants to raise babies and kill taxes.)
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To: theDentist

“I’m sure if it were true, the SS would be looking into the matter.”

Do you know they are not? The SS does not publish their daily work schedule.


10 posted on 10/20/2008 11:39:51 AM PDT by dbacks (I would rather be Sarah Palin than Para-Sailin'!)
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To: gop4lyf

Not as small or remote as Tijeras.


11 posted on 10/20/2008 11:40:23 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: mojito

A weather balloon did it.


12 posted on 10/20/2008 11:41:51 AM PDT by AU72
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To: mojito

Fortunately, since Republicans were the targets, no hate was involved in the shooting.


13 posted on 10/20/2008 11:43:13 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
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To: mojito
I teach in an inner city public high school in the 4th largest school district in the country. My kids are all rah-rah Obama but are utterly convinced that if he's elected Biden will be the Prez within months. I keep telling them that the Sercret Service has gotten a LOT better than they were in 1963, but it does no good. Now however, I'm thinking that McCain ought to be given even higher security than he normally would if he wins (PLEASE, GOD!) because the reverse backlash isn't going to be pretty. In fact, I have already notified my bosses to get a sub for me on Wed the 5th of Nov because I'm taking a personal day to give da 'Hood time to cool down some, be it rage or partying.
14 posted on 10/20/2008 11:43:52 AM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: gop4lyf

Roswell Alien Autopsy


15 posted on 10/20/2008 11:47:15 AM PDT by Brown Deer
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To: truthluva

An attempt to preview post-election mayhem if Bambi loses. People here w/McCain-Palin stickers are getting their cars keyed with “KKK”.


16 posted on 10/20/2008 11:52:45 AM PDT by floriduh voter (ODINGA, YOU HAVE MAIL FROM YOUR AMERICAN COUNTERPART!)
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The tolerance of the left amazes me....</sarcasm>


17 posted on 10/20/2008 11:55:09 AM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: mojito

Send this to Drudge.


18 posted on 10/20/2008 12:03:08 PM PDT by montag813
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To: theDentist

The shouts of “Kill him” and “Hang him” never happened and were reported via 2nd hand and 3rd hand liars. The media ate those stories up.


19 posted on 10/20/2008 12:03:58 PM PDT by YdontUleaveLibs (Reason is out to lunch. How may I help you?)
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To: mojito

This is nothing but BS Propaganda put out by the Democrats to FR and others to attempt to start a rumor so that they can discredit us. Dont bite on it. I can almost see Raton from where I AM, and if something had happened over there, I WOULD have heard about it, which I did not. Nothing on the radio either. Like I say, dont get suckered in on this.


20 posted on 10/20/2008 12:08:47 PM PDT by Concho
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