[mojito]

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.

[truthluva]

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?????

[theDentist]

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.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Nothing on local NM news.

Sarah drew 10,000 in Roswell.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Exclusive

Not an exclusive.

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

[AU72]

A weather balloon did it.

[headsonpikes]

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

[ExSoldier]

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.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

The tolerance of the left amazes me....</sarcasm>

[montag813]

Send this to Drudge.

[Concho]

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.

[SengirV]

The Express is traveling the country independent of the candidates, handing out campaign materials.

Hmmmmm

[SunkenCiv]

Blogger posts Straight Talk Express Shot at (?)
A Political Journey Across the U.S. | Oct. 19, 2008 | Mark Williams
Posted on 10/20/2008 8:12:38 AM PDT by George Varnum
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110218/posts

[Irish Eyes]

I thought that Megan McCain had been using the bus and helping with the campaign.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

They’re shooting paint balls at McCain and Palin!

[Colonial Warrior]

[popdonnelly]

Can’t blame the media for not publishing a story that didn’t happen.

[vpintheak]

I thought only Obambi had to be worried.

[deport]

From the Weekly Standard:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/10/shots_fired_at_mccainpalin_bus_1.asp

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Shots Fired at McCain-Palin Bus? (UPDATED: No Reports to Police or Campaign)
Update: The McCain campaign hasn’t heard anything about the report of a bus being attacked. This makes the following report seem highly unlikely. Neither Raton police nor state police have received reports about such an incident.

The blog item below was posted by Mark Williams, former talk-radio host turned spokesman for Our Country Deserves Better PAC, a group committed to working against an Obama quest for the presidency. He has been on the group’s Stop Obama tour, which arrived in Raton about a day after a McCain/Palin bus came through, he said. Williams said he heard the story from several residents of Raton, who said the bus had a shattered window when it arrived in town, and that it had been shattered by some kind of shot during its trip up from southern New Mexico, but he never saw the bus.

A Raton Police spokesperson, who said he’s been on his phone all day long with reporters, said if the incident happened, it happened far south of Raton. Several calls to offices south, such as Chavez County Sheriff’s Department and the Roswell Police, however, turned up nothing. Looks like this one is firmly in the debunked rumor pile for now, and not likely to move anytime soon.

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