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Alternator Belt Cut on Romney Bus
PJ Media ^ | 7/9/12 | Bridget Johnson

Posted on 07/09/2012 4:09:59 PM PDT by Nachum

The Romney team today confirmed grass-roots reports that a campaign bus was sabotaged by an unknown vandal over the weekend.

The bus, which was being used for campaign events but not transporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was parked in Richmond, Va., when the vehicle was tampered with late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.

A Romney campaign official told PJM that the alternator belt was cut. Repairs were under way Monday to get the bus back on the road for a voter registration event in Springfield, Va., from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Springfield Metro Commuter Lot.

A “Moms for Mitt” mobile phone bank that had been scheduled for 11:30 a.m. this morning in Leesburg, Va., had to be canceled because of the disabled bus.

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KEYWORDS: alternator; belt; cut; leesburg; momsformitt; romney; springfield; virginia; whatgoesaround; willcomearound
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Hey, nice bus ya got there
1 posted on 07/09/2012 4:10:11 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Anyone know where Bill Ayers was at the time?


2 posted on 07/09/2012 4:13:24 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Jimmy Carter Is No Longer The Worst President Of My Lifetime)
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To: Nachum

I saw David Axelrod in the vicinity about that time.


3 posted on 07/09/2012 4:15:31 PM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: Nachum
...be a pity if anything happened to it...
4 posted on 07/09/2012 4:15:49 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1265 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
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To: Nachum

Great job the SS are doing in watching Romney! Wow, let’s give them a raise!

Maybe the SS had a party and some wild women to attend to?


5 posted on 07/09/2012 4:17:52 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Nachum

This will be the lead story on all of the Network evening news......


6 posted on 07/09/2012 4:18:10 PM PDT by G Larry (I'm under no obligation to be a passive victim!)
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To: Irenic

Oops my mistake, he wasn’t traveling on this bus.


7 posted on 07/09/2012 4:20:27 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Nachum

If this happened to an Obama bus, the headlines would be:

RACIST ATTACK!

BUSH’S FAULT!

Tried to Kill.....!!

Ban Sharp Objects!


8 posted on 07/09/2012 4:20:42 PM PDT by G Larry (I'm under no obligation to be a passive victim!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Ayers would be cutting brake lines.


9 posted on 07/09/2012 4:21:23 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Nachum

Doesn’t The Secret Service have the responsibility of maintaining the security of the bus? Were they out partying? This is serious, especially after the dim a-holes were running the video last month of Romney’s bus exploding.


10 posted on 07/09/2012 4:21:48 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ("Get that bastard out of MY White House!")
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To: nascarnation
Ayers would be cutting brake lines.

Point taken....

11 posted on 07/09/2012 4:24:28 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Jimmy Carter Is No Longer The Worst President Of My Lifetime)
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To: Nachum
Where was the SS??? If obama’s bus is impossible to sabotage... and it should be impossible for that to happen... then shouldn't they supply mitt with an equal level of security for his mode of transportation? They could just as easily have planted a bomb. We are talking about rabid barking moonbats here!

LLS

12 posted on 07/09/2012 4:25:46 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
Doesn’t The Secret Service have the responsibility of maintaining the security of the bus?

Does anyone know when Secret Service protection start for a candidate other than the President?

13 posted on 07/09/2012 4:26:49 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Jimmy Carter Is No Longer The Worst President Of My Lifetime)
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To: Irenic
Given the behavior of the SS and their inclination for prostitutes, the fact that Romney's bus engine was tampered with should come as no surprise.

Check the local whorehouse if you want to know where they were last night.

14 posted on 07/09/2012 4:27:05 PM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them)
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To: Nachum
In 2004, it was the son of a Democrat Congresswoman who slashed the tires on vans intended to be used for get-out-the-vote activities on Election Day.

-PJ

15 posted on 07/09/2012 4:27:57 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you can vote for President, then your children can run for President.)
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Thanks Nachum.
A "Moms for Mitt" mobile phone bank that had been scheduled for 11:30 a.m. this morning in Leesburg, Va., had to be canceled because of the disabled bus.

16 posted on 07/09/2012 4:36:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Gay State Conservative

According to ABC News Romney’s campaign was informed on January 31st that he would be receiving protection. Prior to that Herman Cain received protection back in December. My guess is that Cain received protection due to the perceived threat level. Hopefully, the 0bama regime doesn’t have much, if any say in these matters. Here is a link to the article: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/exclusive-mitt-romney-to-receive-secret-service-protection/


17 posted on 07/09/2012 4:38:54 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ("Get that bastard out of MY White House!")
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To: Irenic

Yeah, somehow I don’t envision this being allowed to happen to Greyhound One.


18 posted on 07/09/2012 4:42:38 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Nachum

“Repairs were under way Monday to get the bus back on the road...”

Maybe one of Romney’s voters can take off his pair of panty-hose and fashion a belt out of it. Just to get them by.


19 posted on 07/09/2012 4:45:22 PM PDT by APatientMan (Pick a side)
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To: Nachum

Must have been an older guy that cut the belt. Someone who’s worked with his hands and turned a wrench, as that type of sabatoge is VERY HARD for our youths today, with degrees in “The Humanities” and $80k in student loans. Consider the level of skill necessary:

1) You have to find the engine, then...
2) You have to accept that that big thing with wires and hoses coming out in all directions is really the engine
3) Then you have to find the front of the engine (i.e., the non-transmission end). Not easy when the engine has 4 sides to it.
4) Then you have find the fan belts. Not easy when the only belts you’ve ever seen in your life is are hanging in your boyfriend’s closet, or on the bedpost.
5) Then you have to identify the alternator - not a prayer on this one - just guess at it.
6) Then you have to find a sharp object, like a knife. But you don’t have a knife because you are afraid it will jump out of your pocket and start stabbing people, just like guns do.
7) So you give up and get your union-daddy over there. You show him the ‘alternator belt’ and he laughs at you and tells you it’s a strap for holding the fuel tank in place.
8) Daddy then quickly finds the engine and cuts the alternator belt, cursing out Bush the whole time for making him perform unpaid labor.


20 posted on 07/09/2012 4:48:24 PM PDT by BobL
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