Obama's Thugs Stealing McCain/Palin Signs In Michigan

WILX-TV - Lansing, Michigan ^ | 11/01/2008 | Chris Sutter

[America2012]

At this time of the year it's usually the leaves that fill the streets with color, this year campaign signs assist in that effort but just as the leaves disappear from the trees so are the campaign signs from the streets.

"Somebody came in a hurry and got all the signs, as many as they could," Lansing resident Bill Renfrew says.

And while keeping signs in your yard without them getting yanked is a problem every election season, the folks who run the Ingham County Republican office say this year is in no way typical.

"Some people have been in here three or four times replacing their yard signs," Jan Criss of the Ingham County Republicans says.

The biggest issue with stolen signs seems to be happening on the Republican side, they say over the course of the past few months a third of their signs have disappeared into thin air.

"You can go into neighborhoods now and every McCain sign in the neighborhood will be taken," Criss says.

But what about the local Democrats, are they seeing the same kind of problem?

"We haven't seen as much of that. It may happens to one in every 500 signs," Sarah McClure, an Obama volunteer, says.

[Bombshell]

I’m in La Jolla (So. Calif) and my sign was stolen too.

Welcome to Obamaland

[mombonn]

But what I am seeing more when I walk my dog everyday is a lot of American flags coming out.

Thanks for the reminder - mine will to out tomorrow morning!

[sneakers]

Well, I put up a new McCain/Palin sign. This time I tied a bunch of cans to fishing line and then to the sign. Then I smeared the sign with a mixture of cayenne pepper and vaseline (an idea I got from another freeper). That stuff is NASTY! Now we’ll see what happens! >:-))

[equaviator]

Okay, I get it now...it’s a public safety issue. Theives are concerned that drivers will be distracted as they may be rubber-necking the McCain-Palin signs posted all over the place.