Sheesh. Vandalism of Bush campaign
Sheesh.
Vandalism of Bush campaign signs in the front yard of Bob
James' London Road home escalated over the weekend to new levels of
malice.
A green swastika was spray-painted onto James' sidewalk. The words
"Nazi" and "Liar" were painted over Bush-Cheney campaign signs and two
of his vehicles were damaged.
The signs had been vandalized before, but this time the language was
uglier. In addition, the back window of an SUV was broken and the door
of a pickup truck was dented, apparently with a chunk of asphalt, James
said.
Lawn signs have gained a touchy reputation of late here in the People's
Republic---at least here in the Twin Cities. If you would have asked me
yesterday about other places in the state, I wouldn't have said there
was an issue like that of the Cities. Apparently, I was wrong. There
wasn't a problem in the 2000 election---until Bush "stole" the
election. Then lawn signs became fair play for vandals. Then Wellstone
died right before the election in 2002. People here kept his lawn signs
up and decorated them with black cloth, as a sign of mourning. I
thought this was relatively classy until it was February of 2003 and
there was no indication that any of these people were planning on
taking them down. My ex-hippie neighbor was one of these people. And
she had more than a few Wellstone signs trashed. I know because I found
them in my lawn, of course. Then came the signs that called for the
liberation of Iraq. These reportedly weren't too popular, but
suprisingly they were all over the place. Of course, however, there
were the signs that called for "Support our Soldiers: Keep Them Out of
Iraq," to counterprotest the liberation signs. Then some bright soul
decided to put out lawn signs and bumperstickers in Wellstone green
that declared, "He's Dead. Get Over It."
That's when the shit hit the fan.
I haven't seen any Bush/Cheney signs in Cake Eater Land as of yet. I've
seen lots of "W '04" bumper stickers, but no signs. I have, however,
seen plenty of Kerry/Edwards propaganda. I've been wondering if I
should get a big Bush/Cheney sign for the yard---you know, just to see
how long it takes before someone vandalizes it. We live on a busy
street. There's plenty of traffic and more than a few walkers who pass
by on a daily basis. It's not a matter of
if if would happen, it's a matter of
when.
I don't know, however, if I want to deal with people who spray paint
swastikas on the sidewalk and who vandalize cars as a means of showing
their "dissent."
Posted by Kathy at September 1, 2004 05:27 PM
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