Bad Sign for Romney
David Knowles
Contributor
Posted:
01/7/08
Politics is dirty business. And some Mitt Romney supporters (staff members?) have been caught on camera showing just how low they can go. Watch this insanity.
I know about these kinds of shenanigans first hand. Back in '04 I grudgingly put up a Kerry/Edwards sign in the front lawn of my little ranch house here in Jacksonville, Florida. It was something of an anomaly on a block plastered with W. signs and bumper stickers, but what the heck. Freedom of yard speech is an important American value. Days later, I came home to find that the sign had been burned to the ground. All that remained were the charred remnants of the paint stirrer that I'd used to prop up the flimsy cardboard.
When I flagged down a passing police car, the female officer wasn't surprised by my story. "Yeah, we've been having that a lot lately. Stolen signs."
We'll see where an investigation of this video leads. Were the offenders on Romney's payroll? McCain plants? Check in for updates.
I know about these kinds of shenanigans first hand. Back in '04 I grudgingly put up a Kerry/Edwards sign in the front lawn of my little ranch house here in Jacksonville, Florida. It was something of an anomaly on a block plastered with W. signs and bumper stickers, but what the heck. Freedom of yard speech is an important American value. Days later, I came home to find that the sign had been burned to the ground. All that remained were the charred remnants of the paint stirrer that I'd used to prop up the flimsy cardboard.
When I flagged down a passing police car, the female officer wasn't surprised by my story. "Yeah, we've been having that a lot lately. Stolen signs."
We'll see where an investigation of this video leads. Were the offenders on Romney's payroll? McCain plants? Check in for updates.