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| Swastika Burned Into Grass On Bush-Cheney Supporter's Lawn |
| 2004-10-04 |
| MADISON, Wis. -- Madison homeowners are livid after vandals defaced their homes. I'm sure the MSM will be all over this... Someone burned an 8-foot-by-8-foot Nazi swastika on a home's lawn near where Bush-Cheney signs were posted. The vandals used grass killer to spray the symbol. Several nearby homes were vandalized -- all were within a two-block radius on the West Side, near Ice Age Trail, News 3 reported. State Republican Party officials claim it's the latest in a series of desperate acts by Democrats. Homeowners are angry, but resolute in what they plan to do next. "I just cannot believe that someone would take the liberty to do this," said homeowner Rob Schaeffer. "We're appalled that someone would choose to destroy our property because they don't believe in our political views. My signs are going right back in the yard. This is my property. We live here. We have rights." I would be tempted to get some birdshot as well..... Police are investigating the criminal damage and told the homeowner it will be investigated as a hate crime, which carries stiffer penalties. I'm sure the ACLU will jump right on it as well -- can't have the perp's 1st admendment rights quashed - burning a swastika in a lawn is free speech! |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #7 I find it ironic that these brownshirts are using brownshirt tactics to call conservatives 'brownshirts'....... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-10-04 10:43:58 PM |
| #6 As I've mentioned before, I live in a suburb of Madison. Madison has a considerable proportion of aging hippies. These hippies can be really narrow-minded when it comes to political views. TGA: I haven't heard a peep from Greenpeace. |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-10-04 8:24:59 PM |
| #5 The Dems grew out of the cross-burners. The Repubs grew out of the slavery abolitionists. All true, 2b. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-10-04 8:23:34 PM |
| #4 proving my belief that much of the left has become what the right was back in the days of cross burning...mean and nasty people who enjoy their position on the bully pulpit. |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-10-04 8:16:31 PM |
| #3 Grass killers? What does Greenpeace say about this??? |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-10-04 8:01:59 PM |
| #2 *snort* One of the local stories I stumbled on while digging into registration statistics was a Kerry supporter who had his lawn sign destroyed. That was the extent of what they could find to say how "harsh" things are getting. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-10-04 7:57:02 PM |
| #1 Beginning to feel that maybe Wretchard's on to something when he says it's starting to feel a bit like France ca 1939 in the these dis-united states. "Saddam is not the enemy, George Bush is the enemy!!! - Mad How Dean |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-04 7:48:50 PM |