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| Men save signs for Bush in stakeout |
| 2004-10-14 |
| According to two Mercer Island men, signs supporting President Bush are an endangered species. Within days of going up in the affluent neighborhood, the signs disappear. So there the men were this week, camped in the dark woods with lawn chairs and a video camera, waiting for the thieves to strike. It only took three hours. At about 10 p.m. Tuesday, a 25-year-old Mercer Island man walked to a grassy area along the 6700 block of Island Crest Way and began to pull up Bush signs installed by the two men, police said. The amateur detectives burst out of the woods and confronted the man, who was apologetic. The men detained him until police arrived. The man was arrested and released on suspicion of third-degree theft, a misdemeanor, said Mercer Island police Sgt. Lance Davenport. The two Bush supporters said they set up the stakeout after 60 of their signs were stolen on the island last week. One of the men, who did not want to be identified for fear of reprisals by Kerry supporters, said the anti-Bush sentiment in the neighborhood is extreme and angry. "They're entirely within their rights to protect their investment and make sure their views are protected," said Ross Marzolf, executive director of the King County Republican Party, which gave the men new signs. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 Mossberg 590...or, a Winchester 1300 Defender with a pistol grip. Single or Double Ought Buck Shot alternating with Deer Slugs. That is my prescription for dealing with Lefties! In Texas...you can kill trespassers after dark! And, they DO NOT have to be in, or trying to get in, your residence. |
| Posted by: Chinese Unomoger1553 2004-10-14 11:59:48 PM |
| #13 I sure am glad that the looney lefties are the ones without the guns. |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-10-14 7:59:27 PM |
| #12 Actually, I perfer spring-loaded moist fresh doggy poop, aimed head-high... I have a Poodle and German Shepherd. Please contact me for your supply... Smell you thieves... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-10-14 7:43:26 PM |
| #11 I grew up chasing teenage girls in the Florida Panhandle, CrazyFool, so I can tell you one thing for certain: Rock salt stings! |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2004-10-14 7:01:40 PM |
| #10 Isn't there a type of shotgun shell which is loaded with rock salt so as to be safer? It's likely that would have landed them in jail. At the least for "unlawful discharge of a firearm", noise laws or something. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-10-14 4:36:06 PM |
| #9 Itching powder on the stakes? |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-10-14 4:35:19 PM |
| #8 Isn't there a type of shotgun shell which is loaded with rock salt so as to be safer? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-10-14 4:13:23 PM |
| #7 b-b gun |
| Posted by: Crikey 2004-10-14 3:50:29 PM |
| #6 I gotta hand it to those guys; I wouldn't have simply confronted the guy - I'd have beat the little Lefty silly. (as the Republicans did during the Clinton bashing frenzy) Ol' Bubba gave the GOP plenty of reasons for bashing him, some from a legal standpoint. GWB, on the other hand, is just doing what needs to be done, and the Lefties hate him simply because they don't agree with what he's doing. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-14 3:40:32 PM |
| #5 I went onto a liberal-leaning website yesterday and read all sorts of claims about how the Republicans were going to steal the election. I just scratched my head. They are completely blind to the crap coming from the Democrats or they agree with it. I think the Democrats are hitting rock bottom (as the Republicans did during the Clinton bashing frenzy) and they'll need some cold water in the face to realize they have a problem. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2004-10-14 3:20:07 PM |
| #4 are there any honorable dems left? my wife reg for the first for this election (she is brazilian and just became a citizen last year and wanted to vote for GW), she said she signed up with a person in front of wallmart...this was in august and she has not recieved a sample ballot..i asked her was this person supporting kerry..and well of couse the person did...well we went to the post office and had to fill out another last week! |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-10-14 2:46:04 PM |
| #3 "disregard that" - Frank G's Attorney |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-14 2:07:53 PM |
| #2 screw the misdemeanor arrest. .22 with a scope, baybeee |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-14 2:07:13 PM |
| #1 I-10, 1976, Askew Billboard, C-20 white cargo van, 11 pm, Poulan. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-14 1:53:02 PM |