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[farrandy]

Yesterday, I had to replace the sign in my yard. I have to admit that I wasn't surprised that I had to do this, in that it was a sign endorsing Obama and four years ago, I had two Kerry signs stolen out of my yard. At the bottom of the Obama sign, on both sides I had written "If you are stealing this sign, you clearly don't believe in free speech. Is this what you stand for?" I guess I should consider myself lucky; some friends of mine, immediately after putting up an Obama sign had their daughter's car vandalized--and they live in a very nice neighborhood.

Now, I have friends who are Republicans (Gaia, that sounds so cliche'), and have occasionally voted for a republican candidate myself, and I know that every group has it's extremists, and shouldn't be judged by such individuals, but I've never heard any condemnation by the the Republican party of such practices.

I don't understand what the thief thinks he/she will accomplish with his crime. Is the thought process, "Ha! His sign is gone! Now he'll -HAVE- to vote for McCain!"?. Is it "Boy, I sure showed him. I'll bet he's afraid to vote for Obama now!"?

Actually, until I hear -LOUD- condemnation of this practice of theft and censorship by the GOP, it only strengthens my resolve to never vote for a republican ever again.

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[fmullen7.livejournal.com]

Don't be silly - someone stole my McCain sign (there are idiots on both sides). I went to the Republican office and got a replacement. It's still in my yard - closer to the house. I think it was kids, probably lubricated with some illegal substance, after one of the TU games.

[farrandy.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the sign--like you say, there are assholes on both sides. I apologize on behalf of my party.

As for my never voting Republican let me rephrase that. Maybe someday I might. But after having Dubya shoehorned into the White House in 2000, after being called a traitor for having the audacity of exercising my right of free speech in protesting the Iraq war, after seeing Cheney shoot an old man in the face and not be forced to resign (try to imagine Al gore getting away with that), after Bush gives tax cuts (little ones to the middle class, big ones to the wealthy) while spending ten billion a month in Iraq....well, I could go on, but I'll just say that after all that, they'll have to really prove to me why they should get my vote. Maybe someday.

Having said that, I don't envy whoever wins; they have a lot of problems to fix--and they won't be able to fix them all--and they'll get blamed for not doing anything about "x", or making "x" worse.

Oh, and BTW, it isn't really McCain I dislike, but Palin scares the crap out of me.