This actually happened several days before the Spotsylvania incident.
Mark Brooks at Heartland of Virginia:
This is what pure hate looks like. This is so vile, I have delayed publishing this in order to try to gain some perspective on it.
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Follow-up note: Other residents of the 5th District have reported many instances of sign destruction and defacing. I have agreed to keep those communications private, since the names would not add anything to this story. The intent here is to serve notice that we are watching our property. Like everyone, we intend to protect our property, just as we do every other season of the year.
WSLS:
“We had people coming in all day long—phone calls—from Republicans saying ok, we’ve had enough. We’re voting Democrat, what can we do to help,” said [Appomattox Co. Dem Chair Frank] Poynter.
Dave Weintraub of Loudon had this to say:
We’ve had reports of Obama signs being burned in people’s yards here in Loudoun. The only thing I can say about this behavior is that it’s a testament to the power of what’s happening all across this country. We’re winning. These…people (not fair to call them Republicans) can’t believe this is happening, right in front of them, and there’s nothing they can do about it. Hopefully they will be able to leave the past behind eventually and join the rest of us.
This is fast becoming a way of life for Obama supporters across America….but it only makes us stronger.
from Trying Not to Cry at a Convenience Store in Texas:
This morning started like the last few Sunday mornings, with my latest handmade Obama sign in shreds. The kids, drunks or whoever it is that drives my rural Texas road on Saturday nights had again expressed their political opinions in the crudest possible way. But no problem; my signs are individual sheets of paper, each printed with one letter–O,B,A,M,A–that I color blue with diluted craft paint and string on twine. Ten minutes work to replace.
No longer am I the woman you knew! I am Fire! And Life incarnate!
- Chris Claremont
Filed under: Local Politics, National Politics | Tagged: hate, KKK, Obama, racism
