Saw my McCain-Palin lawn sign get stolen last night. Thieves didn’t know that I live on a circle. Waited for them to complete the loop (took them longer than usual because they stopped to lift more signs). Got their plate number, called the local police and the thieves were apprehended. A short time later one of the culprits, an 18 year old, returned my sign and apologized for taking the sign. He said they didn’t mean anything by it, were just out having fun. I asked him why he didn’t take my two neighbors’ Obama signs and he said because of “Sally Palin, uh Sarah Palin” After he acknowledged that he knew very little about Governor Palin he asked for forgiveness. I told him he was asking the wrong guy based on the latest Acorn information and that elections were not something to mess with. I told the police to press charges for theft and for trespass.
Question for Red State readers: Should I pursue it?
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Pursue vote, sign stealers
Nikitas3 (Diary) Friday, October 10th at 7:31AM EST (link)Yes, definitely pursue lawn-sign thieves. This is part of a 50-year campaign by Democrats to steal elections. Then when one gets caught, he says he was just kidding. Many of these people are organized by groups like ACORN and local Democrat party organizations, but then when they get caught they play dumb. Take these guys to court. You may find out more than you expected.
You bet..
VioletTiger Friday, October 10th at 7:58AM EST (link)Probably not a harmless prank. Would not be surprised to hear they were encouraged to do this.
an atypical purple person
Of course if they were ACORN-backed
bk (Diary) Friday, October 10th at 8:07AM EST (link)they’ll have unlimited legal resources. Next thing you know one of them will determine they tripped over an unmowed strip of grass and learned of a devastating knee injury that requires a lawsuit.
Yes
woodsman (Diary) Friday, October 10th at 9:05AM EST (link)If this was just for fun, they would have been stealing all of the signs.
Stolen email addresses & signs, marching kids chanting Obama, the list goes on and on.
I’m surprised they did not use the old excuse: I’m a product of a bad environment, it made me the way I am…
Absolutely
Leopard1996 (Diary) Friday, October 10th at 9:36AM EST (link)Press the charges. Let him learn how many people that I know learned. Break the law and get your future screwed up.
“The accumluated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, “Save Us!”….and I’ll look down and whisper, “No”…The Watchmen
Sign Theft Prevention
jimmuy8 (Diary) Friday, October 10th at 9:45AM EST (link)It’ll stop them the next time if they’ve been convicted.
Also, if you haven’t gotten a tube of tar and ran a bead around the edges of all your signs, do so now. Tar has a nasty habit of spreading itself all over everything and not coming off very well. They take your sign, you give them a nice parting gift of stained pants, shirt or car seats.
Don’t mess with the Tar Baby.
You BETCHA!
YesIVote Friday, October 10th at 10:31AM EST (link)I would pursue because these young thugs are inhibiting your right to free speech. I am afraid to put a McCain/Palin sign in my yard or on my car for fear of vandalism. How sad is that? I can’t even express myself any more without fear of retribution.
Plant some....
izoneguy (Diary) Friday, October 10th at 10:37AM EST (link)landmines around your McCain signs. That strategy seems to work for Bill Ayers and Obama.
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Single edge...
Putter (Diary) Friday, October 10th at 10:41AM EST (link)razor blades in strategic areas can be very effective, if you are not too concerned about civil liability. Opens a fount of DNA evidence.
Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies…