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| GOP office in downtown Spokane ransacked |
| 2004-10-12 |
| If anyone out there knows of other attacks on GOP/Bush headquaters please post this information. The Republican Party campaign office in downtown Spokane was broken into and vandalized by perpetrators who tried to steal a computer, party officials said Monday. State Republican Chairman Chris Vance immediately said the attack on the Victory 2004 office appeared to be politically motivated, coming on the heels of last week's vandalism of the party's office in Bellevue. "One more time, I call on the Democratic Party and the Kerry campaign to urge their supporters to stop," Vance said, although he offered no proof that Democrats were involved. "It is time for the leadership of the Democratic Party to issue a public statement condemning these break-ins," Vance added. State Democratic spokeswoman Kirstin Brost denied that any party staff members would have been involved in a break-in. "We don't need to break into their offices," she said. "That's despicable and we wouldn't do that." Vance said the attack occurred between 6:15 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Monday. On Sunday, about 4,000 people gathered inside the nearby Spokane Arena for a rally in favor of heterosexual marriage. Scores of protesters gathered outside the arena calling for legalization of gay marriage. Jon Wyss, vice chairman of the Spokane County GOP, said the vandals pried the jamb off a back door of the building and then kicked a hole in a gypsum wallboard wall to get into the GOP office. The vandals dumped contents of desks onto the floor, but did not touch a printer that was the most expensive item in the room, Wyss said. They also left a donation jar holding $103.18, Wyss said. They moved a computer and a television, but left both items, he said. Those are being checked by police for fingerprints, Wyss said. Wyss said the office would be back in action later Monday. There was no message or other communication from the vandals, Wyss said. Wyss declined to speculate on who might have caused the damage. "The thing we say is if they don't agree with our politics, take that to the polls," Wyss said. The downtown office features posters for President Bush, GOP gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi, U.S. Senate candidate George Nethercutt and others. Wyss said it was the first problem the office has had in three months of operation. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #11 OK, the Toledo break-in. The Socialist Workers Party arson. The Louisiana double-dip arson. (Huh. Actually reading that article, Mike Tottenâs cite of that as "two arsons" is stretching things beyond all recognition - somebody burning a sign on your doorstep isn't arson, that's intimidation.) As for my local incident - I've been on that recently. I'm at the point where there's enough pissed-off for everybody. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2004-10-12 10:59:51 PM |
| #10 Links, Mitch? Not saying I don't believe you, just saying cites would be appreciated. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-10-12 9:16:51 PM |
| #9 Somebody did a Bellevue on a Democratic county office in the Toledo area, and there have been arson fires in Louisiana (Democratic) and NE Pennsylvania (nutbar Socialist Workers Party, even so). Even my local Democratic county office had someone smash the storefront window with a slingshot or something last month. It's no fucking joke, and people ought to be working to restraint the assholes on their own side right now. I was pissed last week, but now I'm worried. Decency is better than revenge. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2004-10-12 7:54:11 PM |
| #8 Kerry's already mobilized a strike team of lawyers all over the place. I'm thinking it is going to be for the purpose of defending these *ahem* questionable registrations. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-10-12 7:53:54 PM |
| #7 I-Team investigation uncovers voter registration fraud Looks like voter registration fraud in Colorado as well.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-10-12 7:35:00 PM |
| #6 This belongs on Page 1 - War on terror, only this time, the terrorists are non-Arab drunken goobers, mostly without an 8th grade education. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-10-12 7:31:23 PM |
| #5 I say: return fire. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2004-10-12 7:23:38 PM |
| #4 Robert, Lex and all others which have and will be posting (linked) additional breaking news items concerning this disturbing issue. There is reason which which these national, state-by-state, city-by-city postings are being requsted. If those working in & for the Kerry camp continue there will be forthcoming legal 'resolutions'. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-12 7:07:52 PM |
| #3 ...the [Bellevue WA and Spokane WA] break-ins are part of a broader attack on the president's re-election offices around the country, including a burglary in Canton, Ohio, last night, gun shots fired in West Virginia, Florida and Tennessee and union protestors storming offices in three Florida cities and Minneapolis. We know that the AFL-CIO coordinated nationwide assaults. What are the chances that the DNC is not coordinating national attacks as well? |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-12 6:56:40 PM |
| #2 A campaign office in Canton, OH was broken into. That makes a string of Donk crimes along I-77 from Cleveland: around 1,000 fraudulent registrations in Cleveland, around 800 in Akron, now this. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-10-12 6:53:36 PM |
| #1 'Bush Campaign Protests Union Violence Against HQs' 2nd related story |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-12 6:47:26 PM |