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| BREAKING NEWS: Shots fired into Knoxville Bush/Cheney headquarters |
| 2004-10-05 |
| HT - Drudge An unknown suspect fired several shots into the Bearden office of the Bush/Cheney re-election campaign Tuesday morning. According to Knoxville Police Department officers on the scene Tuesday, it is believed that the two separate shots were fired from a car sometime between 6:30 am and 7:15 am. One shot shattered the glass in the front door and the other cracked the glass in another of the front doors. There were no witnesses to the shooting. A customer at a nearby dry cleaning store noticed that shattered glass on the sidewalk in front of the headquarters and called police. Volunteers and staffers at the campaign office say they have no clues as to who might have committed the crime. However, they add that the shooting makes them even more enthusiastic and energized about working for their candidates. "If I have to sleep here (at the campaign office) now, that's what I'll do," says volunteer Suzanne Dewar. In an unexpected twist, a bank directly across the street from the headquarters was robbed just as KPD officers were busy investigating at the scene of the shooting |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #41 Instpundit=Glenn Reynolds? No, I have not seen him. I would not know him to see him. He is a professor in the UTK Law School. A few years ago he did a Constitutional analysis of the 2nd Amendment. Concluded it guarantees an individual the right to bear arms. |
| Posted by: John (Q. Citizen) 2004-10-06 12:08:27 AM |
| #40 Dem brownshirts stormed the Bush-Cheney offices in Orlando. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-10-05 11:59:41 PM |
| #39 I live in Knoxville. Ever seen the Instapundit buzzing around town in his car? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-05 11:50:40 PM |
| #38 Have not heard of read about any incidents of darn Kerry signs being stolen. I'm not sure who around here would want them. Perhaps Mr. Gray's statement was motivated by alcohol--I say a lot things under the influence. |
| Posted by: John (Q. Citizen) 2004-10-05 10:45:21 PM |
| #37 A follow-up on this (courtesy Prof. Glenn). The capper: Knox County Democratic chairman Jim Gray called the attack "despicable." "I can't imagine what kind of thinking inspired it or maybe what amount of alcohol," Gray said. "My second thought is, maybe it was just someone who got tired of their darn Kerry signs being stolen." Even when trying to be gracious, the 'moonbat' shows... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-10-05 10:39:21 PM |
| #36 lightning bolt through the head conveys the consequences nicely, neh? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-05 10:27:18 PM |
| #35 Frank G - heh! one of my neighbors has a W sticker above a dead stick on the back of his Vw bus. |
| Posted by: spiffo 2004-10-05 10:13:41 PM |
| #34 PH a good SEC game proves more than beer that God loves us. It just nice that the worm FINALLY turned. |
| Posted by: incarnate of lee atwater 2004-10-05 8:50:04 PM |
| #33 04 F-150: put my W/Cheney 04 sticker next to my Grateful Dead "Steal Your Face" sticker...no problems to date |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-05 7:04:39 PM |
| #32 Was admiring a Ktec 40 at my favorite botique the other day. I picked up a bumper sticker that says: Flush the Johns, Vote W. November 2004. A little concerned about putting it on my car because the "end justifies the means vandals." |
| Posted by: John (Q. Citizen) 2004-10-05 6:58:38 PM |
| #31 im real good that way jq see |
| Posted by: half 2004-10-05 6:46:56 PM |
| #30 np - no problem |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-05 6:44:44 PM |
| #29 Thanks Frank G. I got called a troll for one my comments on one of the postings. Had to look it up on the net to figure out what it meant. Reminds me of a time that I said something to someone about 35 years ago in Chattanooga--one of those Freudian slips--and the man said "I will overlook your scatological remark." Did not respond because I did not know what it meant. Didn't realize I was insulted until I got home and looked it up in the dictionary. Sometimes it is good to be a little ignorant. |
| Posted by: John (Q. Citizen) 2004-10-05 6:42:31 PM |
| #28 I can help - I speak Jive: Laughing Out Loud . Rolling On The Floor Laughing My ass Off |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-05 6:34:48 PM |
| #27 Hillbilly, here in East Tennessee (tri cities) Bush is the man as well. We do see a few Kerry/Edwards signs but they are mostly in Johnson City where ETSU is. I read a Time Magazine article today in the Dr. office about the President. The interviewer came to the conclusion that the President sees things in black and white with almost no greys and that's why people either really like him or really hate him. This sounds like the work of the really hate crowd. By the way, War Eagle. I only got killed once at the Battle of Franklin this past weekend. 12,000 reenactors. Whoooboy!! |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2004-10-05 6:30:10 PM |
| #26 #25 Be patient with me but will you please translate what you said. The part before "Excellent." Sometimes sobriety can be a problem while at this site. |
| Posted by: John (Q. Citizen) 2004-10-05 6:23:04 PM |
| #25 LOl. ROFLMAO. Excellent. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-05 6:01:11 PM |
| #24 Hope so. I am new to blogging. Sometimes I blunder about. |
| Posted by: John (Q. Citizen) 2004-10-05 4:31:28 PM |
| #23 People's property gets vandalized by the "politically correct" crowd (i.e. Dem brownshirts), and they think they're justified. JQC: Just curious. Did you ever resolve you difference with .com? |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-10-05 4:27:14 PM |
| #22 The local news is coming in on the bank robbery. Sounds like two different coincidental incidents. The bank robbery was about 4 hours later than the headquarters shooting. Police do have bullet fragments from the headquarters shooting. Depending upon what kind of round they were shooting they may or may not be able to determine ballistics. |
| Posted by: John (Q. Citizen) 2004-10-05 2:02:04 PM |
| #21 Was going to go get my Bush-Cheney signs tomorrow. When I called a couple of days ago they were out. Guess I'd better go there packing since TN is a CCW state. Things do make sense in TN. IOLA: We will see about the Dawgs come Saturday. Gol VOLS. |
| Posted by: John (Q. Citizen) 2004-10-05 1:53:24 PM |
| #20 Mr. Atwater (or reasonable facsimile thereof), The sun will probably shine on your Dawgs collective a$$es come Saturday. But one must remain loyal to the home team even in the lean years. Anyway…here’s to hoping for a good contest with the mud and the blood and the beer in fine SEC style. |
| Posted by: Psycho Hillbilly 2004-10-05 1:50:37 PM |
| #19 I would put up Bush/Cheney signs in my yard, but I think it's illegal to bait your prey in my county. |
| Posted by: spiffo 2004-10-05 1:37:20 PM |
| #18 Brownshirts is right. Here's an incident from Madison, WI. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-10-05 1:34:50 PM |
| #17 PH Go DAWGS |
| Posted by: incarnate of lee atwater 2004-10-05 1:24:45 PM |
| #16 #8 I live in Knoxville. Yet another another RB'er livin' in God's Country. God bless American...and Go Vols! Spot on w/ analysis of E. TN being Republican. Nashville tends to lean Demo though I suspect it's because there's more Yankees here now than when Sherman passed through. Memphis is a socialist enclave. Rural W. TN seems to be shifting gradually away from Demos from my limited, unscientific perspective. |
| Posted by: Psycho Hillbilly 2004-10-05 1:21:58 PM |
| #15 I think its the brownshirts - dont forget the 'break in' in Bellevue Washington recently. Some people are afraid of putting up pro-bush signs and bumper stickers because of the brownshirts. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-10-05 1:11:39 PM |
| #14 Thanks Frank G...that's the one. No mention of a bank robbery there as far as I know. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-10-05 1:07:38 PM |
| #13 Drudge dug up another similar shooting in Charleston WVA |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-05 12:50:33 PM |
| #12 Definitely anal-log. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-10-05 12:44:19 PM |
| #11 digital or analog? |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-05 12:35:24 PM |
| #10 Folks, this is not the 1st report of shots being fired into a Bush/Cheney headquarters. My money sez it's the brown shirts. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-10-05 12:25:18 PM |
| #9 yeah..ok....you're right. |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-10-05 12:21:11 PM |
| #8 I live in Knoxville. Will keep you posted on anything else that unfolds. The shooting into the Bush/Cheney headquarters was between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m--not exactly banking hours here. This would be a stupid Darwin move on the part of bank robbers since the FBI and KPD were just across the street. East Tennessee is strongly Republican. Middle Tennessee and West Tennessee tend towards Democrat. I have not heard anything about the status of the bank robbers. |
| Posted by: John (Q. Citizen) 2004-10-05 12:20:21 PM |
| #7 This time Dan Rather has gone too far. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-10-05 12:13:13 PM |
| #6 hmmm....good point FG |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-10-05 12:08:11 PM |
| #5 and the diversion should take place at the same time as the robbery, no? Not 2 hrs before |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-05 12:05:39 PM |
| #4 CF .. I think you nailed it! |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-10-05 12:02:58 PM |
| #3 True. But then they did not say if the robbery was sucessful or not. On the other hand you can't leave out the brownshirts of the DNC. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-10-05 12:01:55 PM |
| #2 Seems like the diversion should have been about 15 miles away across town. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-10-05 11:59:27 AM |
| #1 Sounds like it might have a diversion to rob the bank. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-10-05 11:58:31 AM |