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| Swastikas, 'Fascist' Painted On Campaign Signs |
| 2010-07-15 |
| MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Sixth district congressional candidate Lou Ann Zelenik received death threats and a nationwide outcry after she opposed a Rutherford County Islamic Center last month. Now, someone has targeted some of her campaign signs with a paint can. Robert Stroop is a Zelenik supporter. He said he was shocked to find the sign outside a building he owns spray-painted with swastikas and the word "fascist," meaning a dictator or having nationalist political ideology. "This sign is here for a purpose, just like the one across the street with the other candidate is, and it's not the country I was raised in and believe in," Stroop said. The Zelenik sign in the front yard of the home Stroop owns on Greenland Avenue was also vandalized over the weekend. "I think it's just the world we're living in today, and I'm really disappointed," said Stroop. Campaign workers found out about the defaced signs Sunday. They filed a report with Murfreesboro police. "She is very disappointed that people, you know, would do this kind of behavior. It's very disheartening to see that in a political campaign," said Jay Heine, Zelenik's campaign manager. This isn't the first time Zelenik has had to call police. Last month, she received death threats at her campaign office and at home after she issued a statement about the proposed Islamic Center in Rutherford County. "This Islamic Center is not part of a religious movement; it is a political movement designed to fracture the moral and political foundation of Middle Tennessee," Zelenik wrote in a statement. Zelenik's campaign manager said after they reported the death threats to police, no more have been received. Now, they're dealing with the vandalism. "It tells a little bit about maybe the characters and stuff involved in the issues and stuff in this campaign," Heine said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Last month, she received death threats at her campaign office and at home after she issued a statement about the proposed Islamic Center in Rutherford County. Way to prove her point! |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2010-07-15 14:33 |
| #5 Lou Ann Zelenik should just just say... "I'm really annoyed to be associated with socialism." |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-07-15 12:59 |
| #4 He said he was shocked to find the sign outside a building he owns spray-painted with swastikas and the word "fascist," meaning a dictator or having nationalist political ideology. You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it does. |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2010-07-15 11:49 |
| #3 She's in my district, and I've been debating whether or not to vote for her. If the wackjobs are going to this much trouble, she's worth looking at closely. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2010-07-15 05:49 |
| #2 Lex, simple. It is a pseudo-religious, socio-political ideology. That would be fine as you point out. However, one of the main articles of it is the "Kill the Apostate", "Kill the Infidel" and even more so when the Infidel is a Jew. That makes it a dangerous pseudo-religious, socio-political ideology. Dangerous in the sense of threatening lives of you, me, us infidels. The freedom of religion and screed is not a suicide pact, Lex. If they removed all the "Kill the Infidel" reference from their political manifesto (Koran, Hadiths, Sura), then I'd have no problem with them, probably no one would. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2010-07-15 02:54 |
| #1 This Islamic Center is not part of a religious movement; it is a political movement designed to fracture the moral and political foundation of Middle Tennessee So... if it's a religious center, it's above reproach; if it's a political movement, it should be banned. WTF? Is the communist party banned in the US? Lyndon LaRouche's fascist party? Are the Black Panthers banned? Since when do we ban political movements? |
| Posted by: lex 2010-07-15 00:37 |