I am not a Democrat, but I can see why some Democrats, would want to shoot a republican.
I own a strip of land, on a major N S highway, in the county. Traditionaly I have allowed anyone who wants to put campaign signs on the property, until yesterday.
I was fishing, yesterday, on the lake across the road from my property. The democrats, had called me a couple of weeks ago and asked permission to put signs up on my property. I had told them that I would be happy to allow anyone to put campaign signs on my property, as long as they had them picked up within a week after the election. They had put signs up Supporting Kerry, as well as signs for other Democrats, running for local offices, and the US senate. I told a fellow at the Republican headquarters that they were free to do the same. I was there picking up signs for Boozman, or local republican Representative to the US house. I was told that they would, but they were short on supplies, and would get some out there as soon as they had posts to put the signs up with. I told them that the Democrats already had signs up there with my permission.
While I was fishing, a truck with Bush Chaney stickers on it pulled up, and I thought great, they got the signposts, and were there to put up their signs. Much to my horror, the fellow started tearing down the Democrats signs, and used their, the democrats, posts to put up republican signs. I pulled my boat over to the bank, and walked over to confront the signpost thief. I told him that I didn't mind him putting up his signs but he needed his own posts. He was very rude, and said that the Democrats were all rats, and didn't deserve to put their signs on this property, as it was owned by a republican who had called and asked for the Republican signs to replace the Democrats signs on his property. I asked him who owned the property, and he could not give me an answer. I explained to him that I was the property owner, and that I had given the Democrats permission to put up their signs, and that he should remove the republican signs, from the democrats posts, and he should supply his own posts. He apologised, and said he didn't have any posts, but he would be back in the morning, to put up his signs. I told my neighbor, a major Democrat supported that his signs were damaged, and he went down and replaced them.
I got up this morning, and took a walk, down to the lake, with a CAO Black Torp, and my commuter cup full of Carribean Cutthroat. As I got to the edge of my property, and found all the signs that my neighbor put up, torn and scattered in the highway rightofway, and the posts now sporting new republican signs. I just got off the phone with the local republican headquarters, recinding permission for them to put up their signs, and telling my friend manning the phones this morning, why. I am still pissed, but am not going down to the headquarters with my gun, though my neighbor might. You guys have seen my neighbor, on the picture post awhile back. I wouldn't want him mad at me. I'll see if I can dig up that post.
Have a great day.
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)
P.S. I am going to set up survalence cameras, on that corner, and will be pressing Destruction of property charges, if it happens again.
