Senator Val Stevens (R-39) has sent out a press release, with pictures, about her campaign signs being set on fire in Skagit County.
She is the incumbent being challenged by Fred Walser, who was convicted and sentenced to a year in jail this month. There is no reason to think his campaign had anything to do with these crimes.
Cross-posted on <pudge/*>.
Posted by pudge at June 27, 2008 11:19 AM | Email ThisI won't say this reflects on Walser at all, but SOME of Val's political enemies have absolutely no respect for deceny, integrity, freedom of speech, liberty, and so on.
Posted by: pudge on June 27, 2008 01:50 PMWhen one believes in the ideology of the collective, then it's only natural for one to feel that conservatives have no right to any say at all. Hence actions like this, or the more formal equivalent, Democrat Senators trying to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine.
When one believes in socialism, there is no need for the competition of ideas. It's simply DO AS THEY SAY.
It is high time for a Boston Tea party again!
Posted by: gs on June 27, 2008 07:31 PMI have yet to see the same things happen en mass to Democrat signs and doubt that I ever will. If memory serves me I did see a couple of Democrat supporting signs knocked over once but nothing like what is happening at every election to any sign that belongs to a GOP candidate.
That being said, the left through history has a grand tradition of intimidation, maiming and yes, even killing, to further their leftist/Marxist ambitions. These vandalism things are less harmless physically but they contribute to the same sense of harassment and paranoia. A drubbing in the night is the next step. Bring on the brown shirts.
Speaking of drubbing, I remember a little old lady holding an anti Clinton (ver. Bill 1.0) sign during a demonstration at a Democrat rally getting knocked down by a union thug supporting Clinton. So you see, violence is always just under the surface.
The leftists must resort to violence, intimidation and lies to gain votes, because if they REALLY said what their agenda was, nobody would elect them.
There is a reason it is against the law to vandalize campaign signs, because it is stifling of free speech. But than again look who's pushing the "fairness doctrine".
I remember back in '96 here on the Plateau my Craswell signs didn't last 10 minutes. Crazy. In 2000, I had a big 4x8 Bush sign out back that kept getting thrown to the side, cut up, etc. and I kept repairing it and putting it back up. The democrats who did it are shocking in their tackiness.
Posted by: Michele on June 27, 2008 10:19 PMLiberal fascism is alive and well in the Seattle area.
Posted by: Rick D. on June 28, 2008 12:59 PMThough Wasler would be a terrible replacement, Val has got to go.
Posted by: Andy on June 28, 2008 03:40 PMI don't care what disagreements you have with Val. Walser is a convict who has repeatedly lied and covered up and has shown absolutely no propensity for truth or integrity.
That's a lot more important than one Senator's view on shared parenting, which Stevens would not be able to block, and Walser would not be able to make happen.