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midnight

(26,624 posts)
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 07:39 PM Oct 2012

Who Vandalizes Obama Signs?

On Tuesday night, Leo Flores watched over some signs with a video camera. Just days prior, Lubbock Republican Party County Chair Carl Tepper had said, “I have a weird suspicion that the Democrats might have damaged their own signs. It’s an outlandish story.”

Leo wanted to capture proof that Democrats in Lubbock County were being targeted, and to disprove the absurd Republican talking point that they had caused the vandalism themselves.

At about 2a.m. four men drove up to attack the signs. Leo was there with his camera on, and called 911. The vandals then jumped in their truck and went to where Leo stood. They attempted to take his camera and punched the volunteer in his face. Throughout all of this, Leo kept his camera on.

The Lubbock police have now released that video, and we share this breaking news and footage with you.

You can catch that video here.

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Lubbock sign vandals caught red-handed

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/30/1152741/-Who-Vandalizes-Obama-Signs
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longship

(40,416 posts)
1. Hope they catch those idiots.
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 08:10 PM
Oct 2012

I have no doubt that this guy will swear out a complaint.

The world is filled with jerks. Too many, in my opinion.

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midnight

(26,624 posts)
2. I post this because a few days ago, a neighbor was telling me about yard signs for Obama
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 08:23 PM
Oct 2012

being stolen.... I was wondering how other people were doing with keeping their Obama yard signs? People are going way over the top and can't be acting this way..

Native

(5,942 posts)
3. Our yard sign was stolen two nights ago. Turns out over 500 have been stolen in the last couple of
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 10:15 PM
Oct 2012

days in our red, little town - according to our local Dem campaign HQ. They're asking people to take them in each night, and they're offering to replace stolen signs at no cost. Tonight at dinner in a local restaurant, a woman stood up and yelled, "Democrats in the house!" and pointed to two people at her table and then made a cross sign as if to ward off evil. When we left, we walked over to the Dem couple and loudly asked to shake another Obama supporter's hand. Yeah, we got some strange looks.

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