cryptic graffiti perplexes Democratic Party Officials

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Rachel Eibsen, 6, who stopped by Democratic Party headquarters Monday on Santa Fe Drive with her brother, Peter, to replace a Ken Salazar sign stolen off their property, walks past graffiti on the windows.

Cryptic graffiti perplexes Democratic Party officials
By Hector Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News
October 12, 2004

Do the state Democratic Party, presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry and Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar need bigger cages and longer chains?

And if so, what for?

Vandals think they do, but their spray-painted message left on the windows of the Colorado Democratic Party headquarters south of downtown has left the Democrats and their supporters somewhat bewildered.

"I don't know how much of it is actually election-related," said Julie DeWoody, the party's executive director.

The taggers also sprayed an A with a circle around it, and the Democrats thought the graffiti may have had something to do with the "anarchists."

Whoever sprayed the window of the headquarters on Santa Fe Drive used a paint material that has proven difficult for the Democrats to remove.

The building's landlord plans to bring someone today to erase "bigger cages; longer chains."

"We're just not leaving it there for fun," DeWoody said.

Natalie Bishopp, a staff member, said Democratic workers left the headquarters about 6:30 p.m. Friday so they could watch the debate between President Bush and Kerry. They figured the vandals tagged the windows sometime after they left.

On Monday many Democrats and their supporters paid little attention to the graffiti as dozens walked into the offices, grabbed pro-Kerry and pro-Salazar signs and other literature, and headed back out.

"Everything's still going great," DeWoody said. "People have said, 'Oh, graffiti' and then go about their business. Obviously nobody likes it."


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[maxsolomon]

1. NADERITE VANDALS!

you know, they have a point.

[Lefty48197]

6. Right on top of their heads!

I can't believe I was the first to say that!

[Stocat]

2. Sounds like a Nader supporters phrase....n/t

[featherman]

3. Yeah this is "the third way" crowd alright

i.e. "Both parties are the same (corporate whores) but the Democrats offer "bigger cages and longer chains" for the proletariat.
Marginal folks.

[Philostopher]

4. I think they're right it's not election-related.

Or at least not directly. Five seconds on Google tells me that "Bigger Cages Longer Chains" is the name of a recent album by a band called International Noise Conspiracy. The band was involved in 'Rock The Vote' -- so they're not really anarchists, and they're not anti-Kerry.

Just some bored teenagers with a paint can. Or some really stupid Republicans.

[crispini]

5. Sounds like the Naderites and ultra-lefties to me.

Amazed that they can't figure this out, I've heard similar stuff enough from my Naderite buddy.