Obama's Iowa campaign office burglarized!!!

[mckeown1128]

"The Davenport campaign headquarters for presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was reportedly burglarized overnight. A campaign worker discovered the burglary shortly after 10 a.m. today when opening up the headquarters at 3500 Brady St.
Police said items reported missing at this time are two laptop computers and some campaign materials.
The burglary remains under investigation."

http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2007/07/07/news/local/doc468fea495c206122514202.txt


This is horrible. I really doubt the rethugs would care what Obama's Democratic Iowa Primary strategy is. Who could have done this? It sounds like it could be another Dem. I hope that it was just a random thief that wanted the laptops and...uhh..campaign materiels?!?

[mikelgb]

1. sounds rovian

[Gman]

2. The Repubs that did it will blame it on the Hillary people

I sure hope the Obama people don't.

[wyldwolf]

3. "Who could have done this? It sounds like it could be another Dem" uh huh, sure

While we're throwing out conspiracy theories, how about this: Obama hired someone to do it to make people think it was another Dem.

[mikelgb]

7. yeah, see my reply 1

classic rove tactic

[rurallib]

4. Well I live in Iowa and have gotten to know many of the staffers in

Davenport. All the campaigns are very friendly with each other. Many have told me that they expect to be working on the same team this time next year. So I doubt it was the doing of another Democratic campaign. Most likely folks from the Edwards, Clinton, Richardson and other campaigns most likely called and offered help to the Obama group to get them back on their feet if they needed it.
This does have the earmarks of some tricks that some wingers have used in the past thinking they could make it look like Dems are splitting. Or it could have been racially motivated. Hard to believe in America but race is still a problem.

[DU9598]

5. That's quite speculative

Sounds like someone who either wanted a laptop and stole two or someone who wanted something to sell for drug money.

[RaleighNCDUer]

10. That's what people said when the Democratic office in W VA was

burglarized and lost its computers (while other valuable electronics were left behind) before the last election - you know, the one which went strongly for * despite polls saying that * and Kerry were 50/50.

Nothing suspicious here.

[RaleighNCDUer]

11. And that explains the 'campaign materials'?

Presumably, donor lists, contact lists, etc. Those would be handy for a junky.

[AandP]

6. Darn shame

Some folks today seem to think that freedom of speech involves destroying other peoples property. I doubt it was republicans though. It could be just punks looking for quick cash, computers and other goodies. I could be wrong though, who knows what motivates some people.

[Forkboy]

8. How does it sound like it may be another Dem?

[mckeown1128]

17. What regular thief wants campaing materials???nt

[Forkboy]

19. Are you familar with regular thiefs?

Maybe the laptops themselves were the prize. :shrug:

[quinnox]

9. lol I knew clinton would be implicated

Hillary she is the master of the universe!

Come on, enough innuendo. Hillary had nothing to do with this.

[mckeown1128]

14. I never mentioned Clinton. Sorry to disapoint. nt

[ripple]

12. You're right, mckeown

This stinks to high heaven. Why in the world would any garden variety thief want campaign materials??? :wtf:

[draft_mario_cuomo]

16. Good question... nt

[zulchzulu]

13. Password protect those laptops, people!

Especially laptops with campaign stuff...

Leaving them behind at the campaign HQ is a mistake as well. Lots of rats and moles about....

[Benhurst]

15. Dear God! I hope they didn't steal his charisma.

Kidding aside, I think there's going to be a lot more of this kind of thing. Rove and the Bush Crime Family are beginning to feel cornered.

[illinoisprogressive]

18. Gee, I wonder who could have broken into Obama's office.? not.

[Forkboy]

20. Who?

[bling bling]

25. Yeah, who?

[Clintonista2]

21. OmG Hillary Clinton did it!

First, she invents cancer, THEN she begins not one, but TWO World Wars, while devouring the remains of every aborted fetus to ever exist. NOW she has broken into Obama's office, and stolen campaign materials! ITS WATERGATE ALL OVER AGAIN!


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[Ethelk2044]

23. This post is stupid. There is nothing to joke about breaking into an offic.e

[Clintonista2]

24. No.. the "joke" consists of the lame Hillary smear attemps. NT

[Ethelk2044]

26. mckeown1128 did not mention Hillary

[Clintonista2]

27. No, but he implied it. n/t

[mckeown1128]

28. I never implied Hillary.

I mentioned Democrats. I know Hillary supporters think that Hillary is the ONLY candidate in the race but there are other Democratic candidates. I would love to know what word or phrase implied Hillary in particular out of the candidates. Don't worry, I won't wait for an answer I know you don't have one.

[rinsd]

29. 2 other Obama supporters felt free to do that though.

[mckeown1128]

30. but "I" did not,....

so I don't like it when other's accuse me of such.

[David Zephyr]

22. Donor Envy.

Go Obama.