Obama Hounds are afoot
After the debate tonight, I went outside to go to Wal-Mart. I noticed our sign for McCain was gone from the yard. I saw it in front of our neighbors house in the street. I picked it up and it had been ripped. The sign for the County Coroner was also tossed in the street. I have them both straightened back out and the sing taped together. It will be outside in the morning.
While out I went by my neighbors house. Their sign had also been bent and thrown into the street. I straightened it out and put it back in the yard and notified them.
Sorry, no pictures, it’s too dark outside and they wouldn’t turn out.
UPDATE - Here is the perspective from one of my children:
Hey guys, You will NEVER guess what just happened.
We think we know who did this, but there isn’t proof that he did so I won’t say who. All right, here is what happened. We came out for a walk at 5:30pm. We came back and our signs that said “McCain Palin” were fine. Anna had a lesson with the Tray ( The community band director) at 6:00pm through 7:00pm. Our signs were still fine. We watched the debate at 8:00pm. After the debate Anna and my dad went to go to Walmart and found our signs. They were in the street! One of them was ripped! My parents called the police. The policeman came and asked some questions. Now she is sitting at the end of the block to see if they come back. They ran when they saw the police car coming. Oh what a night! So much for freedom of speech. My mom wrote on the sign that was ripped. She taped it together too. This is almost exactly what she wrote… Ripped by Obama followers! Where is our freedom of speech?… That will get some attention huh? I hope so.
This from my other child:
Freedom is now becoming a hard thing to find in Lake County. Our “McCain & Palin” signs were torn and thrown in the street. A neighbors sign was also thrown in the street. A family on the street from us was having a party and we are almost positive they did it because of their “Obama” signs. They also yell when they go by our house,”Obama rocks” or, “McCain stinks(nicer word than used)”.
Here’s from the perspective of the wife!
Why is it that Obama supports are very intolerant? (Yes, this is a generalization but I see this all the time!) We didn’t shove our stand down people’s throats, we said nothing when their children chanted “McCain sucks” while we walked down the street, and we did nothing when they walked by our house and chanted “Obama” at the top of their lungs. Because we respected their beliefs, and it is their freedom of speech. We had two modest signs in our yard. One stating that we were a McCain family and the other for a local official. Yes, I called the police. It is vandalism, and it infringes on my rights.
My questions are… is this the tolerance that they are teaching in schools? Is this the kind of brain washing that they are doing in schools that teachers unions are for him, the “youth” are for him, and you are cool only if you support Obama? It inspires children to “sing” Obama’s praises!
How about the parents? We have always been friendly with each other, but now that we have a sign, a simple sign saying who we support (not unlike the sign that they have put in their window for Obama), we are worthy of these kind of “cat calls”, vandizing, and generally hating us just because of who we are voting for. The irony is… there is no way that McCain can even win this state!
I just don’t get this kind of hate. In the end… we are neighbors. How are we going to feel about each other after the election? It’s stupid.