Political Yard Sign Wars Wage as Election Nears

gollum123 writes "Yahoo has a story on how tension among bitterly divided voters is translating into a barrage of attacks on political targets that can't talk back - yard signs. Campaign signs depicting support for either President Bush (news - web sites) or Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) are being burned, chopped down, spray-painted and commonly, stolen away in the dark of night. Though sign shenanigans are common in election years, some Republican leaders are calling this year's activity unprecedented. Democratic leaders say attacks are so rampant that supporters should take their yard signs inside at night to protect them. Has anyone on /. had such an experience."

Comments

Re:No

[Anonymous Coward]

Bush will raise national debt, Kerry would try to reduce it.

Your point?

Re:False conflict masquerading as serious discussi

[Pluvius]

Reverse the downward spiral? That's impossible at this point; the best we can do is slow it down. Hence, voting for Kerry.

But go ahead and vote for a third party. In a few decades our country will be ruined, but hey, at least we'll be able to vote outside of Republicrat lines!

Rob

Kerry will raise national debt....more

[Anonymous Coward]

"Bush will raise national debt, Kerry would try to reduce it."

Bush will raise national debt. Kerry will raise it more. He plans on spending a lot more than Bush plans to spend. On top of that, he will raise taxes, which will clobber the economy and result in a slowdown, and lower tax revenues in the end.

Re:You have no credibility

[Anonymous Coward]

Just mentioning the "neocon" shibboleth (or meaningless buzzword) shows you buy into the conspiracy.

"I'm sorry that I use NPR and BBC as my primary news sources. But I don't plan on changing to Fox News"

You should consider it. It has a reputation for being less biased, and being more centrist. NPR and BBC are both official government media organs, and thus are encouraged to have a strong left-wing bias: it tends to be left-wing governments that favor wasting more money on official government media.

"I see no need to add further Rightward bias to my sources."

No one has yet mentioned any rightwing sources. The American left is still left wing: definitely to the left of the true center.

A car was vandalized

[sfjoe]

The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that a man with a vanity license plate reading "NO*BUSH" has had his car vandalized:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercur ynews/news/lo cal/9975253.htm?1c

Given the divisiveness George Bush and the Republican party has fostered over the past few years, I can't say I'm surprised at the level of viciousness being seen in this election. I'm just glad Americans are generally civilized enough that it's not worse.