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CAMPAIGN MADNESS: Cars, Razors and Paintball Guns

October 31, 2004

On November 2, which team of lawyers stands a greater chance of inciting a rising tide of passions?

BarrySeltzer.jpgSeltzer told police he was exercising "political expression" when he aimed his car at Harris and campaign supporters as they stood at a busy intersection. He swerved onto the sidewalk; no one was hurt.
[Man in Rep. Harris car incident detained - Seattle Post Intelligencer - 10-27-04]

Fort Lewis College student Mark O'Donnell said he was showing people his College Republicans sweat shirt, which said "Work for us now ... or work for us later," when Maria Spero kicked him in the leg at an off-campus restaurant.
[Colo. Teacher Sorry for Kicking Student - AP - 10-30-04]

Lanny Phillips had a similarly sized John Kerry sign hanging from his house near 39th Street and Knox Road. He said vandals shot his dog with paintballs, climbed onto his roof, and cut the sign down and took it away.
[Vandals turn vicious in election sign thefts - Ahwatukee Foothills News - 10-30-04]

A chunk of concrete was tossed through the glass door at 5610 Scotts Valley Drive, knocking down a life-size cardboard poster of President Bush, some time after volunteers locked up at 8 p.m. Friday.
[Vandals strike at GOP office, Yes on J business - Santa Cruz Sentinel - 10-26-04]

Wentz said she was ''centimeters away'' from slicing her finger on one of five rusty razor blades taped Saturday to a Kerry-Edwards sign someone put in her Alburtis yard. Meanwhile, the sign she had purchased to support Kerry was stolen.
[Sign thefts a bipartisan problem - Morning Call - 10-30-04]

Shanna Black was driving on Interstate 8 with a Bush-Cheney sticker on her car when she noticed a car coming up fast. The driver pulled alongside and held up a sign that included an obscenity about President Bush. Black's 8-year-old daughter was in the car.
[Campaign passions polarizing partisans - Union Tribune - 10-27-04]

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