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Obama Supporters' Tires Slashed
TPM Election Central — Still more ugliness and hostility on the campaign trail, courtesy of North Carolina's Fayetville Observer: Someone slashed the tires of at least 30 vehicles parked outside the Crown Coliseum on Sunday during a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, authorities said. Sheriff's deputies are investigating. The tires were cut while people were inside the Crown Coliseum listening to speeches, said Maj. E. Wright of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office... Sarah Revis, who lives on Wilkes Road, said the slashed tires left ...

Tires slashed during Obama rally
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... inside the Crown Coliseum listening to speeches, said Maj. E. Wright of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.Sarah Revis, who lives on Wilkes Road, said the slashed tires left several women, including a single mother and a toddler, stranded and upset. At least four tow trucks were sent to move the vehicles from the Crown, Revis said.“It hasn’t deterred us one bit,” Steenstra said. “It has only encouraged us more. I just hope whoever did this pays the price.” Read more: http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=307949

Heckling early voters in Fayetteville
Ben Smith's Blog —   Christina Bellantoni captures the scene of Republican protesters heckling voters lined up after an Obama event in Fayetteville, N.C. yesterday, and an Obama backer offering a (somewhat off target) defense. The chant in Bellantoni's second video is "Nobama." About 30 cars had their tires slashed during that rally, according to a local press report.

McCain/Palin mob: 30 cars owners find tires slashed after NC Obama rally; voters heckled
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... Sigh. This happened yesterday in Fayetteville yesterday. And only a couple of days before, a Greensboro reporter was kicked to the ground by another McCain/Palin patriot at a Bible Spice rally at Elon. ...

The Fayetteville Outrage
The Reality-Based Community — ... Thirty cars had their tires slashed outside an Obama rally in Fayetteville, NC. The Obama campaign — or, better yet, Obama personally — ought to pick up the tab (a total of a few thousand bucks), out of loyalty to the victims and as a means of publicizing the outrage. Of course, if John McCain had any class, he'd write the check himself. (It would even be a clever campaign tactic, so he'd also do it if he merely had brains and imagination.) But if my grandma had wheels, she'd be a trolley-car. So Obama has to do it, or leave the innocent victims stuck.

The Ugliness of McCain Supporters
Comments from Left Field — ... Lawn sign stealing is nothing new.  But some of the things that people are doing are getting ridiculous.  For instance, we come to find out that at an Obama rally in North Carolina, someone slashed the tires of at least thirty vehicles.  Also, Oliver Willis flagged one supporter who video taped a woman tearing down a home made Obama sign that took him hours to make (sorry, no link, for some reason I’m having trouble bringing up Willis’ website.  If the issue clears up I’ll link to it later). ...

I'd say "cut it out," but you know how I feel about puns
Jim Treacher's Blog That Is on the Internet — ... October 20, 2008 I'd say "cut it out," but you know how I feel about puns Quick note to the jerks who don't understand that there are plenty of legitimate ways to oppose Obama's supporters: If you slash their tires, they can't go away. Posted by Jim Treacher at October 20, 2008 12:24 PM

NC Early Voters Heckled by McCain Supporters, Tires Slashed
Firedoglake — ... And in Fayettville, NC someone slashed the tires of at least 30 vehicles parked outside the Crown Coliseum on Sunday during a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, authorities said. ...

Howie Klein: Robin Hayes Follows Michele Bachmann Off The Rails
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... when you consider the kinds of little fascist animals who go to Republican rallies these days-- Hayes, at least at first, tried to calm it down so it would resemble a political rally instead of a KKK cross burning. ...

Robin Hayes Follows Michele Bachmann Off The Rails
DownWithTyranny! — ... when you consider the kinds of little fascist animals who go to Republican rallies these days-- Hayes, at least at first, tried to calm it down so it would resemble a political rally instead of a KKK cross burning. ...

Pathetic
Shakesville — Tires slashed during Obama rally: "Someone slashed the tires of at least 30 vehicles parked outside the Crown Coliseum on Sunday during a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, authorities said. …Lynne Steenstra said she thought that the slashings were scare tactics designed to keep her and others from supporting Obama. Even though it cost her roughly $120 to get her Dodge Caravan towed and fixed, Steenstra said the act would not intimidate her from voting. 'It hasn't deterred us one bit,' Steenstra said. 'It has only encouraged us more'." ...

Erik Ose: McCain and Palin Inciting Violence in North Carolina
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Next, over the weekend, about 30 Obama supporters had their tires slashed while attending an Obama rally that attracted an overflow crowd of more than 10,000 at the Fayetteville Crown Coliseum. Among the citizens left stranded were a single mother and toddler. "This is an embarrassment to this city and to me as a citizen," said a nearby resident. "This is a crying shame." ...

Megan Pillow: Vote Your Bible, Not Your Wallet: Dispatch From North Carolina
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... for a parking space. Although I'm not a native North Carolinian, I am a Southerner by birth, and I understand this is one of the hazards of living in the Bible belt. Besides, that sign is nothing compared to the nearly 20 McCain robocalls that I returned to find on my machine after spending the weekend out of town. In the past few months, I've followed all of the horror stories in this battleground state - the dead black bear draped in Obama signs at Western Carolina, the tires slashed at the Obama rally in Fayetteville, the early voters getting heckled at ...