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Christina Bellantoni: McCain supporters heckle early voters, call them 'cheaters'
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
First published at WashingtonTimes.com
PRINCETON, W.V. — Over the last few days I've been through Southwest Virginia, down in North Carolina and now back up into the mountains on the West Virginia side near Bluefield for some stories about the political climate in red states.
Sen. Barack Obama has set up a massive organization across the country, and especially in North Carolina.
The campaign has given supporters lists with hours and locations of early voting sites, and collected the names, e-mail address and cell phone number of each attendee at the Fayetteville rally Sunday afternoon. (There were a few ...
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 - these things don't just blame themselves —
by Pam Spaulding
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. 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 ...
Heckling voters
Political Animal —
HECKLING VOTERS.... I've seen comedians get heckled at comedy clubs. I've seen athletes get heckled at sporting events. I've never even heard of voters getting heckled. And yet, McCain/Palin supporters keep finding new and creative ways to undermine democratic norms. The Washington Times , a self-described conservative paper, reported today ...
NC Early Voters Heckled by McCain Supporters, Tires Slashed
Firedoglake —
Early voters in North Carolina, most of whom were black, were heckled and mocked by McCain supporters as they their cast their ballots Sunday. According to Washington Times reporter Christina Bellatoni primarily white McCain supporters shouted "terrorist" and complained that "Sundays are ...
More Ugliness in NC
The Stump —
First the slashed tires, now this: A dead bear was found dumped this morning on the Western Carolina
University campus, draped with a pair of Obama campaign signs,
university police said.
Maintenance workers reported about 7:45 a.m. finding a
75-pound bear cub dumped at the roundabout near the Catamount statute
at the entrance to campus, said Tom Johnson, chief of university
police. “It looked like it had been shot in the head as best
we can tell. A couple of Obama campaign signs had been stapled together
and stuck over its head,” Johnson said. Bonus ugliness!: Early Obama voters in the state get ...
McCain supporters heckle early voters.
Think Progress —
On Sunday, the Washington Times’s Christina Bellantoni stopped by a polling place in North Carolina, where she reported that a “group of loud and angry protestors” — almost all of whom were white — were shouting and mocking voters — nearly all of whom were black. Bellatoni noted that people “were shouting about Obama’s acknowledged cocaine use as a young man, abortion and one man used the word ‘terrorist.’ They also were complaining that Sundays are for church, not voting.” Watch it: ...
McCain Supporters Heckle Early Voters In North Carolina
Oliver Willis —
The Republican party fully supports the Bull Connor/George Wallace agenda.
McCain supporters heckle early voters
Photographer Joe Eddins and I headed over to the closest one and found a steady line of voters hoping to cast ballots early. Most seemed to be Obama supporters and several had come from the rally. Nearly all the voters were black.
Also at the polling site was a group of loud and angry protesters who shouted and mocked the voters as they walked in. Nearly all were white.
As you can see from these videos, no one held anything back. People were shouting about Obama’s acknowledged cocaine use as a young ...
Hullabaloo —
How Helpful by digby Nothing like deploying a bunch of cops on the streets of American cities, looking for marauding African Americans to help get out the vote: Police departments in cities across the country are beefing up their ranks for Election Day, preparing for possible civil unrest and riots after the historic presidential contest. Public safety officials said in interviews with The Hill that the election, which will end with either the nation’s first black president or its first female vice president, demanded a stronger police presence. Some worry that if Barack Obama loses and there is ...
Erik Ose: McCain and Palin Inciting Violence in North Carolina
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Forced to defend what should be reliable red state turf, John McCain and Sarah Palin finally showed up in North Carolina over the past few weeks. So far in October, the GOP running mates have appeared at four campaign rallies here. And in the wake of their visits, a string of election season crimes have occurred around the state involving violence, vandalism, and harassment.
First, a reporter was assaulted at a Palin rally held last Thursday at Elon College. Greenboro News & Record reporter Joe Killian was kicked to the ground by a Palin supporter as he was trying to interview protestors at the rally who backed Obama. From ...
