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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:20 AM Nov 2012

Man steals Obama sign: Reason- thieves will think subdivision is filled with retards and half-wits

SARASOTA, Fla. - In one of the more unusual stories this election season, a thief who stole a woman's campaign yard signs, writes her a postcard explaining why he did it.
On two occasions, the Barack Obama and Keith Fitzgerald signs were taken from the yard of Jill Green, a resident in the Indian-Beach/Sapphire Shores neighborhood in Sarasota.
"I don't have any idea who it could be," Green said.

She then received a postcard in her mailbox. On the front of the card, there is a picture of Obama and Ronald Reagan. Under the picture of Reagan, the word, "Hero." Under Obama, the word, "Zero." On the back of the card, the person wrote this:

Ms Green,

My apologies for your Democrat yard signs, but I can explain. I live around the corner from you and when I see signs that support Democrats I fear for the safety of our neighborhood. When thieves drive through Sapphire Shores scoping out possible targets and see pro-Democrat yard signs they automatically assume that the subdivision is filled with retards and half-wits. The gangsters think it's easy pickings because they already know that if a person votes Democrat they probably don't have the sense to come in out of the rain, not to mention locking their doors or securing their valuables. It is common knowledge amongst burglars that Democrats are anti-gun and anti-Second Amendment so when they see campaign signs that promote Democrats they know the homeowners are not armed and therefore unable to protect themselves from attack.

You are not concerned about a robber breaking into your home because you have the Sarasota Police Department to guard and protect you. You sleep safe knowing what a great job they did with tracking down the hooligans that took the signs depicting your misguided support.

— Bat Masterson

http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/local/article_ce92c57a-27bc-11e2-ba0b-0019bb30f31a.html

They are truly mentally deranged.

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Man steals Obama sign: Reason- thieves will think subdivision is filled with retards and half-wits (Original Post) The Straight Story Nov 2012 OP
No wonder they vote for Romney. Frustratedlady Nov 2012 #1
Last paragraph can be read as a veiled threat. Shivering Jemmy Nov 2012 #2
That kind of thinking is why idiots like GWB get elected in the first place. charmay Nov 2012 #3

charmay

(525 posts)
3. That kind of thinking is why idiots like GWB get elected in the first place.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:44 AM
Nov 2012

Then they sit and wonder why the country fall apart.

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