Obama-Biden Signs Stolen!
This is the fourth election that I have lived at my house, and I have never had a political sign stolen, despite the fact that I always have a lot of them in my yard, including large signs for Congressman Baron Hill. Only the wind has ever carried off my yard signs.
So this year, after I cleaned up after the Hurricane (yes, Hurricane Ike came to southern Indiana, with devastating effects, including knocking out power here for a week and blowing over a lot of trees), and after waiting a long time to get Obama-Biden signs to Southern Indiana, I put mine up on Friday, October 17. By Sunday morning, October 19, my sign was gone, while six others for other local candidates were still there. For a party that preaches the Ten Commandments, the local GOP seems to ignore the commandment of "Thou shall not steal".
This seems to be a tactic of Republicans in this area. I have heard numerous other people in Harrison and Floyd Counties that have had their signs stolen. One of our precinct committeemen in Harrison County had his signs burnt down in his own yard. They steal and burn Obama-Biden signs and then like to say that no one has signs in the area for them. That is real Hoosier values.
They know that they are losing, even in Southern Indiana and are fighting back dishonestly. In my county in 2006, Rep. Baron Hill lost by less than 1% but Democrats won every other county-wide race. They are desperate. My Obama-Biden sign will be back in my yard tomorrow night after I stop by Democratic headquarters in the county and get one. I should hook the metal part up to electricity to sign for the GOP SOB that tries to steal the new one.