I use two motorcycles with sidecars to campaign for Obama and other democratic candidates. They both sport big Obama campaign signs. The little one is painted in a red, white, and blue patriotic theme and the big one is painted in a rainbow theme.
I rode the big sidecar rig out to my Starbuck, Minnesota abode tuesday. We don't have a garage out here, but we've never had a problem before- my pickup sat out here most of last winter and nobody messed with it. Yesterday a gas company crew was working near where I usually park the sidecar rig, so I moved it to the back of our parking lot so they'd have more room to work. This morning I came out and found all the Obama signs painted over.
I'm posting this as a "heads up"- the republicons are turning ugly. In Minnesota, we've already had the windows of a campaign office busted out while a staffer was working inside. All those devotees of junkie Limbaugh and his ilk will not give up power easily. And as we saw at the RNC, we can't neccessarily trust the police either- I had to keep both the sidecar rigs safely locked in my garage the whole week of the convention.
The damage may go deeper than just paint- when I started the sidecar rig to move it next to where I sleep, it ran for about 50 feet and died. It would run for a second, then jerkily die while belching oil. It was getting dark, so I didn't have time to further investigate, but I'm running through my head what vandalism could cause these mechanical symptoms. Then again, could just be coincidence. I was going to ride the vandalized sidecar rig back to Minneapolis tomorrow, but with it not running I'll have to take it apart so we can get it inside our house where it's safe.
So be careful out there.
Update: Here's a picture of the little sidecar rig in Minneapolis Juneteenth Parade, it's the last thumbnail on the right-
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