I went to the Greek food festival with my fiends and family this weekend while I was in Little Rock. I love gyros. When we got there on Saturday, the street directly in front of the festival was lined with Bill Halter signs and Blanche Lincoln signs. It appeared that the Bill Halter signs were put down and then the Lincoln signs were put down to sandwich the Halter signs. Bill Halter himself attended the festival that day, although I did not find this out until later. We had a great time and loved all the great food.
On Sunday, we were coming back from church and wanted to get some Greek food for lunch and stopped by the Greek food festival again. However, this time, all the Bill Halter signs had been stolen overnight. The Lincoln signs were still standing.
This combined with the evidence from Blue Hog Report, ARDem, and other sources we now have evidence of this kind of thing going on all over the state, but only from Lincoln supporters. Counties with reports like these include Pulaski, Craighead, Jefferson, Columbia, and Quachita Counties. We have heard no reports of Lincoln signs going missing.
So two questions need to be asked. Is the Blanche Lincoln campaign responsible for this behavior and do they condemn such behavior? With the dirtiness of their ads, somehow I don't put a dirty ground game past them either. The people who put up the Lincoln signs in response the the Halter signs had a plethora of them. I doubt they were anyone but the Lincoln campaign. The fact that the signs went missing that same night suggests that it is entirely possible that people connected to the Lincoln campaign are responsible. In addition, since these activities are taking place all over the state, it is hard to conclude that this is due to a couple of disconnected individuals. The Lincoln campaign can clear this up in no time by denouncing such activities. If they don't, I will continue to wonder if this is just part of how they intend to win the runoff.
Cross posted from Blue Arkansas