ORLANDO, Fla., June 29, 2009

Fla. Cars Tagged With Anti-Obama Slogans

Vandals Spray Paint 60 Cars In Orlando, Police Estimate $10,000 In Damage

  • One of the 60 city vehicles spray-painted by vandals, some with anti-Obama messages and racial epithets, across from Orlando city hall late Saturday night, June 28, 2008. The vandals even left cards on each vehicle disparaging both Obama and McCain but containing messages of support for Sen. Hillary Clinton. Photo

    One of the 60 city vehicles spray-painted by vandals, some with anti-Obama messages and racial epithets, across from Orlando city hall late Saturday night, June 28, 2008. The vandals even left cards on each vehicle disparaging both Obama and McCain but containing messages of support for Sen. Hillary Clinton.  (AP Photo/Michael Lowe)

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(AP)  Police on Sunday were investigating vandals' spray-painting of dozens of city vehicles here, some with disparaging messages about the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

Authorities think the vandalism to about 60 vehicles, estimated at $10,000 in damage, was done Saturday afternoon, police spokeswoman Sgt. Barbara Jones said.

The vehicles were parked across from City Hall and investigators said culprits tagged messages including "Obama smokes crack" and a racial epithet.

They even left business cards on the vehicles that disparage both the Illinois senator and his rival, Republican John McCain. The cards voice support for Sen. Hillary Clinton, Obama's former opponent.

Mike Lowe, a videographer working for The Associated Press, first told police about the damage. He saw three cars with anti-Obama messages, while the others were just heavily painted.

Police also found that many of the vehicles had open gas tanks.

Clinton won the Florida Democratic primary, but the contest was held early in violation of party rules. Party leaders initially said the state's delegates would not be seated as punishment, then eventually agreed to seat half of them at the national convention.

Clinton's supporters wanted the state's delegation fully restored. Instead, the compromise pushed Obama toward the nomination.

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by clovisbuford June 29, 2008 3:45 PM PDT
Liberals, Homosexuals, Terrorist Apologists.
"Unity of the Oppressed. Join the Pride Parade.
OBAMA 08
1-800-DEM-BOYS (donate)
Change We Can Believe In!
Yes We Can!"

err what its no longer PC amongst to the rabid right wingers to say jew-boys becaue yanno early 60''s that would have been the call rather than Dem-boys.
Sides come nov.how is it gonna be explaining how you got your rear end handedtoyou by a buch of livberal homosexual, terrorist lovers , and they are your friends and neighbors. let me know howt hat works for you big boy.
as far as the actual incident the article talks about . Anyone who works their panties in a wad over a case that could be anything from bored kids pranking to frat boys to any idjit thinking it makes a statement , and could be from either party.Let the story run its course and see what facts stick
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by zerato-2009 June 29, 2008 3:49 PM PDT
Looks like the 2 suspects could be those posted just before me the racists unity dems and clovis buford
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by sandy19731 June 29, 2008 3:51 PM PDT
Anybody who would do something like that shouldn''t be allowed to vote. And wouldn''t if they were caught.
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by bookout2 June 29, 2008 3:56 PM PDT
Good job F.
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by bookout2 June 29, 2008 3:57 PM PDT
Good job fl.
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by bookout2 June 29, 2008 3:59 PM PDT
Who knows who ruined those cars, but they win the
good citizens award.
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by bookout2 June 29, 2008 3:59 PM PDT
Who knows who ruined those cars, but they win the
good citizens award.
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by clovisbuford June 29, 2008 3:59 PM PDT
"Looks like the 2 suspects could be those posted just before me the racists unity dems and clovisbuford :Zerato"
My point exactly ..it couldbe anyone .. give the evidence a chance.....errr Zerato I am a 52 yr. man living in TX with gas at 4$ a gallon ,,good luck with that being me
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by hoseobama June 29, 2008 4:01 PM PDT
I vote Conservative, and obviously don''t like Obama - but this is over the top.

These folks should be put on a treadmill and forced to generate electricity.
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by mcvet June 29, 2008 4:03 PM PDT
We haven''t seen anything the closer this thing gets to the election. The Republican Party years ago, brought in the most racist factions in the south and have for a long time now hid them behind a wink. That will all drop now! The Republican Party, already in VERY deep trouble in the rest of the nation, will find itself LOOSING all but the southern Fascist element and the radical Religious Reich.. in fact it ALREADY has lost most but those. Republican''s all across the nation are coming to the other side to the point that in some northern states Independents out rank them. But I''m afraid the Worst is yet to come if you look at some of the sites of the "Base". UGLY is putting it lightly!! Sieg Heil Y''all
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by clovisbuford June 29, 2008 4:03 PM PDT
"Who knows who ruined those cars, but they win the
good citizens award. bookout2"
wow who knew so called conservatives support vandalism costing thousands of Dollars to an individual if your car got painted...and you just thought the idiots did the vandalism ,never knowing it was spreading ,like a radio talk show .limbaugh,hannity savage,o''liely .
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by downsteamjim June 29, 2008 4:08 PM PDT
To clovisbufordTjustice: Are you saying that Hillary is a republican?
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by glenda743 June 29, 2008 4:13 PM PDT
I really hate to see destruction of any kind in an effort to get one''s message across, but sometimes some people think this is the only way they will be heard.. The DNC and the media have caused the wrong person to be the nominee and most people are so aware of this and they show their anger by being destructive. If their voices could only be heard the right way, that little weasil Obama would not be the Democratic nominee...Maybe the idiots who put him there will wake up before the convention and have a roll call and put Hillary back where she belongs. She is the only one who can beat McCain.
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by mcvet June 29, 2008 4:17 PM PDT
I really hate to see destruction of any kind in an effort to get one''''s message across, but sometimes some people think this is the only way they will be heard.. The DNC and the media have caused the wrong person to be the nominee and most people are so aware of this and they show their anger by being destructive. If their voices could only be heard the right way, that little weasil Obama would not be the Democratic nominee...Maybe the idiots who put him there will wake up before the convention and have a roll call and put Hillary back where she belongs. She is the only one who can beat McCain.

Posted by glenda743 at 04:13 PM : Jun 29, 2008
+ report abuse

This is garbage and everyone knows it.. this is also pure RACISM at its worst. I believe America is better than you and those like you! I believe this young intelligent man who WON the Primary pure and simple, can inspire the people of this nation and they WILL overcome all the hate to make him our next President! YES WE CAN!! YES WE CAN!! YES WE CAN!!
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by downsteamjim June 29, 2008 4:19 PM PDT
I hope there is a follow up story when they catch the vandals who did this. If it was someone from the right = front page, someone from the left = Section F page 11.
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by mcvet June 29, 2008 4:19 PM PDT
To clovisbufordTjustice: Are you saying that Hillary is a republican?

Posted by downsteamjim at 04:08 PM : Jun 29, 2008
+ report abu

Oh PLEASE!! That''s the OLDEST trick in the Klan Play Book! Were you in Training during the 60''s or something?? ROFLMAO
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by zerato-2009 June 29, 2008 4:20 PM PDT
clovis

where is taht consercvative indignation and damnation of terrorists and criminal acts. The conservatives are condoning such acts if it is directed at the republican''s adversary.
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by mcvet-unity June 29, 2008 4:21 PM PDT
Liberals, Transgenders, Terrorist Apologists.

Unity of the Oppressed. Join the Pride Parade.

OBAMA 08!







1-800-DEM-BOYS (donate)
Change We Can Believe In!
Yes We Can!







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by downsteamjim June 29, 2008 4:26 PM PDT
McVet: I have a dream that one day you will make a post that is neither hateful nor silly. Please explain this ''old KKK trick''. I am sure you know plenty of them.
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by pr_boxer June 29, 2008 5:02 PM PDT
They''re already practicing being "bad losers".
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by floydzepp2 June 29, 2008 5:10 PM PDT
Hillary sucklers are as bad as the NeoCons and the Freakvannies. Crybaby losers all.
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by toldyouso12 June 29, 2008 5:14 PM PDT
Really nice group of miscreants HRC has attracted. Maybe the dregs of BOTH parties found some unity in voting for and supporting her. LOL.
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by toldyouso12 June 29, 2008 5:17 PM PDT
I really hate to see destruction of any kind in an effort to get one''''s message across, but sometimes some people think this is the only way they will be heard.. The DNC and the media have caused the wrong person to be the nominee and most people are so aware of this and they show their anger by being destructive. If their voices could only be heard the right way, that little weasil Obama would not be the Democratic nominee...Maybe the idiots who put him there will wake up before the convention and have a roll call and put Hillary back where she belongs. She is the only one who can beat McCain.

Posted by glenda743 at 04:13 PM : Jun 29, 2008


Or maybe...the idiots who think nothing of harming and damaging others to show their ire, will be caught, jailed for a very long time and let other miscreants know that there are legal ways to show dissatisfaction and ways that will get you prison time. The more stuff HRC supporters do, the more it underlines to everyone else that she cannot be in charge--because wither she goest--her hoodlum and racist and anarchist supporters will follow.

After all the lies and cheats and cheating attempts of the HRC gang--Lord knows we don''t need a Democratic Gestapo in charge of this country. HRC supporters are not just showing their azzes--the smell coming from those bungholes will underline why HRC stinks and what kind of putrid people would come to power if she ever won. NO THANK YOU.
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by toldyouso12 June 29, 2008 5:19 PM PDT
McVet: I have a dream that one day you will make a post that is neither hateful nor silly. Please explain this ''''old KKK trick''''. I am sure you know plenty of them.

Posted by downsteamjim at 04:26 PM : Jun 29, 2008


McVet and MCVET are 2 VERY DIFFERENT POSTERS.

McVet is a very pro Obama Democrat. MCVet is a racist and anti Obama somethingican.
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by toldyouso12 June 29, 2008 5:22 PM PDT
Correction:

MCVet and MCVET are 2 VERY DIFFERENT POSTERS.

MCVet is a very pro Obama Democrat. MCVET is a racist and anti Obama somethingican.

Whoops sorry about that MCVet. :)

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by briannorwood June 29, 2008 5:24 PM PDT
Street survielnace cameras clearly show Carl Rove, Scooter Libby and Richard Cheney as the culprits!
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by grammawhamma June 29, 2008 5:40 PM PDT
I think Al Sharpton needs to get right on it!
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by likeitis5050 June 29, 2008 6:12 PM PDT
could be Obama''s camp at work...who knows....he''s such a mystery to us...except we know how far he will go to win something he wants...that''s on record. I say his own supporters did it to make us think it''s HRC supporters...wow...he just might be someone Hillary could work with after all.
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by flreason June 29, 2008 6:25 PM PDT
There is no evidence to show who did this. Speculation is easy, but it has no basis in fact. It could be the KKK. It could be the Limbaugh Havoc Patrol. Where was Bush at the time? Until there is some evidence, any of these options is equally plausible...or implausible.
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by misspp-2009 June 29, 2008 6:28 PM PDT
Only in America. SO MUCH HATE!
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by incog-nito June 29, 2008 6:29 PM PDT
In related news, a man resembling Karl Rove was reportedly spotted running away from the scene. Stay tuned.
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by demwatcher June 29, 2008 6:44 PM PDT
Sounds like a Liberal trick to gain Obumbadumba some sympathy.

Typically, it''s the left wingnut groups that resort to defacing property, riots, and threats.

If you do not believe that, do your own research and educate yourself.
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by extremophil June 29, 2008 6:44 PM PDT
This was likely done by Obama supporters, looking for the sympathy vote. It''s a variation of an old campaign trick, and it sounds like it may have fooled a lot of people. The bottom line is.....whoever did it are criminals and not politically minded people.
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by bobgee_1999 June 29, 2008 6:52 PM PDT
Classic Nixonian ratf*cking. The "dirty tricks department" is in full operation, I see. Since when are taggers in the least bit political?

It is also of interest, speaking of the Nixon-era, that a young Karl Rove was actually questioned by the FBI in connection with Watergate. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Tons of Watergate criminals were still running around loose in the halls of power during the Reagan Administration, and I see a few are still lurking now.

What''s funny is how much McCain and the Republicans hate one another, especially considering the push-polling they did against him in the 2000 primary.

Ahh, history. Remember, the world didn''t begin the day you noticed it was there.
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by misspp-2009 June 29, 2008 6:53 PM PDT
Hey you Obama Haters. Stop blaming everything on Obama. This really sounds like the work of the KKK or other white supremacists OR the work of the Republican Party, ala Karl Rove.
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by misspp-2009 June 29, 2008 6:58 PM PDT
JTait2: Why don''t you take your racist self to the KKK or Aryan website where you belong.
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by jcarp5401 June 29, 2008 6:59 PM PDT
I found it interesting that, on the air, only the slurs against Obama were mentioned...I would not have noticed had I not heard the story earlier on a local fox affiliate''s newscast.

Interesting how what you choose to report says something, don''t you think?
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by jedi080808 June 29, 2008 7:01 PM PDT
This was likely done by Obama supporters, looking for the sympathy vote. It''''s a variation of an old campaign trick, and it sounds like it may have fooled a lot of people. The bottom line is.....whoever did it are criminals and not politically minded people.

Posted by Extremophil

You mean like when Hillary''s campaign hired the guy to hold up the IRON MY SHIRT t-shirt to get a sympathy vote for her in NH. Then she cried.

The Clintons are finally over. What a great day for America!!!
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by jedi080808 June 29, 2008 7:01 PM PDT
This was likely done by Obama supporters, looking for the sympathy vote. It''''s a variation of an old campaign trick, and it sounds like it may have fooled a lot of people. The bottom line is.....whoever did it are criminals and not politically minded people.

Posted by Extremophil

You mean like when Hillary''s campaign hired the guy to hold up the IRON MY SHIRT t-shirt to get a sympathy vote for her in NH. Then she cried.

The Clintons are finally over. What a great day for America!!!
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by jedi080808 June 29, 2008 7:01 PM PDT
This was likely done by Obama supporters, looking for the sympathy vote. It''''s a variation of an old campaign trick, and it sounds like it may have fooled a lot of people. The bottom line is.....whoever did it are criminals and not politically minded people.

Posted by Extremophil

You mean like when Hillary''s campaign hired the guy to hold up the IRON MY SHIRT t-shirt to get a sympathy vote for her in NH. Then she cried.

The Clintons are finally over. What a great day for America!!!
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by rowdywicca June 29, 2008 7:13 PM PDT
This was likely done by Obama supporters, looking for the sympathy vote. It''''s a variation of an old campaign trick, and it sounds like it may have fooled a lot of people. The bottom line is.....whoever did it are criminals and not politically minded people.


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Posted by Extremophil at 06:44 PM : Jun 29, 2008

Exactly! Just like they kept drawing out the Rev. Wright and racism KRAP! It was a wonderful way to make Obama look like a victim...
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by rowdywicca June 29, 2008 7:14 PM PDT
Posted by Extremophil at 06:44 PM : Jun 29, 2008

Exactly! Just like they kept drawing out the Rev. Wright and racism KRAP! It was a wonderful way to make Obama look like a victim...


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Posted by RowdyWicca at 07:13 PM : Jun 29, 2008

AND it completely distracted the campaign from having to talk about real ISSUES! For which he doesn''t have a freaking clue!
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by rowdywicca June 29, 2008 7:16 PM PDT
You mean like when Hillary''''s campaign hired the guy to hold up the IRON MY SHIRT t-shirt to get a sympathy vote for her in NH. Then she cried.

The Clintons are finally over. What a great day for America!!!


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Posted by jedi080808 at 07:01 PM : Jun 29, 2008

The Clinton''s are OVER???? ROFL! ROFL!

Then why is Obama''s asssss having to beg and pay for their support?

Reckon he can''t find enough rocks to find a vote under???
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by andor3 June 29, 2008 7:30 PM PDT
"we have to do is let it be known that Hillary backers are NOT going to vote for Obama ..."

Hillary is not a candidate. All past Clinton supporters are now Obama supporters. People claiming otherwise are just Republican shills angry that the unity in the Democratic party is so solid and makes Sen. Obama unbeatable; they would love to sow any discord.

No Democrat or voter who cares about America would oppose Obama.
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by nanc12 June 29, 2008 7:32 PM PDT
You Repubs are hilarious. I''m sure an Obama supporter would write Oboma(you''ll notice it''s misspelled) smokes crack. If they wanted to do something stupid like that, they would write Go Hillary or Vote for McCain. This is the work of someone who''s angry about the election.
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by nanc12 June 29, 2008 7:36 PM PDT
Bill will create more problems than he can imagine. Posted by dmw1167

I agree, they''re not going away, but I don''t think Bill will be used that much. He may not be able to help doing something that hurts, but I don''t think he''ll intentionally do that. His ''brand'' went way down in value during the primaries, and he''s got to come back as a statesman. He needs to shine up his image again, and he can do that by campaigning well.
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by andor3 June 29, 2008 7:47 PM PDT
"In this time of crisis, we need the Best."

that would be Senator Barack Obama, easy choice.
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by hillary4us June 29, 2008 7:51 PM PDT
OBAMA''S OWN THUGS DID THIS! READ THEIR BLOGGINGS FILLED WITH HATE SPEWING DEATHS THREATS. NO OBAMA! NEVER!!!
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by hillary4us June 29, 2008 7:53 PM PDT



Martin Luther King says that %u201Cin the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.%u201D



George Orwell says that %u201Cin a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.%u201D


WHERE IS THE TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA!!

%u201CTo be honest with you, its not so much whether you believe me or not, as much as you hear me.%u201D

-Larry Sinclair at the National Press Club!

Larry%u2019s words, my post! http://www.larrysinclair.org/press.html
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by dovestar June 29, 2008 7:54 PM PDT
Sung to the Oscar Meyer jingle...
My baloney has a first name
It''s BARAK
My baloney has a second name
It''s OBAMA
I don''t like to hear it every day
But when I hear it I can say
BARAK OBAMA has a way
With B-O-L-O-G-N-A!
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