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Obama canvasser attacked in WI
This happened about 15 miles from where I live. Between this and yesterday's bumper sticker sighting, I'm getting really disappointed in Wisconsin.
CALEDONIA, Wis. -- Caledonia police are continuing their investigation into an alleged assault on a campaign worker.
Nancy Takehara, 58, was canvassing a neighborhood Saturday when the attack happened.In an exclusive WISN interview, Takehara said that she drove from Chicago to help with Sen. Barack Obama?s canvassing effort.
She said that she and a friend were attacked by a disgruntled homeowner. The man allegedly grabbed her by the back of the neck and started pulling her hair."This negative stuff has to stop, [we?re] not about attacking each other," Takehara said.Sen. Obama called her to make sure that she was OK, Takehara said.Obama campaign officials have not commented on the incident.Police said the case will go to the district attorney?s office.
Re: Obama canvasser attacked in WI
Come ON! It goes both ways.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,437322,00.html
Hostile Territory
Much attention has been focused on ugly comments aimed at Barack Obama from some people attending rallies for John McCain and Sarah Palin.
But consider these incidents that have received little or no media attention. At least four demonstrators at a Sarah Palin rally in Philadelphia Saturday wore t-shirts that referred to Palin as a four-letter word too obscene to quote here.
Friday, vandals attacked the York County GOP headquarters in South Carolina. The Rock Hill Herald reports the culprits stole campaign signs, defaced a McCain banner and spray-painted "Republican means slavery."
The Portland Tribune reports two men were charged with felonies after making a Molotov cocktail and burning down a McCain sign.
And, a YouTube video shows a pro-McCain march in New York's liberal Upper West Side during a street fair in September. The McCain supporters were greeted with middle-finger salutes ? sometimes two at a time ? and told to "go home" and that they had "no brain." One heckler even likened the marchers to Nazi Germany.
There is a rivalry between the states, but I doubt that had anything to do with it. I've heard some pretty nasty things said between IL and WI residents, but the only other violence I've ever seen was an alcohol-fueled incident after a Brewers-Cubs game.
I despise all violence and intimidation, regardless of the source. A window in the downtown Milwaukee Obama office was broken earlier this year, but a college student confessed to doing that while drunk on his way home from a bar. I have not heard of any violence toward McCain supporters around here, and I certainly haven't seen any anti-McCain bumper stickers that reach the level of yesterday's offensiveness. If I did see this, I would also be upset.
I second the "come on!" What is the excuse, then, for the threats received for a banner being put up? Obama's campaign is to blame for all their follower wackjobs? That is ridiculous.
http://wtopnews.com/?nid=213&sid=1499607
How horrible. Volunteers should not be attacked for either party.
Today I saw a McCain/Palin sign with graffiti on it. I think each side should be shown some respect.
Things like this should not be tolerated.
There is no excuse, on either side. But you have to admit that the MPC is fueling the fire, whereas OBC has tried to address it and temper it.
And while non of it is excusable, none of alisa's reports dealt with physical violence towards an individual.