OK, let's throw this evidence to the jury:
*Webb signs there yesterday
*Webb signs gone today
*Dozens of Miller signs put in place of previously standing Webb signs
*This has been going on for weeks now
Is there any doubt in anyone's mind that the Miller campaign is breaking the law? Oh wait, let me guess, the Miller campaign's going to claim that the wind just happens to blow away the Webb signs while miraculously leaving Miller signs standing? Or, maybe they'll spread the story around to the Republican Times-Dispatch and the blogs that the Allen campaign is pulling out Webb signs and replacing them with Miller signs? Those dastardly Republicans!
OK, jury, what's the verdict? I vote "guilty as charged."
We have reported the thefts to the Sheriffs, so the only tactic we have left is videotape.
Down here, I think it is the GoOPers that are doing it. Nothing here for Miller; zip, zilch, nada. He never asked me to hang signs, he never sent more literature or emailed me about anything.
I am going to catch someone. And when I do, I will 'fax the world' with the news. I am seriously shaking-and-stammering pissed off. Not a good sign for the rest of the summer. And not a good position for the thieves, either.
Maybe you can get them to set up a series of webcams and other easy to do, cheapo surveillance and catch them red handed.
There are plenty of free and shareware programs out there that run on a PC, will turn a Logitech webcam (or any 15 dollar PC camera to a very expensive one) into a surveillance system.
Then there are other small devices that you can just "set"
set a timer on them and since they run on batteries they are good to go for numerous hours taking a shot every second or so.
Last fall there were Kaine signs illegally placed all over the place. But was I naive enough to claim the Kaine campaign BROKE THE LAW?
It's time to grow up. I was undecided about this race until about two weeks ago. What turned me off about Webb?
a) he seems to be a one issue candidate
b) his supporters seem very immature and childish. I didn't want to be associated with that.
And we may seem "childish," on occasion, but hasn't it occured to you what a bad idea it is to run a lobbyist for senate? Jesus, Allen will almost wet his pants with glee. Then the GOP can traipse around saying "See, the Democrats are corrupt lobbyists too." And that's the end of the race, with Allen winning.
Oh yeah, and sincer yer a Miller person, give me a reaosn to like him better. Convince me that he has a better shot at Allen than Webb does. And convince me why Kerry, Wes Clark, and Leslie Byrna can;t be trusted when they say he's the real thing.
There is NO upside to a Harris Miller win Tuesday.
You carp unpleasantly. If you can't see that Webb is the better candidate, and will base your decision on your opinion of maybe 2-3% of Webb supporters that are on this site, then I have to wonder about your state of mind.
We're full up here, go sell crazy somewhere else.
And if you don't want to be associated with "that" this is not the place to be.
Seriously, go out, get the evidence and report the violations to the police.
It seems more like that this is the action of a few overzealous supporters, not an organized effort on behalf on Miller's campaign staff.
I know that you do not like Miller and do not plan on voting for him Tuesday but the vitriol flying about on the pro-Webb blogs is going to come back and haunt the party if Miller wins. What will the pro-Webb camp do? Vote for Allen in November?
From the Bob Gibson Blog at Dailyprogress.com:
"Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said in the past 10 days three of his former students who are Republicans and supporting Allen have told him that they are planning to vote Tuesday for Miller 'and so are their friends. They say they fear Webb and believe Miller can easily be beaten by Allen.'â€
Miller appears to be sticking mostly with the racist card at the moment in terms of slime politics.