I Didn't Get The Thieves and Vandals Endorsement

[Eric_M_Weaver_Sr]

I have been getting a LOT of endorsements from lots of groups in the past few weeks. (See this page (http://www.electweaver.com/endorsements.html)for the list - but check back frequently, as it is getting longer every day!) One group that seems to NOT like me, though, is the thieves and vandals of District 35. (Do they have a union yet?)

Last week, after attending the Candidate Forum at Glenaire Retirement Community in Cary and the College Republicans meeting at NC State with my son, I returned home to find the campaign signs in my yard vandalized. Someone had damaged a good number of the signs that I have along the front of my yard. Since my wife and daughter were away at the fair, working at the GOP booth, nobody was home for a few hours. And a few hours of darkness was all that it took for the vandals to knock over, tear up, and otherwise damage my signs. Of course, I went back and replaced everything with new signs.

While I was still out in the yard, I noticed a couple of vehicles driving by slowly. Since I live on the dead end of a road, cars that do not belong here stick out like the proverbial sore thumb. Two of them would drive up the street, and then drive back down. They looked like they were thinking about re-vandalizing the signs, but thought the better of doing anything while we were home. So, not only do we have vandals, but we have vandals who are cowards, and who apparently endorse my opponent by their actions.

I have also had a bunch of my campaign signs stolen. I know where we put them up, and they are right next to signs from other candidates, even other Republican candidates, that remain untouched. Some thief or a group of thieves has been stealing them in a somewhat organized fashion. That's OK - I know, all's fair in politics - And I realized that a subset of the sort of person who would support my opponent was the sort of person who has no respect for other people's property. (Or the concept of private property in general.) So, I built in an overage into our sign budget, and had a second batch of signs ready for this eventuality. So we soldier on, replacing the signs, and knowing that we are doing the right thing.

There is a funny thing about doing the right thing - it upsets some folks! But since I have the courage of my convictions, I accept the fact that the thieves and vandals (and other criminals) don't like my tough on crime stances that leave me at odds with my lefty-lawyer opponent. But I know how to deal with criminals. I have locked up enough criminals (including thieves and vandals) back when I was a street cop. I know their type.

But what I don't know is why anyone would want to have anything to do with these people. I call on my opponent to run a clean campaign for the remaining few days, and to tell her supporters to quit stealing and vandalizing.

And it also was a good thing for the sign vandals at my house that they did not come by and try anything when I was around. I certainly think that it is in their best interests (physically and legally) not to do that.

[chaboard]

But what I don't know is why anyone would want to have anything to do with these people. I call on my opponent to run a clean campaign for the remaining few days, and to tell her supporters to quit stealing and vandalizing.


So let me get his straight....you try to smear your opponent by associating her - without a shred of presented evidence, mind you - with "thieves and vandals" and then you have the nerve to try to pretend you want a "clean campaign".

Poser. You're wallowing in the mud with this post.....

[DarylB]

Jennifer Weiss has been stealing funding at YellowDog.com by taking illegally reduced rates for advertising, why shouldn't her followers feel the same way by directly stealing the legitimate signs off the street of her opponent?

[Eric_M_Weaver_Sr]

But what I don't know is why anyone would want to have anything to do with these people. I call on my opponent to run a clean campaign for the remaining few days, and to tell her supporters to quit stealing and vandalizing.

So let me get his straight....you try to smear your opponent by associating her - without a shred of presented evidence, mind you - with "thieves and vandals" and then you have the nerve to try to pretend you want a "clean campaign".

It is not a smear to state the facts. Somebody is committing acts of theft by stealing signs and acts of vandalism by coming on private property and damaging signs.

Judging by these patterns:

- It is not a specifically anti-sign person who is stealing the signs. It is not the DOT or the sign police. Otherwise, the signs right next to mine would also be gone.

- It is not a specifically anti-Republican effort, as other Republican candidates' signs, such as Kenn Gardner's signs (also right next to mine) were left untouched. And since Kenn has stirred up such a hissy fit amongst the lefties in this county, I would figure that his signs would be first in line to go. But they are not subject to such an organized effort, as far as I can tell.

Therefore, since my signs are particularly getting stolen, my extensive investigative skills lead me to deduce that I have ruffles a few feathers out there somewhere. Again, the thieves and vandals must not like me. I wear that fact as a feather in my cap. As an aside, the perverts will not like me, either, after I introduce legislation next year to put the 25 to life for child molesters that Ms. Weiss removed form HB933 back into Jessica's Law. So be it. I can live with that.

You will note that I did not state that Jennifer Weiss was personally skulking around at night stealing signs. (Even if she wanted to, she is probably too busy dreaming up new ways to spend our tax money on causes that have nothing to do with District 35 to take such a "hands on" approach.) I also did not state that she personally ordered someone to steal the signs. But I do know that she is worried about the election, as well she should be. For an example, look at the pro-abortion, pro-Democrat female Lillian's List website (http://www.lillianslist.org/). She is the poster child on the front page, begging for money because of li'l ol' me. (Also, if you look at her most recent campaign finance report, you will also see that she is VERY worried, based on the cost of the direct mail that she is spending her cash on.) I suspect that some of her best supporters have taken it upon themselves to do this theivery, and her worried words have encouraged them.

But her words can also encourage them to circumscribe their actions, and keep them within the bounds of civilized society, where we may disagree, but where we respect each other's private property. So I again call upon her to instruct her followers to refrain from acts that, though they are depressingly common these days, are beneath the dignity of every even modestly civilized person, and to leave other people's property alone.

[Dharma]

- It is not a specifically anti-sign person who is stealing the signs. It is not the DOT or the sign police. Otherwise, the signs right next to mine would also be gone.

You should call all the local news crews and let them know. Perhaps you could get a few minutes of FREE publicity by complaining to WRAL about how vandals aren't voting for you. Stan Morse got a 3 minute story out of it.

[chaboard]

So your defense boils down to parsing words. Won't work - thou dost protest too much.

You said in the money quote in that first post:


But what I don't know is why anyone would want to have anything to do with these people. I call on my opponent to run a clean campaign for the remaining few days, and to tell her supporters to quit stealing and vandalizing.


You specifically implied that she had something to do with "these people" (first sentence), and that she has not been running a clean campaign until now (second sentence) then you explicitly stated that she is able to direct their efforts (third sentence). Indeed, your entire post is predicated on the idea that she should order her minions so that we can have a "clean campaign".

Either you are kind of dense and unable to follow your own argument or you think we the voters are very stupid. Or both. I'm not sure which is a more unsuitable trait for someone running for office. But either way you're still wallowing in the mud like a pig. Sans lipstick I hope.

Tuesday is not far off, thankfully.

[chaboard]

Perhaps ChaBoard you can come out of your "hidey-hole" and address Mr. Weaver directly.

Perhaps you didn't notice (a not uncommon occurrence, to be sure) but that's exactly what I just did.

You'd prefer I challenge him to a sword fight at high noon in front of the drug store downtown?

[Eric_M_Weaver_Sr]

So your defense boils down to parsing words. Won't work - thou dost protest too much.

Not "parsing" - "explaining" to someone who does not want to read what the words plainly say is more like it.

I stand by everything I said. Obviously, she has something to do with these people. The relationship was explained (well, to everyone else on the thread, anyway) by my last email.

[Icorpse]

So your defense boils down to parsing words. Won't work - thou dost protest too much.

Not "parsing" - "explaining" to someone who does not want to read what the words plainly say is more like it.

I stand by everything I said. Obviously, she has something to do with these people. The relationship was explained (well, to everyone else on the thread, anyway) by my last email.

Eric, no offense here please but it looks like you are having trouble dealing with 5-6 folks here on this board on a regular basis. It gets a lot tougher you know. Anyway, my point is that life is not fair and complaining like a juvenile six year old on a public forum is not going to win you much goodwill.

[johnshaw]

Eric,

I am sorry to hear about your signs. But many people have had signs vandalized. But they are not blaming the opposing candidates. I recently heard about a pickup truck driving around with kids hoping out and pulling up signs from candidates that the NCAR opposed. But no one links those thefts with particular groups.

I am sure that people on both sides have lost signs. Very likely the offenders are kids who are too immature to realize that it would be more effective, if less exciting, to actually volunteer and work for their favorite candidates.

But you shouldn't be making accusations, or even innuendos, unless you have real evidence.