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October 11, 2004

CAMPAIGN VIOLENCE REFORM PART II

GOP Answers Violent Attacks with Letter to Leftist Ringleaders

Calls for end to violence and “intimidating atmosphere abhorrent to our democratic process”

This is an update to what I posted last week:

“Brown Shirted Thugs Seem to Support Dictatorship in America

Ransack GOP Headquarters, assault and vandalize across the country”

But first let me pass along some useful information for anyone who witnesses or is the victim of political suppression. Bush-Cheney '04 has set up a hotline to report violence, theft or any other tactic intended to prevent Americans from voicing support for a Republican candidate, working for a Republican campaign or voting on Election Day:

The hotline is, 1-888-303-7125, and begins operation as of 11:00 a.m. today.

In a forceful letter faxed this morning Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Gov. Marc Racicot told AFL/CIO "head shot" John Sweeney, “We will hold you and your organization accountable for the actions of your members and urge you to immediately discontinue any coordinated protest efforts that result in damage to our facilities, or injury to people who may hold different political views than your members, but who share an equal right to be involved in the political process without suffering violence, intimidation and threats”

As you may remember back on 06 October, I posted regarding the rash of recent break-ins, violent takeovers, vandalism and suppression being perpetrated against Bush/Cheney and Republican offices and headquarters by hardline Leftist thugs around the country. One of the chief players it turns out was none other than the AFL/CIO and other Kerry campaign operatives.

At the time, I e-mailed Chris Lato, the communications director of the Wisconsin Republican Party about a break-in there. That’s when he let me know there had been further violence in Pennsylvania and even some arrests. When I visited the Pennsylvania GOP website I learned about even more violence: gunshots fired into a Knoxville Tennessee Bush/Cheney office, causing property damage.

Later that day I posted the press release of Pennsylvania Republican State Committee Chairman Alan Novak at the Free Republic. It didn’t take long for folks to begin calling and e-mailing their Republican representatives and leadership to get them to recognize this was a serious pattern and to do something about it. Other bloggers too front and center: Blogger Aft_Lizard posted several shocking photos of attacks from around the country. Many also promised to begin volunteering with the Bush/Cheney campaign et al both in an organized way and independently. In short, these attacks by the hardline Left only unified, strengthened and expanded the very cause they tried to silence. Just the same mistake hardline Leftist Erich Honecker made in East Germany during the late 1980’s when he tried to suppress the people bent on personal and political freedom. President Ronald W. Reagan knew what to do with him without firing a shot, we learned.

Following is the letter Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Governor Marc Racicot faxed to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney this morning along with a photo of Swiney, er I mean Sweeney (No, that's not Gorbachev Pictured below)

AFL-CIO President

Monday, October 11, 2004
Letter on Voter Intimidation to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney

To:        Interested Parties
From:   Bush-Cheney '04 Communications
Date:    10/11/04
Re:        Violence At Republican And Bush-
              Cheney '04 Campaign Headquarters
             Across The Country

Letter To AFL-CIO President John Sweeney

Mr. John Sweeney
President
AFL-CIO
815 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
October 11, 2004

Dear Mr. Sweeney:

Over the past several weeks, acts of violence and vandalism have occurred at Republican and Bush-Cheney campaign headquarters across the country. In addition to the injuries, property damage and disruption associated with these acts, these events have created a threatening and intimidating atmosphere abhorrent to our democratic process.

On October 5th, according to news reports, witnesses, police reports and admissions of your members, the AFL-CIO, as part of a national strategy, protested at more than a dozen of our campaign and party headquarters across the country. In many locations, the protestors attempted to enter, or entered, campaign or party facilities. As one protestor said, "Actually, we're storming into an office." In Orlando, Florida, injuries and damage were sustained. Protestors forced their way into the facility, fracturing the arm of one staffer, and vandalized the office. In Michigan, protestors entered a headquarters and engaged in activities apparently intended to disrupt volunteers trying to make phone calls.

Protests by your organization come on the heels of several other incidents at Bush-Cheney '04 offices around the country, including a break-in at our Seattle office where laptop computers were stolen from the Washington State Bush-Cheney ’04 executive director and the state Republican Party 72-hour director. Just last night in Canton, Ohio, a Bush-Cheney '04 staffer was forced to lock herself in an office while another break-in was in progress. The facility was seriously damaged and property was stolen. Additionally, gun shots have been fired into Bush-Cheney '04 offices in West Virginia, Florida and Tennessee, windows broken in West Virginia and campaign staffers threatened. In Wisconsin, a supporter of the President had a swastika burned into his front yard simply because he had a Bush-Cheney '04 lawn sign. We urge your support in helping us ensure the safety of all individuals working on our campaign and others as we are making every effort to secure the safety of all participants in the political process.

I hope you will put an end to protest activities that have led to injuries, property damage, vandalism and voter intimidation. We will hold you and your organization accountable for the actions of your members and urge you to immediately discontinue any coordinated protest efforts that result in damage to our facilities, or injury to people who may hold different political views than your members, but who share an equal right to be involved in the political process without suffering violence, intimidation and threats.

Respectfully,

Gov. Marc Racicot, Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman

John Kerry (L-as always) with Union Thugs

Related:

Kerry was endorsed by the leadership of the AFL/CIO in February of this year.

UPDATE:

Still today, attacks continue…

Bush's Campaign Office in Spokane Burglarized, Vandalized

UPDATE II

12. OCTOBER 2004:

Fox News misses the mark: accepts Kerry camp claim of HQ break-ins against them also, but provides no proof. During Studio B a very sloppy report about campaign violence claimed both sides were to blame. Unfortunately, the facts simply don’t support this. The reporter took the Kerry assertions indubitanter. That report also downplayed the frequency and severity of break-ins at GOP offices and missed the point that such violence is interfering with the campaign’s ability to promote their candidate and as such is gravely serious since it ultimately is interfering with the potential outcome of an election.

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CAMPAIGN VIOLENCE REFORM PART II