Vandals in Orlando spray-paint cars with anti-Obama messages.
By on Jun 29th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Vandals in Orlando spray-paint cars with anti-Obama messages.
Approximately 60 cars parked across from the Orlando city hall Saturday night were damaged by “politically-motivated” vandals. Some spray-painted notes with messages such as “Obama smokes crack” and racial epithets. “Business cards left on the cars disparage both Barack Obama and John McCain.” “I’m driving by and every car I see has been hit with spray paint,” witness Mike Lowe said. “There is so much damage to them. There is messages written on them and the vandals left their business card, which is crazy.”
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They are not vandals, they’re either freedom fighters or terrorists. It just depends on whether or not the glass is less full or more empty.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:32 pmrich white boys get away with…well, anything.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:33 pmWhy is this news?
Will TP now be covering every house that gets TP’d, and every flaming bag of dog crap left on a porch, if there’s a political message attached?
Occasionally a cigar is just a cigar, and the act of a bunch of drunken louts, is just that.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:34 pmOhh I get it! The vandals were Hillary supporters, whom we all know are such violent, vile creatures, and they were just pointing out some facts about Obama and McCain. And if you believe that you just might be one of those Fox News demographically targeted viewers.
Just saying . . .
June 29th, 2008 at 1:35 pmSpecial business cards left near the damaged vehicles contained negative messages about Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. However, there were positive words about Sen. Hillary Clinton, Local 6’s Kimberly Houk reported.
Drunken female louts?
June 29th, 2008 at 1:36 pmI smell the smell of three greek letters in a row magnified by a strong helping of alcohol and massive amounts of spolied brat suburbia
June 29th, 2008 at 1:37 pmThe paint is the same color of Hillary’s pant-suit at the unity rally. LOL
_AIO_
June 29th, 2008 at 1:39 pmI think that you will find that legitimate Clinton supporters will thoroughly condemn this vandaslism.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:42 pmGoofy Oily spray-Painters…
June 29th, 2008 at 1:43 pmIf this were my blog I wouldn’t give credence to those obviously seeking it.
Hillary supporters or not, they just wanted a lift out of everyone.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:46 pmIsn’t a protest of this sort more effective if there’s a real point to it?
June 29th, 2008 at 1:48 pmI really doubt these idiots are true Hillary supporters. They’re simply Obama and McCain haters, with a massive sense of personal entitlement.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:52 pmI think your description nails it, Zooey.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:59 pmNow we know why RHF has been too busy to post here lately….
June 29th, 2008 at 1:59 pmLOL!
Wayne, thanks for quickly injecting flavor into a stupid choice of a thread!
June 29th, 2008 at 2:01 pmMore appropriate for the occasion — ROTFL!
The police need to examine more closely for -tard! graffiti. May crack the case.
June 29th, 2008 at 2:04 pmYou guys are too much. :-D
June 29th, 2008 at 2:10 pmRHF is a coward and a fool.
If Hillary knew she had such a supporter, she would be ashamed.
June 29th, 2008 at 2:20 pmLook barfly you can’t explain away this incident as if is were isolated. People like you who are racist are expressing their views. If they spray racist remarks on a car, hate blacks, and leave racist business cards, you have to conclude they are racist. Why are you and the people who think like you try to hide you true feelings. Come on man if you are stupid enought to hate blacks rather than terrorists, then admit it. You’d rather lose to the terrorist than admit a black man is just a human being no more or no less. You have no self esteem so you have to hate people who have never done anything to you to make yourself feel good. You are right about one thing, when you get a few beers in you then you want to go out a let your racist views come out.
June 29th, 2008 at 2:21 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
Oh and those that just accused ME of RACISM, you’re IGNORANT MORONS! I care about POLICIES, not RACE
I don’t accuse you of being racist, I accuse you of being unhinged, irrational and missing the fruits from your loops.
June 29th, 2008 at 2:22 pmIt’s obvious that these racist are ignorant fools because they don’t have anything better to do than spray paint racist remarks on other people’s cars. If they really want to support McCain, then they should put on their white robes and hoods and go to his rally, burn a cross and say “Heil to McCain our glorious leader, WHITE POWER!”. Then we will know what part of America he represents. The radical extremist racists like some of the people who blog on this site. I’m sure McCain is appreciate their support. He hasn’t spoken out against any of the Republicans who have made racist remarks thus far. I’m sure his adopted black daugther appreciates these type of remarks too.
June 29th, 2008 at 2:29 pmOh yeah, the actions of these punks are gonna get the people of Orlando to flock to McCain!
Actually, I bet these racist and damaging actions have probably moved a number of bench sitter to support Obama.
And the Republican operatives I see on cable news all day long spout the verbal equivalent of graffitti that clogs the airways and defaces national politics!
June 29th, 2008 at 2:35 pmNo fair, Dr Matt!!
June 29th, 2008 at 2:47 pmI don’t think I would read a whole lot into this. I’m betting that it’s probably some idiot teenagers acting like fools. Nothing much more than that. Probably more to do with a couple of beers on a Saturday night than any real political motivation or hate crime.
June 29th, 2008 at 3:14 pmWhat I can not figure out is:
Why do the Hillary supporters have a difficult time accepting the truth, whereas those of us that supported Kucinich then Edwards accept the defeat and move on?
And it was Kuchinch that received the unfair media treatment.
Hillary ran a nasty deceitful foolish campaign… something most of us are sick to death of. Obama remained the gentleman he is.
June 29th, 2008 at 3:57 pmrepublican = insanity!
June 29th, 2008 at 4:22 pmWhen I was younger, we used to use soap to paint our message. Now if I send my 7 year old granddaughter to a hardware store to buy some Testor’s spray paint, she is denied. It’s idiots like these who are destroying our nation and its infrastructure.
June 29th, 2008 at 4:51 pmThese aren’t hillary supporters. They’re most likely rethugs who want to divert attention from themselves and smear hillary in the process. Think about it. committing a crime to show your support of someone isn’t going to get anyone to agree with you. These idiots are attacking obama and trying to not implicate mccain.
June 29th, 2008 at 5:01 pmTanqueray: the gin of choice for alcoholics who need to mix a shot with milk in the morning to get started.
June 29th, 2008 at 5:03 pmThe painters were Young College Republiscums who first got drunk while vainly attempting to pick up “some broads”. They probably got really pissed when a black woman rejected their advances.
June 29th, 2008 at 5:09 pmHow hard will it be to track these “business cards” back to the printer? I’m guessing they used one of the online free cards sites and probably used one of mommy’s or daddy’s credit cards.
Stupid vandals, any way you look at them.
PEACE
June 29th, 2008 at 5:11 pm“He smokes Camel Lights. (fist-tap)
Me and Barry, we be down wit dat.”
I thought the cigarette of choice amongst ‘inner city youths’ was Newports…
If that were my car, I’d be so angry! Like I have the money to have my car re-painted!
It’s the GOP leadership that wants Hillary so bad, they need to re-energize the crazy base (RHF types) that have been so demoralized from the last 7 years of Republican mis-management (the only thing the GOP knows how to do – mismanage governance). The GOP put McCain up specifically so he’d lose. The ‘liberal’ media is already showing it’s gameplan – to castigate Obama for *maybe* doing something that McCain’s been doing for years, while making very carefully sure to not mention anything bad about McCain.
It makes no difference which one you vote for, either way this nation is doomed!
June 29th, 2008 at 5:11 pmWhy did my comment disappear? Too harmless?
June 29th, 2008 at 5:26 pmNever mind, I found it. Sorry TP.
June 29th, 2008 at 5:29 pmTanqueray Says:
Obama smokes crack!!
That is such a lie.
He smokes Camel Lights. (fist-tap)
Me and Barry, we be down wit dat.
June 29th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
troll?
Doubt if Obama is down with dat.
June 29th, 2008 at 5:35 pmZooey Says:
I really doubt these idiots are true Hillary supporters. They’re simply Obama and McCain haters, with a massive sense of personal entitlement.
So….Ron Paul supporters?
June 29th, 2008 at 5:52 pmHehe…RHF makes a speedy appearance. Must make Darryl jealous.
June 29th, 2008 at 6:11 pmThe authorities in Orlando realize that most vandals do not leave their card. They will be thoroughly investigating Obama supporters, many who are younger people who have been indoctrinated into his program.
June 29th, 2008 at 6:38 pmpiltdown Says:
So….Ron Paul supporters?
June 29th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Heh. You got it!! :-D
June 29th, 2008 at 6:40 pmNot Fooled Says:
June 29th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Uh huh….that’s why they said “Oboma” smokes crack. Cuz they love him so blindly.
Your moniker is an oxymoron.
June 29th, 2008 at 6:47 pmSounds like Libertarian party trust fund babies demonstrating their lack of respect for other people’s private property.
June 29th, 2008 at 6:53 pmHey not fooled,
They got a sayin down in texas, “fool me once shame on…you/fool me twice…ahhhh….talkin bout my generation…”
June 29th, 2008 at 6:56 pmI hate vandals of all stripes, including trollish “cyber-vandals”. They are one of the lowest forms of criminal.
June 29th, 2008 at 7:09 pmAt least the kids are into politics nowadays.
June 29th, 2008 at 7:44 pmIsn’t it hazing week at the Delta Dumfuk Omega house?
June 29th, 2008 at 7:48 pmIt happened in Orlando, Florida.
June 29th, 2008 at 8:32 pmWhat more do we need to know.
Yo check it! We just got our power back…
June 29th, 2008 at 9:05 pmI wondered where you were…
June 29th, 2008 at 9:06 pmWord!
June 29th, 2008 at 9:17 pmFrom Wikipedia:
June 29th, 2008 at 9:39 pmThe Vandals are perhaps best known for their sack of Rome in 455. Although they were not notably more destructive than others, the high regard in which later European cultures came to hold ancient Rome led to the association of the name of the tribe with persons who cause senseless destruction, particularly in diminution of aesthetic appeal or destruction of objects that were completed with great effort.
I’m leaning towards the notion that these contemporary spray painters have no political leanings, or consciousness for that matter, and are simply rabble rousers. There is a definite sub-culture that truly fit the definition of haters, they care nothing but to wreak havoc and create chaos. I’m guessing their primary childhood activity was playing Grand Theft Auto.
Ah get born, keep warm
June 29th, 2008 at 9:44 pmShort pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don’t steal, don’t lift
Twenty years of schoolin’
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don’t wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don’t wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don’t work
‘Cause the vandals took the handles
—
Taggers are beginners even though I like em, they are still beginners
I have to disagree Nevar, just talk to the people you work with. Like most, they don’t follow the minutia of politics and would unaware of any false charges of Obama smoking crack. That’s the stuff of political junkies and partisans. This, to me, seems to be more of a calculated act designed to divide the Democratic party. Otherwise, why the seemingly pro-Hillary business cards? It’s a deliberately obnoxious and divisive act of misdirection.
June 29th, 2008 at 9:46 pmAs one matures, we learn the importance of subtlety, style, and finesse.
June 29th, 2008 at 9:49 pmValid perception, Snowball, I’ll simply leave out the part about the perpetrators not having any political leanings, and I have described the spiritually and morally bankrupt delinquents whose primary objective in life is to have enough money for gas and beer, and not necessarily in that order. They would vote for McCain if they thought it would help them maintain that particular status quo. The mere fact of a potential First Lady who is a beer baroness might even get them off their couches on election day.
June 29th, 2008 at 10:00 pmMeanwhile, they get to sit in front of the TV, drink another 30 pack, and watch their handywork splashed all over the nation.
Which is all juvenile delinquents really want to begin with. Attention.
Even so Nevar, I doubt a bunch of drunken frat rats would have had the prescience to make and leave pro Clinton business cards. That takes premeditation.
June 29th, 2008 at 10:08 pmPerhaps the frat was Lamba Chi Rho.(Or otherwise LCR—log cabin republicans)…
June 29th, 2008 at 10:18 pmDrunken frat rats can nonetheless be clever, and are often sober enough, long enough, to maintain a semblance of normalcy, and even attend a few classes. And anyone can print out a business card on their computer.
June 29th, 2008 at 10:22 pmI totally agree with the idea of premeditation. Of course they thought their merry prank out to the final degree. One would expect nothing less of them.
June 29th, 2008 at 10:23 pmThink Karl Rove. Motive: draw negative racial attention to Obama with spray paint slurs and make it look like disgruntled Hillary people did it. Oh yeah, they left their calling cards after they sprayed the cars.
Heckuva Job. Karl.
June 29th, 2008 at 10:43 pmSmells like rethuglicon operatives. They’ve used the same sort of tactics for decades & even worse. They may have hired some graffiti artists – from what I saw it looked like someone was experienced with a paint spray can.
Yep – it stinks to me. Leaving business cards – right.
This was not the work of disgruntled Hillary supporters.
And most of the nasty remarks left on websites attributed to disgruntled Hillary supporters are most likely the vermin that crawls out of freerepublic.com or LGF or other radical rightwing websites.
June 29th, 2008 at 10:50 pmIt was probably turd’s actions.
It wasn’t hillary’s supporters because they can’t run that fast in the event the cops gave chase.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:30 amRHF, I guess you have the real footage of hillary ducking sniper attacks.
hillary is as progressive as mcchimpy. she was/is weak, self-serving and a poor leader. All the qualities you think are progressive.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:36 amrepublicans hate facts Says:
Game of Life Says:
It was probably turd’s actions.
It wasn’t hillary’s supporters because they can’t run that fast in the event the cops gave chase.
Sexism and/or Ageism. Wow, the OBAMAHEADS have morphed into bigoted GOP MORONS without skipping a beat – while criticizing Racism. Nice HYPOCRISY – TARD!
HAHAHA you fool, turd is rove, dummy.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:38 amI bet your brain cell is going to explode defending hillary. we have so much dirt on the woman.
BTW — charge can still be brought civilly against the telecom. you fat f.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:45 amThe only one filled with hate on this site is RHF. You f ucking coward, you wait to show up in the middle of the night, and leave your nasty little shits all over the place.
By the way, you stupid f uck, you better post proof of any cyber vandalism by me, if you can.
I stand by my statement that Hillary would be ashamed of a supporter like you.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:53 amI swear you hill supporters are like a reformed hooker.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:54 amI stand by my statement that Hillary would be ashamed of a supporter like you.
I think even craig would be ashamed by this nut support too.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:58 amRHF do you do much toe tapping?
Game of Life Says:
I swear you hill supporters are like a reformed hooker.
Like I’ve always said, “It takes a reformed hooker to know one”.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:59 amGoL,
RHF is a hateful whiner, and a sore loser. He’s devolved into a troll, and should be treated as such.
Flag it.
June 30th, 2008 at 1:01 amACTUALLY – they didn’t leave “business cards.” According to the Orlando Sentinel –
Wonder who/what CR is.
June 30th, 2008 at 2:41 amWow – the quality of Bansky’s work has really been deteriorating lately.
June 30th, 2008 at 7:49 amwow, what happened to RHF?
used to seem like a reasonable person
lately, not so much
June 30th, 2008 at 8:33 amI think we’ll have to come together to flag RHF posts in order to get TP to notice.
RHF, if this environment makes you so angry, why don’t you request that your account be closed?
I second the sentiment that Hillary would shrug off RHF’s support. Unlike Hillary, RHF loves the idea of division within the party.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:39 amRHF wants Obama to lose in November (an unlikely occurrence) for the sake of “proving” his theories. What a sick freak.
RHF over country?
Hillary is voting against FISA, Obama for FISA. She’s already won the MORE PROGRESSIVE mantra without any more votes…
Obama for FISA? Where do you get your material, Chucky RHF?
Face it, you can apologize to the posters you’ve offended the most, namely Zooey and Miss Molly, and start new around here. But you probably won’t do that. We’ll just keep knocking you and pointing out your embarrassment to this site until you get the picture and have your account closed.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:50 amrepublicans hate facts:
June 30th, 2008 at 8:52 amDaryll prefers Daryll not Darryl.
Dont they have laws prohibiting the sale of spray paint to minors in Florida?
This is the work of (gay-ron-teed) “angry White boys.”
June 30th, 2008 at 8:58 am