I'm here in Denver reporting and blogging for Guardian Unlimited in the final days of the US election.

October 26, 2004
Damage in Denver

I'm here in Denver reporting and blogging for Guardian Unlimited in the
final days of the US election. Colorado, normally a reliably Republican
state when it comes to presidential elections, has found itself in
something of a unique situation lately: it looks just possible that
Bush could lose here.

Aundrea Davis never expected to be a victim of political arson, but
she’s found it all rather amusing. Last week someone in her Denver
neighbourhood found her "support our troops, bring them home" lawn sign
so offensive that they burned it to the ground. Her neighbour grabbed
the garden hose and put out the fire before anything more than the sign
caught fire.

Thing is, Davis says, it’s been there, untouched, since April 2003.
Why all the stupidity all of a sudden?

Though it seems unlikely that many people base their choice for
president, or senate, or even local sheriff on how many of their
neighbours are moved to hammer their political convictions into their
front garden, prominent support for either party seems to be driving a
certain class of vandal mad.

At Powerline blog, John Hinderaker, aka Hindrocket, recounts a sorry
tale of voter intimidation in the Colorado mountains, where Republican
residents have seen their Bush-Cheney signs torched or trashed. More
worryingly, one resident reported that a car with a Bush bumper sticker
had its window smashed in, while another had a glass door in their home
smashed.

Hindrocket’s solution? "It occurs to me that as this low-level
violence becomes more and more prevalent, the Second Amendment will
take on increasing importance." In case you need a reminder, that's
"the right of the people to keep and bear arms".

Archpundit has had enough of it: "Whining over the defacement or theft
of lawn signs drive me absolutely batty. Yes, it's illegal, but don't
you want the 'other side' doing that instead of actually, you know,
getting votes?"

Back in Denver, one thing still bothers lawn sign victim Davis: her
sign supporting Dennis Kucinich has not been touched. Some causes are
just too lost even for the most partisan of vandals.
Posted by Sarah Left at October 26, 2004 03:17 PM
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/us_elections/2004/10/
damage_in_denver.html

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