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09.28.2008 1:02 pm

It’s sign-stealing time again

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Political Fix and the Post-Dispatch news room have been flooded with reports of campaign signs being stolen this weekend.

The callers were reporting “massive numbers,” as one put it, of Obama signs snatched from yards in Olivette and University City. (Obama’s signs cost $8 apiece.)

No doubt, there have been McCain signs stolen as well.

Sign stealing always seems to be a problem near election time, especially if a contest seems close. In fact, that’s often one of the indicators.

Just to get a sense of how active this thievery is this fall, this thread is to tally any reports of widespread sign-stealing, regardless of political party.

Obviously, if anyone has any direct knowledge of who’s responsible, please call your local law-enforcement agency.

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Obama signs are being stolen in the Sunset Hills area as well. This IS a Republican tactic. I dont know if its kids of republicans cutting their teeth on dirty campaigns encouraged by their parents, or more strategery, but either way pretty sad for the group claiming “patriotism” while supressing free speech.

Jo - email me and I can give you a contact. At least a dozen signs have disappeared there.

I’ve also gotten reports of bogus voter registration postcards being sent out to people. The ones that tell you WHERE TO VOTE.

The snide comments of the republican posters really shows that they have no problem with these thefts.

— JohnJohn
10:48 am September 29th, 2008

This is an old tactic. Steal the opposition’s signs. Then, when they call and report the signs stolen it will appear that they stole their own signs in an attempt to frame your side for stealing their sign.

The only response is to steal your own signs and report it, making it look like the opposition stole your sign so that you would report it missing and thereby make yourself look guilty of stealing your own sign in an attempt to frame the other side for stealing your sign.

— Nick
11:01 am September 29th, 2008

Or — it could be the same phenomenon I have seen in some of our local stores, the ones with the talking campaign dolls — there are plenty of Hillary and McCain but none of Obama.

I am going to assume that when Senator Obama becomes President, the signs will show up on E-Bay as “collector” items, probably being sold by Republicans who could not afford to keep up their house note.

— RHarnack
11:56 am September 29th, 2008

To the Latin War Monger: Perhaps you’d also like the latest updates to which counters are white only?

— municourt
12:53 pm September 29th, 2008

I’m putting out a REWARD for all McCain/Palin signs: I’ll pay sign stealers TEN DOLLARS for every McCain sign they dig up, but only if there’s dirt on the stick from the green lawn it came from.

— mlgb
6:57 pm September 29th, 2008

A bunch of Obama signs have been stolen in Clayton as well. It’s a sad day.

— Eliza
1:38 pm October 2nd, 2008

All the Obama signs were stolen in Grain Valley this past Saturday night. All the McCain one’s were still standing. And how dumb is it to steal sign’s of the people you support, like what someone posted earlier. Then it just looks like there are a lot of McCain supporters around you. Pretty stupid. Obama supports don’t have to sink to low tactics like fellow republicans. McCain supports are just acting like the guy in charge, when you can’t win fair, play dirty, lie, steal, cheat, whatever it takes. And they call themselves the “Country First” crowd.

— srk
10:49 am October 7th, 2008

Well someone nabbed one of our signs last night. I think people out here in O’fallon are getting scared the white house might turn blue this year.

— Jeff
8:40 am October 13th, 2008

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