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Two cars belonging to the family of U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, were vandalized overnight in front of his home in Compton Heights.
According to neighbors, someone had spray-painted or painted the words “Traitor,” “Bailout for China is treason,” and “Psalm 2.”
Some of the graffiti appears to refer to the $700 billion financial-institution bailout package that Congress approved a few weeks ago. Carnahan had voted for the measure.
The vandal or vandals used white paint on the family’s black car, and black paint on its silver car. One vehicle was in the Carnahans’ driveway, and the other was parked on the street in front of the congressman’s house.
Sources tell us that the U.S. Capitol police is getting involved in the investigation. Earlier this week, six of Minnesota’s members of Congress — both senators and four House members –had been the victims of similar crimes.
According to the AP:
“Vandals late Tuesday and early Wednesday spray-painted graffiti on the homes and garages of Sens. Norm Coleman and Amy Klobuchar and Reps. Jim Ramstad, John Kline, Keith Ellison and Michele Bachmann.
“At the Coleman residence, ‘U R A criminal resign or else’ was spray-painted on the garage along with the words ‘Scum’ and ‘Psalm 2.’ At Ellison’s home, ’scum’ was scrawled on the garage and ‘traitor,’ ‘resign now’ and ‘Psalm 2′ on the house.
“The Bible’s Psalm 2 warns ‘kings of the earth’ against incurring God’s wrath.”
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STL is fed up with Carnahan.
VOTE OUT ALL CURRENT MEMBERS IN NEXT ELECTION.
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There is a CLEAR message here and most Missourians will agree: WE ARE FED UP WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES NOT REPRESENTING US.
Next election, VOTE OUT ALL EXISTING SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN, EVEN IF IT MEANS VOTING IN SOMEONE LIKE SARAH PALIN, at least we send a clear message to DC, we are not going to stand for this anymore.
VOTE ALL OUR SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN, MAYORS, ECT,, OUT OF OFFICE NEXT ELECTION, ESPECIALLY CARNAHAN, HE IS NOT GOOD FOR STL OR ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER.
TO CARNAHAN: GET YOUR PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE READY, YOU ARE OUT NEXT ELECTION, AND BY THE WAY, YOU WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY(NOT THAT YOU’LL BE REMEMBERED??!@@#) AS THE WORST EVER.
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Resident,
I do know my facts and neither one of his vehicles qualifies as a ‘car’. Hybrids use gas or electric and both cause pollution. I realize Carnahan wants a pass because it’s a hybrid but electric production burns coal and that’s just like exhaust coming out of his tailpipe. Hybrids are no more environmentally friendly than any other vehicle on the road. YOU get your facts straight before you pop off.
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I am saddened by this act of vandalism. It doesn’t matter if I voted for Representative Carnahan or did not. (As a matter of fact, I did not.) He is still an elected Representative for all in his district. He was elected by the majority in his district. This is the fair system we have fought for yearsto have. All of us have lost a parent, grandparent or even sibling our spouse to one of the wars that were fought for our Freedom of Choice. We chose to use the Majority rules system. Sometimes it is our choice of candidate that wins and other times it is the other guy’s choice. Suppose for a moment that Representative Carnahan’s opponent had been elected. Would all of the anti-Carnahan supporters be saying the same thing if it happened to their elected candidate. No!. I think not! This could happen to any of us. It is a HATE crime. This is the United States of America and we all need to agree to disagree – agreeably.
If anyone has a gripe, then SAY IT AT THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY. This is the freedom for which our forefathers went to war. They gave us a voice. We need to use that voice and not cans of paint and hatred.
These acts of violence will get us nowhere. Next time, instead of our Representative, it could happen to our sisters, brothers or our mothers fopr just having the opponent’s bumper sticker on their vehicle. After that, it could be muggings and even killings. The HATE has to stop somewhere. Can we not let it stop right here!
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Just FYI JoeCool Carnahan’s SUV is Ford Escape Hybrid. Know your facts before you pop off.
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Hmmm. Not the usual vehicle break-in so common in the City. The people that did this are jerks!
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I see Carnahan is no friend of the environment with his SUV. Jo Mannies is trying to help him out of this jam, hoping nobody notices it’s an SUV in the picture, by calling it a ‘car’.
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Just to clear up a some bad information in the comments section. Carnahan’s does not have a garage, there is a driveway on the side of his house where one car was vandalized and the other car was parked out on the street.
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The reason America is a scary place Bill is not because of the act of vandalism, but the corrupt politicians who lined their own pockets with “bailout” money
I find it confusing for people like ev63110 to defend people like Carnahan who take a paycheck out of our tax money to give the rest of our money to the wall street fat cats.
Would you still defend Carnahan if he robbed you at gunpoint? I think not.
Whoever did this is a patriot and a real American in my opinion.
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Only because you contribute, Bill.
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So, just because Rep. Carhanan chose to park his cars outside his house instead of in his garage, that makes it okay for someone to vandalize his property? Can I make that same justification for you when it’s your car next? This seems to be a coordinated effort against several members of Congress, and that’s quite scary. The Capitol Police are right to get involved. I hope the perp goes to Federal prison for this.
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America’s a scary place; and so is this blog.
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Nothing against the congressman, but I know for a fact that Compton Heights homes all have garages…and most have a fenced area prior to the garage. I can’t imagine why, if you had these luxuries, you wouldn’t take advantage of them. Guess he will now.
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educate yourselves! Will any of us survive if this things collapses completely? The last eight years were built on smoke and mirrors and now the reality is there was no job growth, no value growth, no educational growth, no infrastructure growth. The rich are going to live like the rich and we are going to live the way we SHOULD!
Educate yourselves!
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Since when is destruction of property “such a do about nothing”? First Amendment rights end when they infringe upon the rights of others. I don’t consider spray painting someone’s home, car etc within someone’s First Amendment rights. A person can’t just say or write anything they want, anywhere they please. There are limits to those rights and this obviously goes over the limit. They should have to pay for the damage to the property, pay a fine, and do community service as well. Possibly reading a little more of that bible they keep thumping may pay off too.
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I have no sympathy for someone who supported the robbery of the American people. Poor little Russ is out a few bucks for paintwork while the rest of us owe $10,000 for the bailout of the rich political elite. He and everyone that supported robbing us should be thankful if a little vandalism is all they face.
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I will not be at all surprised if the “vandals” turn out to be associated with that “pastor” who kept showing up to the funerals of our soldier killed in action to “protest” abortion and homosexuality.
Here is the problem, if these folk could get to the Congresspersons property to spray paint, what would keep them from planting a bomb underneath? Or some such act of violence.
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I am sure that the Hon. Carnahan will insist on NOT charging the perp’s of this first admendment right expression. What kind of democrat would ever be so mean as to want someone jailed for such a do about nothing.
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I’m in no way condoning this, but our elected reps need to keep in mind what can possibly happen when they vote in the interest of the rich, rather than society’s everyman. The money may not be there, but it is the everyman who represents the bulk of their constituents.
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