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" As many of you have heard by now, this past weekend our campaign was yet again the victim of apparent sabotage when the large moving van we were using to move seven thousand yard signs burst into flames and was consumed by fire as the result of the fuel line's mysterious rupture. The episode has been like something out of a horror movie for all of us. Campaign Director Jeff Mixon and Intern Ted Busiek were able to leap from the cab to escape a fiery death, but only because a freak wrong turn had caused them to pull off the road to check directions. When they pulled off, fellow motorists began screaming at them to leap from the vehicle, as unbeknownst to them it was on fire underneath, where the witnesses saw fuel streaming from the partially-severed fuel line. Less than a minute after they leapt from the cab, it was consumed in a full-fledged conflagration. Can you imagine?! The fire department responded quickly, but the vehicle is a total loss. It is too early to know how much if any of the cargo may be salvageable. We think we will be able to use the wire supports from the signs, but we know from the firemen that the load itself was on fire, and at least some of the signs were consumed. Frankly, that is a minimal consideration. Signs can be replaced. I have thanked God many times in these last hours that His hand was on Jeff and Ted to make them take that wrong turn that took them off the road in time to escape before the whole thing went up. Unfortunately, this kind of thing is nothing new to us. We get a steady diet of threatening calls and nasty emails here, and it gets predictably worse when we put out a new television ad or radio spot. That's when the fun really starts. I'd like to think that people would not stoop to this level. However, most of you know I have had my tires slashed, my wife's van was thoroughly vandalized, and they have even threatened my children to the point where my wife has asked that their pictures not be included in any more political advertising that we send out. I have honored my wife's wishes in this regard, but if these miscreants and thugs think they are going to wear us down with this kind of behavior, then they have another thing coming. We know these people monitor our emails to our supporters (because they signed up pretending to be supporters), so we know they will get this email as well, and I have a message for them: We will not be deterred from standing up for what we know is right no matter how much vandalism you try to inflict on us. And one day you are going to slip up, and we are going to catch you and bring you to justice, so you better watch your step. It's not funny any longer. I am especially reminded today of those heroic men and women aboard the September 11 airline flight that crashed in the Pennsylvania field - the flight where the Americans fought back and wouldn't let the plane be flown into the Capitol building. I hope I can keep that same fighting spirit about me, and not surrender to these thugs, and not let them distract our campaign from its business. And what is that business? Replacing the most liberal white congressman in the south with a conservative Reagan Republican (who happens to be black) who will force the Congress to confront our issues. I want to thank you for your support for these many months. As we get closer to the election I am more and more grateful for your support, and I realize more and more how little I can do without your prayers, your time, and your contributions. I will not lie to you - when these kinds of things happen on a campaign they create real problems, and they can really get you down if you let them. How are we going to get these signs replaced in time to get them in the field? Where will the money come from? You can't budget for this kind of freak event! What do we say to the supporter who loaned us his van, and now has no vehicle with which to conduct his son's appliance repair business? It was an older vehicle, but still very serviceable, and it was all they had. I consider that we have a moral obligation to replace his loss. And of course the constant onslaught from the liberal media never stops. These things wear on you. But I pray I will always be willing to stand up for traditional American values and conservative principles until I can no longer stand at all. Our normal campaign activities will go on (including fundraising), but it would certainly be nice if we were able to raise enough money in response to this email to pay the volunteer for his burned truck, and to get the lost signs replaced. It would be one less headache for me to have to worry about. There will be no hard sell here. You bought those signs for me the first time, so I'm almost ashamed to ask you to buy them twice. But if I don't, you know what that means - there may not be any more! I suppose we could conduct a campaign without thousands of yard signs, but they're just one of those things the experts say you can't do without. Give if you are able and motivated to do so, but if you do not, I will understand, and I thank you for everything else you have already done to support what this campaign is trying to accomplish. It is at times like this that I know I do have true friends in this world, and I will personally thank God for each and every contribution that you, my friends, send in response to this email. We'll be able to track your contribution through this link, so we can make sure it finds its way to the right place. Thanks again, and may God bless you as He has blessed America. Vernon Robinson"

wtf? if this is what it takes for the democrats to win.

9/13/2006 11:04:03 AM

no...they still wont win

9/13/2006 11:06:41 AM

definately liberals who did this

and illegal immigrants, who are prone to fuck shit up

9/13/2006 11:06:54 AM

fuel lines do break on their own

but i guess this is a good time to write a sensational letter (leapt from the cab? riiight) and blame it on some democrats

9/13/2006 11:09:05 AM

maybe if he wasnt such a fucking troll, people would take him more seriously.

but when you base your entire campaign on insinuating that your opponent is gay and making up stuff about his personal life, sensible people tend to view you as a troll.

i expect him to blame a loss on a vast left-wing conspiracy, not that fact that he ran a campaign that alienated him from moderate voters.

9/13/2006 11:12:58 AM

Gives a whole new meaning to "flaming the troll"

9/13/2006 11:16:17 AM

^

9/13/2006 11:20:49 AM

why would the democrats burn his car and give him campaign amo? It's not like he is a threat anyway.

plus it might help if he lived in the district before he tried to represent it.

9/13/2006 11:28:59 AM

From what I understand of his campaign so far, I wouldn't have shed too many tears over any nazi that supports him.

9/13/2006 11:46:43 AM

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"it might help if he lived in the district before he tried to represent it."

9/13/2006 12:40:43 PM

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"it might help if he lived in the district before he tried to represent it."

Wasn't a problem for Hillary.

9/13/2006 1:16:05 PM

hillary owned a house in New York

but don't let the facts distract you.

9/13/2006 1:27:31 PM

because being rich and owning a house means that you know and are able to represent a district.

9/13/2006 1:37:36 PM

really shouldnt be the biggest objection to robinson.

i mean, the man just makes stuff up about his opponent's personal life.

there's mudslinging, and then there's insinuating that your opponent is gay and there's something wrong with his marriage, thus putting the wife of your opponent on the offensive against attacks on her and her husband for not having children.

[Edited on September 13, 2006 at 1:49 PM. Reason : .]

9/13/2006 1:45:03 PM

This is people's way of saying "You're a fucking douchebag."
He hasn't gotten the idea, yet.

9/13/2006 1:50:57 PM

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"Unfortunately, this kind of thing is nothing new to us. We get a steady diet of threatening calls and nasty emails here, and it gets predictably worse when we put out a new television ad or radio spot. That's when the fun really starts. I'd like to think that people would not stoop to this level. However, most of you know I have had my tires slashed, my wife's van was thoroughly vandalized, and they have even threatened my children to the point where my wife has asked that their pictures not be included in any more political advertising that we send out. I have honored my wife's wishes in this regard, but if these miscreants and thugs think they are going to wear us down with this kind of behavior, then they have another thing coming. We know these people monitor our emails to our supporters (because they signed up pretending to be supporters), so we know they will get this email as well, and I have a message for them: We will not be deterred from standing up for what we know is right no matter how much vandalism you try to inflict on us. And one day you are going to slip up, and we are going to catch you and bring you to justice, so you better watch your step. It's not funny any longer."

Wow...someone really doesn't like him and is trying to ensure he's not elected. I received this notice as well, and I wish I could be suprised. Liberals the world over, while preaching tolerance and peace, have shown that they will, in fact, use violence and intimidation to champion their causes. It makes me sick what they have done here. I hope these purpotrators are caught, and the parties (be they Brad Miller or another radical leftist group) responsible are punished severely. There'se no reason for someone to be terrorized like this.

Who are the terrorists now?

9/13/2006 1:58:05 PM

Vernon Robinson = salisburyboy

Event: Car explodes from faulty fuel line.
Robinson's Account: DEMOCRATIC CONSPIRACY!!1
Based on: Circumstantial evidence.

And yet, the right is all too happy to buy it.

[Edited on September 13, 2006 at 2:03 PM. Reason : ...]

9/13/2006 2:01:28 PM

ummm... salisbury claimed that jews were running the schools.

9/13/2006 2:11:16 PM

its the goverment running the schools...into the ground!

9/13/2006 2:15:57 PM

Event: 9/11
Salisburyboy's Account: JEWISH CONSPIRACY!!1
Based on: Circumstantial evidence.

And yet, the left/right/mainstream elements of society/other are unanimous that he's a nutjob. It's the same line of reasoning, just a different event with a different culprit being blamed.

9/13/2006 2:16:57 PM

i laughed my ass off when i got the email from his campaign



I'm Vernon Robinson, and I'm a drama queen

***Paid for by Robinson for Congress***

9/13/2006 2:43:18 PM

ha, i almost missed where he compared himself to the heroes of 9-11

9/13/2006 2:57:59 PM

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"because being rich and owning a house means that you know and are able to represent a district."

I didn't say anything about the rich only being able to represent the people.

I was making a point that Hillary by owning said home was a legal resident.



I really loved when Vernon Robinson sent me his campaign information where he attacked Miller for mudslinging in a campaign, but then continued to say that Brad Miller has a gay lover in San Fransico.

[Edited on September 13, 2006 at 3:03 PM. Reason : .]

9/13/2006 3:01:36 PM

holy shit, looks like he's related to the gumbels.

9/13/2006 3:07:19 PM

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"hillary owned a house in New York but don't let the facts distract you."

Hillary didn't buy the house until she decided to run in NY. And please don't even pretend like Congressional Districts in NC, exspecially when talking 12/13, have remotely natural lines to where a few miles difference in your residence would matter.

9/13/2006 3:09:34 PM

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""flaming the troll""

9/13/2006 3:11:27 PM

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"Hillary didn't buy the house until she decided to run in NY. And please don't even pretend like Congressional Districts in NC, exspecially when talking 12/13, have remotely natural lines to where a few miles difference in your residence would matter."

she is still a resident of where she represents. Robinson is not.

9/13/2006 3:37:56 PM

I understand the distinction, but you're basically just saying that Hillary is slightly less of a douchebag than Robinson is

And Robinson is a collosal douchebag

9/13/2006 5:48:19 PM

I wonder why he only airs commercials on fox news....

9/13/2006 5:49:52 PM

Karma is a bitch. Or maybe it is his "God" trying to tell him something.

9/13/2006 5:56:18 PM

I'd give "God hating you" better odds than "Those Democrats!"

9/13/2006 8:24:51 PM

^ & ^^ gg

9/13/2006 9:52:30 PM

so why have so many liberals been threatening his family?

9/13/2006 11:07:50 PM

becuase they are gay?

9/13/2006 11:09:56 PM

oh wow, this is the guy.

gf had a message on her machine from this guys campaign, some song about illegal immigrants and not giving them handouts and DEY TUK ARR JAWBS and other racist bullshit.

he needs more than his car destroyed.

9/14/2006 12:04:14 PM

i hope he dies of natural causes soon.

9/14/2006 12:18:02 PM

compassionate liberalism at its finest.

im interested in knowing why, exactly, illegal immigrants should be entitled to the same benefits as citizens, if that is in fact what you are implying by insulting the phone message.

9/14/2006 12:46:23 PM

Re. the Hillary Clinton thing:

It is probably harder for a student to prove North Carolina residency to be able to pay in state tuition than it was for her to claim New York residency to be able to run for the Senate.

NC residency requirements:
http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/grad/students/current/resident.htm

^glad my family got to the USA before all the selfish people took over and barred everyone else from coming to the land of opportunity.

[Edited on September 14, 2006 at 12:51 PM. Reason : -]

9/14/2006 12:48:50 PM

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"Re. the Hillary Clinton thing: It is probably harder for a student to prove North Carolina residency to be able to pay in state tuition than it was for her to claim New York residency to be able to run for the Senate."

New York has a different standard than North Carolina. States are allowed to establish their own residency requirments. So comparing North Carolina residency to New York residency isn't applicable.

9/14/2006 12:52:56 PM

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"Re. the Hillary Clinton thing: It is probably harder for a student to prove North Carolina residency to be able to pay in state tuition than it was for her to claim New York residency to be able to run for the Senate.""

well then it must have been damn easy for her....i got instate tuition while still living in the dorms.

9/14/2006 1:07:57 PM

^^Hey, I didn't say the states were the same, I was just making an observation.

^and it would appear as though it was.

[Edited on September 14, 2006 at 1:23 PM. Reason : ^^]

9/14/2006 1:23:13 PM

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"^^Hey, I didn't say the states were the same, I was just making an observation."

an observation that isn't germane

9/14/2006 1:37:38 PM

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"compassionate liberalism at its finest."

I am not compassionate.

9/14/2006 1:38:46 PM

so liberals lie about being so compassionate and understanding of all people, then?

9/14/2006 3:34:04 PM

I am only one person. Or cant you tell?

9/14/2006 3:37:36 PM

oh, i can tell.

are you trying to say you dont represent the claims of most liberals? are you the "outlier"?

9/14/2006 3:40:21 PM

No I am saying I am one person.

9/14/2006 3:44:58 PM

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"glad my family got to the USA before all the selfish people took over and barred everyone else from coming to the land of opportunity."

what the fuck? We're not saying stay out. We're saying do it legally. Stop coming over in massive loads and shutting down hospitals in the southwestern states. There are hospitals opening in Southern Cal without emergency rooms because they can't take the hit from having to care for illegals who do not pay.

9/14/2006 3:53:17 PM

^im glad some of us know whats going on.

illegals further crash the public school system, corrupting our youth

illegals fill up hospitals

illegals cause accidents, driving w/o a license

illegals have brought a new wave of gang activity and violence

9/14/2006 3:55:19 PM

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" illegals cause accidents, driving w/o a license"

how does that work exactly?

[Edited on September 14, 2006 at 4:13 PM. Reason : anyway youre racist]

9/14/2006 4:13:03 PM