Democrat activists broke windows at HQ, Dem party leaders blame opponents.
By
Wing Chun Geologist
on August 26, 2009 at 07:25 am
DenverPost.com reports:
(Denver) Eleven windows of the state Democratic Party headquarters were shattered by a hammer at 2:20 AM on Tuesday morning. This must have been the work of nefarious right-wing extremists…right?
Not so fast.
Police have taken a suspect into custody and it turns out that he’s a left-wing activists who lists a “bicycle cooperative” as his residence.
So a Democrat activist breaks the windows at Democrat HQ, so liberals are blaming….Republicans.
You read that correct. The reason a Democrat broke the windows at Democrat HQ was because Republicans were daring to disagree with Obama.
There may be another explanation.
(Denver) Eleven windows of the state Democratic Party headquarters were shattered by a hammer at 2:20 AM on Tuesday morning. This must have been the work of nefarious right-wing extremists…right?
Not so fast.
Police have taken a suspect into custody and it turns out that he’s a left-wing activists who lists a “bicycle cooperative” as his residence.
Police said that about 2:20 a.m., 24-year-old Maurice Schwenkler, now in custody, and an at-large accomplice took a hammer to the picture windows displaying posters touting President Barack Obama and his health care reform efforts.
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Schwenkler received $500 in November 2008 to walk door-to-door in support of Democrat Mollie Cullom, who lost her race to Republican state Rep. David Balmer of Centennial.
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In those disclosures, Schwenkler’s address is listed as Derailer Bicycle Cooperative, a free community bicycle collective that operates just around the corner from the Democratic headquarters. Multiple volunteers at the collective declined to discuss Schwenkler, though they said he was affiliated with the group.
So a Democrat activist breaks the windows at Democrat HQ, so liberals are blaming….Republicans.
Early Tuesday, Democratic Party chairwoman Pat Waak said the damage to her building in Denver’s art district was a consequence of “an effort on the other side to stir up hate.” She tempered her statement after Schwenkler’s political history was revealed.
“What I’ve been saying is there is a lot of rhetoric out there from both sides of the spectrum,” Waak said. “That’s what’s been disturbing to me. People are saying a lot of things not appropriate for civil discourse.”
You read that correct. The reason a Democrat broke the windows at Democrat HQ was because Republicans were daring to disagree with Obama.
There may be another explanation.
Balmer said he suspects the vandalism might have been aimed at making the GOP look bad.
“This sounds like the type of Democratic tactic from the left fringe trying to make Republicans look mean-spirited,” Balmer said. “In this case, it blew up in their face. He was caught red-handed.”
