“It didn’t appear that anything was stolen from the car, parked in her North Kingstown driveway, unlocked with the keys in the ignition, according to the police report”
She leaves her keys in the ignition ?
So that any 12 year old kid, can drive
it away ?
Like leaving a loaded handgun on the front seat

What did she expect leaving her car unlocked? Some personal responsibility would have gone a long way, but instead of guarding her own possessions and being a responsible citizen she rather call the police and let someone else do the job. What would Glenn Beck and his 9-12 principles say?
Kidding aside, politics is dirty in this state esp.in regards to campaigning. You must expect the unexpected regardless of how disgusting it is. HOWEVER, nothing was really destroyed it seems nor was anything stolen. It really just looks like the work of a bunch of drunk kids from the neighborhood, that or its her attempt to get free media. Had it been political, wouldn’t the materials been ripped or destroyed so they couldn’t be used? Wouldn’t some sort of remark or insult be written to prove a point? Wouldn’t SOMETHING besides having papers thrown about have been done if it was really for political purposes? This seems wayyyy to fishy to me.

Does anyone recall the candidate who had alledged that his opponent ,Patrick Kennedy, had had his automobile’s wheel lugs loosened in an attempt to cause an accident. That candidate had employed in his campaign a man that had had a record of campaign pranks that followed him from New Hampshire.
Now I am not making that accusation here in this case, but this sort of prank has been done before in RI. Notice too that in the case I offered there was no accident or any real damage by loosening the lugs. Their story which was breathlessly reported by old reliable WPRO was that the tampered family vehicle was saved from damage and its occupants from injury or death only by the candidate’s own sharp eyes. Maybe if a campaign worker seeking to smear an opponent with an accusation of unresponsible and illegal behavior actually caused real damage such as slashed tires then would that act it stand up to scrutiny from the police and insurance company examiners and it may end up costing the campaign money to repair the real damage. No its much more safe and almost as effective to do no real harm but to claim that harm was the intention of your rival and then get your media coverage.
“Pictures on Doreen’s Facebook page reveal the attack to be minimally disruptive, consisting mainly of spilled campaign materials:”
And you can get a like minded media person to call it an attack.

I find it interesting that one Rhody,an anonymous poster here,has repeatedly claimed to feel threatened by me and states that he makes sure his car is locked and I don’t even know who he is.
I know he has a ponytail because the immature a-hole mentioned it to Christine Spaziano on RIF a few years ago.
Nevertheless,he continues to claim I am threatening him and a scumbag named Shana Kurland.
I think Shana Kurland is a disgusting individual and an anti-American activist,but she is so off the wall it’s hard to take her seriously.
This particular incident sounds cheesy.
Who leaves a car with all that gear unlocked?
My threat to Kurland?She referred to ICE agents as terrorists.I mentioned on the old N4N blog that she ought to meet a real terrorist and Rhody stuck his sh*tty nose in to start barking that I was threatening her.
This Rhody is a sleazebag.

A tempest in a tea pot.
OldTimeLefty

There goes Rhody-keyboard tough guy-you get excited by pretending to engage,just as long as you don’t have to take responsibility for what you say.

I lock my van conscientiously, much to the annoyance of coworkers who seek access to my tools during the course of the workday. A little better?
Costa should be a little more concientious. The new urban legend involves a vehicle break-in at a soccer game. The thieves, accessing the gps unit, had the owner’s address.
Justin does a decent job of reporting the reporting of this alleged break-in. Costa reports it and is the only person who claims it is political. Costa knows best.

Just wondering, Justin, can we elevate this to the point where we can go to war against some country? It seems to have about the same validity as WMD and attacking Iraq for 9/11.
Righties….what a bunch of babies! No wonder there seems to be no sane right wing in RI.

Hey Bernstein, what’s next? Bailing out every REAL criminal and REAL smartass punk you ever threw in prison to come after me?
C’mon, man…I think this whole forum is tired of your lounge act.

Goes for anyone, Dan, no matter what side of the political spectrum you’re on.
I’ve heard a lot of people brag about what they’re going to do to me physically in my life. Hasn’t happened yet – I’m far from the toughest guy in the world, but there’s a lot of bluster involved when people say they’re coming after you (FWIW, I may agree with most of Crowley’s goals, but don’t often agree with his tactics – and I know it was union goons that used to assault anti-Vietnam War protesters).
The bullies HATE it…hate it! when you stand up to them, be it in public or here. And if you descend to the name-calling and make threats in response, they’ve beaten you. Why go through the mess of a fight when you can send them walking away shaking their heads? That’s more fun.:)

Actually, the idea that it was union goons that assualted anti-war protestors is a myth. The UAW, 1199, and several other unions helped fund many of the later anti-Vietnam marches. Did Labor come to the game late? Yes indeed, just like most of the Aemrican people. The so-called hard hat riot’s was actually a staged event….
And who is this Dan guy? A swing at you? Please, don’t flatter yourself…and speaking as someone who has recieved those death threats …everyone talks a big game until they actually get one of those little things in the mail…then its not so much fun. Its not something to brag about or be a tough guy about.

Crowley-you weren’t even alive when the “hard hat” incident took place. I remember that it was union construction workers that attacked a group of mainly college students.It was organized,but “staged”?No. I and my family have been threatened by people quite capable of doing exactly what they said.I had to send my family out of state.I didn’t go anywhere.The people who made the threats aren’t around any more-they all got an expense paid trip to their country of origin. I got more routine threats in the course of my job.About 10% of them concerned me. Now,this is all a long time ago,but I get amused when some guy I don’t know from a hydrant makes himself feel important by pretending to be threatened. You,Crowley, have pissed off enough people in this state with your pugnacious attitude to have some real reason for concern.But I am sure you knew that going in. To begin with,threatening someone is dirt stupid.If something happens to them,you might have to explain yourself even if you did nothing,so why go there to begin with? So many leftists like you have these stock phrases ready at the drop of a hat-“Brown people”,fascists,racists,rich guys,etc,etc.You recycle the same old stuff over and over. When David Segal started telling me about the overthrow of the Arbenz regime,I was astounded-the homegrown fellow travellers of the communist movement were ranting about that when I was in grade school in the Fifties. And Pat-if you want to know who went to Vietnam-it was working class and middle class guys.The pooerst of the poor whether rural or ghetto often had literacy problems,criminal records,or drug addistion histories.And some just ignored the draft registration. The rich and privileged hid out in school or via other cheesy deferments. The unions were neevr monolithic about that war.The trade unions… Read more »

Usually in cases like this they find that the victim did it to themselves for attention.

“a mentally unstable person supporting the status quo in Rhode Island.”
Sounds like a good definition of “progressive”.

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The Hard Hat Riot occurred on May 8, 1970, near the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street and at New York City Hall. The riot started about noon when about 200 construction workers mobilized by the New York State AFL-CIO attacked about 1,000 high school and college students and others protesting the Kent State shootings, the American invasion of Cambodia and the Vietnam War. The riot lasted little more than two hours, and ended of its own accord. More than 70 people were injured, including four policemen. Six people were arrested.

The unions were the so-called “right” at the time…..you know, God and Country, Family Values, Hard Working, etc.
Now, the right is think tanks, corporate funded astroturf and big business. Much has changed.
The unions are still right. Most of the time.