My McCain/Palin yard sign was stolen last night. My yard sign in support of George Bush was stolen during the period before the last Presidential election also. I am thoroughly disgusted, but not at all surprised. I don’t expect anything better of liberals, and generally they live up to those expectations.

There are 3 possible reasons that this tactic is so commonly used against Republican supporters each election season. None of these reasons are flattering to the left or its policies.

Number 1:
The left is the party that is more likely to attract those who are willing to engage in criminal behavior without remorse. Bill Clinton proves this out, and the double-standard the left applies to its own when their politicians are caught in moral, ethical, and/or legal violations bears strong witness as well.

Number 2:
In the great traditions of the Soviets, the Chinese Communists, the North Korean Communists, et al; dissension must be silenced. Strange that the political movement whose adherents sport bumper stickers with slogans such as “Dissent is Patriotic” is the same movement that cannot bear dissent regarding its believers stances. Maybe not so strange considering that these ideas fail miserably under even light scrutiny by a thinking mind.

Number 3:
Liberals really believe the socialist credo that the ends justify the means. For them, the law only is useful when it protects them or their ideologies. When it gets in the way, or prevents them from silencing their opponents it becomes permissable to flaunt it. They don masks and riot; they shout down others in an effort to interfere with their first ammendment rights; they even manage to get blatantly unconstitutional laws such as the FACE act passed. They will hurl stones, destroy property, and assault innocent people when their un-American ideas are questioned. As always, when they can’t legitimately fault the message, they attack the messenger. Actually, they usually attack the messenger before the message. This is all the more amazing when the current standard bearer of the liberal message is a truly faulty messenger, the faults of whom they turn an intentionally blind eye to.

Like ACORN with any election, or the DNC against a clear electoral victory, or like the disgusting petty thief living somewhere near my home, if they can’t beat ‘em, they WILL try to steal ‘em.