{"id":516,"date":"2008-01-23T23:26:10","date_gmt":"2008-01-24T04:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=516"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:25:45","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:25:45","slug":"election-sign-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/01\/23\/election-sign-vandalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Election sign vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/2216006904\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2396\/2216006904_19563a8c7c.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In response to our <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=501\">request<\/a> for election sign photos (we&#8217;ve especially interested in photos taken during campaigns in the 1990s or earlier), <a href=\"http:\/\/w5.montreal.com\/mtlweblog\/index.html\">Kate McDonnell<\/a> sent us a few she took during the 2003 provincial election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacingmontreal\/2216005760\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2318\/2216005760_e621f45e75.jpg?v=0\" align=\"right\" width=\"248\" \/><\/a>All of the signs she photographed had been vandalized, which can sometimes reveal some interesting things about what people really think of political candidates. The ADQ&#8217;s posters seem to attract more Hitler moustaches and dollar signs than those for other parties; posters for the Liberals are often the target of messages about corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Two of Kate&#8217;s photos are especially interesting. In one, somebody has attacked a poster for the UFP&#8217;s leader Amir Khadir (who later became a spokesperson for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quebec_solidaire\">Qu\u00e9bec solidaire<\/a> when his party joined forces with Option citoyenne) with the inscription, &#8220;CCCP communiste.&#8221; But, on another Khadir sign, somebody wrote something far more damning: &#8220;Gauche bourgeoise.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to our request for election sign photos (we&#8217;ve especially interested in photos taken during campaigns in the 1990s or earlier), Kate McDonnell sent us a few she took during the 2003 provincial election. 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