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Large Romney Sign Vandalized with '47%'

A large sign in Wrightstown supporting Republican Mitt Romney for president was spray painted sometime overnight.

You could say it's a sign of the times. With a presidential election less than two weeks away, you can expect supporters to feel a sense of urgency for their candidate -- or against the other party's candidate.

But it seems someone took it too far in Wrightstown.

A large sign supporting Mitt Romney for president, placed at the five-point intersection by the Shell and BP gas stations, was vandalized with spray paint at some point overnight.

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The orange spray paint defacing the sign reads "47%" -- a reference to the Republican candidate's comments at a May fundraiser.


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