Leaders of the Brandeis Republicans have expressed dismay with many of their campus fliers advertising President George W. Bush's victory either being vandalized or removed.Vincent Capanelli II '06, president of the Brandeis Republicans, and Nicholas Abramson '06, a member or the club, wrote in an e-mail to the Justice that their first batch of fliers were aimed to celebrate Bush's re-election-not to antagonize anyone in the community.

But the new batch is directed toward those who are tearing down the fliers, the e-mail stated.

"Ripping down these fliers won't change the fact we have another four amazing years," one of the fliers read.

While Capanelli and Abramson's e-mail states that they realize some members of the community are upset about the fliers, the Brandeis Republicans are unsettled about the way some students treat them on campus.

"Many have a hard time finding their fellow Republicans on campus and with the high degree of cases that many Brandeis Republicans have been facing recently, these fliers make those students feel better by knowing there are others out there with similar views," Capanelli stated in the e-mail.

The Republicans said they witnessed a few people remove the fliers, according to the e-mail. Since people are not being given a chance to view the fliers, the e-mail stated that the Brandeis Republicans feel it is their duty to constantly re-post them.

"Sadly, professors have been taking part in this vandalism as well," the e-mail stated. "Beyond that, we believe it's just random students."

In the e-mail, Capanelli and Abramson said the tearing down of Republican fliers at Brandeis occurred during the weeks prior to the presidential election and had hoped this group of fliers would not illicit the same response.

President of the Brandeis College Democrats Sam Siegel '06 said that his club has not fliered other than to advertise for panel discussions.

"It just seems that the intention is to rub salt in the wounds of Democrats on campus," Thomas Smith-Vaughan '06 said. "There's no other message apart from 'Ha, ha, we won.'"

Despite that sentiment, Smith-Vaughan does see some merit to the fliers.

"[Republicans] could hold an event and rallies, but the people that would go and listen are people who already agree with it," he said. "By putting up fliers, you make everyone listen to you.