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Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:42 AM Oct 2012

Nauseating billboard .......

As I was driving home yesterday, I noticed a large billboard on one of the main roads in my small area of Tennessee.

Wish I could have snapped a picture to post, but I didn't have my camera.

It said in big bold red letters:

OBAMA OR AMERICA
YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH

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Nauseating billboard ....... (Original Post) Tennessee Gal Oct 2012 OP
I wish I could afford a billboard or two sharp_stick Oct 2012 #1
I like that idea! Tennessee Gal Oct 2012 #2
Another phrase to use bongbong Oct 2012 #3
We have one here in Minnesota that says "TIRED OF SOCIALISM?" Brickbat Oct 2012 #4
Is it on a high traffic road pstokely Oct 2012 #6
Yes, the major north-south interstate. Brickbat Oct 2012 #8
When is this magic "So-Shul-ism" going to happen? HughBeaumont Oct 2012 #7
People who spend their money on these type things have no Tennessee Gal Oct 2012 #5
My boss saw that billboard also. reflection Oct 2012 #9
Post the picture if you can! Tennessee Gal Oct 2012 #10
I'll ask him if he's still got it on his phone. reflection Oct 2012 #12
He no longer has it, BUT reflection Oct 2012 #13
WOW! That is interesting, but that is in Roane Co. - East Tennessee. Tennessee Gal Oct 2012 #15
Ah, so there is more than one. reflection Oct 2012 #17
Yes, we know of two now. I just wonder how many more there are like it around the country. Tennessee Gal Oct 2012 #18
An enterprising person with a can of spray paint could make that billboard read Chiyo-chichi Oct 2012 #11
On my bucket list siligut Oct 2012 #14
We do have both gollygee Oct 2012 #16

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
1. I wish I could afford a billboard or two
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:43 AM
Oct 2012

I'd buy the space right next to the one you saw. It would have a finger pointing at it with the text. This guy is an idiot!

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)
4. We have one here in Minnesota that says "TIRED OF SOCIALISM?"
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:18 AM
Oct 2012

I laugh my ass off every time I see it. It's right in the middle of some good farmland.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
7. When is this magic "So-Shul-ism" going to happen?
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:17 PM
Oct 2012

32 years of corporate rule has given us the evil opposite of Democratic Socialism.

Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)
5. People who spend their money on these type things have no
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:33 AM
Oct 2012

idea what they are talking about. Their opinions are based on ignorance, racism, guns, or abortion. Probably a combination of all of those.

reflection

(6,286 posts)
9. My boss saw that billboard also.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:33 PM
Oct 2012

I know exactly the one you're talking about and where it is. He showed me a picture of it on his cell phone. We both had a good laugh. I'm more liberal than him, but he's fairly reasonable.

Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)
15. WOW! That is interesting, but that is in Roane Co. - East Tennessee.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:53 PM
Oct 2012

The one I saw is in Middle Tennessee. It has the same message, but no flags. It is just the written message.

reflection

(6,286 posts)
17. Ah, so there is more than one.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 03:28 PM
Oct 2012

What a waste of money. Has anyone ever been swayed by a billboard?

(On a side note, I drove to St. Louis a few weeks ago and was dumbfounded by the sheer numbers of anti-abortion billboards that littered the highway. I know I saw close to a dozen as I got near the city. I guess they think repetition will make their argument more palatable.)

Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)
18. Yes, we know of two now. I just wonder how many more there are like it around the country.
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 07:38 PM
Oct 2012

I can't imagine spending money on something like that, but apparently there are some fairly well off people around that are filled with hatred.

It is quite sad.

I am being very careful about what I say publicly. In a heavily red state you never know what someone might do.

Chiyo-chichi

(3,586 posts)
11. An enterprising person with a can of spray paint could make that billboard read
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:42 PM
Oct 2012

OBAMA FOR AMERICA
YES WE CAN!

Just sayin'.

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