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nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 05:53 PM Sep 2012

Somebody hug me - I just drove through Bachmann country

I live just north of Minneapolis and met a friend for lunch in St Cloud which is the Michele Bachmann epi-center. It wasn't just all the Bachmann billboards, but all the other right wing hate machine signs: SOS: Stop Obama Socialism, Vote Yes for the marriage amendment, marriage = 1 man + 1 woman, Fire Klobacher, Voter ID signs....etc


Ugh I feel so dirty. I need to be bombarded by some good old fashioned liberal love!

I was happy to drive around with my "Vote NO" (against the marriage amendment) and Choose Love - Dogs Against Romney bumper stickers.

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Somebody hug me - I just drove through Bachmann country (Original Post) nadine_mn Sep 2012 OP
Take a shower first. sadbear Sep 2012 #1
hey! ok I will shower first and make sure to wash the cooties off nadine_mn Sep 2012 #6
:-) sadbear Sep 2012 #16
Four words: Blue Paint Ball Gun HopeHoops Sep 2012 #2
You are at home. Feel better now? TexasTowelie Sep 2012 #3
Aww thanks for the hug nadine_mn Sep 2012 #8
I live in bachmann country Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #4
I had to drive along I-94, it was ugly nadine_mn Sep 2012 #5
I haven't been up that way in awhile. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2012 #7
I hope so too nadine_mn Sep 2012 #9
Same here. I live in the Harrison neighborhood hifiguy Sep 2012 #20
I've actually seen a couple of "vote yes" signs on the marriage amendment geardaddy Sep 2012 #24
I'll give you a hug! lunatica Sep 2012 #10
aww cute - thanks nt nadine_mn Sep 2012 #13
hugs!!!! Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2012 #11
both are much appreciated! nt nadine_mn Sep 2012 #12
I recommend a drive through Roseville IVoteDFL Sep 2012 #14
I did the same thing two weeks ago LNM Sep 2012 #15
Its the hatred that really gets me...never arguments on policy nadine_mn Sep 2012 #19
Do they still have all the right to life billboards around there too? Generic Brad Sep 2012 #17
I didn't see any of those nadine_mn Sep 2012 #18
Those are on 35 in Pine County. nt LNM Sep 2012 #22
I thought those were in Faribault---along with ones Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2012 #31
Be strong! Channel your inner Elwood Mopar151 Sep 2012 #21
my favorite movie of all time nadine_mn Sep 2012 #28
When the fundaloons start closing in Mopar151 Sep 2012 #30
Yeah, I see the "SOS: Stop Obama Socialism" every time I go to St. Cloud. Hong Kong Cavalier Sep 2012 #23
If you caught bat-shit crazy cooties you better see a doctor right away LynneSin Sep 2012 #25
I didn't touch anything...just visual cooties nadine_mn Sep 2012 #27
I used to paint Hula Popper Sep 2012 #26
LOL... damn cheeseheads nadine_mn Sep 2012 #29

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
6. hey! ok I will shower first and make sure to wash the cooties off
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 06:12 PM
Sep 2012

think bleach is strong enough?

Then... I better get a damn liberal hug

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
8. Aww thanks for the hug
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 06:13 PM
Sep 2012

even my dogs sniffed me in disgust...

or because I didn't bring them any leftovers from lunch

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,757 posts)
7. I haven't been up that way in awhile.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 06:13 PM
Sep 2012

My Obama bumper sticker might make me unpopular in those parts, I guess. Here in the People's Republic of Minneapolis I've seen nothing but Obama/Ellison/Vote No on the marriage amendment signs and stickers. Stearns County is wingnut central.

I hope Bachmann is sent packing. Looks like Graves has a fighting chance.

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
9. I hope so too
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 06:15 PM
Sep 2012

See a giant Bachmann face looming over I-94 on a giant billboard almost made me crap myself in fear.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
20. Same here. I live in the Harrison neighborhood
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 11:23 AM
Sep 2012

just north of Bryn Mawr. Nothing but Obama signs/stickers and Vote No signs. Hadn't seen a Rmoney sign or sticker until I was in a suburb of Denver last weekend.

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)
24. I've actually seen a couple of "vote yes" signs on the marriage amendment
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 02:24 PM
Sep 2012

here in the Uptown district of the PRM (People's Republic of Minneapolis). I was like WTF? Seriously?

Then again, I live two doors down from Scott Brooks the guy who ran against Frank Hornstein last time.

oh and btw

IVoteDFL

(417 posts)
14. I recommend a drive through Roseville
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 07:23 PM
Sep 2012

I counted 9 "Vote No" signs on the bus route home to from the Rosedale Mall. Only 2 "Vote Yes" signs, but one of them was on a church. There were fewer "No's" on the voter ID, but there are zero yes signs.



Another thing that might make you feel better, Kare11 ran a story about Bachmann's seat being in jeopardy for the first time. I'm in the 4th, but go Jim Graves!

LNM

(1,079 posts)
15. I did the same thing two weeks ago
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 08:46 PM
Sep 2012

We drove from Fargo to the Twin Cities. So glad to get back home. There is so much hatred in those signs.

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
19. Its the hatred that really gets me...never arguments on policy
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 10:44 PM
Sep 2012

which I get...its hard to do on a billboard

but never any positive messaging, just vile hatred.

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)
17. Do they still have all the right to life billboards around there too?
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 10:22 PM
Sep 2012

You know. The ones that say things like "I had fingerprints at six weeks" and "I could fart at eight weeks"? The ones that attempt to define personhood. Are those obnoxious things still all over the place?

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
18. I didn't see any of those
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 10:43 PM
Sep 2012

I usually see those on my way to visit my mom in Forest Lake (still Bachmann country - she has really jerrymandered the state)

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,217 posts)
31. I thought those were in Faribault---along with ones
Sat Sep 29, 2012, 01:04 AM
Sep 2012

that said, "It's the people who make Minnesota great, not the taxes."

Mopar151

(9,990 posts)
21. Be strong! Channel your inner Elwood
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:11 PM
Sep 2012
Have a hug! just do me a solid and take a shower first - It can be bad nasty out there...

Mopar151

(9,990 posts)
30. When the fundaloons start closing in
Sat Sep 29, 2012, 12:39 AM
Sep 2012

Trust in MOPAR! "It's got a cop motor, cop tires, and cop shocks!"

Hong Kong Cavalier

(4,573 posts)
23. Yeah, I see the "SOS: Stop Obama Socialism" every time I go to St. Cloud.
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 02:15 PM
Sep 2012

Makes me wish I had an orbital satellite with a giant laser on it to set the damn thing on fire. (99.9% kidding)

I've noticed the Voter Suppression ("Voter ID&quot billboards are all over the place now like vermin in the Twin Cities, too.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
25. If you caught bat-shit crazy cooties you better see a doctor right away
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 02:30 PM
Sep 2012

that stuff is contagious!! don't want you spreading it here at DU

 

Hula Popper

(374 posts)
26. I used to paint
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 04:35 PM
Sep 2012

Evil GOP Bastards.com on my pickup cab rear window. I stopped doing that after a second broken rear window in Wisconsin.
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