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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:12 PM
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Poll question: Where Are Your Obama Bumper Stickers These Days?
Well, where are they?

Vote below:
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:14 PM
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1. Still on my car, but not enthusiastic about Obama any more.
Still, in comparison to GOP Texans, it makes sense to keep them on.
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moobu2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:18 PM
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2. I took mine off the day after the election


I live in an extremely conservative wing-nut area and didn't want my windows broken out.
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Sukie Donating Member (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:46 PM
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9. Funny you should say that. My son's car windows got busted
out and we are pretty sure it was his humongous Obama bumper sticker that caused it. Very conservative area that we live in too. So we decided there were other ways, and better ways, to support Obama and the dems.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:19 PM
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3. Took mine off in 2008 when I was almost hit by a car that veered into my lane...
...so the passenger could hold up a handwritten sign reading "N***ER LOVER" - decided the stickers weren't worth getting killed over and tossed them out.
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reflection Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:25 PM
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4. Never done bumper stickers, never will.
If someone wants to pay for advertising or ask about my political views, we can talk.

(Nothing against people who have bumper stickers, I know I'm in the minority on this one.)
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iceman66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:29 PM
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5. Not only is it still on my car,
but I'm seriously considering pasting "12" over the "08".
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:32 PM
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6. Other: I don't really use bumper stickers any more.
If I did, though, they would be coming off now for sure.
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salguine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:39 PM
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7. Peel 'em off and mail them back to the White House.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:44 PM
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8. Never had one...
:cry: But I am tired of Obama/Biden Prius' racing round the freeways cutting people of without blinkers like they're driving Dino Fucking Ferrari's at Le Mans :rant:
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:46 PM
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10. Despite the fact that I voted for him, I never had one.
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:48 PM
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11. Last summer, my car was hit by a fully loaded semi. The car crashed into the median barrier
went over it (it was metal cables--this was NW Indiana) and into the ditch. Totaled the car and when I finally went to see the damage, my bumper sticker and my bumper were actually folded up and stored inside of it.
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:50 PM
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12. Bought a newer car. Didn't put stickers on it.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 07:18 PM
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19. Hey, Dave!
:hi: Did Arctic Jody tell you I visited with her a bit today at Diane Benson's lt. guv announcement? Looks like we'll have another campaign to work on together. :)
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 07:41 PM
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21. Hey Blue! She said Diane is putting her name on the list for Lt Governer
Right on. Who is she looking at running with?
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 07:59 PM
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27. Diane would prefer to run with Bob Poe,
Edited on Thu Dec-17-09 08:01 PM by Blue_In_AK
who was the only one present for this announcement, but the others have approved of her candidacy, as well, so...

I'm a bit of a fan of Poe myself. He doesn't seem to carry the negative "Democrat" baggage that Berkowitz and French have, the hyperpartisanship, plus I think he and Diane would make a very complementary ticket.

I like that so far Diane has no primary opposition since all the usual suspects are committed to other races, except for maybe Eric Croft who may be burned out on campaigning after the mayor's race.
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 09:04 PM
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33. I like Bob also. We have shared a table a few times at the luncheon and he seems like a
Edited on Thu Dec-17-09 09:05 PM by Arctic Dave
really nice guy that can get things done.
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racaulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 10:34 PM
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42. Same here.
Traded in my old car in October. I had my Obama '08 sticker on it until then.
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Mira Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:53 PM
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13. 2 stickersare left on my truck:
Democratic Underground and

(small, med gray on black, elegant):
I did not vote for Bush

Obama has to show me a few things, and may get back on; I hope so, but every day it's looking less likely.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 04:54 PM
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14. Stop The War is on top of it.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 05:03 PM
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15. I all bumper stickers on magnetic sheeting so I can move them around.
The Obama stickers are on the refrigerator and filing cabinets so they'll still be in good shape for 2010's election (showing support). They'll be back on the car by September. Right now the only sticker I've got on reads: "FOX News - When facts don't matter."

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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 05:09 PM
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16. Never had a bumper sticker on my car - used to wear an Obama button on my
hunting vest. It really confused people. Then Obama started to confuse me. I have several Obama tee shirts and more buttons and stickers in a drawer, all unworn as keepsakes. Might try selling them on eBay soon.

mark
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HillbillyBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 05:20 PM
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17. they are faded to blank
but am thinkin hard about peelin em off.
I see someother poster mention a sign..well nothing like that has happened but a waitress at a local restaurant said " Well I could never vote for a n"
(and trailed off there nor did she return to our table, and we have not gone back there either)

It is possible tho that now one would be so rude to a person that has an NRA sticker and a bad attitude. I look like a bit of a rough neck.
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quaker bill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 06:32 PM
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18. Just where it put it
on the rear window, almost as good as new.
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GreenTea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 07:30 PM
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20. Never had any, Never felt comfortable with him, knew he was a moderate at best. But I voted for him
Edited on Thu Dec-17-09 08:29 PM by GreenTea
What choice did I have?

I've voted democrat in every single election since McGovern, each time it gets harder & harder because each time the "democrats" become more & more conservative and more & more corporate than the last Dem nominee.

Man, we'll NEVER see a FDR or JFK again....The democratic party is also another corporate party forever.

No peoples, workers or middle class liberal party ever....

We are forced to a two party system run by corporations benefit....but we knew this was going to happen and money would untimely win out....

Deep down in our brains, our sub-conscious, our feelings, our Psyche...since we first recognized the controlling aspects of society, before we knew as corporatism in our teens as we now know and define it and as I often saw it so clearly on acid, and it was clear as could be and it's all every bit of it as i saw is becoming a reality...Yes, we will be little corporate robots marching into factories, doing as we are told, don't make waves or else just be happy with the toys they give us....

We've got to put a stop this by fighting for what's right to the bitter end, no fucking around and compromising.
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 07:48 PM
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22. Never had one
as i live in Seattle, it was preaching to the choir.

HOWEVER, i do have one that says "STOP TOPPING TREES".

http://www.plantamnesty.org/stoptopping/5reasons.aspx
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 07:53 PM
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23. Oh great. Another asshole that assumes everyone has a bumper to put a sticker on
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 07:58 PM
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25. Hey-- My CAR is not the only thing that's big enough to put a bumper sticker on.
Wink, wink.
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 08:56 PM
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32. As opposed to an asshole who can't think of any place else to put a bumper sticker.
My kids put them on their bikes and their school binders. Sorry you couldn't come up with something for yourself...asshole.

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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 11:36 PM
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43. You know what would make a really good bumper sticker?
Edited on Thu Dec-17-09 11:36 PM by Warren DeMontague
"My Other Car Is An Asshole"


...far be it for me to get involved, but mayhaps you two ought to find something better to fight about.

Yeah, yeah, I know how this works--- now you're both going to call ME "asshole". :patriot:
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 12:21 AM
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44. No, you're not an asshole. But taterguy is for implying that owning a car in these United States
is a symbol of class warfare against poor little asshole him.

Yeah, I was really out of line and insensitive to people like taterguy when I posted my OP.

BTW - I lived in NYC for 12 years and didn't own a car during that time because I didn't really need one, what with the great public transportation. Strangely, I still got a few bumper stickers when Mondale and Dukakis ran for president, even though I didn't have a car to stick them on.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 07:55 PM
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24. I removed it July 26, 2009, the day before I started my current job
It's not a democratic friendly industry mostly, though I have found a few more democrats there, but I rarely talk about politics there anyways.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 07:58 PM
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26. On my car, but coming off tomorrow.
Know anybody who's looking to buy Fairey posters?
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 08:00 PM
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28. Never had any.
I don't put stickers on my car. I lease my car.
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Twinguard Donating Member (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 08:09 PM
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29. Other.
Mine are actually magnets, not stickers. I live in a pretty conservative area, and I love my car. The day after the election, I removed them from my car (and wifey's car too) and now one is displayed prominently on my refrigerator and the other is on my beer fridge in my basement.

I don't agree with, or even like, some of the crap that Obama has done, but he is my president and I'll support him. I don't, however, want my car vandalized (I worried about it even during the campaign) so I think my fridges are perfectly adequate to hold my magnets.

If I feel like supporting Obama during the '12 elections (which I probably will), I might just put them back on our cars as kind of a throwback support until we get current paraphernalia.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 08:26 PM
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30. We're in this mess because people love their things more than principles
Thanks for being part of the problem
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Twinguard Donating Member (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 09:04 PM
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34. My pleasure.
Umm... We're in this mess because I don't want my car keyed? Awesome.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 09:24 PM
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35. That and the fact that people are too lazy to walk or bike places
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Twinguard Donating Member (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 09:43 PM
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38. So I'm the asshole because I don't want my car keyed
and because I live several miles from town and don't want to have to walk for hours to the grocery store with a stroller carrying my kids? What about the times I have to take my kids to the doctor or dentist? Should I start walking before dawn to make it to early afternoon appointments? Reliable public transit would be awesome for my errands, but where I live, it's just not an option. Therefore I bought a car I really like and I drive it when I have to go to town. I don't want my car keyed when I park it, so I took my Obama magnet off. I haven't abandoned any principles, I have simply taken a vandal's target off of my car. Furthermore, I resent being called lazy by someone who doesn't know me, my living situation, my family, or anything else about me. I am not lazy at all. I just don't live where I can realistically walk to a bus stop to catch a ride to town.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 10:12 PM
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40. Who said anything about walking?
And who forced you to live where you choose to live?
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Twinguard Donating Member (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 10:30 PM
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41. You said "That and the fact that people are too lazy to WALK or bike places."
So it was you who brought up the subject of walking.

I am really happy with my house and the freedom that being out of town affords. It does, though, have some drawbacks like the inability to use any sort of public transit. That's why I bought the car that I don't want keyed. I've never complained about where I live because, frankly, I like where I live. Would I like my community to have a different political view? Of course. Do I take steps to avoid harm to my person, my family, and my property? Who doesn't?

Don't forget, this whole discussion started when you accused me of being "part of the problem" because I "love my things more than my principles". I don't feel that I am part of the problem, and like I said earlier, I haven't abandoned any principles... I simply want to keep my car from being keyed, and one step I've taken was to remove my Obama magnet.

If you have a problem with that, or with me because I value my property, than it is exactly that... your problem. Get over it.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 06:31 AM
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45. I love the smell of denial in the morning
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tnlefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 08:28 PM
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31. Other:
I took them off 2-3 weeks ago and that wasn't on your poll as it hasn't been the day after the election nor months ago.
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 09:36 PM
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36. Dog earred, faded and more than a little unglued.
They're still there but they're definitely looking like how I feel.
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krabigirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 09:39 PM
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37. Other: I never had one. (Don't like bumper stickers too much.)
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Carolina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-17-09 09:47 PM
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39. in the trash
Edited on Thu Dec-17-09 09:48 PM by Carolina
bin of history. Thought I'd want to save them as souvenirs but then I thought souvenirs of what? That I was foolishly hopeful...

Now, that 'Yes, we can' bullshit just makes me mad.
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