Does your KERRY/EDWARDS bumper sticker make you a better driver?

[DAGDA56]

I find myself less tempted to make "asshole" moves in traffic...like I have to set an example.

[GiovanniC]

1. I Am The Same Way

I don't want to piss off any swing voters.

I seriously know people who would change their vote if they got cut off in traffic by someone with a candidate's bumper sticker.

Sad but true.

[newsguyatl]

2. HAHAHAHA

that's the funniest thing i've read in a week.

OMG, i feel the exact same way!!!!! i thought i was the only one! LOL


and then when i do cut someone off or do something otherwise not so gentlemanlike, i'm thinking "oh, don't judge kerry by me." lol

[59millionmorons]

3. No

But I have this urge to smile and hug the drivers next to me.

[Mz Pip]

4. I think so.

I sort of consider myself a Kerry representative and will do my best to not piss anyone off with bad driving. If I piss someone off because of the Kerry sticker then they can go f*ck themselves.

MzPip
:dem:

[DAGDA56]

9. yeah, that's what I mean...love pissing them off because of the sticker...

...but don't want to feed their distorted fantasy of "AH HA! Lookit the Kerry sticker...no wonder he drives like an asshole!"

[Kolesar]

5. Ha! I think about that while I am poking my way along the freeway

I like to drive at the speed limit, which really seems to unnerve some people. Now I feel self conscious about it. Oh, well, at least they get a good chance to read the "John Kerry" and the "Outsource BUSH" bumperstickers.

[osaMABUSh]

6. You're right. I'm the same way.

I drive more courteously because I don't want someone to cut someone off then they think "Oh, that asshole is voting for Kerry - figures!"

I'd rather have the contrary reaction.

[jmags]

24. That's funny because in my apartment complex

there is someone with a Bush/Cheney bumper sticker who can't parallel park for the live of them. And everytime I see the car parked all crooked and half on the curb, I think, "Only a Bush fan could park like such an asshole."

[NMDemDist2]

7. yup n/t

[wishlist]

16. Yes- I am definitely more careful and courteous in my driving

so as to not make a bad impression that would reflect poorly on Kerry and Dems in general.

[leyton]

8. I've probably lost the Democrats several votes already

with my driving. Sometimes, I just have to change lanes.

Oh well. I do think about it when I do, and I usually just hope they don't notice my bumper, which advertises more than just Kerry.

[DemWitch]

10. It fell off

I had a Kerry bumpersticker on, and got rear ended. I got the car back last week, and immediatly ordered a Kerry/Edwards sticker. I put it on today. Tonight going to get dinner, my new rear bumper fell off.

Is this a bad sign? Or just poor Korean workmanship?

[Solly Mack]

11. a bottomless cauldron of goodwill to share by example

while driving...if that doesn't work, use the hammer.

[osaMABUSh]

12. The other thing I do is drive to get the most "impressions"

I think the marketing term is "impressions" which are the instances someone sees or hears about your product or brand name - like when some company buys a sports stadium - that want to maximize their impressions.

So what I do on my 25 mile one way commute is frequently pass or get passed on purpose. I do this all courteously and safely and try to maximize my impressions.

Also, if I happen to see a Bush sticker I make a point of passing them and pulling right in front of them so they HAVE to see the Kerry sticker.

[gristy]

14. Yup, me too.

My DU sticker is in the upper left hand corner of my rear window, since I almost always drive in the right hand lane on the highway.

[gristy]

13. Yes it will

once I put one on. I noticed I've already gotten better after I pasted a NO2W sticker on my rear bumper: I no longer brake for tail-gaters. Better for everyone involved... LOL!

[RC]

15. No, but my

North Shore, Hawaii license frame seems to make people want to tail gate. :P

[madinmaryland]

17. I thought about getting a

Bush bumper sticker and being an asshole driver. Though I don't think it will work very well in a car that gets 40 mpg and fits in the super-sub compact spots at the train station.

[DAGDA56]

19. Yeah...if I put a Bush/Cheney sticker on my miata...

...it would ruin the suspension...and I wouldn't be fooling anybody. Now, if I only had a Hummer...

[Justitia]

18. I used to have a Dean sticker that definitely made me a better driver

It's gone now :cry:

I live around so many Bush/Cheney stickers, they raise my blood pressure tenfold.

When their ultra-huge, gas guzzling, monolith of an SUV, driven by a sexually repressed, anger mgmt rejectee redneck cuts me off in traffic, I scream out loud "It figures!"

[galadrium]

20. Yes...

I take my politics very seriously. I feel that I am setting an example for the Kerry supporters. I want to set the best example possible. I know it is crazy but I think this way.

[InvisibleTouch]

21. Funny you should say that!

I've felt the same way lately. I even feel like I should take care not to dress like a total frump when I'm out and about running errands, to give a positive impression. Hey, every little bit helps!

[eridani]

22. My Kucinich bumpersticker certainly does

I'll be adding my Kerry/Edwards sticker, but not taking the Kucinich sticker off.

[CrispyQ]

23. Yes, it does! And I wondered if I was the only one!

Thanks for the thread! Gave me a good chuckle.