Is anyone else seeing MORE Bush '04 stickers??

[midnight armadillo]

Here in MA I was seeing about 1 Bush/Cheney sticker per week before the election.

Now I'm spying 2-3 per day. Has anyone else noticed this?

[kick-ass-bob]

1. I have noticed it as well.

Fucking bandwagoners...

[graywarrior]

2. Yes, I thought I was nuts. More in Florida now

It's a cult.

[nclib]

3. Yes.

Cowards.

[underpants]

4. I see them all the time now

Hardly say any before two weeks ago. We wife has noticed that W stickered cars drive much more aggressively than they were.

[searchingforlight]

5. Yes.

They were too chicken to declare themselves before but now they don't mind telling the world how stupid they are because they are in the majority!

[youspeakmylanguage]

8. I'm leaving my Kerry sticker on my bumper...

...as long as I can before it fades into oblivion. I'm PROUD
of who I voted for, and as soon as I find a "Don't blame
me!" sticker, I'll stick it on as well.

[jac7656]

15. There's a reason for that...a damn good one, too....

I heard from many W. supporters that they were afraid to put Bush/Cheney stickers on their cars, for fear of vandalism. A lot of people heard stories (real or exaggerated) of pro-Bush cars being keyed, windows broken, etc. Perhaps they were just convinced by the almost daily reports in the last three weeks of the juvenile delinquent acts perpetrated by so many avid Kerry fans: Storming BC04 headquarters in FL and WI, stealing BC04 campaign office computers in Seattle, bullets fired into a campaign office in TN, and of course, the litany of torn up, stolen, and even urinated-on pro-Bush yard signs. Hell, can you blame them? How many news stories did you see about a group of College Republicans engaged in drive-by shootings at Kerry's offices, vandalizing and stealing from innocent Democratic voters?

You may call them cowards, but there is a difference between honest risk-assessment and cowardice; I tend to think they are fairly sensible for avoiding flamboyant displays of Republicanism on their unprotected vehicles. After all, is there a real upside to having it on the car that justifies the risk? How many people are swayed in their politics by viewing a bumper sticker? It's not an election-changing act. They didn't need to advertise to the world their vote...they just needed to go and vote, period. Evidently, there were a lot of them.

If they are feeling more confident now, it's because the Democrat's rapid anger and hatred of anything Bush has been tempered somewhat by melancholoy and depression following Kerry's defeat. THe emotional climax is over, and they feel safe once again to publicly profess their politics without fear from thugs and vandals.

[Crankie Avalon]

16. Oh, please...

...NO ONE can compete with you people for thuggery. The vilest collection of lowlifes to ever masquerade as Americans. You've got a lot of nerve. Enjoy your stay, here. :eyes:

[Left Is Write]

18. Well, if that's so, then how do you explain

that phenomenon here in Idaho? This state is among the reddest states there are in this nation. It is overwhelmingly conservative and supportive of Bush. I can't imagine anyone here having been "afraid" to display Bush paraphernalia (indeed, *I* was afraid to display Kerry goods!), so to what should I attribute the rash of new stickers I'm seeing? Although it is possible that I'm just noticing them more now, I doubt that's the case. I was supersensitive to political stickers during the campaign and always on the lookout for them.

[jac7656]

21. I don't have an explanation for that, sorry....

Maybe that is the bandwagon effect in your state. My theory is more about battleground states.

[ET Awful]

26. You really should come out into the real world for a while.

You might actually learn something. There are hundreds of cases of Kerry signs being stolen, cars being vandalized for having Kerry stickers, Democratic offices being burglarized, etc.

Hell, it was so rampant that your Republican brethren would even manhandle people wearing T-shirts critical of Bush.

I suggest heavy doses of wake the fuck up, followed by intermittent sessions of reality.

[Shae]

27. Bull-oney

When I worked the Dem/Kerry booth at the fair, some Kerry supporters said they were reluctant to put up Kerry yard signs because their Repub neighbors would put rocks through their windows.
So who you gonna believe?
Hint: The Dems aren't the vindictive sons-of-bitches.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

Oh BULLSHIT

My bumperstickers were vandalized-in MASSACHUSETTS.

You people have perfected the art of suppressing freedom of speech.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

30. Oh BULLSHIT

My bumperstickers were vandalized-in MASSACHUSETTS.

You people have perfected the art of suppressing freedom of speech.

[MrUnderhill]

6. Two possibilities.

1) Your just noticing them more now. It's because it hurts and your sensitive to it.

2) The "bandwagon" effect. It has ALWAYS been the case that polls taken AFTER the winner is known show more people claiming they voted for him than actually did. You might have missed it, but a few of the polls late in this election cycle asked "who did you vote for in 2000". Bush would have actually won by 3-4% if people were telling the truth.

[cabbage08]

9. I agree with the The bandwagon effect

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

32. Also, a lot of Kerry supporters

have taken down their signs and stickers, whereas many Bush supporters have not.

[Jessica]

7. YES!!

I have been saying this for days now -- they're popping up all over the place! And this is not good news for my road rage.

[jdots]

10. now they think it's safe to come out

time to counter attack

[mhr]

11. Seem To Be All Gone In Dallas, TX

eom

[Bertha Venation]

12. Our neighbor put one on his truck the day after the election.

Nice guy. I love him and his wife. Good people. Abhorrent politics, though.

[VioletLake]

13. I appreciate

that they're considerate enough to wear a warning label.

"Warning: I'm with stupid."

"Warning: Idiot on board."

"Warning: I left my morals in my other car."

[Left Is Write]

14. Yes.

There were enough before the election, but now I'm seeing them everywhere.

[scarlett1]

17. Thought was just me

Since I live in Kansas. But I do seem to see more. I still see Kerry Edwards stickers, I took mine off only because I intended to take my off no matter the outcome, because I don't like putting stickers on my car. For me to put the Kerry Edwards stickers on my car was a big deal, and I had 3; one in the front where a front plate would be that was the standard Kerry Edwards, one on the back window that read "It's up to the Women... KE" and one on the rear bumper also an Up to the women.

[RaleighNCDUer]

25. The only bumper sticker I removed was the

"Like father, like son, one term, you're done". Obviously, not valid.

Keeping my 2 Kerry/Edwards, my BUSHisWHACKED, my Defend America Defeat Bush.

If the redstaters take offense and vandalise my car, well, I could use the insurance money.

[peekaloo]

19. I want one that says fraWd.

[tsakshaug]

20. more in NY too...

Driving on the Thruway this weekend saw many more than a few weeks ago.

I am not a slow driver-I would say of the non-Canadian cars that flew by me, 75% had W stickers on them.

[Blue_Roses]

22. Yes, I thought is was just me

[tjwash]

23. It's good ol' fashioned gloating.

I've seen three new shrub signs suddenly pop up in different yards here, after the election.

[regularguy]

24. I've seen a bit of this. But I have to admit that

had Kerry won, I was prepared to be the gloatingest sorewinningest mutha that ever lived.

[Shae]

28. The most puke-inducing bumper sticker I've seen:

George W. Bush: My Hero.
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
:crazy:

[Huckebein the Raven]

29. I see more of those damn "W: the presidents stickers"

how long is it before we see W flags ?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

31. I noticed this phenomenon in MA too

it's gloating-because they're a minority here.

[City Lights]

33. I noticed that here too.

They are crawling out of the woodwork now. Makes me :puke:.