Why Do Only Jocks and Old Ladies Wear BUSH/CHENEY '04 Buttons?

[Placebo]

I swear, those are the only two archetypes around my university that I ever see wearing BUSH/CHENEY '04 buttons.

It's either some little old lady who looks totally removed from reality and probably wishes life would return to the way it was in the 1950's

or some tough looking jock in gym shoes with a baseball hat on and a neck thicker than his head.

(ps I don't know why there are always old ladies around my university, but there are, maybe because we're downtown)

[Caution]

1. I can honestly say that I have yet to see a single Bush/Cheney button

or lawn sign (I live in MA and in a particularly Dem part of MA....but still). Not even one. Today on the road (1 hour 15 minute commute on the busiest highway in MA) I saw a single BC04 sticker and 6 K/E stickers (not including my own).

[aldian159]

5. I agree

although I live in Chicago, I still haven't seen a B/C button, sticker, lawn sign, etc.

[cmf]

8. Me, too

I live in WA. I've seen a couple bumper stickers, but no one wearing their support of Shrub on their body. Actually, I take that back, I used to see a guy on my commute with a Bush* hat. He stopped wearing it a couple months ago, though.

[tigereye]

11. same here

I have seen some lawn signs ( nothing compared to all the Kerry signs) and some bumperstickers. But no buttons. But I am in Pittsburgh. Even the suburbs here do not seem particularly enamored of a Bush re-election.

[freetobegay]

2. Because the old ladies are paying the jocks!

[rfranklin]

3. Ask those jocks to volunteer in memory of Pat Tillman...

since they are so gung ho.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

4. Steroids and senility?

just a thought.

[PittLib]

6. The only people with B/C '04 bumper stickers are...

SUVs and BMWs. I guess between the stickers and the buttons they've cornered the market on ignorance (slightly more pc that "stupidity")and self interest.

[hippiechick]

9. That's what I'm seeing in Indy too ...

It's the ones in the Mercedes' and Lexii SUV's that are sporting the Pug stickers. Horde the wealth, y'know ?

But K/E stickers on 'normal people's cars' are outranking them probably 4-1, which is incredibly encouraging here in Dan Burton-land.

:hippie:

[PittLib]

10. Yep ... I'm in PA and it rings pretty true.

I did see a beat up old station wagon with a B/C sticker and several Cavaliers, which I found amusing - but the Kerry supporters here are either more numerous, or prouder ... my bet is on both.

[tigereye]

13. I have seen some Bush signs in Sq Hill on big houses

and on some beat up houses near where I live... city suburb. They seem to be more on pick-up trucks ( non-union ones), on SUvs, and on the cars and houses of people who do not appear to be doing well econominally. Ironically, the midddle-upper middle seem to be leaning Kerry, just from my driving around appraisal. I did see a lexus with a Kerry sticker. That was cool.

[PittLib]

15. I'm a South Sider and Kerry dominates here

but driving through the South Hills yesterday was eye opening ... it started to even out and even lean Bush*. I loved driving around Squirrel Hill and Shadyside - tons of Kerry signs.

[tigereye]

16. well the East End near the universities is

always leaning Dem and kind of skewed. Sq. Hill and Shadyside, and Regent Square are some of the most liberal parts of the city. But the lack of Bush signs in Edgewood which tends to be very Rep. was a surprise. I saw more Kerry signs. I live in Swissvale and there aren't a lot of signs here at all oddly enough, except on my street! MY brother said Troy Hill is plastered with Bush signs. I might drive around next time I am out in North Hills to see how it looks out there.

[cheezus]

7. everyone else is embarassed

huge change around here in lawn signs (only seen kerry buttons). in 2000 there were bush signs everywhere. now there's still plenty of repub candidate signs, but almost none of the yards also have the bush sign.

This is in a heavy repub state... i'm guessing they'll still vote for the chimp, but they aren't proud of it

[tigereye]

14. I think a lot of the Bush people are defensive

they thought they would have an easier time of it.

[CBHagman]

12. No, I've seen an overweight teenager wearing B-C stuff.

Okay, so I only remember the Kerry-bashing buttons, not a Bush-Cheney button. But the kid had several buttons on, and the overall impression I had was of a Bush supporter.

I think he was a tourist, too, judging by the way he was standing around in the middle of the sidewalk with his group while office workers passed by on their way to lunch.