Am I the only one who won't put an Obama sticker on their car

[democratdoug]

because I think some right wing lunatic would damage my car? Plus if I caught them in the act I would crack some heads and probably end up in jail. It's a sad day when you can't express your political preference without fear of reprisal from chicken sh*t repukes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Depends on where you live, I guess.

I've been seeing more and more of them around here. No McCain stickers at all. I'll be getting one for my car ASAP.

[democratdoug]

5. I live in TN...

lots of "W" stickers around here....plus my 08' civic si is in pristine condition. I would hate to see it keyed. That would really piss me off!

[comtec]

105. Then I would say... good call

There's no point putting a target on your forehead.
These freepers are so depressed that their guy is such a bum (to be exceedingly polite) that they will probably attack anyone who points out how amazingly wrong (again being polite) they were.

I think you can get special dispensation for NOT putting your head in their cross hairs (possibly literally?!)

[ullad]

106. Obama sticker

I am wearing an Obama T-shirt and a hat. Don't have a sticker for my car. But my car was keyed anyway.

[Faygo Kid]

2. Yes, you are the only one.

Put the damned sticker on your damned car.

I had mine torn off in May, but no damage done, and I replaced it.

It was different in 2004, when my car was "keyed" the very next day after I put a Kerry sticker on the bumper.

I won't be intimidated by the thugs, and you shouldn't be, either.

[exothermic]

29. No he isn't the only one. You can't fight thugs if they sneak in at night

and vandalize the car.

[CrispyQ]

72. Overall, I think repub attitudes in '04 were much more hostile than now.

I was flipped off several times. One asshole followed me so closely I slowed to about 20 mph so he would pass me, but he didn't. I was going home, but decided I didn't want that piece of shit to know where I lived, so I drove to the police station instead. Once I turned in & he realized where we were, he took off, flipping me the bird.

I never had my truck keyed or tires slashed, but I was concerned I might, & I live in a fairly progressive area. But my stickers stayed on.



I had this sticker on at one time & someone wiped a booger on Kerry's photo. Harr! This is the mentality we're up against - junior high bullies. Most are not too happy with boosh now, but would never admit it.

On a positive note, after Fahrenheit 9/11 came out I started getting lots of honks & thumbsup. I noticed a definite difference in the attitude of the general public after that movie. Thank god for Michael Moore. I really think that movie opened a lot of people's eyes.

[polichick]

3. I've got Obama stickers - so far nobody has damaged my car...

But I have had bullying assholes in huge vehicles tailgate so close that I don't dare slow down ~ and my guess is they are responding to the stickers (since it didn't happen before I had them).

PA is a beautiful state, but we have more than our share of throw-backs.

[npk]

66. Re: Polichick

But I have had bullying assholes in huge vehicles tailgate so close that I don't dare slow down ~ and my guess is they are responding to the stickers (since it didn't happen before I had them).

PA is a beautiful state, but we have more than our share of throw-backs.


It was probably just a McCain supporter. They have such a hard time reading the bold print that is right in front of them, they have to get as close as they can.

[polichick]

119. Lol - let's hope. But something worse happened this morning...

A car with shaded windows pulled up beside me just a few inches away (in a no-passing zone), and someone I couldn't see held up a handwritten sign that said "NIGGER LOVER" ~ this in 2008. Made me sick!

[RazBerryBeret]

4. I put a magnetic Obama sticker on my car...

so I have the option of taking it off if need be. I haven't yet...
and surprisingly nothing has happened in a month...
and I live in Ohio...

[democratdoug]

9. good idea on the magnetic sticker

when I leave my car unattended I can take it off....and when I'm driving I can piss off all the chickenhawks. Where can I get one?

[RazBerryBeret]

23. I got mine free by making a donation

2 months ago--the cool round one...but there are some on here as well

http://www.democratnationalcommittee.com/candidates/barack_obama.htm?gclid=COfap8224JQCFQWVFQod1URZRA

[dsc]

83. places like walmart and craft stores sell the magnetic stuff

and you can just apply your ordinary sticker to that. I use that for all my stickers (more to avoid paint damage as my bumpers are painted too) than anything else. Though if I drive through MS next summer I may take my gay themed stickers off my car.

[Catshrink]

47. Good idea... I just bought some on ebay

after I saw your post. I'm a teacher and although it's common knowledge that I'm one of "the liberals" in our very conservative community, I don't want to tempt kids by putting a permanent sticker on my car. And I live in McCain Country. In '04 I had a personalized license plate reading "DefeatW" and I was nearly run off the road a couple of times, presumably by unbalanced KoolAid addicts. I don't mind risking that again -- what the heck. But, my pretty new '08 Civic is in pristine condition and I want to keep it that way!

[derby378]

6. Oh, come ON...

If you want to put an Obama sticker on your car, DO IT. If you don't, the terrorists win. The real terrorists are within the Bush administration, remember?

The worst that ever happened to me was that someone put a Bush sticker on the front bumper of my car. No harm done.

Besides, you should take a look at the Obama sticker I've got on my car...

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=Obama+finger&_sacat=See-All-Categories

[babylonsister]

8. Hey, derby378, how are they selling? nt

[derby378]

10. They're selling okay...

They're not selling as well as my Kerry stickers did in 2004, but I do have some very excited buyers. I've even sold a few Obama stickers in France and the UK. Maybe Germany, too.

[babylonsister]

14. It's early; hopeful sales will pick up for you. I'm framing mine.(: nt

[Lisa0825]

27. I saw a pic of one on someone's back in Germany.

Was that one of our DUers or just a random person?

[derby378]

80. Do you have a link to the picture?

I would really like to see it...!

[gratefultobelib]

7. I've had "IMPEACH BUSH" on mine for at least 3 yrs and no trouble. Also my DU sticker.

[Ian David]

11. We have soldiers fighting and dying and you're afraid to put a sticker on your car?

Granted, I probably went a little overboard. But still..

[crikkett]

12. it sucks to live in fear of your own neighbors' irrational behavior

I hope it gets better for everyone, soon, where you are. This kind of bullshit goes away when most everyone is secure in their homes and jobs.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. You'd have heart failure if you saw my car

LOL

[derby378]

Sounds like my car in 2006

:rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. It's a requirement if you went to Camp Casey

:rofl:

[w8liftinglady]

114. hehe...me,too.

[Pavulon]

15. I dont put any stickers on my cars

for anything, personal preference. Not really fear, I just don't want shit on my car.

[taterguy]

16. When has there ever been an act of political violence in Memphis?

[Ian David]

17. You're bad. Very bad. n/t

[derby378]

19. You just won today's "Gallows Humor" prize...

:spray:

[liberalmuse]

20. If you don't feel comfortable doing it. Don't.

And don't let anyone 'guilt' you into it. It's just a sticker. There are other ways to promote Obama. Stay informed and talk to people whenever the opportunity arises. Volunteer for the campaign, if you feel so compelled. You will be stressing about your car a lot if you put that sticker on it, and it's not worth it. When I lived in Utah, people keyed my car, slashed my tire, etc. when I put my Kerry sticker on it. Let's face it, too many conservatives are fascist Nazi thugs, too fucking stupid to grasp the concept of free speech. They like to destroy anything that doesn't mesh with their simplistic and false worldview. They don't deserve freedom, and they can't behave like civilized adults. Don't give them justification in their sad, warped little minds to vandalize your car.

[democratdoug]

21. I do support Obama....He is the first candidate I have ever sent money

and I plan on sending more!

[tuckessee]

22. I won't either.

But that's because it would clash with my "No War" sticker.

[lonestarnot]

24. And I'm sure you would be afraid to stand up for the Constitution too.

You better stick to drinking koolaide and forget the tea.

[democratdoug]

25. That remark almost made me feel like I was on a repuke site!

I can go there and get attacked.

[lonestarnot]

31. Wouldn't be trying to make it one now would you?

You might try growing a pair.

[exothermic]

32. Don't take it too hard...there are a few mentally impaired people in any large group.

:hi:

[lonestarnot]

40. There certainly are.

[unapatriciated]

34. deleted wrong thread...

[Edweird]

46. Don't sweat him.

There are many regular people here.
There are also a few arrogant holier-than-thou legend-in-their-own-mind bullies here that will enthusiastically judge and berate you based on where you live, what you drive, what you eat, whether or not you own a gun, or whatever. None of which, as far as I can tell, has any bearing whatsoever on your party affiliation.

btw, I grew up in Memphis.

[LanternWaste]

59. Or (and I find this more likely)...

"You better stick to drinking koolaide and forget the tea"

Or (and I find this more likely) many people choose which battle to fight based on a prioritization of consequence.

Because choosing not to put a bumper-sticker on one's car is precisely the same thing and carries the same moral weight as failing to stand up for the constitution... :sarcasm:

[lonestarnot]

91. What else do you want to silence while your at it?

[uppityperson]

97. Why are you being so nasty?

Accusing new posters of being koolaid drinking repubs, then this sort of post which doesn't seem to have much to do with what you are replying to. Why?

Do you really feel that choosing not to put a bumper-sticker on one's car is precisely the same thing and carries the same moral weight as failing to stand up for the constitution?

[lonestarnot]

111. I find that exercise of free speech because of cowardice ie that something may happen to you or your

property appauling. If one will not exercise the freedom to put a political bumper sticker on one's own fucking property out of fear, they certainly wouldn't stand up to someone trying to steal away any of the rest of their freedoms. And if I am nasty about it, well it's because I have watched it happen for 7 and 1/2 years. And I am totally fucking sick of this cowardice. Where does one take a stand if they are afraid to put a fucking bumper sticker on their own freak'n car that they supposedly paid for or are making payments on? What if someone told him he had to put a McCain sticker on his car. Guess that would be something he would have to do?

[uppityperson]

120. Here is something that can happen.

This is your question:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3688345&mesg_id=3688565
This is the reply:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3688345&mesg_id=3688664

Being afraid of speaking out is appalling, but what is appalling is that this fear can be a realistic fear.

Aside from free speech also being the freedom to not speak, sometimes being afraid to speak can be due to real things.

[lonestarnot]

121. I understand that, but I will not go through life being afraid of real things. Should a bus run me

over today, (which is a real thing) I will have said my piece/peace and will take satisfaction in knowing that the silence that killed did not fucking come from me. Not now, not then, not ever!

[uppityperson]

125. Good. We need all types to work towards postive change.

[LanternWaste]

117. It was his choice to remain remain silent

It was his choice to remain remain silent-- a passive use of that same Constitution you so pruriently advertise, by the way).

As for me, he may remain silent or speak his will at any time. I will not pass judgment on a person staying silent.

Nor will I use that as some type of bizarre rhetorical humping board to assume that he wants to silence anyone other than himself.

The hand-me-down quote, "I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it" can easily be looked at from the angle of "I may not agree with your silence, but I'll defend your right to silence". in which case, the question you posed towards me ("What else do you want to silence while your at it?") could then easily be directed back at yourself thusly, "who else do you want to force to speak up when they choose to keep it to themselves? "

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, chief.



Sheesh. Into dramatic & semantic overreaches much...?

[lonestarnot]

123. And did you happen to catch the Chinese families this a.m. being run out of their homes because the

government wanted their property? The can't even be bothered with a hearing over there. Eminent domain is just give it to me because I want it. Free speech doesn't say a word about silence. Nice try though. Into dramatic & semantic overreaches much...?

[LanternWaste]

127. The self-validating individual who would rather win than be correct...

Wow. You really come across like quite the boob sometimes. The self-validating individual who would rather win than be correct... :eyes:

"Free speech doesn't say a word about silence."
Fifth Amendment, anyone? My God-- the ignorance is... astoundingly depressing.

Please, for God's sake-- educate yourself! Reading your posts are more like playing chess with a fish than engaging in actual dialog. So, yeah-- you're the second person on my ignore list.

Quickly now-- get in that last, parting witticism, and advertise even more of your daunting intellectual depth for the gallery. Make it a good one, too-- we expect great things from you.

[lonestarnot]

129. Well thank you!

I can do without your ad hominem attacks at any rate. No one said a fucking word about winning or losing but you. :eyes:

[deadmessengers]

26. You're not the only one.

I won't, for that same reason. I know several people here in the Atlanta suburbs who had their cars vandalized during the '04 election cycle, apparently for having Kerry bumper stickers - one had a big X scratched through the sticker and right into the paint - from what I can tell by looking at it, a screwdriver was used. I've also heard rumors of Obama bumper stickers being spray-painted over, but of course that's just a rumor.

[unapatriciated]

36. From another escaped yankee in Atlanta.....

:rofl: :rofl: at your homepage on your profile.

[RebelOne]

109. I live in the Atlanta area in Woodstock.

I am in a completely red county. I had Kerry/Edwards stickers on my car along with one from MoveOn.org and had no problem. Just one time a policeman decided to harass me and followed me for about 2 miles to my home. I think he was trying to intimidate me.

[Breeze54]

28. "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear." - Mark Twain

"If you have courage, you will influence people based on your convictions.
If you lack courage, you will influence people based on your comfort zones.
Courage will take you anywhere you believe God is leading you.
Without courage, you will go where you are comfortable."

- Wayne Schmidt -

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"You gain strength, courage & confidence by every experience in which you really
stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do."

- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt -


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue. You have to have courage
- courage of different kinds: first, intellectual courage, to sort out different
values and make up your mind about which is the one which is right for you to follow.
'You have to have moral courage to stick up to that - no matter what comes in your way,
no matter what the obstacle and the opposition is."

- Indira Gandhi -

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else." - Erma Bombeck -

It's up to you.

[exothermic]

30. Nobody with any brains at all was ever persuaded by a bumper sticker anyway.

...

[unapatriciated]

33. I live in Georgia and have the same fears...

a co-worker has one on her car and has not had a problem yet, so I guess I will slap that bumper sticker on!

[KharmaTrain]

35. Having A Gramps Sticker Here Is A Liability

Actually I still think a "W" one (and I still see a few) are the ones that get the biggest "attention" here in Obamaland. It wasn't long ago on the local hate radio station I scanned across a caller who complained how he was "afraid" to drive his car with a Gramps bumper sticker anywhere in Chicago...that he was getting flipped off all over the place and had what he called "scratch marks" (bet the stupid moron didn't know he was keyed...LOL)...so now if he has to drive in the city he takes his wife's car. :rofl:

Honestly...I have still to see a Gramps bumper sticker in my travels. The other day as I was driving around Chicago's "wonderful" expressways, I saw a bunch of Obama stickers...many of them on nice looking sedans.

Sorry you're in a part of the world that is on the other side of mine...and I can relate, having once been in a heavily red area and having had my car not just keyed by spray painted for having a Mondale sticker. These days I keep mine in the back car window...clear enough for people to recognize and see and easy enough to remove if I felt it was gonna get my car in trouble.

[Name removed]

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[democratdoug]

38. I would invite you to say that to my face

I live in Memphis....let me know when you are passing through. We could have a man to man discussion!

[lonestarnot]

42. Yeah just as my first impression lead me to believe.

mano y mano. :eyes:

[democratdoug]

51. delete

[LanternWaste]

67. Much like life, I imagine.

Though I don't know what you wrote that prompted your own deletion, it's probably just as well and illustrates remarkable restraint on your part. We on DU have a small (but vocal) coterie of individuals who validate and elevate their own sense of machismo and self-worth by tearing down others (no one person or poster is being referenced in my statement).

Stay around and you'll see them-- obvious in their implications and crass in their innuendo.

Far more often than not, I've simply put them on my ignore list-- why would one carry on reasoned debate about advanced trig with a seven year old who can barely remember his numbers past twenty? It's a waste of time...

Much like life, I imagine.

[cayuga]

43. Tough talk

now grow a pair a put a bumper sticker on your car.

[lonestarnot]

50. Woot and welcome to DU!

:applause: :toast: :hug: :thumbsup:

[mitchtv]

69. with an attitude like that

I'll hold the welcome and get out some popcorn. An honest , well though out question doesn't desere some wise ass , nasty remark like the poster is making. makes you want to say STFU

[cayuga]

78. Attitude? You betchum!

I have seen my country hijacked by a group of thieving, corrupt, lying, immoral, cowardly, disgusting bastards. Yeah, I have attitude.

And when one of these "ewwww...I'm so skeered somebody's gonna hurt my car" people, the 'please, sir, may I have another' crowd, repeats exactly what the right would like you to believe...I get attitude.

If the REMOTE possibility of a scratch on your Jeep Cherokee is more important to you than your job, liberty, home, financial security, health benefits, education, government, and quality of life, than what the hell are you doing on DU in the first place?

[mitchtv]

86. enjoy your stay

Oh righteous one

[lonestarnot]

89. Sniveling will get you alot.

Apparently you think it is so.

[uppityperson]

98. And a bumper sticker will get you all that? Huh.

job, liberty, home, financial security, health benefits, education, government, and quality of life.

Wow, all from a bumper sticker. I thought working to GOTV, talking with people, working with others, donating to candidates, contacting representatives to make your thoughts known, voting, even working with petitions would be more likely to get all that than simply buying and posting a bumper sticker. That sounds rather like those who believe "supporting the troops" means buying and posting a bumper sticker.

Huh.

[mitchtv]

132. As Bill Maher says...

"the very least you can do; the VERY least..."

[lonestarnot]

92. Courage as displayed by op is lays at the feet of the fucking disaster we find ourselves in

presently, or have you bothered to see anything around you but TV, and furthermore spell check could assist you greatly. Do you have teef?

[Drunken Irishman]

108. FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

[lonestarnot]

126. LOL D.I.

:evilgrin:

[graywarrior]

39. After the initial bird flip I got in NH, I have received nothing but good responses for my Obama

sticker. I'm finding that people will stop me in a parking lot to talk about Obama.

[taterguy]

57. How many times do I have to apologize for that damn bird flip?

You cut me off on a day when I had PMS

[graywarrior]

60. You were clothed that day....

now, if you had been nekkid.........

[Blue Diadem]

41. Don't let them control what you do.

If you want to put a sticker on your car do it. If you're worried that someone will vandalize your car when you park it, get a window cling and remove it when you park.

[mucifer]

44. I live in Chicago. I won't put it on my car tho I want to because

I'm a hospice nurse and if I go to the home of a republican and they see an Obama sticker on my car it could do harm to a relationship with the patient and or family. Trust is important.

[MicaelS]

45. No,

But then I have never put any bumper sticker on any car I ever owned. And when I have bought a car the first thing I do is take off the dealer's whatever. I don't even like to have to put parking stickers on my windshield. Just a little quirk of mine.

[1]

48. "who? who does not want to wear the ribbon?"

[AllieB]

81. ....

:rofl:

That's exactly who I was thinking of!

[JerseygirlCT]

49. I won't, but for a different reason

My history with bumper stickers and winning candidates is abysmal. I don't dare jinx things.

[CrispyQ]

73. Best post in this thread!!!

:rofl:

I feel the same way. I've had stickers in the back window of my truck since early '04 & no one I ever advocate for has won except Ken Salazar & he's more of a republican than a democrat. Ack!!!

:hi:

[JerseygirlCT]

75. LOL. Yup. My family would kill me if I put one on.

They're even nervous about me sticking a college one for my kid's school (also our school), sure something awful would happen to this place that's been around since the 1700s!

I deal with the frustration by giving a lot of thumbs up to those with stickers on!

[Sewsojm]

52. I live in rural North Carolina and

I've already witnessed the racists redneck mentality here so what I'm going to do is slap my Obama sticker on one of my repuke neighbors pick-up truck but I'm going to wait until the deer hunting season starts in October so all of his hunting buddies will give him hell for supporting Obama.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

53. I probably won't

But only because of my one candidate per cycle rule. I had a magnetic Edwards sticker on during the primaries, but now I feel putting an Obama one on would be bad luck.

[seabeyond]

54. i am in panhandle of texas. afraid, but did kerry in 2004. i was so glad i did

i had the best time with it and so did my kids. and it just felt good to have the sticker. after election i put on ten various open minded, yet positive stickers on car. i had never done it before and again, i loved it. lots and lots of people coming to me to tell me how good my stickers were. positive, and spoke truth. not attacking, ugly and negative. how i raise my children. 2006 after election i had three/four occassions from young white male driving aggressively, flippin me off. had not experienced. but right after their loss in 2006 there was a lot of anger. i took all stickers off. kids safety won.

now i have a little obama sticker but cant wait to get a regular bigger obama sticker. and i am not worried about it. just a car. but.... i have faith in my fellow texans in all their bigotry and closed mindedness not to be so ugly. has worked for me in the past.... further

because people are so racist in this area i am really looking forward to having a black mans name on my car just to say........ FU all, in love of course and a feeling of this is the way it should be. the ultimate in right

[Lex]

55. Yes, here in NC I did. I decided not to be afraid

and I have friends with various liberal-type bumper stickers and they haven't been vandalized.

[Nay]

56. Prob not the only one, but don't be so cowardly. I've had Dem

bumper stickers on my car since 2000 and I'm in the heart of the Confederacy -- Richmond, VA. My car hasn't been vandalized. That's not to say it can't happen, but hell, if we're not willing to risk our cars getting keyed, what the hell good are we??

[NikolaC]

58. Since Moving Back To Virginia

I have seen quite a number of Obama '08 bumper stickers on cars, in areas that you would least likely suspect, and the cars look just fine to me :shrug:.

[cayuga]

61. Lest we forget it was Fox that first aired footage of dem's cars

'supposedly' vandalized. I've had my bumper stickers on for years....no vandalizing but lots of support.

This 'vandalizing' is from page 37 of the repugs war manual:

NEVER LET THEM ORGANIZE AND VOCALIZE1!! AND FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T LET THEM KNOW HOW STRONG THEY ARE!

[yardwork]

62. I have an Obama sticker on my car here in North Carolina - no trouble so far.

I live in the progressive Triangle, but I recently drove down to South Carolina. Still no trouble. And, a lot of black people in South Carolina gave me smiles and thumbs up.

Very few stickers of any kind in South Carolina, by the way. Doesn't look good for McCaint.

[YvonneCa]

63. Sometimes you just have to stand up...

...for what you believe in, and push past the fear. :)

[alarimer]

64. No bumperstickers ever go on my car.

They are too hard to remove and I am afraid they will damage the paint. Plus I don't think I'd get as much if I sold it, with stickers on there.

[cayuga]

65. Uh..you CAN put it on your back window.

Embrace the fear and go for it! You will feel great just by this small effort.

[seabeyond]

74. i had kerry sticker 2004 and 11 assorted stickers for a couple years after

no problem getting them off the car. they make them now a days where they come right off.

[RB TexLa]

68. I have no reason to take my Hillary sticker off

[Beacool]

71. I still have mine on too and have not had any problems.

Then again, I'm in the Northeast and she's very popular around here.

[emilyg]

99. I have my Clinton sticker on

No problem in Atlanta.

[Beacool]

118. I'm keeping my Hillary sticker on until it falls off on its own.

:D

[Catherine Vincent]

70. No, you're not the only one.

Too many repukes in my area. I'm not brave enough for that. I may get one of those magnetic bumper stickers.

[AlCzervik]

76. if i want Obama to lose i'll put the sticker on my car so no sticker will be on my car this time.

i'm almost positive it was my Kerry/Edwards stickers that caused Kerry to lose in 2004.

[Faygo Kid]

84. So it WAS your fault after all.

I thought so, but didn't want to bring it up until you did.

:toast:

[CrispyQ]

77. I put my stickers in the back window of my truck.

This way I can rotate through my collection. The one that gets the most negative response is this one:



Once in a parking lot, a man who had been behind me at a traffic light, pulled up next to me as I was getting out of my truck. He told me he was a veteran & didn't like my sticker. I thanked him for his service to our country & said that I appreciated his sacrifice so I could place controversial stickers in my window. But I reminded him that this war was different - Iraq posed no threat to us & we were lied to regarding the reason for invading. He nodded & said "Ma'am, you're absolutely right. You keep that sticker on."

Sticker or not it's your decision. There are lots of ways to support Obama. The backwash are bullies & will generally not confront you in a parking lot to discuss views, like the man above, but rather will vandalize your car when no one is looking. That's how bullies act.

[stanwyck]

79. I have an ObamaMama sticker on mine. Plus, a yard sign

and I haven't had any vandalism. I did have a guy in a truck ride my bumper, then cut around me and practically come to a stop in from of me. That's the only incident while driving. And I'm in Atlanta. We live in a white, Republican suburb. One neighbor knocked on our door and asked "Why do you have an Obama
sign in your yard?" My husband invited the guy in and explained, very slowly and carefully, just exactly why.

[frogmarch]

82. I live in the NE panhandle and I won't either.

Same reason.

[warren pease]

85. I don't because it's incompatible with my McKinney for President sticker.

Fuck the Money Party, both its allegedly competing factions, its useless leaders, and the quadrennial scam in which it tries to bullshit people into thinking they have an actual voice in how the country is run, who runs it and for whose benefit.

Why "throw my vote away" on a sure loser? Because I don't consider voting for a candidate who represents my interests wasting a vote. On the contrary, if I continued to hold my nose and vote for the less repulsive of the two, I'd still be voting contrary to my best interests.

Worse, I'd be voting for the idea that this country is doing just fine and only needs a minor tune-up to regain that apex of Norman Rockwell all-American wonderfulness. That tinkering around the edges will fix a system that's so completely corrupt and broken that it's become the mortal enemy of anyone who still believes the US stands for "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

I'd rather support an honest person who doesn't insult my intelligence by trying to get me to believe that a demolished, rusted out 1957 Edsel is actually a new BMW with a couple of door dings. Like this:

In 2008, after two stolen Presidential elections and eight years of George W. Bush, and at least two years of Democratic Party complicity, the racket is about war crimes, torture, crimes against the peace; the racket is about crimes against the Constitution, crimes against the American people, and crimes against the global community. The racket is even about values that we thought were long settled as reasonable to pursue, like liberty and justice, and economic opportunity, for all.

We will never get a United States that is reflective of different values if we continue to do the same thing. Those who delivered us into this mess cannot be trusted to get us out of it.

As soon as "our" democrats start talking about real things -- stolen elections, war crimes, torture, crimes against the Constitution, the American people and the rest of the world, and maybe a little damn accountability for those mass murdering thieves and liars -- they'll be worth listening to.

Meanwhile, anybody feels the urge to vandalize my car because of a McKinney sticker can go ahead and have a blast. At least that might mean they know who she is.


wp

[scheming daemons]

87. Where I live.... Repuke mouth-breathers would key my van....

I like my van.

[AngryOldDem]

88. It's a sad day when people have to be afraid of expressing their beliefs...

...by something as innocent as a bumper sticker. But I know how you feel. I've had an Obama sticker on my car now for months and nothing has happened, but the thought is always in the back of my mind that I'll park it somewhere only to come out to find some kind of vandalism.

Extremism is growing in this country and it seems its first casualty is the freedom to express one's opinion.

[lonestarnot]

90. And if you don't use it, apparently you lose it.

[shugah]

93. it is a sad day

but if you have always been bold, resentful of intimidation, and desirous to live life without fear (like an american, y'know) then go ahead and slap the ol' bumper sticker on. there is no guaranty that your car will be unmolested (but the chances are good that it will) and you will probably feel better in the long run.

(just an opinion - from someone who does display a bumper sticker in a conservative area.)

[Bluebear]

94. Violent lad, aren't you, Dougie?

[donco6]

95. I've done it in the last 3 elections, and never had a prob.

I live in metro Denver.

In fact, I had a "Somewhere in TX there's a village missing its idiot" sticker on my car for a couple of years and only got "thumbs up".

[Pushed To The Left]

96. Do whatever you feel comfortable doing. I have gotten very positive responses about my Obama

sticker. They seem very pleasantly surprised to see my stickers in Orange County. "There are Democrats in Orange County?" I let them know there are LOTS of Democrats and progressives in Orange County.

I did get 2 of my Kerry stickers ripped off back in 2004, but I replaced them and it didn't happen again. Isn't it funny how these people rip off bumperstickers when the owner of the car isn't around, but don't say a word to the car owner's face?

[uppityperson]

100. I don't have one on my car. I don't need to because I live in a very pro-Obama area and

I do many other things. It is sad when you are afraid to express your opinions, but it happens. There are lots of other ways to support a candidate than simply having a sticker and you can do them anonymously. Besides, your vote is private.

[CadenBlaker]

101. I have one on mine.

I have an Obama sticker on my 2006 Civic, BUT I did take it off for a while. My car had been vandalized at my job while I was at work once and then keyed at the mall. I was paranoid, so I took my Obama sticker and DU sticker OFF and replaced them with band stickers that represented my views. After that, I had no problems. However, with the recent problems here in Wichita, http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3687694&mesg_id=3687694 I am fair paranoid once again and am waiting to put my yard sign up for another month.

[psquare]

102. I've had an "IMPEACH BUSH" bumper sticker on since '04,

when a fellow Kerry volunteer gave me around 50 of them. I'm on my fourth or fifth (they get old and cracked after a few months of California sunshine). I keep the rest behind the driver's seat, so whenever someone on the road compliments me on it, I just reach in back and give them one!

I got some negative reaction in '04 and '05, but nothing but thumbs up since then.

[Drunken Irishman]

103. I live in Utah...

I've had an IMPEACH BUSH and Bush crossed out sticker on my car for years and no one has tried to do anything to it.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

104. I can't put any stickers on my car because of my business

I have clients who hold a wide variety of views. I avoid politics like the plague in most business situations.

[pinto]

107. I've never thought twice about it. Have a magnetic Obama sticker on my car. No big deal.

No hoopla. It's an election, not a street fight. Most folks realize that. And I live in a red county, politically.

[michreject]

110. No you're not

I've never had any bumper stickers of any kind on my vehicles.

[Ganja Ninja]

112. No you are not.

I wouldn't put a bumper sticker of any kind on my car. There are just too many nut cases around and I don't want their attention for whatever reason.

[CTDem24]

113. I feel the same way. -nt

[NightWatcher]

115. I took mine off in South Georgia because of rednecks. My SO has one in Jax, FL and gets thumbs ups

I'm waiting till closer to the election before I put it back on my car

[w8liftinglady]

116. To be honest,I have a radical car with at least 20 Bumperstickers

in rural Ellis County,Tex.Most are against the war,criticize the treatment of our veterans and middle class,but I have the usual "No W",and fully plan to put an Obama sticker on as well.To this date(knock on wood)...no damage to my car in 3 years,despite parking in hospital garages,store parking lots and big events.

[tammywammy]

122. I live in a red city in a red county in a red state

I have an Obama bumper sticker.

:shrug:

[dysfunctional press]

124. i won't put one on either- but mostly because i don't like bumper stickers.

nt

[polichick]

128. This morning a car pulled up beside me only a few inches away...

...in a no-passing zone, and the passenger held up a handwritten sign that read: "NIGGER LOVER" ~ this guy could easily have caused an accident, so having Obama stickers does have its downside.

[B Calm]

130. Someone keyed the side of my old Buick. Probably someone who

didn't like my stickers. It's my old work car and I could care less. I must have had pissed off some right-wing, mouth-breathing, knuckle dragger. The vandal prompted me to add two more stickers to the old car just to piss him off even more!

[NoSheep]

131. I feel like if THIS is the way I put my life on the line for my country

then so be it. It's nothing in comparison to dodging bullets.

I also agree with others here who've said they haven't had any problems.

I also have my own signs I've made that are VERY confrontational, so I'm used to . The worse thing that has ever happened is someone shot the the "bird".