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Originally Posted by EdFNJ
Seriously folks. Put sports team signs on your carts not obnoxious political trash. SURE, YEA, 1ST AMENDMENT, I got it but what is gained by "proclaiming support" for any politician ? We're adults here. Why does it make you feel good? Ya think it's going to change someone's mind? Maybe the wrong way? Why not get a tattoo and put it on your back and drive without a shirt so you can proclaim unending devotion? Why should ANY politician be worth proselytizing for? Proselytizing religion is bad enough but these are POLITICIANS of which 90% are in it for just the power and money. Can you "love" someone so much you need huge signs to prove it? If so why doesn't anyone put signs with their wife or grandkids on the big obnoxious signs? I guess you love politicians more than family? What have politicians ever done for you that they deserve such adulation? This is SICK. Outsiders laugh at what goes on around here. The parades, the political flags, the signs. It's embarrassing for both sides. I dare to say there is nowhere else that is so obnoxiously involved with proclamations of such overwhelming adoration for a bunch of scoundrels like politicians ON BOTH SIDES. Just go vote for your fave. Why do we need this embarrassing show?
Whew. Now I feel better!
The preceding was MY OPINION, YMMV.
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You are right. I would NEVER vote for ANY candidate because of a bumper sticker or lawn sign. Where a lawn sign might prove useful is in advertising some candidate I haven’t heard of for some office that isn’t often in the news, such as dog-catcher. I have never even heard of anyone voting for a different presidential candidate because of a sticker or sign. As for television advertising, I figure that an ad against a candidate is likely to be a lie or exaggerated, and so is an ad in favor of a candidate, no matter which party.
Maybe signs and bumper stickers serve a purpose similar to, say, wearing articles of clothing with a team name on them. They let us recognize other people supporting our team, so we can wave, throw out encouraging words, have things in common. Maybe no one seriously thinks those big signs change people’s minds.
Maybe we should have secret hand gestures that indicate our side. (Some people use hand gestures to salute people on opposing sides, but they are rude.) Sure, we have thumbs up signs and ok signs. I use those all the time. But maybe we should have signs like those secret Masonic hand gestures. Maybe we should have secret red or blue or green handshakes! Oh, wait, we don’t shake hands anymore. Hey, how about a V sign made with the second and third fingers to indicate donkey ears and a similar sign with second and third fingers curved up to indicate elephant tusks?