The lack of yard signs in front of my house is not due to a lack of support for President Obama.

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24. Dem yard signs - hell yes

I'm a loud mouthed leftist and I don't back down from anyone. I was a delegate for Jesse Jackson in my precinct in Texas when he ran and had a yard sign for him out front. It was stolen so I put up a new one. A redneck from up the block stopped his truck when I was out doing yard work and asked me if that was my sign. When I said it was he thanked me and told me he worked at the local auto plant and was a UAW guy and he liked a lot of what Jesse had done for unions over the years.

Back when Bush was gearing up for the Iraq war, it was not very safe to be against it in Texas. "We Support our Troops" signs were all over town along with American flags. Remember what happened to the Dixie Chicks? My "Stop The Bush/Cheney War" sign was stolen three times. I finally wired a new sign to the big live oak tree out front. Over the next couple of months as the war began, three different people thanked me for putting up the sign and said they didn't think anyone else in town was against the war because they were too afraid to talk about it with neighbors or friends. One night my door bell rang (very unusual for me) and when I answered the door it was one of my neighbors that I knew and she asked me I had any information about an antiwar march in Austin scheduled for the next week that she had seen on TV. She asked me if it would be safe to go. I told here my wife and I were going and she could go with us. And she did.

I know the political atmosphere is toxic in much of the country, but I also know that there are many people in red states that want to support our President but feel isolated and scared. Any way you can help them (by displaying a yard sign, etc.) feel less isolated is appreciated.