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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)
Fri Apr 20, 2012, 12:52 PM Apr 2012

I Peeled the Obama Bumper Sticker Off My Car Today [View all]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/12/1064151/-I-Peeled-the-Obama-Bumper-Sticker-Off-My-Car-Today

That's right. I've driven around with an Obama 2008 bumper sticker on the back of my vehicle for the better part of four years. After all that time, weathering four Alaska winters, it was starting to crack and peel. You could see the Kerry 2004 sticker in a few spots, a different shade of blue was barely noticeable underneath. Both of them are gone now, carefully scraped away with a razor blade.

I got a "Vote Obama/Biden 2008" sticker from MoveOn.org. back then, too. It was oval-shaped, and had been on the front bumper for years. Buh-bye.

The Obama 2008 bumper sticker was right next to another sticker that read "Somewhere in Texas a Village is Missing its Idiot." That one had been there for about eight years, too. Bush may be long gone, but the disastrous results of his two stolen terms in office will remain with us for decades. And now that bumper sticker is gone, too. It was time to accept the fact that the 2008 election is history, and it was time to get rid of those reminders.

Because it was time to put on my Obama 2012 sticker, instead. And there's an Obama-Alaska one on the front bumper, too. Whether I'm coming or going, my fellow Alaskans will know that the driver of this vehicle supports the current President of the United States. Our former Governor and current grifter extrordinaire can go jump in a lake. Few Alaskans give a rat's ass what she thinks, anyway. It's terrifying to even consider what our country would be like if McCain had won the last election, so let's not.

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I always thought bumper stickers just attract assholes AngryAmish Apr 2012 #1
I've offered the suggestion many times TlalocW Apr 2012 #3
Magnetic hot air register covers from the hardware store Mopar151 Apr 2012 #7
What a CLEVER idea! That's the answer--stick your bumper sticker to one of those things! nt MADem Apr 2012 #8
They've been around for years LadyHawkAZ Apr 2012 #18
Years ago, I used Velcro instead kentauros Apr 2012 #28
My favorite one is seen in DuPage County (ILL) at the courthouse. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2012 #5
+1! AllyCat Apr 2012 #13
the good news is there are still many places to ride, AND ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2012 #38
Hmmm....do we know each other? I am/was an eventer :) AllyCat Apr 2012 #39
I may have seen you when I dated a horsey girl. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2012 #40
Me too, that's why I never have any on my cars MicaelS Apr 2012 #9
I don't put ANY kind of sticker on my car for the same reason but LibinMo Apr 2012 #23
it's true to a point veganlush Apr 2012 #16
They do, but they serve a truly good purpose also Papagoose Apr 2012 #19
You are anti-american keeping a car so long. As Bush said, go out and spend. WingDinger Apr 2012 #2
I must be a card-carrying commie, my car is 25+ years old! nt MADem Apr 2012 #10
17 marshall gaines Apr 2012 #12
Mine is a Pontiac and it hasn't even cracked a hundred thousand miles yet. MADem Apr 2012 #26
I miss my Obama 2008 bumper stickers. TheWraith Apr 2012 #4
I'm NOT putting an Obama 2012 bumper sticker on my car...... kestrel91316 Apr 2012 #6
I have one on my bike veganlush Apr 2012 #15
VERY creative, indeed! Full marks for YOU! MADem Apr 2012 #27
Put it on the back of your reflective vest, then! kentauros Apr 2012 #29
yard sign marshall gaines Apr 2012 #11
Great plan...mine is in the garage somewhere. Time to start cleaning AllyCat Apr 2012 #14
yuk. yuk. marshall gaines Apr 2012 #25
Just as a general comment, SheilaT Apr 2012 #17
I remember seeing a Mondale sticker in 1986 jeff47 Apr 2012 #24
*Whew!!* Brooklyn Dame Apr 2012 #20
Hairdryer ... GeorgeGist Apr 2012 #21
Yours is in better shape than mine. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #22
My 2012 sticker is sitting on my desk. Wait Wut Apr 2012 #30
so, you changed the old bumper stickers for new ones Tax Man Apr 2012 #31
I turned down an offer for a free Obama bumper sticker. jerseyjack Apr 2012 #32
Well you sure showed him. great white snark Apr 2012 #33
i kinda... marshall gaines Apr 2012 #36
It's awesome that the haters Mosaic Apr 2012 #34
I don't do bumper stickers, but ... frazzled Apr 2012 #35
I'll admit you had me going libodem Apr 2012 #37
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