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Papagoose

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19. They do, but they serve a truly good purpose also

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 02:27 PM

Apr 2012

I live in Georgia - in a seriously red county of Georgia on the Alabama state line. There are not many Obama voters here.

I put a sticker on my car not to convince these conservative-thinking people to vote for Obama, but rather to reassure others like me that they are not alone. I know from looking at 2008 election results that there are Obama supporters in this town, but you would never know it from the sea of anti-Obama stickers (NOBama seems to be the most popular). Now doing this has cost me...as I have posted here on DU before, my car has been vandalized and the local police told me I was asking for it because of my stickers. I also had a neighbor call me a "n-lover" and accuse me of being a Communist (guess he's re-living the Cold War) simply because of the fact that I have an Obama bumper sticker. I felt vindicated though when I saw just the other day that another neighbor has an Obama 2012 sticker!

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I Peeled the Obama Bumper Sticker Off My Car Today [View all] Playinghardball Apr 2012 OP

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