Naples Florida: I've seen 3 Kerry bumperstickers and NO Bush stickers.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

One of the most Republican areas in the country. I've now seen 3 Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers (saw my third one tonight) and NO Bush/Cheney stickers.

Then one of my clients who was a total Bush fanatic is now saying that she and her Repub son will NOT be voting for Bush because they are both convinced of MIHOP (that Bush made 911 happen on purpose). She doesn't really want to vote for Kerry though.

My neighbor - another Bush supporter said "I'm not really all that into Bush - I don't know."

[Cha]

1. That's Great!

How are you doing down there? Is hurricane Frances going to detour?

[kerry-is-my-prez]

8. Yes - Frances will be hitting the eats coast - we'll get some strong winds

but it will be like category 2 hurricane instead of a category 4. We'll probably have a few trees knocked over and some tiles blown off the roofs at the worst.

[miamimama]

2. Same thing in Miami

Lot's more Kerry stickers than Bush. I had five but my kids told me that was way over the top - so I gave two away. I love the magnetic kind

[miamimama]

3. Good luck through this storm. It's huge

Got my dogs some tranquelizers. When I suggested to the vet that he throw in a few for me he suggested booze instead. Guess what!! It's working.

[JohnnyRingo]

4. Only three?!...You dems in Fla gotta get busy !

I live in NE ohio....I see a couple every hour.

Start sticking them on cars at random. ..You'll be right more than half the time. LOL

[Stew225]

5. In my heavily repugged town in Northwest Ohio

today I played the yard sign game (primarily in front of very affluent homes) and was thrilled that it was a 5-5 tie! The town is the overwhelmingly repug center of a very repug county! Yay!

[Frances]

6. I have a cousin who lives in Naples

in the winter. She keeps forwarding the dumbest pro-Bush stuff to me. I always write back and refute the junk but I don't know if my efforts are doing any good.

[MockSwede]

7. Sheepishness/embarrassment?

We've noticed the same thing here in ME. My wife and I think that some number of those whom voted for W last time are either deeply regretful or embarrassed about their vote. I see signs supporting 'the troops' as an avatar for 'being republican' or 'for George', but not much else. This is in the more 'conservative' other half of Maine, too.

I do think there's also some 'in your face' frustration/desperation and 'fire in the belly' activism by Dems, which is fine and dandy and needs to be encouraged.

While talking with the director of the local Dem electioneering office this last week about the availability of bumper stickers, buttons, etc, she said that they are focusing on getting people to HELP, not just wear buttons or slap stickers on autos. That's where they are putting their (our) money. A good idea, I think.

So don't be disappointed if you don't see many stickers/buttons. Call the local office and volunteer, as I just did. I gathered more names of volunteers at the National Folk Festival here in Bangor and also inputted the data into computer database. This is where the rubber meets the road to move this Demobile.

Any way you can help is appreciated. I had lots of folks ask me what they could do, not thinking that they had anything to contribute. I told them that I was told by the director that they need "all the help we can get". What you do, when you do it, how you do it, how much you do is flexible. ASK them what they need done; TELL them what you can do!

I worked with retired ladies inputting data, with kids too young to vote signing up volunteers and handing out sticker buttons, with moms calling up volunteers (from the lists) to come in to help, etc. That's how we get the work done. Lots of little people each doing a little bit.

So keep looking for the bumper stickers, but also ASK folks if they are helping the local campaign and TELL them what you're doing to help.

Sounds like participant democracy, to me.

PS My grampa lived down there in the winters for over 25 years. Up the coast in Nokomis. A Mass. snowbird. He liked the nice people there.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

9. Nokomis - that's right near where Charley hit. Were they ok?

n/t

[Zero Gravitas]

10. Kerry stickers by 3 to 1 here

and thats in Johnson County, Kansas!