That's it I'm comin outta the closet in my support for Kerry

[noahmijo]

I mean in terms of loudly voicing my support of Kerry. I do live in Tucson but in the area where I live it is sort of freeper country, but I don't care dammit. The girl and I wore our Kerry shirts on Friday to Wendy's (yes it's not a coincidence) and we got the dirtiest stares from all the angry old pissed off men in suspenders, but to me what the hell do we have to be ashamed about??? how can someone be proud to support Bush at this point?

I hope this sticks but in my opinion supporting this George now is alot like supporting King George back in 1776.

[proud patriot]

1. Good For You

Be a mirror for spiritual defense it helps .
Cause the thoughts slam you if you don't .

[NMDemDist2]

2. lots of folks DID support His Majesty. They were called "Royalists"

in fact Ben Franklin's son was one, and they had a major falling out for years over it

on another note, I too am wearing my Kerry button EVERYWHERE

not getting any feedback at all here in Phoenix :shrug:

[City Lights]

10. I wore mine out shopping yesterday.

One salesperson smiled a HUGE grin as he said hello to me. Another commented directly saying, "I see you're supporting Kerry," while smiling. And yet a third pointed out my button while smiling to a fourth as I walked past.

We drove past a house with a hedge of bushes yesterday. Draped across the bushes was a H-U-G-E sign that read "Anybody but McCain." That's Maricopa County for you.

Also saw two pro-bush bumper stickers and one Defeat w. Unfortunately the Defeat w was on a car from New Mexico.

[NMDemDist2]

13. i did too, but we were on a "treasure hunt" and went to all the

thrift stores in Sun City

just the fact noone said anything is good news there i guess :shrug:

[City Lights]

14. I was happy that no one flipped me off,

or followed us in the car. Ya never know 'round here!

[OnionPatch]

3. Good for you!

We just drove through Tucson and Phoenix a few weeks ago and it was almost scary how "freepish" it seemed. We are in southern CA in a somewhat rural area and I thought it was bad...but Arizona was downright scary. You have given me hope, though.

[noahmijo]

12. Want more hope about Arizona (photos)

Check these babies out

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2130607&mesg_id=2130607

[Feanorcurufinwe]

4. When you are challenged by hostile Bushies,

be sure to respond with a message of inclusiveness. Americans will be stronger and safer with John Kerry as President precisely because John Kerry will lead an America united at home and with its allies, not warring against itself.

I completely reject the entire red state/blue state paradigm along with the idea that America is essentially divided. Americans can work together to make the world a better place, today, just as they have in the past. But it begins with leadership that desires to weave those separate threads together, not tear the fabric that binds our nation in the hopes of ending up with the biggest piece.

[yardwork]

15. I like what you say, but it is difficult

I have been ridiculed and attacked for pointing out the truth about BushCo is doing on other boards.

Maybe the solution is to stop talking about BushCo entirely and focus on Kerry.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

19. "We choose ... not because they are easy, but because they are hard" JFK

It IS difficult.

What I mean is, that when I am confronted by a hostile Bushie, I don't try to convince him that he is wrong. Instead, I speak about how after John Kerry is elected, we are still going to all be Americans, and Kerry will be the President of all Americans, even those who aren't happy about it, just as Bush is the President of all Americans, even those who aren't happy about it. This inevitably leads to the assertion that Bush will win - "Well, we'll see... that's the great thing about America, we all get to vote and after the votes are counted, we all come together"...etc. Well, that's my strategy anyway...

[sandnsea]

5. Button on my purse

That way I don't even have to think about it when I leave the house. I leave in a sort of swing area of Oregon, more conservative than liberal. But not crazy conservative, still some respect for the democratic process. Enough conservative where we have been carefully advocating Kerry because we can't afford to alienate clients, but things are getting too serious to even worry about that.

[floridaguy]

6. Please keep standing your ground! We can't let them win.

When we feel awkward or threatened about speaking out about our government, that's the time we have to do it. I'm getting ready to wear my "Anyone But Bush" shirt to the gym, and I live in Democrat Hell! Keep the faith and keep wearing those shirts.

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore :mad:

You can check out my Anti-Bush mission from yesterday at
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2125598&mesg_id=2125598

And yes, the shirt is getting a little tough to wear. Note to self: Buy more Anyone But Bush shirts.

[buycitgo]

7. fanTAStic! my crazy wingnut aunt and uncle live there

we get into HUGE arguments when they come up here

next, you should get a SHOVE IT Tshirt, and go back, one wearing the Kerry shirt, the other wearing the shove it

Love it!

shove it/love it

[Misunderestimator]

8. I wore my Kerry button on the airplane this week... a flight attendant...

came up to me, leaned over and whispered "I love John Kerry too, but I can't talk about it here." I said "Good for you! I'm lucky enough to be able to talk about it all I want. Make sure you vote this year."

I also live in a conservative area (though not for very much longer). I have six bumper stickers on my car and get lots of comments. At the dentist a few weeks ago, while I was sitting in the chair having my teeth cleaned, I heard one of the dental assistants in the next room talking about a car out in the parking lot with all sorts of political stickers on it. The patient she was with asked "What kind?" She said "the wrong kind." The funniest part is that she remembered and quoted every one of my stickers. Maybe it will get into their shallow brains by osmosis!

[calimary]

9. Hey, they're everywhere, unfortunately.

I was driving home with my son on the Ventura Freeway a couple of weeks ago. I was in the carpool lane. In the lane next to me, but somewhat ahead, was some beefy old guy in a big pickup truck. He'd pulled up from behind so he could catch up. As he passed me, he was staring out his window at me with the worst, angriest, most ferocious glare I'd ever seen. This is WHILE we're driving - and most sentient beings behind the wheel on the freeway (here in California and everywhere else, too) know to keep their eyes facing forward. He kept sticking his head out his open window and glaring hideously at me.

Knowing that he'd come up from behind me, I guessed that it was all my bumper stickers that raised his hackles. I wasn't driving wildly, or behaving irresponsibly or speeding or doing a lot of crazy lane changes or posing a danger or threat to ANY other drivers on the road. (I'm a rawther good driver with a LONGTIME spotless record - I've had more than a decade's worth of driver's license renewals where they've just sent my new one to me in the mail without any testing - something they now do with drivers who have a good record. In fact, I got one of the first in-the-mail renewals after that law went into effect.) So I knew it couldn't be that.

I didn't like the enraged way he kept looking over at me, and began to worry about my son who was closer to him than I was. I slowed up a tad in my lane so I got behind him. He started to slow up a little, too, but couldn't back off enough to be even with me. So he switched to glaring angrily at me through his side mirror. And he kept doing that as he kept trying to slow up to pull even with me again (as I kept easing back). This continued for a couple of miles. I kept seeing this enraged face staring at me from his side mirror. He spent FAR more time trying to stare me down than he even spent watching the road! I just smiled sweetly at him, and kept it to that.

Finally he had to give up - his freeway (and obviously, the route he needed to take) was about to veer off from mine, and he had to change lanes to get farther over in the opposite direction from me. I did feel some relief while watching him head off toward the transition road to the other freeway.

It was a little creepy, frankly. I hope I left him with a big, fat, unresolved knot in his stomach.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

11. Congrats on joining us out in the open air

I am in Dallas, Texas and my dislike of bush is no secret and my support of Dean last year was no secret, but I have gone seriously public in my support of Kerry in the last week.

I am proud to support him and I don't care what anyone else thinks about it. Wear that Kerry shirt, button, what have you with PRIDE man.

I do. It feels good out here!!!!

[gauguin57]

16. When you're out and about, DEFINITELY wear your Kerry gear.

You might think it doesn't do much ... but it REALLY DOES HELP!

Wearing your button/shirt:

1) gives undecideds a chance to ASK you why you support Kerry (that happened to me in a store the other day, when two young men saw my button and struck up a conversation!) and

2) gives those supporting Kerry a chance to see they are not alone -- especially if you live in a conservative community like I do. When people whisper they're supporting Kerry, too, you can use the opportunity to grin and say you hope you'll see them at the polls Nov. 2.

And, of course, if you have the chance to go to a Kerry rally, please try. We need the media to see all those screaming people, supporting Kerry/Edwards. I went to a huge on in Harrisburg, and it's got me so pumped up that no terra alert can shake me! You won't regret going, I promise!

[LiberalEsto]

17. The nicest thing

...happened to me yestersay.
I was out going to yard sales and had stopped the car at a red light. Someone knocked on my window. I looked up, and an elderly man was smiling and offering me a Kerry-Edwards bumper sticker.
He noticed my "Peace is Patriotic" and "Kick 'em Out - Vote Democratic" bumper stickers, and figured I would like one for Kerry & Edwards.
I smiled all day.

[NMDemDist2]

18. ahhh that's great! we Dems are good people ain't we? eom