CONFESS!! If we could see your office/cubicle-could we tell you're liberal

[LynneSin]

Do you hide your politics when you're at work?

I use to, but I'm getting bolder by the day.

My hints at my progressive leanings:

• 2004 Leftie Beanie Babie on top of my monitor
  
• Picture of the William J. CLinton Presidental Foundation
  
• People Tell the Story handout about the cost of the Republican Agenda
  
• A "Swift Boat" military patch I found in DC (Kerry was a Swift Boat captain)
  
• An 8x11 picture of the Fahrenheit 9/11 ad (same as the one in my sig line)
  
• The following Bush quote: "I believe we are on an irreversible trend towards more freedom and democracy, but that could change"
  
• And not hanging but lying on my desk face up: The issue of the Philadelphia Daily News where they came out and endorsed Kerry (June 16th, 2004 - How you can help Elect Kerry!)
  

[GOPisEvil]

1. I work in state government.

I do not display any partisan items in my office or on my car.

[dr.strangelove]

22. If you looked hard enough

The picture of me with Justice Ginsberg is a tip off, but I am a lawyer so that might not be enough. The Kerry button on my cork board, the copy of Living History on my bookshelf and the Beat Bush button on my briefcase are all good tips. However, today the line of people coming to to hear about my waiting on line ot talk to President Clinton and the autographed copy of My Life probably make it clear that I am liberal.

[CO Liberal]

2. You Can't Tell By Looking At My Cubicle....

...but you can definitely tell by looking at my truck. It's the only one in the company parking lot with pro-Dem and Anti-Bush bumper stickers.

(Edited to list the stickers.)

Proud to be a Democrat

John Kerry

Focus on Your OWN Damn Family

McFadyen (Buffie McFadyen, who's running for re-election as my state Representative)

Salazar for Congress (John Salazar, brothter of CO Attorney General & Senate candidate Ken Salazar)

Anyone But Bush 2004

KDZA Oldies 108 (It's a Clear Channel station, but I like the music)

[LynneSin]

4. You own a truck and it's not covered with Flags & NRA stickers?

In Delaware, especially in the lower part of the state, I believe it's required by law

:crazy:

[jedicord]

13. My car's a paradox

I have God Bless America (put on the day after 9/11, before the Repubs made it political), Marines, number 2 for Rusty Wallace (NASCAR), Union of Concerned Scientists, Save America - Vote Democratic, Kerry for President, ASPCA, World Wildlife Fund.

I live in Texas. Yahoo!

[LynneSin]

15. Well you'd be at home in Slower, I mean Lower Delaware

:eyes:

[CO Liberal]

23. I Used to Think That Here in Colorado.....

...it was a state law that you had to have a truck, a dog, and a gun. I have the truck (a Chevy S10 that gets over 25MPG and is very practical) and two dogs. I refuse to get the gun.....

[Commendatori]

3. Nope.

Not acceptable in my office, and I like being employed.

[LynneSin]

6. If anyone bitches...

...I'll complain about all those "God Bless America/Bush" stuff hanging all over the place. Plus it's not really obvious

[Commendatori]

30. Nothing on either political side is permitted.

You can argue all you like around the water cooler, but when it comes to your desk, a bumper sticker or coffee mug could get you canned. My boss has no tolerance for that sort of thing.

[spinbaby]

5. Only one item

A copy of "Make the Pie Higher" posted on the cubicle wall.

[supernova]

7. No, I don't display political items at work

In fact I don't decorate my cubicle much at all. I like to keep it pretty plain.

[northzax]

8. not in my store

but in my environmental consulting moonlight? oh, right, it's evnrionmental activism, I guess the liberal part comes with the package.

[7th_Sephiroth]

9. objects on 7th_Sephiroth's desk

1 Dell Dimension computer
18 dr pepper bottles
1 Katana
3 Anime statues
1 De.50AE7 disassembeled (fixing feed)
all 5 hard back harry potter books

[AlCzervik]

10. I work out of my home

and yes you can tell. My friends buy me Anti * things all the time. My file cabinet has about 10 magnets on it regarding heir shrubinator and i have my various coffee cups.

[DarkPhenyx]

11. Absolutely.

If nothing else the F-9/11 poster is a dead give away.

[The Flaming Red Head]

12. Free Tommy poster

smoking a joint is a dead give away that I work from my home.

[Beware the Beast Man]

16. Welcome to DU, Flaming Red Head!!!!

:toast: :beer: :toast: :beer:

[The Flaming Red Head]

28. Thank you

How friendly. I've wandered in here before just didn't post or register. I also have ACLU poster, No War on Iraq flyer, and letters and post cards from a few worthies.

[tandot]

27. HI, Flaming Red Head

welcome to DU :hi:

[The Flaming Red Head]

31. High

Back at ya. Hope that everyone here is registered and ready to vote our conscience in November. I know that I am.

[Richardo]

14. I have a collection of name badges and tickets from events...

...hanging in my cube. Among them is the ticket for the Kerry Earth Day event at U of Houston.

But that's it.

[Bonhomme Richard]

17. Definitely not.............

My office is full of bows and arrows (some original Philippine tribal), some old guns, navy posters and pics (mostly subs), rafting pics, a guitar (might give a hint), a ton of books (might be another hint) but nothing that would scream liberal.

[Bonhomme Richard]

21. By the way, am not hiding the liberal...............

since I work for and by myself. All this stuff is just personal interest.

[Beware the Beast Man]

No, I'm flanked by a centrist and a young repub

And the centrist likes to play devil's advocate. So I don't like to draw attention to it.

[jedicord]

18. My Desktop Pic is "Blondes Against the War"

and I tape Boondocks cartoons to my door.

I'm very vocal in this Republican office, 'cause everyone else thinks it's a joke that I'm a liberal.

Bring 'em on!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

19. No, but then, I'm not a Liberal.

Well, not a supporter of the Liberal Party of Canada, anyhow. :evilgrin:

[LincolnMcGrath]

20. My desk in Maintenance Office is pol. free

My area of the maint. shop is another matter.

Kerry B-sticker
DU B-sticker
4 op-ed cartoons
latest union mag touting Kerry UFCW
latest union mag touting Kerry UA
dozens of DU articles printed and laying around
Book on hand as of late; Greg Palast TBDMCB

[tandot]

24. I've never heard of the "Lefty Beanie Baby"

too cute...

I work for an University (in the Bible belt) and can't put anything political in my office.

But I have one John Kerry, and 2 anti-Bush bumper sticker on my car. They can't prohibit that since I've also seen anti-abortion bumper stickers and one Bush-Cheney sticker on employees' cars.

[LynneSin]

29. I have the 2000 Lefty Beanie Baby too

They have one for 1996, but he's pretty hard to find

This is Lefty 2000:


and Lefty 1996:

[demgurl]

25. My office is my home....

I am a stay at home Mom! All you could tell is I have very small children! Not much else. Look at my car, though, and you will see a DU sticker!

[The Flaming Red Head]

34. I'm scared of bumper stickers

I don't want to get keyed or shot. I live in Arkansas where people have their rebel flag sticker next to the American flag on their bumbers and it never occurs to the idiots that one cancels the other out.

[slackmaster]

26. People often think that about me but they are mistaken

I look like a "liberal" but my politics are centrist. I pick and choose my views on each issue's own merits, Chinese restaurant menu style.

I never make any blatant display of politics at work.

[Solly Mack]

32. my home "office", in plain view of all who come into my home (army post)

a framed copy of the picture of bush made up of dead soldiers: captioned: The Face of Death. This hangs on the wall by my desk.

An old "selected NOT elected" bumpersticker on a corkboard...

I have the Peace Bear beanie baby on my monitor...he keeps my rabbit ears company (stuffed toy bunny with adjustable ears)

But the biggest "clue" is on my front door. A sign I made that reads: "Rightwingers not Welcome"

[Blue-Jay]

33. I'm not hiding anything here at work.

I've got:

A picture of the "moran" guy.
One of those fake WW2-type posters of Cheney (I'm watching your backs from my SECURE UNDISCLOSED LOCATION")
A Tom Tomorrow (Interesting thigs we've learned from Republicans lately)
A Boondocks
A "Bush Sucks" pin
A DU bumpersticker.

Oh, and a bunny with a pancake on its head.

[skippysmom]

35. If you look really hard

I have a Boondocks and a Doonesbury about the Saddam/9/11 connection taped to the cabinet above my desk, and my DU sticker is on a bulletin board but has since seen many other papers tacked in front of it.

I work for a state college, so I probably shouldn't even have that, but I have a hard time denying my liberalism completely.

[TX-RAT]

36. My office is in the middle of a 3 section ranch

Only me and the cats, and they haven't committed to a party yet. Now the deer are definitely repugs, they get into my garden every damn night, the greedy bastards.

[cmf]

37. Nope. I work for a government agency, so I try not to appear partisan

Although some people do put up stuff in their cubes. People here are overwhelmingly liberal in general (environmental field).

[RebelOne]

38. You definitely can tell I am a liberal.

On one wall there are anti-Bush and anti-war posters. And on another is my DU bumper sticker. It really pisses off all the Repugs in my office. Out of about 35 employees, only four of us are Democrats. But what can you expect in the red state of Georgia?

[russian33]

39. I have some subtile hints...

..a photo of Bush from Maxim magazine that has him with horns and a tail coming out of an inferno...a DU sticker...and a Kerry in '04 8x10 poster...other than that...hehehehe

[pansypoo53219]

40. if i had a

rat cage, you would see i was liberal.

[NoPasaran]

41. If you saw my office you could tell that I'm a slob

Very little political in it. The half dozen or so bumper stickers on my car speak to my politics though.

[rbnyc]

42. Red, White and Blue Donkey is Desk-top Theme.

Also, my desk is full of cartoons by Ward Sutton, Ted Rall amd Tom Tomorrow.

:hi:

[1gobluedem]

43. I work in the media

So I don't put stickers on my car or signs on my lawn lest people accuse my station of bias.

However, on my desk is a bumpersticker-turned-sign that says 'I Think Therefore I Don't Listen to Rush Limbaugh' and my bulletin board sports a button that says 'Who Would Jesus Bomb?'

[Screaming Lord Byron]

45. I had a guy from the media call up for an NDP lawn sign

(Canadian election, do keep up!) when I got to his house, he had a Green, Liberal and Conservative sign there already. He was NDP and was encouraging the local kids to damage the other signs, so he'd be left with his real choice. Plausible deniability, I guess.

[Lisa]

70. did he ask for a big placard, or one of the plastic-bag type?

I saw a couple of homemade anti-Campbell signs while I was canvassing on the weekend (I'm in a BC riding). Very encouraging.

[Bertha Venation]

44. Oh, HELL yes!!

1. The Stars & Stripes, the California flag, and the gay pride flag stand on my tower

2. Taped to my tower, over my "Dean for America" sticker, a "Dated Dean, Married Kerry" sticker

3. On my bulletin board are the following items

* bumper sticker: The Federal Marriage Amendment: Yes, let's write second-class citizenship into the Constitution! (over my dead body)

* a photo of the first gay couple married in San Francisco this year

* gay wedding announcements

* two Doonesbury strips

[RushIsRot]

46. I've got a Bush "Pants on fire" doll hanging from a storage cabinet

in full view as well as several political cartoons I gleaned from nostamj's postings stuck on visible surfaces here and there.

[bearfan454]

47. I think they would know when they see

as my wallpaper.

[MallRat]

48. The only thing in my cubicle that gives me away?

A column by Eric Zorn, written the day after Gore conceded the 2000 election. I tacked it to the wall of my cubicle the day it was printed, took it down in the aftermath of 9/11, and then put it right back up when Bush started his rush to war with Iraq.

It saddens and angers me every time I read it. I hope the mods don't take me to task for putting the full text here- it's just too good to snip and clip down to 4 paragraphs.


WE'LL HAIL THE NEW CHIEF WHEN WE'RE READY
12/14/2000
by Eric Zorn

Speaking for those of us who have not been cutting out recent Tribune editorials on the Florida mess and happily affixing them to the fridge with magnets in the shape of little elephants, let me say this:

George W. Bush will be the president of the United States. But we will not be badgered, belittled or soothed into accepting him, uniting behind him, granting him legitimacy or respecting Tuesday's ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, no matter how many contemptuous, argumentative e-mails we get or how many political leaders, ours and theirs, suggest that we take the high road.

We're mad as hell. Just like U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we pointedly decline to affix "respectfully" to our dissenting view--that powerful partisans abused their authority and discretion in order to make sure that possibly decisive ballots were not examined and counted (the name as published has been corrected in this text).

We think that stopping the recount Saturday was "not only legally wrong but also most unfortunate," that most of Bush's legal team's argument Monday was "wholly without merit" and that Tuesday's election-ending, 5-4 ruling was "another erroneous decision," to quote, in order, Justices Breyer, Stevens and Souter.

We'll get beyond it, eventually. But we will not be hurried by slogans, by repetitions of familiar pro-Bush arguments or by invective from our political opponents--the folks who, last we checked, were still picking at the impeachment scab and fuming about a legal outcome that didn't go their way.

Right now, we're in the position of kids whose mom has just married a guy we don't like much, yet who insists we call him "Dad."

He wasn't our choice. We consider his claim to the position dubious. We'll grudgingly afford him the title because we don't really have much choice, now, do we?

We will defer to him, but we won't pay him deference.

We won't be browbeaten or shamed into loving him in the name of unity; we won't grant him the emotional perquisites of legitimacy on someone else's say-so, whether that person's name is Mom or Albert or Antonin.

But we will, by and by, I hope, set aside the irreconcilable and unrevisitable disputes of the past. We will give the guy a chance, if not for his sake then our own: How are we going to make the best of what looks to us to be a bad situation? Never mind him, what's in our interests?

We won't give him our respect, but we will give him the opportunity to earn it. His part of the bargain will be to exhibit grace: not force the issue too hard; not presume to claim any territory he has not first conquered.

And if he proves worthy, someday we'll find ourselves referring to him by the title he prefers without the word sticking in our throat. Whole weeks will go by without the bitter memories of how, back to the political realm, we were called seditious crooks and crybabies for backing a legal challenge to a very close election.

But we won't totally forgive and forget.

To those who now warn angry Democrats not to let lingering acrimony destroy them, as happened with the Republicans during their extended orgy of Clinton hatred, I ask, "Oh, you mean the Republicans who now control the House and the Senate and the presidency, the majority of state governments, talk radio and the U.S. Supreme Court? Those self-destructive Republicans?"

And to those who purr that even a closely divided Supreme Court decision ought to be revered by those on the political left, I ask, "Oh, you mean the way the right has revered the court's 5-4 decisions in 1992 to uphold Roe v. Wade and in 1989 to uphold flag desecration as a protected form of speech? That kind of reverence?"

And to the editorialists who took a contemptuous whack this week at "the amateur Earl Warrens of the Florida Supreme Court." I ask, "Oh, you mean the former U.S. chief justice who did so much to advance the cause of minority rights and civil liberties while odious lawmakers dragged their feet? That Earl Warren?"

We hope to channel our indignation toward politically productive ends.

George W. Bush will be the president of the United States. We can accept that. Just give us time.

Look for more good stuff at http://www.ericzorn.com/

-MR

[1gobluedem]

50. Eric Zorns parents

...are my landlords! He also went to elementary school with my sister's boyfriend. I've met him; he's a great guy.

[MallRat]

53. I just read Eric's bio, about his parents.

Wow- am I reading this right? His father is a physicist AND a sculptor?

He kinda blows that whole "left-brain right-brain" thing out of the water, doesn't he?

-MR

[1gobluedem]

54. He's an incredibly gifted man

and is also a wonderful photographer. And jazz lover.

They're both great people -- I'm lucky to have them as landlords.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

49. Let's see...

As I look around, I am seeing:

* The "If America were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of alot easier, so long as I am the dictator" quote printed on an 11x14 paper and plastered to a wall.

* A copy of the Bush getting his pecker pecked by the Thanksgiving turkey also plastered to a wall.

* A copy of the faux TIME magazine cover with a picture of Bush and the text "We Are Fucked" affixed to another wall.

* A copy of the softback "STW" on the desk.

* A lifesize, foam core headstone I made for my house for Halloween that says "RIP PGWB 2000-2004"


Can you guess I'm here in San Francisco??? ;)

[LynneSin]

52. STW

I probably have that book - which one is it?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

58. I am on crack....

I meant to say "SMW" - Moore's Stupid White Men. :)

[LynneSin]

61. I'm getting your ass banned from DU!!!

You're on crack and you're not sharing

FOR SHAME

:eyes:

:loveya:

I thought I was on crack cause I didn't know what STW was

[Skittles]

51. My big giant BUSH SUCKS poster says it all

:7

[tilsammans]

55. Peace symbol buttons on my briefcase and purse

. . . and Air America Radio streaming from my computer.

[Carolina]

56. anti-war

and pro-environment posters, quotations, etc. on a bulletin board and adjacent wall in my office clearly show my beliefs. I'm in a 'state' university so there's nothing distinctly anti-Bush around except a little sign that reads 86#43 next to a printout of this Gandhi saying:

There are seven sins in the world:
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without character
Commerce without morality
Science without humanity
Worship without sacrifice
Politics without principle

[TrogL]

57. You mean besides the Liberal campaign literature

all over my desk?

[Shananigans]

59. THey would have to shuffle around a bit...

I work at a non-profit so I don't actually DISPLAY my political leanings in my cube. But if you shuffle around a bit you will find my DU bumpersticker sitting on my desk with a pile of papers from Planned Parenthood (I volunteer there) and some other political info. If you looked into my computer you would see that I regularily visit the DU, as well as a few other liberal websites. And if you heard me open my big mouth you'd realize that I'm nothin but a flamin' liberal!

[markses]

60. I'm certainly not a liberal

But you could easily tell I am not a Republican or a conservative if you visited my office.

[Nevernose]

62. A framed photo of GW Bush; a Grateful Dead calender

I work for the courts, so I'm not allowed to display anything partisan. A picture of the President, however, is not considered to be partisan.

It's that pic of Bush from Mike Moore's website, the one comprised of photos of the first 350 troops killed in Iraq. From the doorway, it looks normal; only when one gets up close and personal does someone ask, "hey, what's different about this picture?"

I'm supposed to be keeping juvenile offenders in school and off of drugs (and mostly doing their paperwork), so the Dead calender only has pictures and lyrics quotes; it doesn't actually have anything that says "Grateful Dead" on it. Anyway, it's artfully concealed so that clients can't look at it.

[welshTerrier2]

63. absolutely

taped to the wall on the outside of my office are all sorts of left-wing political cartoons ...

i even have a recruiting picture of OBL with a caption saying "We want you to invade Iraq !!"

there are also several articles describing how invading Iraq will increase terrorism ...

and a really biting anti-Reagan cartoon too ...

i hadn't posted anything political until one of the company's senior managers decided to post a "Romney gor Governor" poster on his office door ... as far as i'm concerned, that authorized political "broadcasting" ...

[robertpaulsen]

64. Just saved your Fahrenheit 9/11 as background for my computer!

In addition I have at my cubicle:

* a postcard of John Lennon's blood-splattered glasses saying over 676,000 killed in US since Lennon was shot.

* an article by Charles Rappleye titled Bring Me Saddam's Head: President Bush's new posture of constant war is more than costly - it is un-American.

* list of truthful campaign slogans for Bush/Cheney 2004

* cartoon by Kirk titled Remembering Reagan talking about the "wonderful" policies he will be remembered for.

* cartoon of This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow about the possibility of a terror attack before the election.

* last, and definitely not least, my democraticunderground.com bumper sticker!



I'm not the only liberal here, but I definitely have the most flair!

[geniph]

65. I have a keyboard calendar that says

STOP MAD COWBOY DISEASE - VOTE DEMOCRAT 2004, plus I have a copy of that seditious pinko document the Bill of Rights posted in my cubicle.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

66. Nothing. Completely neutral.

Brazilians are much less passionate about politics than Americans. This may be a good thing or a bad thing. Or both.

[Book Lover]

67. My DU bumpersticker

is up on my cube (oh, sorry, "workspace") wall, plus I have printouts of dozens of NYT editorials tacked up also. I also have a Kerry lapel pin on my purse, which hangs up on my top shelf for all to see. It's really safe to be a liberal in publishing ;-)

[bigwillq]

68. I don't have an office or a cubicle

I don't ever have my own desk.

Yes, I'm bitter but I hope you all enjoy your work space!

[Lisa]

"The Corporation" poster on my office door ...

Not really "my" office but on loan from the department's resident Marxist social scientist. (He approves -- says it goes well with his Che Guevera and "US out of Nicaragua" posters inside.)

He also has a filing cabinet with a sticker on it that reads, "I'll be post-feminist in the post-patriarchy".

The doorstop, a concrete gargoyle shaped like George W. Bush, is mine. On holidays I set a basket of candy in its lap. (I put a pair of bunny ears on him at Easter.) Sometimes people stick gum wrappers up his nose or in his ears. (I have a relatively progressive workplace.)



I was thinking of putting a DU bumper sticker on the door, but since I've already taped up a pamphlet from the campus students' society urging people to get out and vote, and a printout of the course grades there, I can't find room!

Earlier in the spring, I had a door display offering free samples of heirloom lettuce and tomato seeds.

Inside there's something I bet not many people have -- an incubator full of chicken and turkey eggs (11 of each), which has been operating for a week now. Hanging over it are the two infamous "Bush Thanksgiving" photos -- the one where the bird looks like it's molesting him, and the one from the following year where he's using another guy's hand to pet the turkey. (Thanks to DU for the images!)

[Xithras]

69. Government worker - it's not allowed

The only trace of liberalism in my office is the Sierra Club calendar hanging on the wall, and a small union pin decorating my pegboard. Other than that, it's a clean, modern, but politically dead office.