I saw a Bush/Cheney sticker today on a Prius!

[flamingyouth]

In Seattle. On Queen Anne. In the Trader Joe's parking lot! People were pointing and staring.

What is wrong with this picture? :D

[name not needed]

1. At Trader Joe's?

Must be some kind of sick joke.

[flamingyouth]

5. I wanted to pull that James Carville thing

Where he pulls up next to the person and says, "Excuse me, but I noticed that someone put a Bush/Cheney sticker on your car. I just thought you'd like to know." And then he drives off.

People were slackjawed and amazed, I tell you.

[Shakespeare]

2. That's just WRONG.

Perhaps it was a stealth stickering, of which the owner is not yet aware?

[flamingyouth]

6. I have no idea

I felt disturbed afterward.:scared:

[Catshrink]

3. On Queen Anne? At TJs?

Tell me it was the 100 terrorists support Bush Cheney '04!

That is so out of context. Although, I drive around the redneck east valley of Phoenix with a DefeatW license plate.

[flamingyouth]

8. LOL, I know, it was like "one of these things is not like the others..."

:D

[Fenris]

4. AHHHH! We're doomed!

:D

[flamingyouth]

7. It may be that we're in the End Times after all

Just when you think you've seen it all! :)

[mondo joe]

9. There are a few "trapped" freepers here, it seems

I rarely look at the freep boards, but when I have I've noticed the occassional "trapped in liberal seattle" name or names like it.

Oh well. Queen Anne. At least it wasn't Fremont.

[Catshrink]

10. Or Capitol Hill.

I used to live on Capitol Hill. Loved it.

[flamingyouth]

13. I'm in Montlake

I don't think I've seen one Bush/Cheney sign or sticker since I've lived here. It's my little slice of heaven, I tells ya!

[mondo joe]

31. I miss old capitol hill. :-(

I lived there for years. Now I rarely go there at all.

Almost all the little independently owned stores are gone - just chains and B grade stores.

I remember when it got so bad I actually wanted to leave - something I never thought would happen.


Now I'm just a Fremonter with happy memories.

[Catshrink]

38. Last time I was in Seattle I noticed that.

Remember the bookstore "Different Drummer?" There were so many. I didn't have a car for several years because I could walk or take the bus anywhere I needed to go.

[flamingyouth]

46. I remember that store!

Wow. I feel old! :D

[flamingyouth]

39. But even Fremont has lost so much charm

How long have you been in town? The '70s were amazing in Fremont. We always went for the bulk foods when I was a kid. It was filled with nuts - real eccentrics - then. I was driving a friend from high school around the other day (she lives out of town now) and she was dismayed that the Fremont Noodle House was gone. But the PCC there is cool.

Here in Montlake, we have the weirdest "commercial" (if you can even call it that) district. There's Cafe Lago, and the coming Montlake Ale House. A weird antique shop. And Mont's Market (a great little shop) and a dry cleaner.

Broadway was so cool when I was in high school. I loved Dreamland, and all of the great record stores. Now it sucks. :(

[mondo joe]

52. True, true. But let me keep my denial.

I think the loss of City People's in Fremont was a real sign the end is coming.

At least we still have the Solstice Parade.

But have you seen the new Thai place on 45th? It has a VERY impressive facade.

[flamingyouth]

59. I was driving by the other day and yes, I did notice it

When do they open? They looked like they were still getting settled when I was there. I'll be there when I get a chance! Mmmm! :9

[flamingyouth]

11. My parents live on QA

Used to be Dean signs/stickers everywhere, now it's plastered with Kerry/Edwards. I think this person must have just gone there for the Two-Buck Chuck!

But why the Prius? Hmmm. :freak:

[jono]

12. Yikes!

That IS weird.

Yesterday I had my first sighting of a "Republicans for Kerry" bumper sticker! :bounce: (But it was on a Subaru)

[flamingyouth]

15. Where was that?

I didn't know there was such a group! :hi:

[jono]

69. It was headed south on Boren.

Past Yesler, near Rainier. I didn't know either, but I'll let my parents know of their existence! :D

:hi:

[VolcanoJen]

14. "Out on the road today, I saw a DeadHead sticker on a Cadillac."

Thanks, Don Henley.

Some things just never change. :eyes:

[flamingyouth]

16. LOL

That is actually an appropriate reference here! :hi:

[VolcanoJen]

22. Remember my Republican Canoe joke?

:+

[flamingyouth]

25. Yeah, oh hell yeah, I do

:yourock:

[HEyHEY]

18. The crazy nut

at my paper who writes a column is a total RW freak and he is a deadhead. ANd a Dylan, Neil YOung fan

[VolcanoJen]

20. What in the HELL?

Oh, man, HEyHEY. I'd call him on his hypocritical bullshit every chance I got.

I'm a big Dave Matthews fan (shut up!!), and it's unbelievable how many Dave fans have backlashed against his involvement in the MoveOn sponsored "Vote For Change" tour. On other boards, republican Dave fans are crying the blues, saying "I'm burning all my Dave CDs! I can't believe this!!"

Just a few minutes ago, I was checking the DMB fanclub site (The Warehouse) to check my seating location for the Vote For Change tour in Dayton, Ohio. I got fourth row fucking center!!! Oh HELL YES!

Anyhow, a few people in The Warehouse were denied tickets altogether (it's based on seniority), and one poster on the message boards wrote, "Well, I just take my denial of tickets as an omen that this is something I shouldn't be supporting in the first place."

I imagine she would have been singing a different tune if she got the tickets I got. At any rate, I guess she's against getting out the "VOTE" message to the younger crowd. Way to stand up for something you believe in, huh? :eyes:

Weird, really, for them to have never listened to the lyrics of his songs. He's pretty apolitical in them, but "Don't Drink The Water" still remains the only Top 10 single I can think of that involves an absolutely scorching critique of European colonialism in Africa.

I just can't believe a DeadHead could be a Republican. That is so incredibly fucked up, I don't even know where to go with it.

[flamingyouth]

23. Dave lives here in Seattle, you know

His wife attends medical school at the University of Washington. I've actually sat next to him on the couch at my chiropractor's office. :)

[VolcanoJen]

26. His wife is a lovely human being.

I believe she's studying Holistic Medicine? That's something I'm so 100% behind.

I remember reading a Dave interview where he bitched about having to move from his beloved Virginia to Washington, because the medical education institutions in Washington were so much more enlightened.

The word is that Dave stayed out of politics until Ashley Matthews convinced him that he could reach so many people with a positive political message. She's fantastic. :-)

That's the coolest Doctor's Office story I've ever heard, by the way!!!

[flamingyouth]

32. I thought she was at the UW

But from what you're saying here, she must be at Bastyr University, which is a great place just north of town here. They live in Wallingford. Not that I'm stalking them or anything. :)

[Zomby Woof]

58. I also moved from VA to WA

Also a smart move, for college and personal life enrichment.

One of my best friends in VA went to UVA back when DMB played around town in Charlottesville. When I visited for a weekend every now and then, we saw him when he was an unknown, which seems like 100 years ago now...

[HEyHEY]

48. Oh he's a hypocrite

I rarely see him. But I went for beers at his place "Unknowing of his politics" and was amazed.

He even says "Bush is too liberal." ANd goes of about big government and crap like that...what does he do for his day -job you ask????

He teaches Criminology at a publicly funded college.

[flamingyouth]

57. He's obviously unbalanced

Or just plain dumber than a rock. :shrug:

[flamingyouth]

21. That makes no sense at all

Does he not listen to the Dylan or Neil Young? As for the Dead, I'm not a fan, but I can't imagine being a RW Deadhead.

When my husband lived in Kingston, he was in a band called the 14th Wray and they did a hilarious song called "Yuppie Deadhead Party." God, I should tape it for you. It's hilarious, making fun of people like this guy. :)

[eyesroll]

64. well...except the song itself...

When the Ataris re-did it (last year?), it became a Black Flag sticker. :eyes:

[Zomby Woof]

17. oooh! I know!!!

You were supposed to be shopping at the Trader Joe's in the U District. :P

[flamingyouth]

19. But I was on Queen Anne!!!

So that would have been a little inconveeeeenient, don't you think?

Had to take my parents their anniversary present, you know, and they are up there on Highland Drive, off Nob Hill.

And man, is there a smaller or more annoying parking lot than that one? I think not!

[Zomby Woof]

24. I lived a mile from the one in Burien

Next to a liquor store... which was way too conveeeeeient. :D

Happy Anniversary to flamingmom and flamingdad. :toast:

[flamingyouth]

28. You can congratulate them yourselves!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=1581845&mesg_id=1581845

[mondo joe]

27. Smaller? More annoying? Do you really mean the parking lot?

Smaller? More annoying? Do you really mean the parking lot?

Or do you mean the store?

Honestly, I hate my journeys to TJ's. It's like someone detonated a bomb that didn't kill people - just their sense of space and direction.

There's only one place I can find a more overprivileged bunch of people with no sense of other people: Whole Foods. (Though I go there too - just early in the morning.)

[flamingyouth]

30. That Queen Anne store is way too small

The parking lot is awful. I can never find a spot. And as for the store, it's awfully small. My mom is disabled and has a really hard time shopping in there.

One of these decades, they're going to finish the one on 18th and Madison, near Madison Market. That project seems to be just a *tad* behind schedule (it was supposed to open in spring ... of 2004).

I love TJ's - they have great frozen stuff and, yeah, I go for the cheap wine. ;)

[Zomby Woof]

35. they always have good cheese

And I was addicted to those ginger snap cookies they sold near the checkout.

We need one in Flagstaff. I am not driving down to PHX just for that. We do have a great health food grocery store called New Frontiers, which is as good or better with selection, but the downside is the priciness.

[flamingyouth]

45. I'll send you whatever you want

I'll happily trade for decent Mexican food! :D

[Zomby Woof]

49. oooooooooooo!

"Warning: Contents of Enchiladas May Settle During Shipment". :D

[mondo joe]

40. The frozen stuff is good. Pizza dough too.

The TJ pizza dough is better than the dough at Di Laurenti's in the Market.

[flamingyouth]

47. I totally agree

Although DeLaurenti's is an experience to visit.

They have amazing frozen slipper lobster meat at TJ's - makes great lobster chowder, and on this cold day, that sounds good! :D

[mondo joe]

50. You foody you.

Now aren't you the person who said your parents were at that dinner with Tom Douglas and Julia Child?

If so I'm wondering... are yuo part ofthe Mutual Fish family?

[flamingyouth]

53. Yes, my parents knew Julia and Paul Child

My dad had a small commercial fish business. She filmed part of her "Dinner With Julia" show at my dad's cannery.

You can see my story about it on www.aiwf.org website. :)

[mondo joe]

56. Neat neat. Tom Douglas is my boss-in-law.

My partner is the brand manager for Tom Douglas so that makes Tom my boss-in-law. I end up hearing a lot about Seattle food people though I rarely know any of them myself.

[flamingyouth]

63. Wow - I love his restaurants

The Dahlia Lounge is so great, especially. I love his cookbooks too. Lucky you and your partner! :D

[Beaverhausen]

29. I have Prius envy!!

How dare they deface it with that filth!

[glitch]

33. Did you look closely? I've been momentarily fooled by

Bush/Cheney 1984 bumperstickers.

[flamingyouth]

41. I looked closely

:scared:

[tigereye]

70. I'm afrraid I saw one yesterday, as well FY,

in West Virginia. We went on a little road trip and I saw several * stickers, but the one on the Prius was the weirdest! And this was after I had also seen an anti-abortion ad PULLED BY A PLANE in the burbs east of here. Really fucking strange.

[gollygee]

34. If it makes you feel any better

I saw a kerry/edwards sticker today on a hummer.

I had to take a second look.

[flamingyouth]

42. I don't know if that makes me feel better

That's almost creepier in a way! :D

[Gothic Sponge]

36. At a Trader Joe's too? Wow!

I just got home from Trader Joe's. I needed OJ and vitamin C.

[flamingyouth]

43. How's the bronchitis?

Hope you're feeling better!:hi:

[Gothic Sponge]

51. Thanks for asking!

I'm doing okay, not great, but not gasping every second.

[flamingyouth]

55. Are you on an inhaler?

Have you been checked for asthma, btw? When I was finally diagnosed, I noticed that my bouts of bronchitis eased up substantially.

Glad you're at least a bit better.:hi:

[Gothic Sponge]

61. I have an inhaler, but i don't need it......right now. (knock on wood)

I'm on antibiotics and liquids. I had bad allergies a few years ago and i had to use my inhaler constantly. Once i got cats most of my allergies went away.

[mondo joe]

37. A Kerry bumper sticker was defaced in a FREMONT lot!

It was on the news a couple of weeks ago - a woman returned to her parked car to discover someone had covered her Kerry bumpsticker with a CONFEDERATE FLAG sticker!

And in FREMONT!

I could not believe it.

But then I just delighted in the fact that in Seattle that's actually news.

[flamingyouth]

44. No way - that is too weird!

But yeah, LOL, that's huge news in Seattle. Right up there with the "It's hot outside!" stories - they never cease to amaze me! :D

[Philostopher]

54. Wow.

Here where I live, the TJ's is about the only place I can count on every sticker being a Kerry sticker, if there's one on the car at all! That's pretty strange, I admit. And on a hybrid, no less. Huh. I'm guessing they don't need a stereo -- the cognitive dissonance must keep them entertained for hours at a time.

[flamingyouth]

60. Yeah, truly the mind reels

Now that I've been thinking about it a lot, I feel very confused. :crazy:

[galadrium]

62. Kinda like seeing a Nader sticker on a Hummer... or a Corvair

[flamingyouth]

65. OK, someone get me a Corvair and a Nader sticker - stat!

That would be the best. :yourock:

[Zomby Woof]

66. and if someone says...

A DeadHead sticker on a cadillac, no TJ's pizza dough for them. x(

[NoPasaran]

67. I've actually seen that

Driving through Baton Rouge three years ago---Nader 2000 on a Corvair

[galadrium]

68. where is a camera when you need it?...lol.