I wouldn’t dare put a “BC04″ bumper sticker on my car where I live for fear of being keyed (hey, some things have priority!). But I’d gladly display this. And the graphics are better too! (hat tip: where else?)
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I assume you mean “BC04″ unless you are campaigning for direct current
I have to say, one of the advantages of having an older car with dents and scratches is you can put whatever sticker on it you want without too much worry. I have a Kerry sticker on my car (which in Kansas is as radical as a Bush sticker in LA) and feel no fear since my car has already been “keyed” by a thousand runaway supermarket carts!
Mike:
It’s a good idea but since you are a Democrat you are not in any danger of hostile actions by Bush supporters. It is your party that is using “analog” brownshirt tactics in this election.
Forehead boy? You must be joking. Can you imagine the sheer quantity of face powder it would take to dim that gleaming expanse? Would McCain-Feingold preclude pasting his own bumper stickers over his brow?
Nah, let’s stick with this Dayton character. He seems loony enough to do something really demented someday. In public. Maybe on the Senate floor.
Jerry, my county’s Democratic campaign headquarters have been vandalized and broken into, so I think you are wrong here.
I know in other parts of the country, the GOP HQs have been similarly attacked.
Sadly, there are people on both sides who would prefer electioneering to be done Central American style, with thuggery and intimidation.
I condemn all of this kind of behavior.
Where, oh where, can I get the Lileks-06 bumper sticker?
And I won’t put my BC04 sticker on my car either for the same reason. It’s lovely to live in LA, huh?
Me? Hey, I’d display one, but for this 1 little problem. He’s way up there in the frozen wasteland, and I’m down here in Ga. Hey, if he’d come on down this way, establish residence and run here? Nah, he still couldn’t do it, at least not in ’06 which is an off year here.
Lileks v. Dayton?
If he is nuts enough to want/accede to do it, I’ll support him.
If he is to be taken as a serious candidate we need to know what he did in Vietnam.
If he is to be taken as a serious candidate we need to know what he did in Vietnam.
Oops. Sorry.
I have a BC04 and W sticker and a “Vote November as if your life depends on it” with a photo of the WTC exploding in to flames. Maybe that sticker scares off the vandals!
However, I live in the San Gabriel Valley not the Westside! I’ve had no problems, and gotten quite a few friendly honks and waves.
Roger? There are a whole lot of people that died to give you the freedom to put that sticker on your car. There are a whole ‘nother lot of people in other countries (Iran, say, or China, or Venezuela) who risk imprisonment or worse to publicly express their viewpoint.
And you, Roger, are afraid of getting your car keyed.
Well, at least we know how much you think freedom of expression is worth. I’m sure in future years when you tell this story to your daughter, she’ll be proud to hear dad’s philosophy is “Speak loudly online, but in person? Duck and run.”
Feh.
Kay-
I’m in the San Gabriel Valley too, and also have a BC04 sticker. Like you, I haven’t had any problems. No one has ever said anything to me.
We were in San Diego last week, and two other cars with W and BC04 stickers actually honked at us. One lady even made a “W” sign with three fingers.
My sister-in-law owns a cleaning service, and a lot of her clients are wealthy entertainment industry types on the west side. She asked me to get her a bumper sticker, and I asked her whether she was sure she wanted to put one on her car, given the likely ideological leanings of her customers. She did.
I confess that I am nervous about parking on the West Side. We like to eat at Nate and Al’s, and I don’t think that anyone would actually key our car in Beverly Hills in broad daylight, but I’m still not sure.
Honestly, I am sort of spoiling to get into a confrontation with some haughty liberals. I was hoping that my bumper sticker might actually provoke a few people, but everyone has been polite. I would like to up the ante by wearing a BC04 t-shirt to the Westside, but I think it would actually be rude to be that provocative.
Your Twin Towers bumper sticker sounds great.
Weekend before last I saw a car in northern NJ, within a few miles of NYC, with two oval Bush stickers. One said “W04″ and the other said “VRWC”. I thought that was pretty bold for suburban New York City.
Last weekend there was an explosion of ribbon style stickers, both yellow and red/white/blue. I was seeing them constantly between PA and Manhattan. Anyone know where all these suddenly came from?
I’d think getting to design the stickers, signs, and everything else would push Lileks into running.
I am going to give my new “Bush” in Hebrew button a test drive tonight at a Jewish political event. I have already turned heads with my “Foreign Leaders for Kerry” button (includes Kim Jong Il, Chirac, Saddam, Rafsanjani, and Arafat).
Joe, we must be practically neighbors! I am venturing into Santa Monica on Sunday. If my cars gets keyed, so be it.
If you’re in LA, the drill is, put your bumpersticker in the window where other Bush supporters can see it, and take in down when you park.
If you want to confront Kerry/ABBniks, c’mon by Laurel Cyn and Ventura Boulevard in Studio City ever Friday between 6 and 8 pm. We usually have a pretty good selection to point at and laugh. The good guys are on the south side of ventura, the parlor pinks on the corner by the Washington Mutual…