Yesterday at a political gathering I picked up my first Romney campaign bumper sticker. It actually says Romney Believe in America, and even though I support Governor Romney, I am afraid to place it on my car.
Thinking that I was being a bit too paranoid, I asked some other Romney supporters and they agreed with me that displaying a Romney bumper sticker is just too dangerous.
Maybe this is the reason why I have seen so few Romney bumper stickers displayed, not only in the hotly contested swing state where I live, but also in other swing states where I have recently traveled.
Which leads me to the question: What has happened to our nation when voters are afraid to display their political preferences with something as traditional as a bumper sticker?
Personally, I am concerned that my car will be “keyed” along the sides or that some other damage will be inflicted on the vehicle.
What a sad commentary this is about political discourse in 2012.
Now back in 2008 I had a McCain bumper sticker on my car and I was not worried in the least. So what happened between 2008 and 2012?
I can’t imagine why you’d be scared, Myra. People of tolerance and diversity simply aren’t known for keying their fellow Americans’ cars, just because they disagree with the message on their bumper stickers.
No, Mr. Driscoll. They’ll just poop on her car, instead.
because the left is not a group of people that are tolerant.
See what happened at Chick-fil-a where a restaurant was given a coat of grafitti that was vile and very intolerant. Guess one can’t key a building, but cars are easier.
Seen any lib/dems/rallies of late, and see the garbage left when they leave? Enough said.
Seen the OWS damage to the private property of others, or the damge to public areas, that the taxpayers had to pay to repair
Enough said.
If you can’t stand up to this level of thuggery, then what would you do if it were presented at a stronger level?
Just buy a little more car insurance and toughen up your spine.
You’re definitely not from the NYC-tri-state area.
Quite right. That’s why conservative’s are in fear of leftist agitators, Occutards, and Bamabots.
Sarcasm noted, and appreciated. In ’08 I honestly thought, even here in Massachusetts where I, and everyone else, knew with certainty Obama would win, that I could put a McCain sticker on my car just to be counted. This ‘reactionary’ act got the side of my car kicked in. And I live in a (relatively) conservative town.
“Sounds like you’re working for your car, man”
http://simpsonswiki.net/wiki/Hippie
I’m sure your comment is of the tongue-in-cheek variety. I pasted a “Sportsman for Bush” on my 1998 Dodge Ram in 2004 and got it keyed. In fact the keying was so intense that it scratched the chrome. To show you how wealthy I am, I still have that 1998 truck, scratched bumper and all.
You forgot the sarcasm alert Ed Driscoll.
Here in Seattle it wasn’t safe to put a McCain sticker on your car even in 2008. One of my neighbors did it, and vandals snapped his rear window wiper off, and went at the bumper sticker with what appeared to be a flat-head screwdriver based on the damage I saw. They didn’t quite get the sticker off, but put gouges in the car right down to the metal.
We’re the party of intolerance, though.
Exactly why I just put on ”Wherever I stand, I stand with Israel” , one is from the MRC saying ”I don’t believe liberal news” and last one is for Romney and that ought to do the job and get my car fixed free of charge…:) I used to work for MS and sorry you live in a land of antisemites trying to slam the jwws with bus signs.that finally got shutdown.
go with the nobama stickers and if you do go for a romney sticker couple it with a pro-gun sticker
one thing i notice though, is the total lack of obama ’12 stickers
Yea; They’re recycling the 2008 “Obama/Biden” stickers.
I haven’t seen any new Obama/Biden stickers, only small posters at the local Obama campaign office.
I wonder why they’re hiding Biden this time?
Excellent idea! Will actually think about doing it.
Drove from Augusta to Detroit & back last week & I saw exactly 3 Obama 2012 stickers. Didnt see many Romney but did see many NoBama & a variety of similar sentiments. Every Obama supporter was a white, male, senior with longish grey hair. The Nobamas were male, female, old, young, SUV & pickup, even 1 prius. 13 hr straight drive both ways, I had to amuse myself somehow
This is what I have on the back of my vehicle:
http://www.zazzle.com/whenlibertybecomestyranny_m14_bumper_sticker-128865017061415967
It’s an 0bama logo with a red circle and strikethrough, a picture of an M14 and the legend, “As long as I have a rifle, I still have a vote.”
No one messes with it.
Here is the one I got a couple of months ago:
The Media is Lying to You
I love it because (a) it’s true, and (b) it reminds me of the signs that appeared in the movie “They Live” after the protagonist put on the special sunglasses.
That is not my website. I’m not making a dime off those bumper stickers. But I wish millions of people would buy them, so that the “low information voters” were faced with that message everywhere they look.
If you believe that women who stay at home to raise their children are repressed by a male-dominated society, but that women who wear hijabs are expressing freedom of religion – you might be a liberal.
If you quote the John Howard Society on the ineffectiveness of incarceration, and MADD on the effectiveness of drunk driving zero tolerance – you might be a liberal.
If you believe it should be illegal to smoke in your vehicle, but support legalized marijuana – you might be a liberal.
If you believe that a “woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle”, but claim to love your sons as much as your daughters – you might be a liberal.
If you believe it is American hubris to believe they can bring democracy to the Middle East – but America’s shame for not reversing climate change – you might be a liberal.
If you reject absolute moral concepts like “right” and “wrong”, but believe George W. Bush is “evil” – you might be a liberal.
If you’re still waiting for the epidemic in AIDS cases among heterosexual women in America – you might be a Liberal.
If you’re an “advocate” for the poor who uses “trailer trash” as an insult – you might be a Liberal.
If you believe in evolution, but hold that all cultures are equal – you might be a liberal.
- Kate McMillan
Excellent list, Kate!
Sad to say that I share all your concerns. I too worry what kind of country I’ll be leaving for my son and possible grandchildren. I have a Richard Burr sticker beside my NRA stickers on my truck getting some points and stares but no keying. So maybe our concerns are also buffeted by the MSN’s constant racist rants and reality is actually as bad as we think. Always hoping for a better tomorrow! Keep your head up Myra, Nov isn’t all that far off!
Myra, I feel the same way. Actually, even just posting a comment on a blog can be a bit dangerous, especially if it is not worded carefully. I have known of a few situations where I was privy to some interesting and scary things but have been afraid to post that information and links to it for fear of retribution. Just having an American flag flying on the front of our house has been an adventure. Imagine that, right here in the great USA. And, even having that cute little cow stuffed animal in my car has gotten me into trouble here of late. That is how these liberal democrats spew their hate rhetoric. But, I am not a chicken like Harry Reid, I will display my patriotic stickers with references of where they came from so there is no denying that I am a Tea Party patriot. If you do not stand for something, you will fall for anything. Now adays you have to be brave for just being who you are.
My car was keyed several times over the past 3 years, for my ‘Impeach Obama’ stickers, living in Puerto Vallarta! So much for laid back retired gringos! God knows what would happen in Amerika.
You should be afraid. I won’t put political stickers on my car. I don’t want it vandalized. I live in the People’s Republik of Madison, WI. I know what Left Wing Democrats are like. They are my neighbors and the people I grew up with. They literally view US politics as a battle between good and evil, and since they are good and we are evil, anything they do is justifiable.
I also think this may be skewing the polls. I refuse to take part in polling anymore. I am afraid the Democrats are using phone polls to develop lists of Romney supporters to target. I suspect that there is a large pool of Romney voters who are not answering polls or claiming to support Obummer for reasons of personal safety.
We are dealing with a bunch of Stalinist thugs. Walk and talk softly and be sure you vote. Until we manage to clean up our politics, we have to operate like we are in a totalitarian regime. There are more of us, but we have to all vote because what few Leftists there are all vote more than once. Scott Walker has shown that we can win, even in Wisconsin under a full court press by the Unions and Professional Left. But you have to vote for that to happen.
I would to – especially if you live in a “blue” part of the US or town. There, the more radical believe they “own” the area and have the duty to purge all heretics from “their” town/city/neighborhood.
“I would to – especially if you live in a “blue” part of the US or town.”
I live in one of the bluest of blue wards in the People’s Republik. The far west side. In 2000, Nader got more votes than Bush in my ward. There were many yard signs for Nader and the Farm & Labor Party Candidates.(Commies) The Fist of Tolerance was/is everywhere. (BTW: Love that phrase. Consider it stolen.) You would not believe the number of Priuses (SP?) on the road here.
These people truly live in a bubble. Most have never talked to a Republican. I am a laid back ex Hippie Live and Let Live Moderate Libertarian and I cannot discuss anything with these people without it turning into an argument where they end up calling me names. The gap between them and just the middle of the spectrum of American political belief is astounding. Something like the Chick-Fil_A owner expressing what are standard mainstream Christian beliefs is hate speech in their eyes. The divide the world into fellow Lefties and Evil Hatemongers. They truly are astounding.
We have to defeat these people or our grandchildren will end up as serfs in a Progressive Ecotopian Feudal System.
LOL, Old Guy!
I used to live there, too! Was dangerous to even cross the street. When I tried, they’d line up n take turns trying to run me over! LOL!
I eventually wised up and moved to a purple state. It’s better here. Mainly because here, the ‘red’ folks oft carry guns! LOL!
I did put a Walker sticker on my vehicle & a sign in my yard, but I also don’t live in Madison.
I visited my sister in the UW-Madison hospital about a month before the recall election and I felt like I was driving through a hostile combat zone. That wonderful fist of tolerance sign was everywhere – including on the t-shirts some of the nurses wore under their tops. The negative vibes were not cool and I was more than relieved when I drove out of there with no serious confrontation.
That Fist Poster is downright creepy.
A word to the wise, don’t go to the polls alone, and don’t leave home without a phone that takes videos. If we even get the opportunity to vote, it could be dangerous – protect yourselves.
I live in Cal. and will be going to the polls with a pistol in my pocket.
Re: your trepidation about a sticker, I can assure you vandalism will not impact you negatively at lease end. To lease you must have comp/coll Ins. They cover vandalism in the policy. Also, keep a loaded gun in your car. Laws or not, everyone should.
I agree 100% – we ARE living in Amerika! This old person knows it.
the polling thing is exactly what happened here in israel a few times – not because we were scared, but because it was such fun fooling the media who commissioned the polls and then read the surprise on their faces day after Election Day! no-one coordinated this beforehand, but afterwards i spoke to many many right-wingers who had claimed to be Labor voters.
Amen!
That’s not an irrational concern. I wouldn’t put a Republican sticker on my car nor sign in my yard. I see plenty of people still with Obama stickers on their cars or wearing his clothes and given the attitudes described above, it’s not worth tempting fate. I’ll express my views in the polls where it counts.
Get a concealed carry permit. Defend you personal property. If you live in California or Chicago or New York or some other unfortunate place, sell your home and move.
Yup. I live in Kalifornia and I’ve wanted to get out for some time but unfortunately given my occupation and the fact that I own a home its a tough thing to do.
As tempted as I may be to support Romney with a sticker I just can’t do it. I too own a car that screams success and I’m quite sure if I put a sticker on it it wouldn’t last one day without being seriously vandalized. Hell, I can’t even mention being a libertarian without getting ostracized and shouted down.
Short anecdote. During the ’04 election many, many cubicles started sporting Kerry stickers, posters buttons etc. One fellow put a Bush/Cheney poster up in his cube and one of the libs complained. The management asked the Bush guy to take his poster down. When he asked “what about all the Kerry stuff?” the answer back was “That isn’t controversial”.
I resigned as soon as I could find another gig.
Between 12:52 and 1:05am Ken made 4 comments under two different posts and 3 of them referenced violent acts he would like to carry out.
Taken by themselves they might not mean much but Ken has a history of saying things like this on other blogs.
Is he for real or is he fake? Who knows but either way something needs to be done about this guy.
The previous comments of his on other blogs have been really disturbing and if he is real point to serious mental instability.
1. I will not put a Romney sticker on my car; because while I will vote for him, I neither believe or trust him. He is not Obama. That will suffice until the morning of November 7 when the game changes either way.
2. I do have a couple of stickers on my bumper, but they are erudite enough that most Leftists cannot understand them.
3. I admit that I have a Sarah Palin sticker that I mounted on a piece of sheet metal and put some strip magnets on the back. It stays on while I am at home, but when I have to go to enemy-occupied territory, it comes off.
4. Part of the reason that there is fear of vandalism [and personal physical attacks] when exposing a political outlook to the right of Trotsky in public is the knowledge that a) with the breakdown of the rule of law you know as an absolute fact that any Leftist that vandalizes or attacks you will neither be sought, nor arrested. If somehow, you insist on an arrest or citation; you know that in any area with a Democrat government, there will be no prosecution. That is the way in the Democrats’ [with the active collusion of Republicans] America. b) if attacked by a Leftist, it is you who will be charged. c) any Leftist who attacks or vandalizes you will be lionized by the media and the Left; either personally or in absentia.
5. Neither the rule of law, nor civility, will be restored to our country by civil means.
Subotai Bahadur
Point 2 is funny and true.
Point 4 is also true. I’ll add to it that even if the guilty party is caught, odds are their punishment will be suspended or light. Even if they do have probation or a little jail time, it won’t mean anything to them and if it does, they’ll come looking for revenge when they get out. If they keyed your car the first time, the next time they’ll put a brick through the window or set it on fire. Then the whole process starts over again.
But yes, law and order is breaking down in many places. Police admit they can’t deal with copper and other metal thefts (though one would think staking out the recycling centers and shutting them down if they take stolen material would do the trick)and many places have stopped responding to vandalism, noise complaints, even burglaries. That kind of thing only encourages the degenerates and demoralizes the civilized.
I heartily agree with #5.
WRT #4 – Retaliate. Police your brass. Walk away calmly.
When the rule of law no longer protects you, the only justice you’ll find is the justice that you make for yourself.
It is a heavy decision and the hesitation is perfectly understandable actually. I had the same kind of reservations before placing a ‘I Stand With Scott Walker’ bumper sticker on my mom-van or sticking a sign in our front yard. We had a conversation as a family about how we would handle vandalized property or if we were confronted. We just felt it was necessary in order to combat the very noisy, rude & sometimes downright hostil recall supporters. It was time to stand up for what we believe in.
I’ll be doing the same with the Romney sticker & yard signs. I’m mad and done taking the crap quietly.
Good for you Amy. As long as we are afraid to express our opinions openly, the libs will just get bolder.
I currently live in a red state, but will be moving to the Seattle area early next year.
I do not plan to hide my political views while I am there. No matter where you are, there are a few people who have not bought the progressive lie. Remember when Elijah the prophet was despondant and wanted to die and God told him that there were several hundred others in the land that were true to the faith and in hiding?
Who knows? You might even manage to open the eyes of some.
“This is a leased car that you are turning back to the dealer in December…”
So, it is not YOUR car, IOW. Better check your lease agreement as I am certain there are provisions prohibiting any “modifications”. Bumper stickers, regardless of content, may well fall under such proscription. While I sympathize with feeling intimidated about placing a sticker because of what certain unhinged people might do there is a bit of personal responsibility at work here as well.
My mom lives in a neighborhood where support for Obama and the rest of the Democrats is strong. When I dropped by her house, I noticed that she had a Romney bumpersticker in the back window of her car. After I explained why she should remove the bumper sticker from her car’s rear window, she immediately did so.
Cowardice. Buy Mama a revolver.
My sister put a Romney sticker on her car—and keying be damned. She decided that helping to build the perception that there was widespread support for Romney was more important than her paint job. She’s in a battleground state.
She has a hairdresser she visits when she’s in Chicago, who asked her for a bumper sticker too. That’s someone at Obama Ground Zero—an ordinary working person—who is willing to deal with whatever fallout might attend expressing his opinion in order to do his bit to help get Obama out.
Some people think that preserving the Constitution is more important than having to go to Earl Scheib.
When you self censor because you are afraid of thugs, the terrorists have already won.
Arm yourself.
THIS. People, it’s scary, no doubt. I don’t condemn those who choose not to speak out. But not speaking out is part of what got us here. And this is AMERICA, by heaven. If we don’t speak out, we’ve already lost.
It’s “racism”, not racism. We should not ever give that charge credence again. It has been proven that it cannot or will not be used responsibly by too many, so unless I personally see someone in sheets burning a cross, I’m just assuming it’s a demagogue who is making the accusation–a person of no credibility or character, and not to be trusted.
Absolutely. As with the terms Nazi and hater, accusations of “racism” have come to mean that some puerile lefty disagrees with you but doesn’t have the intellectual firepower to frame a cogent argument to make their case on the merits.
I am a proud Democrat and a very proud Obama supporter. I only read this column to get an idea about what the ” right wing”crazies are chatting about, but I believe that I have FINALLY found something that I can agree about……..
I also refuse to put any political bumper stickers on my car, for the same reasons that the Romney supporters have expressed !!
I park my car in a downtown garage, and during the last election, when I had an Obama/ Biden bumper sticker on my car, my car was keyed during the day.
I was very upset. But the worse thing, is that as I drive daily on the Interstate to work, and when I had political bumper stickers on my car, motorists would drive by, yell at me, and give me the finger, ETC……
Clearly not a safe situation to be in on a daily basis.
So bottom line, conservative foes, is that we live in such a volatile,angry, hyper- partisan time, that all of us are afraid to express our constitutional rights, and isn’t that sad. Democracy is not suppose to be like that!
you should switch parties
I call bullshit.
Sort of like nooses hanging from college professors doors- you’re lying.
In the overall scheme of things, liberals are actually doing what they charge conservatives with doing. Every time.
I do not believe you.
>>>>>I am a proud Democrat and a very proud Obama supporter. I only read this column to get an idea about what the ” right wing”crazies are chatting about
Oh, we welcome left-wingers. Everybody knows they’re infinitely superior to us right-wing grazies. We’re honored.
Everyone reading your post knows you are lying; doesn’t that make feel silly?
Without pictures and a notarized police report it didn’t happen
Don’t be too quick to judge.
All you have to do is compare the OWS gatherings to the Tea Party gatherings to know which group is more likely to do wrong. But, in every large group, there will always be a few that act out. Besides, maybe the car got keyed for some other reason. Maybe the rude gesture was also for a different motive.
Why not compromise by placing it in the backseat window behind the driver’s side. Don’t stick it to the window, just place it in the crack of the window. This way, you can remove it when needed.
“So what happened between 2008 and 2012?”
Barack Hussein ObamaRx and Eric “the Red” Holder. Lisa “Green on the Outside but Red on the Inside” Jackson. Turbo Tax Timmy Geithner. Solyndra. “You didn’t build that.” The war on rich people. SCOTUS bowed to political pressure. Obama bowed to every foreign leader EXCEPT Queen Lizzie and Netanyahu. OWS. The Justice Dept. spent more time running guns and sueing states than catching crooks.
That’s why I’m pissed off. I can’t speak for damn fool RBC lefties – heck, they ought to be in hog heaven.
Here in Alabama ,it ain’t a problem . And it ain’t a problem to have an Obama tag on your car , neither , although you get some funny looks as people try to figure out some one could be so stupid or angry . I guess we bitter clingers are too busy to hate .
I put a “LOLbama” sticker on my car three years ago (BTW, it’s held up remarkably well; kudos on the workmanship.) During that time, I’ve received several positive comments and not one negative comment nor has there been any damage to my car.
Maybe that’s due to the NRA, USPSA, and COEXIST made from gun manufacturer logos that also adorn my car. Progressives think I’m a insane gun-clinger and leave my car alone.
It’s only Democrats that you have to be afraid of. They have the same values as the citizens of Chicago.
Texasron and All – I live in Chicago. And for the absolute first time in my life, I plan to vote for a Republican presidential candidate. I have no doubt whatsoever that many, many other Chicagoans plan to do the same.
I will admit that I feel somewhat uneasy about showing up at the polls, as I don’t think it’s impossible that some attempt at intimidation may be made there. Illinois has the most draconian anti-gun laws in the country, so carrying a gun is not an option. But this election is simply too critical to skip.
My only request to all the folks here is that you not confuse the citizens of Chicago with the lousy politicians in charge. Would we elect honest people to run the city? Sure we would, if any were brave enough to take their lives in their hands and run.
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen bold “you want our liberty? try and take it” statements on conservative blogs, I’d have myself a nice little offshore account.
Here, I see people who claim to believe—rightly—that the fate of the nation hangs in the balance in this election. And they are more worried about their car’s paint job. Yessir, there’s that bold, patriot spirit! “Our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor, but we shall respectfully decline to risk our auto paint.”
Ouch that hurt!
I hope so.
I’d rather donate the money I’d have to use on repairs to the Romney campaign which would at least be a useful use of the money. Shaming someone into inflicting personal loss may seem like a good idea to you, but to me it’s myopic.
As a female, my worry about the Walker sticker wasn’t the paint job on my mom-van it was the outright hostility & potential physical confrontation in a very contentious recall election. It was having my home vandalized while my teenage kids were home alone. Or having them harrassed as they make their day through school. Or being followed aggressively by pissed off union members as I drive through certain parts of town. Or dealing with a completely unhinged person approaching me as I enter my vehicle alone. Or being videotaped and having my address & license plate posted all over the web.
I get your point & agree that a paint job is a small price to pay – but the fact is that in these ‘battle ground states’ the threat of retaliation for your political beliefs goes beyond your car getting egged or keyed. I decided my 1st Amendment rights were worth the risk, but I understand why some would choose to be the silent majority right now.
We are in a hotly contested and very important election, with a highly polarized electorate. For that reason, I can certainly understand the private decision not to declare one’s self, for the reasons mentioned; there is a genuine danger, at least in some places, of vandalism or worse. That is why I mentioned, in #15, two people—one in a battleground state, one in a highly-partisan pro-Obama area—who have decided that the possible cost of public courage is less than the price of private cowardice.
I would have enthusiastically applauded an article which said, “I feared placing a Romney sticker on my car, because…but I did it anyway, because…” That would have been heroic. Truly heroic—for it would have documented someone who faced fear and potential reaction and proceeded despite that fear, which is what heroism is.
I do not condemn someone who has decided, privately, to sit out the opportunity to make a public declaration of support. But to make a public declaration such as that made here is a different matter. I can understand choosing not to put a sign up, as I’ve said, for precisely the reasons mentioned; there is the threat of violence/vandalism. Advertising that position—demanding validation, in effect, and trolling for support for it—compounds a personal, private decision into a public declaration, which seeks to recruit others to the same cowardice.
I am sorry to have to put it so bluntly.
Well said Buzz. I put my money where my mouth is this morning – on both our cars. Fascists be damned.
I won’t put a sticker on my car because the odds are if the car gets defaced I won’t be around to catch the perp.
I WILL put a sign in my yard. In order to remove/deface it you must tresspass on my property and I will shoot you.
love to buzz from
eaglesoars
Dude, skip the rant about the paint on peoples’ cars and focus on the important stuff … how we vote in the election. I don’t care if people park their “unmarked” cars 10 blocks away as long as they drive religiously to the polls and vote … Republican.
What matters is what lever we pull in November, not whether we announce to the world who we support by displaying a bumper sticker. I’ve never been persuaded to vote for someone merely because their name is stickered to numerous cars on the road.
Wrong, ceding public space and power over you (via self censorship) to thugs, will continue, after the election, no matter who you voted for.
Cowering from bullies and thugs is no way to live. Passing on that legacy to your kids is shameful.
EXACTLY!
+eleventybillion
Sorry, buy I agree with Buzzmonkey on this one. It’s the reverse of a progressive “anti-racist” who rants about the evils of the racist AmeriKKKa and how evil it is, but joins the “White Flight” the minute a black family moves next door.
Liberty is to be defended to the death against the tyrant Obama! So long as the paint job on the car isn’t in danger. Y’all are willing to lie in a hearse to defend liberty, but only as long as its shiny black color isn’t mutilated. Give me a break.
You know something? I have had my car keyed due to such a bumper sticker, I would wear it as a badge of honor and add another sticker: “a tolerant accepting progressive keyed this car for not agreeing with him”.
The MSM needs to realize once and for all that the truism of old, “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel” has been overtaken in the modern era by the new reality, i.e., “Charges of racism are the last refuge of a scoundrel.”
Do what I do. Drive a beater. It gets me where I have to go and even the most rabid member of the people’s republic of Asheville isn’t going to go to the effort of keying a 15 year old car with dull paint.
Can I get an AMEN from y’all? I’ll drive my beater Benz until the wheels fall off.
Same goes for me. I’m going to upgrade my insurance from liability only to full coverage for the rest of the year, though.
As others have suggested, I’ll also add a placard which reads “Smile – you’re on 360 degree video surveillance”.
BTW, NCMG, I’ve got you beat. My Benz is 29 years old, with 284K miles, and still purrs like a warm, happy kitten (so far).
I, for one will be proudly displaying a Romney sticker on my car, and I will put a Romney sign in my yard. I refuse to give in to thuggery.
On the one hand I encourage you to have to stand up for what’s right by putting a sticker on your car.
On the other hand, I remember my Father saying, about a million times, “What kind of idiot glues a 25 cent sticker to a $10,000 car?”
This was, obviously, a long time ago.
Saw this bumper sticker recently and immediately coveted it, “Obama Sucks”. The car had not yet been damaged, and I live in Cali. I still see more Obama 2008 stickers, and somewhat fewer 2012′s.
Entirely possible that the car is owned by a rabid leftist. The extremely mad crowd on the left hate him more than the Conservatives do. They feel betrayed while we feel validated. What kind of car was it? Small econobox, dirty inside then probably a OWS type. Mom van, dirty inside from pop drinks and toys, Probably a liberal eco-mom. Solid sedan, clean inside, probably a guy/girl just visiting from out of town…
Flying under the radar is the policy of prudence for conservatives and libertarians today. Indeed, it might be that it’s always been that way and always will be. And there is a bright side: A Leftist’s corrosive rage, if denied an external focus, can cause the sufferer to implode.
We know who we are, and we can find one another easily enough via the Internet. So why give our enemies a clear target? Let the Leftist wonder who in the crowd around him just…might…be…a conservative, or a Republican partisan. Let him wonder who around him might cast the fatal vote to end the reign of Barack the First. Why, it might even be a neighbor, a close friend, or a family member — and wouldn’t that eat at the poor guy’s gut!
Here in Durham, NC I placed a Bush bumper sticker on my car in 2004. The same afternoon someone keyed F@%K You on the side and hood of my car. I will never again display a political sign on my car or lawn.
Just put an Obama sticker on your car.
I’ve got this one on mine -
Obama Is The Man
Of 1,000 Excuses
(And just as many lies)
… and plan to add this one -
See The Third World
Without Leaving America
(Reelect Barack Obama in 2012)
How about this one: Obama: looting the future to bribe the present
OBAMA 2012
Zimbabwe Without the Airfare!
If you can read this…
You may be too smart to vote for me
– Obama 2012
I admit, I am a coward. I would not do it. Perhaps if I did not have children. I refused to answer questions for a telephone political poll the other day. How do I know who they really are? Express the wrong opinion and you will be crucified.
It bothers me that conservative supporters have to use discretion in the matter of supporting their candidates openly. I must confess I will not be putting any stickers on any of my vehicles but in my own defense, I never put stickers on my vehicles…. ever. There are too many small minded cretins out there and I’d just as soon not have to repaint any of my cars/trucks. I prefer the stealth method: support my candidate with cash and vote for them come November. I truly hope obama is soundly defeated in November, soundly defeated to the point of embarrassment.
I live in Portland Maine which is another place where you can’t speak your mind openly, but the worst incident I’ve encountered happened in Harrisburg PA. We were visiting my Mom back in ’04 and driving her car briefly, which had a Bush sticker on it, and we were accosted by some local thugs.
I might be looking at this as an Israeli, but, folks: as someone who lives in constant danger of having one’s car, not keyed, but blown up, I assure you that — however difficult it might be — giving up is not going to help. Trust me, I’m speaking from experience.
I will not put a Romney sticker on my car for several reaons:
Although I will vote for him, I’m not all that excited about him. I am really only voting against Obama.
I don’t like wearing my beliefs or opinions on my sleeve (or my bumper). If someone asks my opinion I will give it to them. If they don’t, I will assume they don’t care and keep it to myself.
Even if I do decide to publicly proclaim my opinion, I will do so on my person by wearing a t-shirt or a campaign button. If anyone then has a problem with it they will have to confront ME, not my unattended car.
I live in themost conservative state in the union. It still scares me. These people are thugs and criminals (check out obama’s army – occupy).
We have to defeat this disaster. For those of my persuation – the first Sunday in the month is tomorrow, so if you think about it please put in a word to the big guy!
Myra I have had a regular full sized bumber sticker on the lower corner of the rear window of our cars for nearly five years now saying and have never had a problem… the ones I have used are red white and blue and simply say “Mitt Romney”.
If our car is vandalized our insurance covers repairs and the claim deductible on vandialism is very small.
Risk it… paranoia gains you noithing…. don’t let fear rule your life… you are only making the insurance co richer!!!!
I have a “US Army Retired” decal on my vehicle, and it has been defaced and keyed at least three times in recent years. Oh, and I live in the People’s Soviet of Washington, so no, I probably won’t put a Romney sticker on either. I will have Republican signs in my yard in my yard. You folks who live in even marginally more conservative areas do not know what it is like to live in a state like this. The self-righteous imbecile who self-destructed at the Chik-Fil-A driveup would go unremarked here. Unfortunately, we don’t have that chain here ither.
What’s really sad is that the Alinsky mode of divide & conquer has worked so well here. That folks don’t realize that the democrat party; so heavily infultrated by communists it should call itself communist are the REAL racists, using their useful idiots to get further. The progressives care nothing about race, nothing about true equality (as in juging a man on merit & not color). They only use those they can brainwash into feeling divided as a means to their own end. Please people, expose them for what they really are! Expose the ‘progressives’ who are communists that love Stalin & Mao! The CommieBlaster website is a great point of refrence for anyone to use to expose the greatest threat our nation has ever known. It is not a time to be silent it is a time to act & expose the truth. If most Americans were aware they wouldn’t support the usurper so please expose it!
You people sicken me! You remind me of Larry ODonnell who will not criticize Islam because he is a coward!
I got news for you people. It only gets worse until you confront the bullies and terrorists and thugs.
Mitt Romney isnt gonna change your neighborhood or city. You have to take it back yourself. No one is going to do it for you whilst you cower in your scratch free vehicle hoping no one will notice you arent towing the party line.
Take back your neighborhoods. Take bake your offices. Take back America.
If not for your own sake, for the sake of your children!
Yep, well said. The plight of an elderly man or solitary woman in a bad part of town is one thing, the stench of teachers and academics and Very Pious People parsing away, helpless and hopeless in a brown-trouser race to the bottom of the sewer, well, that’s something else.
I believe we can safely guess that most are unblinking members of the Stupid Party.
and those voting, without proclaiming who they are voting for will be a major loss of media credibility when a tsunami of greater proportion than 2010, hits the ballot box in november
I got a job in Hollywood and learned quickly if I wanted to keep it or get promoted, I could not tell people I was not a leftist.
I got a job in academia and learned quickly if I wanted to keep it or get tenure, I could not tell people I was not a leftist.
I got a job in mass media and learned quickly if I wanted to keep it or move up the ladder of success, I could not tell people I was not a leftist.
I got a job in a Democratic run municipality and learned quickly to never let anyone know that I did not approve of corruption, graft, bribery and to never, ever let anyone know that I was not a leftist.
I got a job at the Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division and learned quickly that civil rights do not apply to me or anyone who, like me, is not a leftist.
I got a job as a union steward and learned quickly that where my dues go and why they are so high is not my business and if I knew what was good for me I would never announce that I was not a leftist.
I got a job as an usher in church and learned quickly never to recoil in horror if the preacher at the pulpit engaged in hatred against our country, our military, our police and fire fighters, against Jews, against Christians, against “garic nosed” Italians. I learned to sit in those pews without uttering a peep in protest or ever daring to walk out and most especially to never announce that I was not a leftist.
I got those jobs by keeping quiet. I got promoted by my passive acquiescence. I raised not a peep in protest, not a word of conscience.
I then awoke one day to realize that I had gotten an America that I did not recognize. Intolerant of religious people, laws that were being administered based upon race or skin color, entertainment and “news” that was little more than propaganda, treason and naked distortion, schools that were nothing more than indoctrination farms, municipalities that were bankrupt, a military that was to be gutted, borders that were a sieve, no budget to examine, no representation upon taxation.
I had gotten a government that did not like me, did not represent me, did not protect me, did not want me as part of that nation.
I had gotten Obama.
In an America that silence produced.
Myra, I like you. And, I completely understand your instinct to be silenced. I’m with you. Just wondering aloud, what will our silence produce next?
cfbleachers,
Answer: a landslide election that nobody expects.
If I see your name, I always read your posts, but this one has too many strawmen. It’s not ‘keeping silent’ to not nominate your car for vandalism if you know it will happen any more than not standing in the middle of interstate in rush hour with a Romney sign. It’s nice to know that some people feel they can do so without risk, or can afford to fix their cars, or don’t mind losing a paint job, a window, or a few tires. I would never encourage a friend to expose herself to harm, ever. So do you really ‘like’ Myra? ‘Cause I think if you knew her personally and were invested in her well-being, you’d never advocate that she risk injury.
Carmelita
I DO like Myra and I DO care for her well being.
Upon reading my post again, I can see where it would be taken as irony only.
Sometimes I forget myself. What I have written before on these pages may not be remembered, in fact, probably isn’t…certainly not as well as I remember it myself, that’s for sure.
I have written that I am a coward. That I don’t stand up and shout loudly enough, that I don’t do enough, that I don’t expose myself to the danger of exposing my positions…except here, hidden behind a pen name.
My post was intending to expand on that theme, it’s my silence I condemn …and it came for all the reasons I listed in that post. I believe that it is the instinct of non-leftists to be restrained. We don’t usually march, don’t usually protest loudly or en masse, we don’t usually march, we don’t usually make a fuss. It’s simply not our nature.
We are generally more reserved and proper in our manner, in our interaction with our government, our institutions, our countrymen.
There is almost never any rage. We don’t riot, we don’t rise up, we don’t “act out”. We don’t take to the streets. We grit our teeth and “bear it”.
I believe, Carmelita…that “silence” has allowed leftism to become unchecked and is now at a stage of putting us on a path toward our destruction. It is rampant and out of control. It has no conscience and no accountability.
For Myra’s well being…for all of our well being…I, and people like me, need to recognize the possible outcome this time, if I remain the coward I have been.
I’m with Myra. Wholeheartedly. I just wonder what will happen next, if neither of us does something more.
cfbleachers said: I believe that it is the instinct of non-leftists to be restrained. We don’t usually march, don’t usually protest loudly or en masse, we don’t usually march, we don’t usually make a fuss. It’s simply not our nature.
We are generally more reserved and proper in our manner, in our interaction with our government, our institutions, our countrymen.
There is almost never any rage. We don’t riot, we don’t rise up, we don’t “act out”. We don’t take to the streets. We grit our teeth and “bear it”.
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This is truth without question. We are likewise more cautious and more risk averse. This is part of why we are called conservatives. Rocking the boat is not in our nature.
But that must change.
You’re not a coward. The real cowards are those that stand up in the face of incontrovertible evidence and summarily dismiss it out of willful ignorance. Smart people who prefer to play ostrich. They are the cowards. Too self absorbed and concerned with their own lives at present to peel pack the layers of the onion of misinformation that will inevitably shatter their existence as they know it. They are the real cowards….the useful idiots.
Thank you all for “caring about” and “liking” me so much. The husband and I have discussed this issue now that it has created such a ruckus here on PJM and also over at RedState, where this piece is also posted. As a result, we have decided NOT to put the sticker on my leased car with 4 months to go until turn back. HOWEVER, because I am a patriot and love this nation, I will continue to write the truth about our Campaigner in Chief and hopefully, have some influence in forcing those moving vans to appear in front of the White House come January, 2013. I may be a coward about the bumper sticker placement but NOT a coward when it comes to another domestic issue in our household. That issue is The Husband’s concern about us getting audited by the IRS someday if I continue writing the truth about our Fearless Leader. But, I will not let this fear stop me because I live in a country where freedom of speech is still my right as a taxpaying American citizen, at least on my computer, but becoming less so on my car bumper.
Paranoia me destroya!
Yeah, and be sure to keep an ear open for the thwoppety-thwoppety-thwop of those black helicopters. You and husband seem to picture yourselves high on the ramparts of freedom, doing Very Important Things For the Benefit of Little People Everywhere.
Others will conclude you’re just a pair of immature narcissists.
We need a “flag as inappropriate” or “flag as jackass” link for comments like “some of my best friends”.
It needs to be said.
You cant turn this around by merely voting for Romney, or the Tea Party Conservatives in governance.
You must take back the institutions, and nobody is going to do that but millions of individuals taking risk and stands within them.
I suggest any Conservative/Christian in a position to influence hiring, to adopt the ole Leftist tactic of only hiring Conservatives or giving Conservatives higher recommendations for promotions and hiring, so as to march through the institutions, and take them back.
This is going to be a long hard slog, that isnt going to be solved by a single election, or even a series of elections.
We have to take our public spaces and institutions back. You and me. Not just our elected representatives in government can do this for us. You and me are going to have to take the risks and rock the boat to change our small corners of America from the bastions of Anti American Anti Western Civilization to promoters and re-enforcers of American Christian Western values which others hostile to those values and principles must keep their heads down in.
That is the bottom line.
Freedom is not Free. Would this Nation have even been created, founded, and defended if not for courageous people who put their lives on the line for Freedom and Liberty. No.. and those who cower in the face of danger, need not apply when Freedom and Liberty gratitude is handed out after victory is won.
You cowards can stay in your basement quivering for the rest of your lives.
The rest of us have a war to wage and win against the forces of anti-Americanism, hatred, bigotry, prejudice, intimidation, threats, coercion, physical violence, aka liberal fascism, which we will not bow to..
Already have my Romney sticker on my ole’ truck. Worn out, ac doesn’t work, no radio, but, to be truthful, I love my old truck. I work on it myself and I’ll wager to say this ole’ truck runs better than most of the new cars out there. The sticker is placed on the back window so those behind me can see it clearly. But, next to the Romney sign is a sticker proudly claiming I am an ex Marine. Sticker says, SERVED PROUDLY IN US MARINES ANY COMMENTS? So far none have made any comments regarding my Romney sticker. Can’t imagine why???
I used to live on the coast of NC across the sound from a Marine Corps Air Base. The jets would roar across the sound (and my neighborhood) as they came in for a landing. Outside the front gate to the air base was a sign that read “Pardon Our Noise, It’s the Sound of Freedom.” You’ve gotta’ love the Marines.
I’m a US Diplomat now, and depend on those Marines to protect me if the bad guys decide to come over that Embassy wall. These teenage and 20-something kids make it clear everyday that if that happens they will willingly put themselves between me and those bad guys. You better believe that I don’t complain about the noise.
Thanks, MMD. I appreciate your service.
Romney voters may well be underground in this election, but this may turn out to be the vote heard around the world.
Fear of vandalism aside, who puts a bumper sticker on a leased vehicle? Those things leave a permanent mark.
There’s no shame in prudence. Better a live lion than a dead sheep.
I put one on my car and it has given me pause periodically ever since. I know that some, maybe more than some, view it as the equivalent of a KKK sticker and not the expression of a political viewpoint in a free society. It has been a very strange experience. Next weekend, I am going to a birthday party for a friend. I will probably be one of the few white people there. I am hoping no one sees it. Isn’t that sad.
Who among us has been swayed by a bumper sticker or a sign in the yard? REALLY folks. Bumper stickers are stooopid. Even the funny ones are, but at least they don’t pretend to be something else. I see thousands upon thousand of bumper stickers as I drive a couple of hundred miles per day doing my job. I have seen some really clever ones but I have never seen one I would put on my car, much less my work truck. I did think about the naked girl mudflap one or the I support single mom’s ones, but then decided that my wife would probably frown on those.
No stickers for me. But I do vote in every election and I send money to support local candidates. I don’t see the reason to send money to national races because once they have gotten to that level you can easily decide what they are about and whom best fits your needs as a citizen.
I could care less about vandalism or thuggery. Oh, and I have extended the no sticker rule to my children as well until they reach the age of majority and then if they want to be stoopid then it is on them. Same with Tattoos and piercings.
I live in a very blue place. My Newt sticker was magnetized. My Nobama sticker is magnetized. I am sure that the Romney people can produce magnetized stickers.
I believe that I have found the prudent path between unflinching bravery and abject cowardice.
Yes, you have and it’s a good solution for many, probably most.
Others may think about being a little more assertive: park in a high traffic area at the right time of day — the mall on Saturday in broad daylight — put a portable cam on the car to record any vandalism (easy, cheap, good selection), and lurk nearby with a handful of well-chosen friends adequately…uh… dressed for the occasion. What happens next depends on where you live and who you are. Hey, even citizen’s arrests have been known to go wrong…
The message is simple and direct: Stop it and stop it now! Too many Republicans come with flight, surrender and defeat pre-programmed. If you keep on turning the other cheek your head will spin like Regan’s in The Exorcist.
These are your rights that are being trampled upon.
Why not trample on the bad guys instead and feel better?
They can’t follow you into the voting booth. (yet) Vote. Our country depends on it.
Had 8 beer bottles put under my tires for having a Bush/Cheney bumper sticker a few years back.
Gotta love those liberals who claim to be open and tolerant until they encounter someone of a different view than their own.
Funny, the liberals are afraid of the same thing because in 2008, if we put an Obama sticker on our cars, we would get vandalized……”Nigger Lover” was sprayed on my car and several others in the valley. You righties think the liberals have all the zealots…be serious. I’m afraid to put an Obama sticker on my car, but I do it anyway because I want him to be my next president. Now, lets see how many of you righties will now attack me…..
I’m afraid to put an Obama sticker on my car, but I do it anyway because I want him to be my next president.
So, what is your reason for wanting him to be “your next president?” I can think of several reasons you might—racism, hatred of the Constitution, a contempt for the concept of fiscal solvency, a desire to see America continue being humiliated on the world stage, support for the blatant illegality of operations like Fast & Furious, to name just a few—but I’m curious as to which ones you personally favor.
Without pictures and a notarized police report, it didn’t happen
Yeah, pics or it didn’t happen.
Only Democrats are comfortable using that kind of language anymore.
”Nigger Lover” was sprayed on my car and several others in the valley.
You forgot to mention the nooses .. no good liberal myth is complete without nooses.
Romney: Chick-fil-A ‘Not Part of Campaign’ Sunday, 05 Aug 2012
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Chick-fil-A-AppreciationDay/2012/08/05/id/447596
So, where does he stand on Christians beliefs, and principles?
Don’t be afraid of a Romney bumpersticker. I live in the People’s Republic of New York City and my license plate proudly and prominently advertises my conservative credentials on a luxury vehicle that the so-called 99% would have a problem with. I’ve had my license plate since 2006 and, knock on wood, no liberal kooks have felt compelled to vandalise my car. And not for nothing, Romney is hardly George Wallace, and even the most ignorant Obama supporter understands Romney is no right-winger.
It is because we know that Liberalism is a cult of hate and violence.
I put my Rommney sticker on my next door neighbors car. He’s Democrat
Put it on next to your NRA bumper sticker. Should be fine.
or this one
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413F8iclHGL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Don’t worry about putting it on your car. It lacks so much originality, no one will care. They will feel sorry for us.
Nonsense. I can’t even believe what I am seeing? Afraid to put a bumpersticker on your car? Many risked far more than a car to save the country! Fear has no place in 2012, especially fear over a hunk of metal.
To J. C. Adams : I’ve got nothing but admiration for you and what you do here and have previously done.
Having said that, please be advised there are areas in this country where what people see and perceive in their tiny little pea-brains controls what they do.
I live in Lower Oakland County, Michigan , 5.5 miles due west of Detroit’s N/W Corner. Yeah, spit 6 times and I’m on The Fabled 8 Mile Road.
It ain’t just the sheet metal hereabouts, Sir. You can and do get shot for little to nothing here. On My Street, a Missing Woman flyer has been placed, as She ‘just vanished’ from a suburban crossroads traveled by thousands per day, and less than 2.5 miles from my house.
‘Disrespecting Me’ is a daily no-no for anyone looking cross-eyed at Af-Ams, generally. You just don’t bother ‘Them’, and then, do not have to endure what passes for intelligence and discourse, in their sphere.
Trying to ‘influence’ someone who only thinks with their brain stem is just not worth the money, the constant ‘Six Checking’ and the many ‘You’re Number One’ fingers thrust your way. Lawn signs stolen, pissed on and ripped up are bad enough. I don’t have to go looking for turds, but they’re easy to attract. A bumper sticker is One Such Way, and ’round here it just ain’t worth it.
By all means if you want to buy new paintwork at really depressing intervals I’m all ears. I’ll use your car however. I like mine, just the way it is.
Mr. Adams risked far more than a paint job to stand up to the Leftwing Politburo in the DOJ as a whistleblower, brother.
He risked his economic and professional livelyhood. Blogging cant be as lucrative a gig as working at the DOJ.
Maybe you should backpedal a bit.
It’s safer to lay low and keep your powder dry — especially if you live in a city.
I took a lot of crap 40+ years ago from both sides for a bumper sticker that read” Support Your Right To Own and Arm Bears”. Who would have ever thunk it?
How many voters out there are even INTERESTED in sporting a “Romney ’12″ bumper sticker? I’ll vote for the man, but mainly because he’s the second most repellent of all the major presidential candidates, running against the most repellent one (unless you consider Ron Paul “major,” which would make Romney & Obama the third and second most repellent candidates, respectively).
In my circle of conservative friends & acquaintances, I know of literally no one who’s been moved to display a Romney bumper sticker or yard sign … and concern for their own safety has zero to do with it.
I was at a restaurant Saturday night where a group of, shall we say, obama-voters were whooping and hollering like they had just hit the trifecta. This went on for about an hour.
Of course, nobody said anything. Probably out of the deep respect the other diners have for the poor celebrants’ ancestors, seven times removed.
Or maybe it’s just because it happens so frequently that everybody expects it.
I’ve heard one suggestion of sticking the bumper stickers on with a magnet/or something so that it can be removed when you park, but displayed while driving.
we’ve not stuck any on our cars for the same fear of being keyed, but I also live in a blue state. (and am a supporter of pivotpointwa.org to turn washington red.)
A follow up to my # 11 above. As I said, I do not put a Romney sticker on my car, because even though I will vote for him; I neither like nor trust him.
Much of the discussion is about leaving control of the public space in the hands of the enemy [And yes, the Democrats are the enemy of the country, the Constitution, and they wish to crush freedom and free will in this country. Their tactics belie their rhetoric.]. Bumper stickers and yard signs are a factor in taking back that space; but they are far from the only one.
I make my own custom t-shirts. They are far from politically correct. Right now I am wearing one with the classic red and black Communist picture of Che Guevara, but Che is wearing an Obama t-shirt, and there is a caption; “What Would Che Wear?“. I started out when the Obama-Joker “Why so Socialist?” poster came out. I made a t-shirt of it, and the reaction was fantastic. People seemed to see it and realize that we were allowed to oppose Obama. You could see the relief on their faces that someone was publicly voicing what they felt.
So by now I have quite an assortment, and I wear them constantly in public, adding to the collection every couple of weeks. That includes wearing them to some cities that are Leftist strongholds. I tell people that my goal is to make Leftists’ heads explode. I have never been confronted, but that may be related to how I carry myself. I am a retired Peace Officer, and I don’t intimidate easily.
When you put on a bumper sticker, or put out a yard sign [my yard has a line of Conservative/TEA Party supported candidates signs, and we are a "Make My Day state.] you are leaving yourself open to sneak attacks, vandalism, and threats. Which is how the Democrats prefer to fight. Granting that we in Colorado do not have to deal with a Berkeley, a Detroit, or a Chicago. There, Democrat goon squads can run wild with government support. But I prefer to face them down here myself. They feel brave keying a car. I want them to “hold their manhoods cheap” as I stare them down. YMMV
Latest t-shirt design. Centered Obama symbol with a circle and slash over it. Above: “BOYCOTT DEMOCRAT OWNED BUSINESSES” Below: “Make them as poor as they are making us.”.
Feel free to borrow the design.
Subotai Bahadur
I won’t put a “Romney” sticker on my car because he’s not officially the candidate yet.
And, since I’m not particularly enthusiastic about him, I’m looking for a match for my McCain sticker: “If I have to, I guess.”
And, unlike McCain, I don’t have the hope that Romney will become unable to do his job and be replaced by VP I actually like.
To add a little light-heartiness to this blog & to today’s present situation of Obamaworld, I suggest people watch John Barrymore acting in the movie, The Great Man Votes. It is a pleasure to watch Barrymore’s down-on-his-luck character milking the political parties involved for an upcoming election & finally telling his children that one’s vote is private & no one’s business. ———–I am hopeful it will stay that way for us in this coming election & after.
There is something I noticed in my area. I have seen lots OBAMA 2012 etc bumper stickers on cars. I have also seen lots anti Obama stickers (NOBAMA! IT’S OBAMAS FAUT etc) but I have seem few Rommney stickers. I don’t know what you make of that but I thought I would pass it on.
I have personal experience. A few years ago I placed an “Atlas Will Shrug” sticker in the lower left part of my rear window. Not too long after, I went to Fresh and Easy, a grocery store known for it’s trendiness, what with hybrid car only and expectant mother only parking spaces, screaming at you to use canvas bags instead of plastic, etc.. As you can imagine that attracts a certain class of superior leftist folks. But they have some good prices so I go there anyway. Anyway, I park with my Atlas will Shrug sticker, go in for 10-15 minutes, walk out and voila! A wonderful key scratch from tail light to tail light on my trunk lid. About $500 to fix. I suppose the guilty party thought he or she was “creating jobs” by keying my car, if they listen to Paul Krugman that’s certainly what they would think. Anyway, I’m sure they were comfortable that destroying my earned property was for the “common good.” Surprisingly, I’ve had no subsequent keying episodes, but a flat tire or two with a nail as the culprit. No way to know if that’s a coincidence or not, other than one of them the nail was dead center down the middle, as if placed. In any event, no amount of property destruction by the purveyors of “tolerance, acceptance and diversity” will remove my sticker.
Oh and I also have a 300c with a V8 engine. That’s evil as well to our tolerant friends.
So what do we conclude that my truck got keyed while sporting a “Recall Walker” sticker on the tailgate? No doubt an insane liberal who didn’t want Walker recalled! I’ll never put anything political on any of my vehicles ever again, not worth it, people of all stripes can act like idiots especially when there are no repercussions.
Life is a gamble. Take the odds and run with it. Your cowardice won’t win the day.
Shoot dead any moth@#&%$ckerthat f*cks with your car.
Or beat him with the bat in your trunk.
What part of fighting for your freedom do you pussies NOT understand?
We really are a lost cause…
The important and interesting point is that Democrats are not afraid to put stickers supporting Obama on their car. They
know that no Romney supporter will react by damaging the vehicle in a spirit of malice and spite.
Could there be clearer proof that the side of decency is the Republican side, and the side of vandalism and low tricks is the Democratic side?
There is a corollary there that no one wants to touch.
In any conflict between decency and “vandalism and low tricks” the vandals will win unless they can be convinced that their acts are personally counterproductive. Neither decency nor fear of a corrupt legal system that protects them will deter their conduct. What will do so is fear of inevitable personal consequences, beyond what “decent losers” will inflict.
Does anyone see it differently and can offer a logical and factual real world rebuttal?
Subotai Bahadur
How about this trick, get a large supply of Romney bumper stickers and during the night or while they’re parked at work put them on the cars of all of your “liberal” friends and Obuma supporters so all the Obama sycophants cars get trashed.
Both those reluctant and those not reluctant to put the Romney bumper sticker have valid points. I know from experience.
In 2008, I was called down to meet with my then employer’s chief lawyer, head of personnel, my director, and my immediate boss.
The HR director pushed some Twitter posts I made during one of the McCain/Obama debates across the table.
“Are these yours?” She asked.
“Depends how you look at it. Actually, the debate was so fast and furious I could not post fast enough. So I copied those from a guy I like. How did you get these?”
“Someone wrote us a letter about them.” She answered.
“Well, we don’t approve of that kind of racism here. You are no longer in our employ.
I looked at the lawyer. “Given that you are here, I guess it’s useless to go on. I’ll get my things and be out in ten minutes.”
So…these commies play hardball. They know how to destroy reputations, lives, careers, and relationships.
Eventually I got a much better job at a much higher salary so the sting wore off. But they have operatives out there who are more than willing to do their dirty work.
My wife was not happy about the job loss, though, and that part was not easy.
Meanwhile, I’ve met others who were strongly opposed to this marxist/muslim in chief, who have also been fired through such means.
So…this year I have a “Nojobs” bumper sticker with the “O” as their logo. No reactions thus far. Patriot Post offers them.
And he will lose by a landslide this time because now he has a record and has been exposed. But only if their attempts to steal the vote in urban centers are identified and countered…fast.
Just get a gun or two.
And a sh!tload of ammo.
Cowards!
One of the many disastrous consequences Americans will suffer for electing an un-vetted negro to the white house.
Attach all bumper stickers to a magnetic sheet. That way you can remove the sticker upon exiting your car. It simple. Problem solved.
As someone else said above, I can see both sides of this sticker/no-sticker debate.
That said, how about, instead of putting any type of Romney sticker on your car, you carry a small note pad and, when you see a car with an Obama sticker, you tear off a page and leave a handwritten note on the windshield about how unfortunate it is that some uncultured and unprincipled and unintelligent liberal cretin has defaced your car with a bumper sticker and that you just want to make sure that the owner is aware that their car has been vandalized so that they can remove the Obamanation as soon as possible.
No, racism and the stigma of being a well-to-do white person is not the underlying reason. Such are simply the impetus for people that you fear do not have respect for OPP – other people’s property. Typically, those people are Democrats.
For all my lukewarm feelings towards Mitt, I still sent a contribution and all I got was the bumper sticker which adorns the back window of my 97 Jeep.
Let’s see. We know for a fact that Chrysler dealerships which gave money to Republicans have been shut down due to direct pressure from Obama. We know for a fact that Republican campaign donors have been “investigated” and audited on orders from the White House.
Were I to place a Romney bumper sticker on my car, not only would I lose my job, but I would lose all possibility of ever getting another job in the same industry.
In 08 we put a huge McCain/Palin sign in our yard. A block away a couple put a huge Obama sign. Someone crossed out Obama in black magic marker and wrote something derogatory.
Well I was at work and my husband called saying there was a reporter at our door asking him if he knew about the defaced Obama sign and what he thought about it.
Of course my husband said that was a wrong thing to do no matter which side you are on. It did hit the news and my husband was interviewed on the local channel as a McCain supporter who was against all vandalism–he said that is not what this country stands for-it stands for freedom of expression. I was proud of him even though I was scared we would be targeted.
To this day I think it was one of Obama’s supporters who did it in order to get publicity because of the nature of the comment they wrote. It was a word I had seen leveled at Repubs.
Anyway the moral I guess is it takes courage to speak out but we have to do it. If we are going to go down we might as well go down fighting.