The politics of signage

Maggie says:
Driving around town today I saw a ridiculous bumper sticker on the car ahead of me. Besides having three Bush/Cheney ’04 stickers, there was a black one with red flames that said “Death before Dishonor.” What a great summation of the boneheaded position so many conservatives have today – that they’d rather die before admitting any mistake (like, hmm, our justification for war?) that might discredit the country’s “honor.” What a messed-up interpretation of honor. No wonder their president is the way he is.

This had me thinking of a few months back, when in the span of one week Joe and I saw two different cars that had both Bush and pro-beef stickers on them. One Bush car had a “Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner” sticker on it. The other had a Bush sticker, a Kansas plate, and a Kansas Beef Producers sticker. Kind of weird. And nothing against beef, but I’d bet anything that more vegetarians or white-meat-only types support Kerry while Bush really does have a hold on the beef-eating population. Funny how bumper stickers can clue you in to that kind of thing.

Another signage story: A huge Bush/Cheney yard sign (I’m talking 4 feet by 6 feet) on Girard was vandalized over the weekend. The residents took the crossed-out sign out of their yard and are literally hanging it from the top of their house now, safely away from pesky Democratic neighbors and passersby. (Apparently the red line crossing out Bush’s name doesn’t bother them.) Over on Monte Vista, another house with an identical huge sign is being closely guarded: we saw a man standing by the sign with his arms crossed and watching cars go by, daring anyone to come and mess with it.

I think losing the election will be payback enough for these jerks.