So I’m a big believer in not lording it over others (or being unrepentantly sulky) when it comes to bumper stickers and lawn signs viz elections. I find people still roaming around with “W/04!” or “Kerry/Edwards” bumper stickers to be folks spending too much time looking backwards (with snarkiness or bitterness) rather than looking forward.
I’ve pulled the Obama/Biden lawn sign out from the front, but I’m pondering the bumper stickers. I think it’s okay through the actual inauguration, as part of the celebration, though not after that, but I’m not 100% sure. I don’t think it comes across too much as “Neener-neener, we won!” (vs. “Huzzah, we won!”).
And, then, of course, there’s the blog sidebar …
Yes, I ponder about these things.
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My great annoyance that the lovely car magnet (that I bought from the campaign over a month ago) just showed up in the mail YESTERDAY. 🙁
Our stickers are the squares that just say “HOPE”. I think they can stay.
Wow, that is annoying, Doyce. Well, at least (a) the money went to The Cause, and (b) you have something you can put up on your fridge (which is where ours will end up; it’s okay to say neener-neener to house guests).
Arty, I’d say so.
Best not to overthink these things. I have no problem with people leaving their bumper stickers on forever, if they are so inclined. I’d buy a bumper sticker that said; “Damn right I voted for Obama”.
Lots of people left their Bush stickers on for his whole administration. Again, perfectly all right.
I disagree. “Real life” is not the election, and once a president is elected, he is *the* president; the other candidates are no longer under consideration.
So if you dislike W, it’s better to have a “W is a Dolt” bumper sticker than to be holding “bitterly” to your Kerry or Gore sticker. Similarly, if you voted Obama and won, “Hope” or some other positive message seems to me to be more useful and uniting than crowing your victory for the next four years.
But, then, maybe it’s just me. 🙂
(Margie suggested we shouldn’t have pulled down the lawn sign until the election is “official” everywhere. North Carolina was just declared, and Omaha, but Missouri is still open.)
I suppose you could read it that way, I don’t. People have stickers on their cars expressing admiration for Dale Ernheart or for a sports team. A sticker that says “Obama” or “Bush” is a statement, a political frame. Perfectly all right for those so inclined.
Fact is, there are no stickers on my car. Well, one that apparently expresses support for someone named “Honda”.
Heh.
I make is a point, when buying a new car, to specify that I will not take delivery if there’s a dealership emblem on it. So I guess I’m sensitive about the whole thing.