Newest political pet peeve

.....Those stupid little roadside campaign signs.


I absolutely hate those things. First, they're nasty little eyesores. Try taking a nice little autumn drive through the Castkill mountains and amongst the foliage there's 17,000 of these idiot things for local and national elections.

What bothers me more than people having them on their front lawn are the ones you see off the side of the highway- as if I need to be reminded of whose running. Then you get to an intersection and there's one for every political candidate from every party for every level of election.

Second: they might as well have a bull's eye on them for vandals. I was just reading the local paper and came across a 'letter to the editor' from a woman who condemned some kid for running over one of those signs. She didn't mention her political affiliation, and I don't care. I got a laugh though when she used terms like "violation of 1st amendment rights" and "un-American" The vandalism isn't always politically motivated either. Sometimes its just kids being stupid. Hell I remember a few years back I stole one because it said "Hooker for assembly" I haven't got a flippin clue who 'Hooker' was, he wasn't even running in my district. That had NO political motivation whatsoever.

They seem to be more trouble than they're worth, and they're annoying as all holy hell.

/idiotic little friday morning rant.


Edited by Reb Cpl - 31 October 2008 at 8:58am

Peter Frampton put out cameras to catch the guy taking his Osama signs...

Too bad the guys "borrowing them" wears a ghilly suit...

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NE WS0108

Run over or steal an Obama sign, and that's bad news.

Do this and its okay.

Even better


Granted, an Obama effigy might have some connotations that go beyond politicall, but wow, so much for fair play here.

I'm cranky today.




Edited by Reb Cpl - 31 October 2008 at 9:31am

In my local paper, people have been crying about their signs being stolen and stuff.  I agree, who cares.  I really doubt signs are gonna sway an undecided individual to vote for one person over another.  And ya, they look bad too.

oh christ:


""They are frustrating my attempt to use my First Amendment right to speech and political speech is supposedly the most protected," Frampton said. "It bugs me that people are breaking the law because it bugs them so much.""


Also Reb, to the hanging effigies. Kentucky and California are two different places I'm pretty sure.

If someone in Kentucky thinks it's bad enough to pull the Obama one down how does that mean: 

"This is just an example of the new police state under martial law which is all that you will see if THE WRONG ONE gets elected"

Not to mention the hanging Obama was on a University of Kentucky campus. Palin's was made by the homeowner and put in their yard.



Edited by jmac3 - 31 October 2008 at 10:14am

article wrote: The mannequin hanging by a noose was part of a larger Halloween display that included an effigy of John McCain coming out of the chimney surrounded by fake flames. The display has drawn national attention and a visit from the Secret Service, which decided there was no threat.

 

lol

jmac3 wrote: Also Reb, to the hanging effigies. Kentucky and California are two different places I'm pretty sure.

Different places, sure, but my point is that you can't scream and yell that stealing signs is so horrible when people in your own camp are hanging effigies and such. I'd be 'Un-American' to run over an Obama sign, but there isn't anything wrong with lynching a Sarah Palin doll? Its the mentality, not the location that needs to be questioned.


Edited by Reb Cpl - 31 October 2008 at 10:24am

jmac3 wrote: Reb Cpl wrote: jmac3 wrote: Also Reb, to the hanging effigies. Kentucky and California are two different places I'm pretty sure. Different places, sure, but my point is that you can't scream and yell that stealing signs is so horrible when people in your own camp are hanging effigies and such. I'd be 'Un-American' to run over an Obama sign, but there isn't anything wrong with lynching a Sarah Palin doll? Its the mentality, not the location that needs to be questioned. I wasn't talking about the signs. I was talking about one of your links. Two kids got arrested for hanging an Obama.

I'm talking about the mentality of narrow minded political motivations. Two kids get arrested for hanging an Obama. Hang Palin and you can call it artistic.

Different places? Yes. Sure, but my point with the links was to build on my irritation with people getting bent out of shape over a sign. Hanging effigies is happening around you, regardless of if the person gets arrested or gets off with a warning after calling it artistic- and you're complaining about a road sign.

 

mbro wrote: FreeEnterprise wrote: Peter Frampton put out cameras to catch the guy taking his Osama signs... Mature

Oh, whoops, I must have had a typo...

agentwhale007 wrote: I like them. They are a good sort of parameter to know which parts of which town I work in support which candidate. Then again, I am weird too.

I'll give you that. But what about the ones randomly stuck on the shoulder of a main road with no idea to whom they belong? Residential use is one thing, but as I clip down the main road and see "McCain/Palin" stuck in the ground in front of the trees, It just angers me.