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The real story about that lack of Trump lawn signs
American Thinker ^ | October 13, 2016 | Russ Vaughn

Posted on 10/13/2016 7:39:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Jay Michaels wrote recently here at American Thinker of the lack of Trump yard signs this election compared to the number of Mitt Romney signs back in 2012. Back then, in his solidly middle-class neighborhood of “cops, nurses, teachers, plumbers, electricians, landscapers, small business owners, and retirees,” there were Romney signs displayed on the lawns of twenty percent or so of the 130 homes. Now there are no Trump counterparts.

Michaels concludes that this lack of signage is indicative of less support for Trump, with a supportive theory that it may be a matter of marital political discordance, where wives are less inclined to vote for Trump because of the candidate’s boorish behavior toward women. However, a quick survey of the many comments following the article will quickly disabuse you of that as the primary cause for the lack of Trump signage. Far and away, the most frequently expressed reason for failure to publicly demonstrate a citizen’s loyalty and support for The Donald with signs or bumper stickers has nothing to do with domestic disagreement within the home, but rather with liberal Democrat lawlessness.

Comment after comment to Michael’s article reveals a reluctance to publicly declare one’s political stance for fear of signs of being stolen and homes and yards vandalized, or, especially in the case of bumper stickers, with one’s car being keyed by inspired members of that mob of supporters of free speech and inclusivity who support Hillary Clinton. Those comments came from wide swaths of this country and, quite sadly, represent a reality that this old man never thought he’d live to see: Americans afraid to publicly post their political loyalties for fear of retribution from disagreeable fellow citizens....

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To: jjotto

Trump signs have been spotted in Brooklyn neighborhoods where Obama signs were common in the last two cycles

Monster Trump vote

The only think Hillary can do at this point is demoralize Trump supporters, and that is what she and the her media pals are doing, or try to do.

Ignore the polls, the BS and vote Trump!


61 posted on 10/13/2016 8:28:43 PM PDT by arl295
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Good idea. No poison ivy in Cali that I know of but
plenty of poison oak in my neck of the woods. All my
family is immune. Might give it a try.


62 posted on 10/13/2016 8:29:01 PM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red turf.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Where I live, handful are citizens rest on H1B visa or Green Card. I am thinking to get Trump sign tomorrow and scare them off.


63 posted on 10/13/2016 8:29:25 PM PDT by jennychase
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To: RC one

I see ten to one Trump signs in Northern Ohio. It is always a shock to see a Hilary sign they are that rare.


64 posted on 10/13/2016 8:30:12 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ha! In San Antonio? LOL no frickin way am I putting on a bumper sticker or placing a yard sign. But wifey and I are voting Trump.


65 posted on 10/13/2016 8:33:12 PM PDT by Tuxedo (The few, the proud, the deplorable...)
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To: montag813

But did the owners remove them or did vandals? And were the owners just “embarrassed” and still voting Trump or did the “scandal” actually change their minds?


66 posted on 10/13/2016 8:33:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Hmmm, you think this could be the reason ?

Strategy memo leaked: "steal yard signs"

Strategy Memo

67 posted on 10/13/2016 8:41:24 PM PDT by TheCipher (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Today the wife and I went to the Trump rally In W.P.B. at the Fairgrounds.
We are supporters yet we have NO signs,
WHY?
Cause i do not feel like having my home, truck, car etc stoned, egged, keys=ed, spray painted, etc.
these folks can surely be stoopid.
And I do not care to attack one steeling one of my trump signs.
though I can fanticize


68 posted on 10/13/2016 8:43:42 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (hey Bill, rape anyone, Lately?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Democrats don't think it is Fascism when THEY do it.

"Ceterum censeo Hillary esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

69 posted on 10/13/2016 8:49:11 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Trump signs need to be electrified.

Don't hook it up to your home electric, you could kill someone!

Instead, use an electric fence charger like this:


Electric Fence Charger

70 posted on 10/13/2016 9:07:00 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I would never post a Trump-Pence sign or affix a Trump-Pence bumper strip. The reason: Democrap thugs’ vandalism, and possible physical danger to my person if contfronted. I even had McCain bumper strip torn from my car in 2008. I swore off using signs/strips from that time forward.


71 posted on 10/13/2016 9:26:55 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: Big Red Badger

“Why wave a “Red Flag?””

I guarantee every white Christian hetero male will vote for trump.
and then tell their wives they voted for Clinton.


72 posted on 10/13/2016 11:52:25 PM PDT by thehopster
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bought one display it proudly in front yard.


73 posted on 10/13/2016 11:52:25 PM PDT by John W (Under One Year And Counting!)
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To: goodnesswins
We live in SEIU land....I did finally put a bumpersticker on my car...figuring since it needs a paint job

I'd do the same, but my insurance company might "total" my old truck!

74 posted on 10/14/2016 2:33:40 AM PDT by Does so (Vote for Hillary...Stay Home...==8-O)
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To: jjotto
"IF he has a friend without signs in a neighborhood where there used to be plenty, the locality has probably changed the sign laws."

Even without changing the laws, the locality might be the issue. One year I had 3 or 4 signs in front of our house. I looked out the window one day to see a municipal truck removing them all. He drove away before I could stop him. I called the municipality and was told that yard signs too close to the street would be removed due to visibility. They weren't any closer to the street than other people's signs for Dems, and I hadn't blocked anyone's view of our straight stretch of road. Our township is loaded with D's of course. I wasn't able to get the signs back. I was told that they'd been destroyed already. I didn't believe that story either.

75 posted on 10/14/2016 2:56:12 AM PDT by Think free or die
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah.

I don’t want my property vandalized and I don’t trust leftists to respect my right to my own opinion and not do it.


76 posted on 10/14/2016 3:02:42 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thousands of Trump signs in SW PA, very few hildabutchbitch signs.


77 posted on 10/14/2016 4:04:55 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: thehopster

Marriage is about mutual respect. I could never respect - let alone marry - someone who votes for any Democrat for higher office. And pantywaist husbands who tell their domineering wives they voted for Hillary need their Man Cards revoked.


78 posted on 10/14/2016 4:13:38 AM PDT by Scarpetta (ue)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
While MS is already Trump's I see a lot of his lawn signs and even a number of bumper stickers. What I'm not seeing is Hillary signs/sticker - even on the cars that still have Obama stickers.

The general public is not energized for Hillary - remember the joyous folks all happy because with Obama they wouldn't have to pay rent/groceries/phone/gas, etc.? Even Hillary's "she's the best" ads don't have that kind of energy......

79 posted on 10/14/2016 4:43:51 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Jane Long

I travel all over a large part of Texas for my job. I’ve seen lots of Trump/pence signs all over the place. A week or so ago, I was driving along a road somewhere in north central Texas, when I spotted a large Hillary Clinton sign. I was a bit surprised- until I got closer and saw that it said “Hillary for Prison, 2016”. :)


80 posted on 10/14/2016 6:56:16 AM PDT by TexasBarak (I aim to misbehave!)
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