These guys must've made a fortune selling this stuff over the past two years ......
Posted on 10/02/2010 6:55:25 PM PDT by Senormechanico
Today Oct 2nd, my wife and I went to Seattle to see my mom for her 95th birthday.
After a few miles as we drove to the ferry, I noticed something, actually the lack therof. There were no Obama stickers anywhere, not even on Toyota Priuses !
I became obsessed in finding how long this would last, so I looked at every single car we passed. I even looked in the rearview mirror when possible, and at parked cars on the roadside. I did not see a single one, even when we got to the ferry parking lot 20 miles from home!
We got off the ferry in Mukilteo. I was absolutely driven to find one by now. I HAD to see how long this phenomenon would last.
We drove East to I-5 past Boeing Everett. Still no bumper stickers of any kind. Finally! I saw one on a shiny pickup truck up ahead. It was for the US Marines. Shortly after that I saw a couple of Baby on Board signs in back windows. Going down I-5, still NOTHING. I checked every single car, and there was a lot of traffic. We exited near Greenlake after driving approximately 20 miles from the ferry. We drove past the Starbucks, bike shops near the lake, a VERY BLUE part of Seattle. It's similar to the Freemont District in its left leaning aura, but we saw NO bumper stickers of any kind !
After visiting with my mom, we started home in heavy traffic again. Not a bumper sticker in sight until 15 miles or so later. As we approached Everett, the only one we saw was a home made sign on the back of a motor home which said,
"We Will REMEMBER in November".
We saw not another sign of any kind as we drove through Everett for a side stop.
When we finally arrived at Mukilteo's ferry holding lot, I spied a very raggedy Obama bumper sticker on a beat up pickup truck.
After we exited the ferry and drove the 20 miles home, not a single bumper sticker could be found. I must have checked out the bumpers of a thousand cars.
This is very weird.
Theories, please !!
Steve
“Buyers Remorse” has set in.
they are still around here in the Minneapolis Metro area.
I did see a prius with some anti-obama stickers on it though ;)
There is hope.
they are still around here in the Minneapolis Metro area.
I did see a prius with some anti-obama stickers on it though ;)
There is hope.
Those 0bama voters all had to sell their cars for scrap metal.
You’ll need to scour the bicyles for 0bama stickers now.
I still see them, but the Kerry Stickers seem to be missing - finally!
Same thing here in the northern suburbs of New York City. When I see an Obama sticker now its like a “kick me” sign on April Fools Day.
I still see them here in whacky leftyville Los Angeles. Just not as much as I used to..now I see one every once in a while, yeah mostly on those Prius’s.
Looks like the Mother Ship finally returned and took them all away....
“Theories, please !!”
Depends on the place. Locally, I am seeing about 25% fewer Obama stickers, and about 60%+ fewer of the old ‘W’ stickers.
More people are running with no political stickers at all. Whether this is disillusionment toward politics or personal caution, I don’t know.
I never personalize my car.
These guys must've made a fortune selling this stuff over the past two years ......
If you go to Bellevue Square, which we do every week, you will find that there are NO Obama bumper stickers.
In Bellevue!
very few obama stickers in the suburbs of chicago. hardly any dem yard signs either. Republican by 10 to 1
Those cars have been sold/exchanged under the ‘Cars for Clunkers’ program.
Those cars have been sold/exchanged under the ‘Cars for Clunkers’ program.
My plates
XFUBOX
Saw one the other day - left bumper said, “I’m Union and I Vote” on the right bumper it said, “SEIU for Obama”
Enough said!!
People make mistakes.o
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