At long last, I finally started seeing a proliferation of Romney signs in my neighborhood. About 12 Romney signs to only one Obama sign. But what I found intriguing is that the largest concentration of Romney signs was in yards surrounding the sole Obama sign. The Obama sign appeared first, well over a month ago. But today, I looked, and there are Romney signs in virtually all the surrounding yards... four adjacent yards, and two or three across the street.
Nowhere else is there such a stark concentration. It’s like the residents were so aghast at having an Obama supporter in their midst, they went all-out putting up Romney signs. At least that’s the (amusing) way it struck me! Personally, I haven’t put up any sign, as I never do, and considering Romney is pretty clearly my least-favorite GOP nominee of the past thirty years, I hardly hardly felt an inclination this time to alter my longstanding trend.
Campaign signs are almost exclusively combinations of red/white/blue .. add in the need for visibility at distance and the design possibilities become somewhat constrained.
Personally, I think the R/R signs are quite compelling .. tastefully understated, yet quite effectively bold in their simplicity.
I’ve noticed that signs of both persuasions are conspicuously absent this year. The signs for local and statewide races are plastered everywhere, like cigarette butts at stoplights.
I know why I haven’t placed a Romney sticker on any of my vehicles and why I’ve refrained from placing a yard sign in my yard. I wonder if it is a prevailing way of thought for Conservatives this year? I have a scrolling LED sign on the interstate in front of my business and plan on putting up a Romney / Ryan message on the 5th and 6th. Other than that, I don’t want to need to teach any jackbooted thugs about the power of the 2nd amendment should they decide to infringe upon my property rights.
The most recent state polls came out this morning and Romney is up by more than 20 in AR. I had to laugh - I actually saw these poll results on DU (I go there for opposition research and a good laugh each day). One of the posters there was ridiculing the intelligence of southern voters, particularly AR. They stated, and I quote, the reason the south votes R is summed up in three words: Lack of education. Ironically, that particular poster’s avatar was................a photo of Bill Clinton. Face palm!
Don’t order psilocybin mushrooms for your pizza any more........
I thought that too, just this morning.
I think its a hint that Romney in practice won’t be much different from Obama.
I just noticed something about The Romney sign in my front yard.
It’s missing...!!!!!!!!
I’m glad you put up the picture of the Obama yard sign. I didn’t know what it looked like. I’ve literally not seen a single Obama sign in anybody’s yard this election cycle. None. There aren’t too many Romney signs around where I live either, but at least there are a few. I was in Tampa recently, though, and saw many Romney signs in the areas I went through.