Posted on 04/25/2005 7:37:51 PM PDT by qam1
"Bumper stickers, first used in election campaigns after World War II and once a powerful form of political and cultural expression, can still be found in trinket shops and Internet stores. But fewer and fewer of them seem to be showing up on the backs of cars.
"The main reason, observers say, is the increasing political prickliness of Americans. In a divided society, commuters are wary of announcing the way they feel about the president or the war or religion or any other controversial subject."
Obviously these people haven't been in MD.
I generally don't like BS ( ;-) ) on my cars, but I do put them on. Actually, it's harder NOW cuz there are no wonderful CHROME bumpers which were impervious to real damage from taking off even a crappy cheap BS. All bumpers now are PAINTED fiberglass w/uneven surfaces. Difficult even to put ON much less get off BS these days.
I have a "Run Hillary Run" bumper sticker....on the front of my car.
I keep a lookout for that if you return the favor for me --
My neighbor had a lovely sisal doormat that said GO AWAY.
I've been looking for one ever since. :-)
I got that Tee for my brother on Christmas. :-)
I'm devastated. I'm on my way to get the bumper sticker removal tool right now.
in highschool i had on my vw westphalia a sticker with einsteins "you can either promote the use of nuclear power for peace or war" then on the other side i had a Go Nuclear/Go Navy. i had quite a few arguments that i was a hippocrit.
that looks like a duck duck goose game, bush bush bush DOLE, then run!!! :D
NRA and SASS on the back window.
Me too. I know at least one hardcore peaceloving, tolerant liberal at work who would key my car the moment I put a Bush sticker on there.
My sister, who I admit is a bit 'odd' used to get into some tiffs in the college town where she lives because she drives an SUV and has her Wicca stickers mixed with her Bush/Cheney stickers. I admit, she's a bit unique-- but its always amusing.
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