Why Do People Still Have Kerry/Edwards Gear On Display?

[Placebo]

I still see K/E signs in peoples windows downtown, and yard signs in the neighborhood.

[rzemanfl]

1. Because people still are displaying */Chenass stuff. I saw a

car today that had both Kerry/Edwards and Gore/Leibermann bumper stickers. The guy backed the winners both times.

[Career Prole]

2. I can't speak for others but as for myself,

even though I live in a red, red area I'm proud I voted for JK, and proud to continue reminding folks of that fact.

[spooked911]

90. same here. I don't want people to think I am ashamed of voting Kerry

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. Why not?

[LittleClarkie]

4. If you wouldn't be to embarrassed, ask sometime

I'd like to know for sure too.

I suspect they want people to know they're not Bush supporters. But it could be that they think Kerry actually won. Either way, it's a shorthand method to convey where they stand.

I would expect to still see bumper stickers, but it is interesting that there are still yard and window signs.

[blondeatlast]

5. "We hate to say we told you so,

but we told you so."

[Tigress DEM]

44. BTW - feel free to use the link on my post to impeach his royal chimpness

[ElsewheresDaughter]

6. my Kerry/Edwards lawn signs will stay up for 4 more years....

and my 2 bumperstickers will also remain on and when they get tattered or fade i have 15 others to replace them!

[ClayZ]

20. Mine is up for the duration, too!

Plus a "Count the Votes, Sign" and a poster of the hooded tortured Iraqi prisoner.

My car has never had more bumper stickers. I have a stash of fliers, of my favorites, i.e. "Winning a War is as Likely as Winning an Earthquake". I gently put them, under the wind shied wipers of those with over the top Pro-bu$h crap all over their car.

Thats me, BAD! It is like a little peace bomb! Easy to make up on the computer, and have in your pocket for grocery store parking lots.

Is that illegal?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

31. great idea!.......keep on truckin!

:yourock:

[FreedomAngel82]

78. I've seen a few here and there here too

I wish I kept mine on. :( But it's nice to still see. Two weekends ago I passed this one house and one car in the driveway had their "Kerry/Edwards" bumper sticker on and I saw a "Bayh" bumper sticker too on their car.

[yellowdogintexas]

7. Sort of a "you are not alone" signal to anyone who sees it and

either never displayed one or took theirs off right away:
Yes the Democrats are still here

and there are more of us than you think.

My next door neighbor has her 96 Clinton Gore, 2000 Gore/Leiberman and 2004 Kerry Edwards still on her car.

[NAO]

68. "you are not alone" signal - EXACTLY

It pleases me to see the Kerry gear as much as it sickens me to see the Bush/Cheney or the stupid "W" stickers.

It is a nice reminder to the other half of the country that they are not the only ones who supported and voted for Kerry.

[stillcool]

8. Still don't want to believe.....

maybe kind of like a Christmas tree with no Santa.

[Joe Chi Minh]

9. My first thought

is that it's because they are the Democratic President and Vice Presdient of the United States; unless you accept the legitimacy of Might is Right, that is.

[dback]

10. I'm a subsitute teacher, and I want kids to see them

I don't espouse my own political views in class, unless a kid asks me point-blank. But I do have a lot of kids who know me and like me and seem interested in my viewpoints and opinions.

If they see me driving a vehicle with said bumper stickers (as well as a DU sticker!) in the back window, and it leads them to do some investigating of the subjects and issues on their own, so much the better!

(I was going to take off the Kerry one after inauguration day--then I heard about how he got booed by the Republicans, and I decided to leave it on as a statement.)

[cestpaspossible]

11. Why not?

[zbdent]

12. Personally, a form of protest

Really, I do get questioned on rare occasions at work.

I wear my K/E button right above my "I support my union" button.

I also have the bumper sticker still on my car.

F*ck them. There were plenty of Bush/Quayle stickers well into 1995/1996 . . .

[stray cat]

13. My way of saying its not my fault!

[DaveinMD]

14. because we were right

and I'm not shrinking into the backround because all those other idiots voting for Shrub.

[noamnety]

15. Some ask why, I ask why not?

It's the secret handshake among supporters
an act of opposition against man-daters
a statement of principle
an announcement that we were pro-Kerry, not just anti-Bush
a subtle screw you to the chickenhawks, when combined with my veterans for peace sticker
It's a proclamation that I do not accept Bush as my president
It's my surrender to peer pressure, so I'm not the only one in the parking lot without it!

[bear425]

47. lwfern, what a beautiful photo! And what you said....

Is exactly how I feel. I still have my Kerry/Edwards sticker on my car and it's going to stay there.

[FreedomAngel82]

79. Nice picture

four in a row! Nice.

[karynnj]

16. Because my bumber sticker makes me happy

I know Kerry lost. I wish he won. I consider it a badge of honor and it identifies me as a member of the blue group. I still see lots of Kerry bumper stickers. (Also, I realized when I put it on originally (with great hope) that it made me a more courteous driver. Although not logical, I didn't want anyone to associate my less than good action with the Kerry sticker.)

Did you remove your high school stickers because they lost too?

[Tigress DEM]

42. Yeah, Kerry supporters are like Packer Backers vs Viking fans

Win or Lose we support our team. I always smile when I see another Kerry sticker, makes me feel I'm not alone in this hostile takeover.

[FreedomAngel82]

80. I know what you mean

Living in a red state with tons of "W" stickers I get giddy when I see a Kerry/Edwards sticker. ;)

[rox63]

17. I want the world to know

that I didn't vote for the a**holes currently occupying the White House. So my bumper stickers (a Kerry sticker and a Kerry/Edwards sticker) will stay on my car.

[zulchzulu]

18. Still have a sticker on my car and signs in one of my windows

For those that are paying attention and possibly voted for the Chimp, it might make them think twice now that they have to bend over and take it with the budget cuts...

I was planning on taking the signs down, but will probably wait until spring.

[AlbertoB]

19. Im glad to see them everywhere

I see Kerry/Edwards, Kucinich, and Dean stickers all the time here in the Bay Area.

[JoMama49]

21. Because John Kerry/John Edwards really won -- everyone

knows that, so why not continue to display it?

[Tigress DEM]

32. Thank You. Rub the cheating losers faces in it.....

The repubs only know how to steal elections, not win them. Even if Kerry wasn't the ideal candidate a majority of the people voted for him - even if only the massive fraud in Ohio is true.

I keep my Kerry stuff up because that loser in the White House AIN'T my duly elected President. He's scum. He's driving a bull dozer through the Constitution and the OUTRAGE I feel some times makes me want to get my lawn sign back for God sakes.

Why do people keep things from winning superbowls and such?

Proud of my candidate. I don't care who knows it either. He wasn't perfect, but who is? We'd be in a hell of a lot better shape with him running things than the chimp.

[Danmel]

22. Because I'm too depressed to take them down and off

I just can't get past the denial..............

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[Orangepeel]

38. welcome to DU

:hi:

whether or not the Democrats understand "middle America" is a legitimate topic of discussion at DU and, as I understand the rules, that (alone) won't get you booted from DU.

But, people come to DU in part as a support system and people posting something along the lines of "why do you have your heads up your asses?" as one of their first posts tends to rub people the wrong way.

I still have my bumper sticker on. I haven't taken it off in part because I just haven't gotten around to it. But in part, I left it on because I want people to know how I voted. This is not because I think I know better, although obviously I think that people who didn't vote for Kerry made a bad decision. In my neck of the woods, Democrats are often intimidated into being silent while republicans scream their affiliation from the rooftops. I want other Democrats to know they aren't alone and I want people to know that I am proud of my vote.

[Tigress DEM]

41. As a true blue DEM, I may disagree with you, but I believe you

have the right to say what you want to say. It's just that if someone jumps in after 9 posts and starts Kerry bashing, they really aren't off to a good start.

I've done a lot of research on election fraud and on Bush's behavior and his m/o has been corrupt for a long time.

Every single one of our Constitutional Bill of Rights have been tramped on by his administration. So if I still think our guy would have been a better choice, I have the right to say so as well.

How do you think repubs would feel if Gore had cheated and won and then Kerry had cheated and won?

[Career Prole]

59. We're running a principal next time?

Will that trump Pickles schoolmarm persona?
Attention please...will the electable DU principal report to the office please?
:evilgrin:

[Stand and Fight]

65. Riiiight....

I think you're the only person here who has their head up their nether regions. You come in here preaching and it's a joke to say the least. Go back to Republican land -- at least they'll appreciate your vitriol there!

:eyes:

[Tigress DEM]

73. I think the moderator agrees with you.

:toast: :bounce:

[Tigress DEM]

36. Listen 9 posts - it's called election fraud and it's real.....

It would be sour grapes if we really weren't cheated, but it isn't Kerry himself perse, it's the fact that repubs have enough money to buy elections now - they own the voting machines and key personnel to get the job done, so why bother to compete fairly?

In America we are supposed to have fairly run elections and 2 terms running it's been rigged. You'll read about it someday when you grow up, I'm sure.

People stood out in the rain for more than 4 hours to vote and then still didn't get let into the polling place because Ohio shorted Democratic precincts. You tell me why there would be 6 voting machines for the primary's and only 3 voting machines for the same precinct when the voter turn out was expected to hit record numbers? And having about 60 voting machines just sitting in a warehouse?

Why would any sane AG decide to switch precincts, not notify the voters and combine precincts either across the street from each other, so people thought they were in the right place only to be told once they had waited hours and hours that they were in the wrong place and bounced back and forth and maybe given provincial ballots if they pushed for them?

Democratic voter registrations were rescued from the trash in Nevada.

Voting machine tapes - signed by election judges and showing a lead for Kerry - found in the trash in Florida and coincide with "missing" tapes the Florida representatives supposedly guarding the election couldn't find.

[Tigress DEM]

56. Am I too rough on newbies? I'm just so sick of Kerry bashing.

[Stand and Fight]

66. What?

You're a newbie yourself!

[Tigress DEM]

72. Granted, but compared to 13 posts I feel ancient.

And when I hear repub rhetoric coming out of someone under 50 posts and they jump from thread to thread, I don't trust their good intentions and feel like giving 'em a little hell. At the same time if someone is honestly expressing their opinion, I'd hate to be the reason they give up on DU.

Know what I mean?

[Name removed]

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[Tigress DEM]

37. And another thing, if the TRUTH pisses people off, it's not MY problem...

it's theirs.

[Career Prole]

39. You want my bumpersticker?

Come and get it if'n you're feeling froggy.
Oh...and welcome to DU, Average American.

[Tigress DEM]

45. Does he gotta pry it from your cold dead hands?

[Career Prole]

58. Lemme think a sec...

Yup! :D

[mvd]

23. Yes

The car bumper sticker is on, and it's staying on.

[TheOriginalAmerican]

25. Sometimes...

one just wants to show that they're still not going to go along with Bush (even if their candidate didn't win).

[Scout1071]

26. I've struggled with this myself. I could not stand to take it off, but

last Friday I was a the car wash and it came off on the rinse. I was hand washing and it was a magnetic "sticker" but I saw it as a sign and haven't put it back on.

Having said that, I'm desperately looking for a new one, with a new message. I need something that gets my progressive view across without being too offensive because I live in a red majority and I make sales calls and entertain clients in my car.

In fact, I think we need to come up with a new message all together. It's time to move on from Kerry/Edwards. Let's put our collective minds together and come up with an appealing new message. Not to copy the Pugs, but we need a strong message that people can grasp onto and display everywhere from the city to the burbs in ALL the states.

I've never been able to understand how the rethugs "out branded" and "out marketed" us. I mean, almost all the creative and ad agency folks I know are Dems.

Possible to launch an ad think tank here at DU? Creative and Advertising people unite for the cause!

[LittleClarkie]

67. What about stickerjunkie.com

I've got a bumper sticker created by ClassWarrior that he had printed by them. Go and have a look. Takes a bit of money, but not a ton.

I'm leaving my K/E and my Feingold on until they come off. I'm ordering Kerry 08 stickers and a wristband from another website.

Otherwise, I've seen right in the middle of freeperland here "Exfoliate the Shrub" and "51% is NOT a Mandate"

Or perhaps for SS you could have "http://thereisnocrisis.com"

Or perhaps better for the Red State folks, you could find the "I support the troops, and I vote democratic". That makes the point, I think.

Anyway, there's a way for you to make your own if you so choose.

[Doomsayer13]

28. I'm not taking this sticker off my car until the next general election

[NVMojo]

29. same here, it is on my car for the duration of this hell ...

I was in Reno, Nevada most of last week and noticed Kerry stickers all over the place on cars and signs still in yards ...made me feel good in a small way ...we are not alone...

[Hippo_Tron]

33. Polite way of saying that I don't support *

[pstans]

34. I still got my K/E bumper sticker on my car

I haven't taken off cause I want people to know that I didn't support the mess we have now.

I ordered some bumper stickers online and am waiting for them to come. Once I get them, then I will probably take off the K/E sticker.

[Cha]

35. I still have mine all over the tail of my car..

as a "fuck you" to fascists.

I got word that I'm not suppose to talk politics anymore where I work(I had been doing it for 4 years)because there were complaints about me talking. The fundie/freeptards Whined to my bosses.

[marcologico]

40. I always let cars with K/E stickers cut in front of me but you know what??

They never do!

[Tigress DEM]

51. Awwww. Was that you waving me in this morning?

[marcologico]

60. of course!

You didn't recognize me?!?

:hi:

[DemDogs]

43. The question should be why would you take it down

Maybe in your window, but not off your car. I love seeing old Clinton-Gore stickers. Maybe they are just trying to cheer you up.

[Tigress DEM]

48. Exactly. Until every vote counts all votes are tarnished.

So it's a silent battle cry of victory against the tryanny that thinks we will just roll over and go away.

[UTUSN]

46. Mine Is There, Will STAY There------BeCAUSE n/t

[Tigress DEM]

49. Good enough then.

[Scout1071]

50. Don't you think we need a new message? Something looking forward

AND NOT BACK?

[Tigress DEM]

53. Can't we have both? Honor the Kerry battle and plan the next?

What are we, black widow voters? If the candidate doesn't win, we must devour him and select a new champion?

Makes it hare to get the next champion, don't you think?

[Scout1071]

62. If I wanted to see a Dem run again, it would be Gore

I'm just saying that maybe we look for a new message that all of us DU'ers, Dems, Progressives and Moderates can embrace and get the message out that we are united, we've had enough of this regime, we are not going to lie down and we are going to be a strong positive force moving FORWARD.

Again, I completely understand. My magnetic K/E sticker is sitting in my console. I've been contemplating whether to put it back after it came off in the car wash over the weekend.

[Tigress DEM]

74. But what I'm asking is do we have to thrash a candidate who...

is a quality person because he got into a situation so full of dishonesty on a scale that was not imaginable years ago, even though he stands for an intelligent approach to government at a time we really really need it?

Gore said some good things - he had a lot of momentum from working with Clinton and a bi-partisan house/senate.

However, Kerry was front line in this shit for politics war that should have never been, would never have been if the press hadn't whored out and the election not bought and paid for by the repubs.

All I'm saying is to give the man credit for fighting as hard as he could and give it a rest.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

52. Is my Pat Paulsen sticker out of date, too?

[Placebo]

55. It's so retro...it's in again!

:thumbsup: :D

[mod mom]

54. I actually have a */cheney-but fear not , it says...

BU$H/CHENEY '04
Marching proudly toward WW III

and has a $ instead of stars on the flag (i hope it freaks out the other playground moms with the real * stickers on their cars! (oops... I mean rich stepford wives and large SUVs)

[Tigress DEM]

57. Too subtle maybe... How about CHENEY/$HRUB 04 - Live the Lie!

[mod mom]

61. actually my hubby bought a dozen to place over unsuspecting real ones and

it was the last one we had left. I thought it was apropos considering his march on freedom.
others included:

BU$H/CHENEY '04
Jobs are for Losers anyway

BU$H/CHENEY "04
Good dog sit

I only wished I could have seen the faces of those unsuspecting. I didn't feel too sorry because they would just peel off and I had my car door scratched up after I placed a
Truth for a Chance
Kerry for President sticker on my bumper.

[TheDonkey]

64. I'm still proud of the campaign, and that's my pres and vp

don't care who knows.

[Stand and Fight]

69. It's a statement for me.

I consider it a way of signaling to other Dems that they are not alone or forgotten, and that I was for Kerry because I believed in him -- not just because I wanted anyone but Bush. It's a way of letting others know what I stand for and what I believe in and that the fight goes on!

[no name no slogan]

70. K/E? Hell, I still have Kucinich '04 stickers on my ride

...and they're not coming off until they either a) fall off, or b) I replace them with new Kucinich '08 stickers.

The battle's over, but the war's still raging.

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

71. I keep my Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker on

to piss off the repukes that live in my area...Plenty of them, too...

I just had a chance to drive through my old neighborhood, and saw a few K/E yard signs and plenty of K/E bumper stickers as well...

I have to thank dumbyass for one thing, though - I will NEVER vote for a republican again...

[ashling]

75. Why do some Rethuglicans still have

these :

Dole/Kemp
Impeach Clinton (which BTW was appearing within 3 days of Clinton's 1992 win over Daddy *)

Hell, I guess they beat a Calvin peeing on Chevrolet (Ford, etc.)

[sampsonblk]

76. Can't let this one go

This was the most important election of my lifetime. I am not willing to let go yet. Bush is seriously screwed up, and I want everyone to know where I stand.

[kerrygoddess]

77. YES!

I see them in the LA area!

[tavalon]

81. The things I didn't tear up in a rage when Kerry conceded

have remained up. At first, it was depression and then I just didn't get around to it. Now, though, I see that it chaps the butts of many people so they stay. I think it's important that I do my part to piss of fascists and supporters of fascists.

I do kind of feel vaguely hypocritical because I would never, ever support Kerry (Edwards, yes. Kerry, no way) ever again.

But the pissing off the fascists ends up trumping.

[politicasista]

102. Sorry you won't support Kerry anymore.

You're lucky you had campaign stuff. I didn't get anything. Why don't you e-mail him and tell him how you really feel. :nopity: :cry:

[ComerPerro]

82. Maybe they are proud that they supported two good men

and said no to Bush and his new brand of fascism.

[simcha_6]

83. Depressed, I guess

Or maybe just lazy. Look, I wanted Kerry to win, and I like to ascertain my engaged Democratic credentials, but I have to wonder why I cling to the K/E ticket. Were they that great? I thought Kerry was a bit pathetic, really. Like most Democrats, he blamed Bush for misleading him and the public into war. He should have done the research himself, looked up the I and R wing of the State Department, and voted nay on the Bush Empowerment resolution (he should have done so anyway on constitutional grounds, but that's just a matter of opinion. I'm slightly constitutionally conservative.) There was this guy running for senate in Colorado, Mike Miles, who opposed the war from the start because he didn't just follow the president, he researched the issue himself and found out the truth.

I do actually think Kerry is a bit too politically minded for my tastes. Like Howard Dean says, in order to win you have to stand up for what you believe in. I don't expect to support Kerry if he runs again because, besides being tainted, he didn't get me excited except at the prospect that Bush would be gone.

So Kerry's out. I hope Mike Miles runs for senate in '08 and wins, then goes on to be president, because he was phenomenal. Until then, I'm scouring the news for a presidential candidate I can believe in. E-mail me at [e-mail] if you have any suggestions.

[Norwood]

84. A means of protest

The jackasses that supported the chimp still have their bumper stickers up, so why cant I.

I'm proud of my bumper stickers and my kerry/edwards sign will remain in my yard until 08. Its all a friendly little reminder that I didnt vote for this crap and I do not accept him as president.

[ultraist]

85. I see tons of Kerry-Edwards stickers in my area!

It's a way we can show the Red voters that there are a LOT us of Blue voters in our state, even though the state went to Bush. Many of us wave to eachother. It's also support system of sorts. We need to know, we are not alone! LOL!

I also like the Red voters knowing where I stand.

I'm leaving my sticker on until the next primaries when I replace it with whatever candidate I support.

[njdemocrat106]

86. Because I still see a shitload of Bush/Cheney stickers

Even here in NJ. I'm also beginning to think that they're standard equipment on Hummers, too.

[Warren DeMontague]

87. Same Reason I Keep A Darwin Fish On My Car.

As An Indication That In The Land Of The Mind-Snatched, Gun-Toting, Queer-Bashing, War-Loving, Jesus Pod People, I still have a BRAIN.

[Placebo]

91. oooh...

golly, we have a lot of work to do, fighting against all those crazy groups

[lolamio]

88. My Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker will stay.

I want it to be clear that I had nothing to do with the election of the current administration.

[hippiegranny]

89. K/E were the best choice before November

they remain the better choice now. Mine is still there because I refuse to acknowledge Bush as representing me.

[sympa]

92. a couple of weeks after the election...

someone (i have a few repubs living in our apt complex) took my sign out of my yard and through it in the trash. i dug it out of the trash and put it back up because i didn't think that anyone had a right to tell me 'the election is over, move on or i'll make you move on'

it's been up ever since.

along with many of you here, i want to show my support for the K/E ticket and my rejection of this regime that's hell bent on aquiring as much wealth and power before they destroy humanity and our planet.

i'm thinking of replacing the lawn sign with something in my apt window so that they can't mess with it and it will bother them like crazy that they can't remove it on my behalf.

[TedsGarage]

93. Just to show people we're still feeling blue

:(

[cbear70]

94. easy

To shut the right up about the mandate.. and besides , doesn't it feel great when you come across a car or window with Kerry stickers? My kids scream with joy which is kinda funny. Like we are seeing family :hi:

[fishwax]

95. Because others see them and appreciate it

I still have my yard sign, and barely a weekend goes by that some houseguest doesn't mention that they love that the signs are still up and they hope we don't ever take them down.

I live in a bright red state, and so there are very few signs of rebellion. I have mine, and I don't expect to take it down until I move next summer.

[muse]

96. Because I still see tons of W stickers here in my red state.

That and I haven't found a great replacement. I want people to know I am not a W sheep like most of the people in my town.

[ScreamingMeemie]

97. Because I'm still a Democrat. If they can have their idiotic "viva Bush",

I surely can support my Dem opposition. :hi:

[Warren DeMontague]

98. Reason #2: Same Reason I Keep A Steal Your Face on my Car.

As an indication of my impeccable taste.

[FW_]

99. I took mine off but.........

I have "Don't Blame Me I Voted For Kerry" on my car and my wife has a "Hey Bush, 48% of us still hate you" sticker on her car. There are a lot of Kerry-Edwards stickers left here in Tallahassee and I'm glad they are. Really does make my day a little better every time I see one.

[mcar]

100. I'll take down mine when they take down theirs

;)

[lakemonster11]

101. I like seeing Kerry signs (and anti-Bush signs), so I've left mine up

for other people to see.

I feel like I should replace my Kerry sign with an anti-Bush sign, but I would almost rather just leave it up. It's more subtle.