Bumper Sticker Lovin’
Have you ever noticed that 90% of the political bumper stickers you see on cars express far-left views, while the other 10% express far right ones?
He then proposes moderate bumper stickers. I don’t think that’s the problem, really. See, what happens is that far left folks tend to have shittier cars. Therefore, they have no qualms about defacing their property with some one-liner.
As a matter of policy, I don’t put stickers on my car because I don’t want some soccer mom or hippie loser to decide to vandalize my vehicle based on my political statements. Plus, as Kevin said, there’s not a bumper sticker big enough for everything I have to say.
March 29th, 2004 at 10:02 am
When I see that someone has a zillion bumber stickers on their car I just edge away from them. I figure they’re looney.
March 29th, 2004 at 10:55 am
I had a bumper sticker on my old pickup. It read “Eat More Possum!” Really, what more needs to be said?
March 29th, 2004 at 11:15 am
I think right-wingers are just more concerned about resale value of their cars.
March 29th, 2004 at 11:16 am
Definitely right about the shittier car thing. Heh… I’ve only ever had three bumper stickers. The first said “Spotted Owl Tastes Like Chicken.” Next came “Meat is Dinner.” The last was GW for pres. All of which were attached to glass (instead of bumpers) so they’d come off. I’ll probably never put another candidate sticker on my car, I just didn’t care for that too much. I don’t like candidates nearly as much as points of view.
March 29th, 2004 at 11:17 am
Oh yeah, I was really tempted to get one that said “You’re following a Republican, get used to it,” but couldn’t. I can’t even put a Knoxpatch.com sticker on my car.
March 29th, 2004 at 12:34 pm
I’ve become fairly liberal over the years, but I don’t have any bumper stickers on my car. I, too, am concerned about resale value, and I, too, don’t want my car vandalized.
I think what’s at issue is that college students tend to drive shitty cars and like bumper stickers, and it just so happens that college students tend to be liberal (although, as Uncle has blogged, that may be changing).
There’s also the thing that conservatives, generally speaking, aren’t that funny or clever, at least not in terms of one-liners. (Have you seen Colin Quinn’s show?)
If I did do bumper stickers and such, my car would be a study in contrasts. I would have an “I Love Animals: They’re Delicious” bumper sticker right next to this and this.
Oh, and of course this
March 29th, 2004 at 12:50 pm
If you change your mind, you can get up to two free ones here.
March 29th, 2004 at 12:52 pm
I’m getting one more bumpersticker that is an adjunct to the one I have that says “This bumper isn’t big enough…”
“I Think, Therefore I Blog.”
Bill Hobbes is selling them.
March 29th, 2004 at 12:54 pm
this kerry sticker is the one i’d get.
March 29th, 2004 at 5:29 pm
When I was in PA, I saw a personalized license plate that read “GWBUSH”. I suppose it doesn’t really affect resale value since it’s taken off prior to changing possession.