# Been seeing a lot of bare bumpers lately... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 10, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085 "2004-11-10T21:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![midget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@midget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/midget)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/1 "2004-11-10T21:42:27Z")
I drive for about an hour to school and back every day. Being in California, I would see dozens of Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers daily. How many have I seen since election day, you might ask? …None. Not a single one. In the thousands of cars I’ve passed since last Tuesday, I haven’t spotted a single Kerry sticker. I can’t shake the hilarious mental image of thousands of Democrats trudging to the garage immediately after the final results to peel off their brand. This has got to be the best evidence that Democrats really made a piss-poor choice for candidate this year, and they knew it. “Most liberal” senator? What were they thinking?! If they had chosen just about anyone else, he could very well be sitting in the White House right now. Hell, I was still seeing Gore stickers in 2002… ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/2 "2004-11-10T21:45:57Z")
If I had a car with a Kerry/Edwards sticker, I’d peel it off right after the election. You have to keep your bumper up to date. It’s just like in the Simpsons when Otto’s girlfriend got dumped at the altar and Homer told her “you better take off that dress in fifteen minutes, or people will think you’re crazy.” I would hope Bushies would peel off their stickers too; it would look just as stupid now. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/3 "2004-11-10T21:48:40Z")
I thought this had to do with **iampunha** habit of running nekkid through threads. I see that it does not (although that’s not to say he won’t make an appearance). Carry on. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/4 "2004-11-10T21:49:22Z")
> [@midget](#): > > This has got to be the best evidence that Democrats really made a piss-poor choice for candidate this year, and they knew it. With flawless logic and clear arguments like that, you should be a member of the Bush cabinet. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/5 "2004-11-10T21:51:29Z")
> [@midget](#): > > “Most liberal” senator? What were they thinking?! We were thinking that people would see through such [a blatant lie](http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_5518.shtml). Yeah, yeah. We’re idiots. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/6 "2004-11-10T21:54:39Z")
Wait, what? The fact that people are keeping their bumpers up to date is evidence that we ran a piss-poor campaign? I live in a red state and travel through both red and blue areas, and I still see more Kerry/Edwards stickers than Bush/Cheney stickers, though both have gone down in number. Why would you keep it on, aside from apathy? Then again, perhaps they’re making room for [new ones](http://www.cafepress.com/i_voted_kerry/). 😃 I’ve seen at least one of these this week. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/7 "2004-11-10T21:57:15Z")
Perhaps something’s wrong with Californians. Here in the Pacific Northwest, there is no decrease in political bumperstickers. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/8 "2004-11-10T22:03:13Z")
Want to brighten that bare bumper? Here you go: [http://www.goats.com/store/rfv.html](http://www.goats.com/store/rfv.html) ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/9 "2004-11-10T22:03:21Z")
There’s no decrease in political bumperstickers in California. The OP is just sad that not every single thread on the board is politics/I hate Bush/Kerry sucks, and wanted to poke a stick in the cage and rattle it around a bit. Sam ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/10 "2004-11-10T22:05:37Z")
At 8:01 pm November 2, I went out to the yard and removed my three (count 'em, three) lawn signs. Went to the Genghis-mobile and peeled off my Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker. Why? Because the election was over. The polls had closed, and all the speechifying was done. The people (God help them) had spoken. At 8:01 pm, it was time to start dealing with the aftermath. . . . now, I can’t wait to get my “Don’t blame me, I voted for Kerry” bumper sticker – that one I’ll keep on until January 2009! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/11 "2004-11-10T22:16:50Z")
Jesus, I still see Clinton/Gore bumperstickers 'round here. The OP is just seeing (or not seeing) what he wants. Much like the man he voted for, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/12 "2004-11-10T22:32:46Z")
> [@midget](#): > > “Most liberal” senator? What were they thinking?! If they had chosen just about anyone else, he could very well be sitting in the White House right now. If we had chosen just about anyone else, they would have called him the “most liberal senator” too. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/13 "2004-11-10T22:41:06Z")
> [@Gamaliel](#): > > If we had chosen just about anyone else, they would have called him the “most liberal senator” too. :rolleyes: Even Howard Dean. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/14 "2004-11-10T22:53:12Z")
I still have my “Save the Environment- Plant a Bush back in Texas” bumpersticker on my truck… even though I put it on a magnetic backing so that I could easily remove it (I intend to sell the truck, and I’d like to transfer it over to the new vehicle). You’re really reading too much into a few bumperstickers. Personally, I’m scared of what Bush is going to do- I’m not holding a grudge, like you seem to think I should do. Oh, and since this is the Pit… :wally ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/15 "2004-11-10T22:56:55Z")
> [@Shoshana](#): > > Perhaps something’s wrong with Californians. Here in the Pacific Northwest, there is no decrease in political bumperstickers. Heh. Lots of places have laws requiring campaigns to take down signs, posters, etc. within X days of an election. Maybe the PRC went one step further? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/16 "2004-11-10T23:16:43Z")
I sadly removed the Kerry/Edwards sticker we had taped to our door today. You know, how much more of this taunting and “Ha ha, suckers, you lose!!!” are we going to have to listen to? Does it make you feel good about yourselves? Does it make you feel superior? For all the talk about “liberals alienating everyone else with their whining”, all this bragging and taunting shit is ten times worse. Why don’t you just shut the fuck up already? ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/17 "2004-11-10T23:26:38Z")
I’m going to have to agree with **Guinastasia**. This isn’t an “us versus them” thing, or a “Democrat versus Republican” thing- we voted the way we did because we genuinely feel that Bush is bad for the country and the world. Kerry’s loss doesn’t make that concern any less genuine. So knock it off already. ---
**Author:** ![midget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@midget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/midget)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/18 "2004-11-11T00:07:29Z")
Bleh… This wasn’t intended as a “ha ha we won and you didn’t, etc. etc.” post. Just a casual observation. I was suprised at the abundance of Kerry bumper stickers, and therefore even more suprised by the frequency with which they disappeared. I realize that people usually remove political signs right after an election, but bumber stickers take a good deal more elbow grease to remove, and are usually expected to be there for at least the first few weeks after an election. > [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > We were thinking that people would see through such [a blatant lie](http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_5518.shtml). > > Yeah, yeah. We’re idiots. > Daniel I put quotes around “most liberal” so I wouldn’t have to spend my time defending the complete accuracy of the statement (which I’m not). Several publications have ranked him as one of the top 3 liberal senators a few years before he even started campaigning. I think it can be agreed that he is farther left than the majority of Democrats. > [@MaxTheVool](#): > > With flawless logic and clear arguments like that, you should be a member of the Bush cabinet. OK, bad wording. How about "this observation seems to me to imply that Kerry was a bad choice for a Democratic candidate. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/19 "2004-11-11T00:27:51Z")
When you find out to your shock and horror that half the nation voted for Bush, you don’t want to make your car an easy target for mouth-breathing right-wing vandals, knowhutImean? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085/20 "2004-11-11T00:29:43Z")
I just added my Cthulhu For President '96 bumper sticker to my car. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-seeing-a-lot-of-bare-bumpers-lately/274085.md?page=2)