# Campaign sign vandalism (NSFW) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 9, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-sign-vandalism-nsfw/920130 "2020-09-09T02:25:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-sign-vandalism-nsfw/920130/1 "2020-09-09T02:25:18Z")
Can’t say you weren’t warned. [https://www.monsterchildren.com/vandalism-spree-hits-trump-where-it-hurts/](https://www.monsterchildren.com/vandalism-spree-hits-trump-where-it-hurts/) Blue painter’s tape might also work, if you don’t want to deal with spray paint. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-sign-vandalism-nsfw/920130/2 "2020-09-09T02:31:04Z")
You must have forgotten the original Trump/Pence signs in 2015-16. [![](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/YCpGhDn3EpGJIAFoKpWwodD4D_Y=/1400x1050/filters:format(png)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6798891/071516-trump-pence-campaign-logo.png) ](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/YCpGhDn3EpGJIAFoKpWwodD4D_Y=/1400x1050/filters:format(png)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6798891/071516-trump-pence-campaign-logo.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-sign-vandalism-nsfw/920130/3 "2020-09-09T02:34:33Z")
Pence’s wife nixed that idea right quick. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-sign-vandalism-nsfw/920130/4 "2020-09-09T02:36:10Z")
I endorse sign in OP. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-sign-vandalism-nsfw/920130/5 "2020-09-09T02:45:39Z")
Was this in anticipation of the Great TP Shortage of 2020? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-sign-vandalism-nsfw/920130/6 "2020-09-09T02:53:21Z")
Doubt it. Trump would have cornered the market and made a killing. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-sign-vandalism-nsfw/920130/7 "2020-09-09T12:52:42Z")
I seem to remember that back in the innocent days of your 1964 elections, some people went round the posters with Goldwater’s slogan "In Your Heart You Know He’s Right’ and altered the last word to read “Nuts”. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-sign-vandalism-nsfw/920130/8 "2020-09-09T18:11:28Z")
To clarify, the Johnson campaign’s response was ‘In your guts, you know he’s nuts’. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SIp6RfAj3yIsTLxK6Abnlguc-bnyYy2-X_X6YjPH2Dne8_mF2craL_enyRPPRqeGZzn0sjkpka3XKpDWWNAMB19bPj7vwLgZYsIUXyjqOFKI8S4J8JIgK_2hh3qIuvTchBFsLsDwgw=w500-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/S48nHbe6iaN3s7Qh8) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-sign-vandalism-nsfw/920130/9 "2020-09-09T18:16:06Z")
I make my own signs. None stolen yet! [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OiSAoBH-DRSAXroz4-BVbWTRksYalVEoum84yvPczTdrxgheymep73u2j3mOsf-XAHgrO1tIa9MciOETFt-FsyxTCqrTe0ZWI3N0xqEBpEtXHa7aeRKz0mhDgj52Cxfryf3eUjbaLQ=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/Rx7aueiSxxuiYktBA) ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-sign-vandalism-nsfw/920130/10 "2020-09-09T18:54:58Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You must have forgotten the original Trump/Pence signs in 2015-16. I preferred the animated version. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/campaign-sign-vandalism-nsfw/920130/11 "2020-09-09T20:09:11Z")
Ann Landers compiled a list of her most unusual letters, and my favorite is “My husband burns the hair out of his nose with a lighted match, and he thinks I’m crazy because I voted for Goldwater.”