# Dems support the troops, Repubs just put magnetic ribbons on their cars **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 24, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-support-the-troops-repubs-just-put-magnetic-ribbons-on-their-cars/377749 "2006-10-24T20:13:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-support-the-troops-repubs-just-put-magnetic-ribbons-on-their-cars/377749/21 "2006-10-25T21:22:24Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Well, could it? When you find out, get back to us. [/QUOTE] Answer: yes. Happy to help. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-support-the-troops-repubs-just-put-magnetic-ribbons-on-their-cars/377749/22 "2006-10-25T21:42:26Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] Answer: yes. Happy to help. [/QUOTE] _Whew_. For a while there, I thought I was on your ignore list. Don’t change that until Nov. 8th. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-support-the-troops-repubs-just-put-magnetic-ribbons-on-their-cars/377749/23 "2006-10-25T21:58:18Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] _Whew_. For a while there, I thought I was on your ignore list. Don’t change that until Nov. 8th. 😉 [/QUOTE] [hijack] [What’s it like to work for the GOP?](http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2006/10/16/) 😉 [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Age_Quod_Agis)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-support-the-troops-repubs-just-put-magnetic-ribbons-on-their-cars/377749/24 "2006-10-25T22:02:33Z")
[QUOTE=RTFirefly] I apologize to one and all. This rating is a piece of unadulterated crap. I should have looked closely enough to see that. [/QUOTE] Just wanted to say that this speaks extraordinarily well of you. I realize that my opinion probably counts very little (if it doesn’t actually count against you), but it’s hard not to respect this kind of intellectual honesty. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-support-the-troops-repubs-just-put-magnetic-ribbons-on-their-cars/377749/25 "2006-10-25T22:05:26Z")
[QUOTE=RTFirefly] [hijack] [What’s it like to work for the GOP?](http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2006/10/16/) 😉 [/hijack] [/QUOTE] That was my agent’s idea. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-support-the-troops-repubs-just-put-magnetic-ribbons-on-their-cars/377749/26 "2006-10-25T22:07:07Z")
They have nothing to sell but fear itself. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-support-the-troops-repubs-just-put-magnetic-ribbons-on-their-cars/377749/27 "2006-10-25T22:09:32Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] They have nothing to sell but fear itself. [/QUOTE] And I is _espensive._ ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-support-the-troops-repubs-just-put-magnetic-ribbons-on-their-cars/377749/28 "2006-10-26T05:22:29Z")
[QUOTE=Age Quod Agis] I realize that my opinion probably counts very little (if it doesn’t actually count against you), but it’s hard not to respect this kind of intellectual honesty. [/QUOTE] Hear hear. My opinion of **RTF** has grown immensely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-support-the-troops-repubs-just-put-magnetic-ribbons-on-their-cars/377749.md?page=1)