# I saw the PERFECT campaign sign today!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-perfect-campaign-sign-today/639914>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 5, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-perfect-campaign-sign-today/639914 "2012-11-05T01:58:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-perfect-campaign-sign-today/639914/1 "2012-11-05T01:58:04Z")

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How much more appropriate could you get, for a candidate whose positions change with the [wind](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/8155956336/in/photostream)…

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**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-perfect-campaign-sign-today/639914/2 "2012-11-05T01:59:50Z")

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Aww, I thought it was going to be a Romney-themed weathervane.

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**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-perfect-campaign-sign-today/639914/3 "2012-11-05T09:16:59Z")

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Is the last letter a pitchfork?

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**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-perfect-campaign-sign-today/639914/4 "2012-11-05T18:15:13Z")

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Is that real? Because if it is, it is the best (by FAR!) job of skywriting I have ever seen. I know a number of aerobatic pilots, and none could do that well enough to even tell what they were trying for, much less have it easily readable.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-perfect-campaign-sign-today/639914/5 "2012-11-05T18:29:36Z")

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> [@Kevbo](#):
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> Is that real? Because if it is, it is the best (by FAR!) job of skywriting I have ever seen. I know a number of aerobatic pilots, and none could do that well enough to even tell what they were trying for, much less have it easily readable.

Yes, it’s real.  
I was eating lunch at the patio of one of my favorite places, and the woman next to me pointed it out.