# Political campaign signs that are really advertisements

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**Created:** [October 16, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-campaign-signs-that-are-really-advertisements/637829 "2012-10-16T00:06:54Z")\
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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:** [October 16, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-campaign-signs-that-are-really-advertisements/637829/1 "2012-10-16T00:06:54Z")

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Recently (probably within the last year), I have been seeing a rather annoying advertising tactic. It started with one company (a Sushi joint) and another one (an ice cream place) has joined them. They must have discovered a loophole in the law that permits political campaign signs to be plastered everywhere which allows them to use these signs for advertising. What they do is have a sign that says “Mitt’s a delicious fish” or “Barack is as cool as a bowl of ice cream” (or something equally inane). They always play both sides of the campaign. They make a point to put the name of the business very clearly on the sign.

I find them very irritating.

Has anyone else seen this (outside of the Phoenix area)?

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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:** [October 16, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-campaign-signs-that-are-really-advertisements/637829/2 "2012-10-16T20:40:12Z")

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[Here’s](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/8094895658/in/photostream) a photo of one of the signs.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-campaign-signs-that-are-really-advertisements/637829/3 "2012-10-16T20:49:24Z")

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I see it here and there usually at smaller ma and pa type food places.