# To the Losers of the Election, I have something I'd like to get off my chest. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785 "2008-11-14T23:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/41 "2008-11-15T16:05:28Z")
What a peculiar thing to get one’s panties bunched about. Why are you offended by lawn signs? What difference does it make? Are you worried that if enough people leave them up, someone may swoop in and say, "Hey, we may have underestimated McCain’s support, let’s vote again!? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/42 "2008-11-15T16:16:02Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > 😕 Seriously, I have no idea what this means… RTFuckhead has continually taken offense to the fact that I am a Democrat and a conservative as well. He makes it his business to stick his nose into any politicalish thread I participate in to say so, in keeping with his imagined responsibilities as the ultimate arbitrator of party purity. Every time he does so he simply demonstrates his stunning ignorance of history, both nationally and even in Maryland aside from the inside the beltway crowd he hangs around the outskirts of and so desperately wishes to be a part of. He can almost become annoying with his yapping here on the boards, but when you meet him in real life you quickly realize that he’s personally so pathetic that pity is the only response that makes sense. He’s a sad little nebbish of a man with a fat little anti-social wife who doesn’t like him to go out and play with real people, when he does he is so socially retarded that he can’t talk to a female without his gaze locking in on her chest like a heat seeking missile to the sun. He’s a true internet tough guy, carping at people here is probably the only feeling of empowerment he has in his life. Ignore him. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/43 "2008-11-15T16:22:48Z")
Well then. I think we can safely assume that that relationship is irreparable… ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/44 "2008-11-15T16:30:20Z")
Eh, they’ve made up before, they’ll do it again. Though the personal insults have gotten more worrisome. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/45 "2008-11-15T17:20:32Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > So am I therefore allowed to punch people who still have Gore/Liberman and Kerry/Edwards stickers on their cars? Gore didn’t lose the election. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/46 "2008-11-15T17:24:57Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > I took my McCain sign down the day after the election, but it’s still behind the shed where I tossed it and the OP has given me an almost overwhelming desire to go put it back in the yard. Go ahead. I highly encourage you to! I like to point and laugh at the McCain/Palin yards. Sometimes I see a McCain/Palin and no to prop 2 yard. I drive by and laugh “haha this election you got NOTHING!” ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/47 "2008-11-15T17:28:42Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > Go ahead. I highly encourage you to! I like to point and laugh at the McCain/Palin yards. > > Sometimes I see a McCain/Palin and no to prop 2 yard. > > I drive by and laugh “haha this election you got NOTHING!” Michigan??? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/48 "2008-11-15T17:38:31Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > Gore didn’t lose the election. Yes, he did. Whether or not it was fair, Bush was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2001, and has served as President for the last eight years. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/49 "2008-11-15T17:38:31Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > Gore didn’t lose the election. Yes he did. Follow me here: 1. The winner of the election is the President, and 2. Al Gore was never the President, therefore 3. Gore did not win the election It’s a shame nobody sat down with you to explain that to you 8 years ago, these last 8 years must have been terribly confusing for you. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/50 "2008-11-15T17:41:34Z")
Yes, Bush won in the judicial coup de tat of 2000. How proud y’all must have been. ETA that yes I was pissed, and freaked the fuck out in 2000, and couldn’t understand why so few people seemed to be equally pissed and freaked out. I supported Gore, but would not have been any more pleased if the SC made him president. You know why? Because the Supreme Court doesn’t get to pick the fucking president! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/51 "2008-11-15T17:46:49Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Yes he did. Follow me here: > > 1. The winner of the election is the President, and > 2. Al Gore was never the President, therefore > 3. Gore did not win the election > > It’s a shame nobody sat down with you to explain that to you 8 years ago, these last 8 years must have been terribly confusing for you. An appointment by the supreme court is not an election. Shame you you didn’t know that. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/52 "2008-11-15T17:51:10Z")
I hereby propose a new law: election signs to be printed on pumpkins. This gives all election signage a limited shelf life. Plus, pie. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/53 "2008-11-15T17:51:13Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I don’t care what the fuck you say, my “No on 8” ain’t going anywhere. I still have, and display, a “[No on Initiative 695](http://www.ci.hunts-point.wa.us/subjects/finance/695/articles/times85.aspx)” button from almost ten years ago because I consider it symbolic of my having opposed the efforts of [Tim "](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Eyman)[The Horse’s Ass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Eyman#Initiative_831)[" Eyman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Eyman), and the products of his Hassle Factory, from the very beginning. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/54 "2008-11-15T17:52:11Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > An appointment by the supreme court is not an election. > > Shame you you didn’t know that. **Tao** , seriously, just stop it. Gore lost the election. Period. > [@DianaG](#): > > Yes, Bush won in the judicial coup de tat of 2000. How proud y’all must have been. I was 12 then, and thus not particularly aware of the situation. I’m certainly not glad that it happened now, nor have I ever been. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/55 "2008-11-15T18:01:25Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > RTFuckhead has continually taken offense Aww, he luuurves you. What other reason can there be for following you around? You should kiss and make up. > [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > I drive by and laugh “haha this election you got NOTHING!” This cracks me up more than it should. But I can just imagine people actually doing that. Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/56 "2008-11-15T18:23:27Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Because the Supreme Court doesn’t get to pick the fucking president! _I_ wanna be the Fucking President. I think I’d do a real good job. Just ask [redacted], [redacted], or even [redacted]'s brother! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/57 "2008-11-15T18:24:31Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > RTFuckhead has continually taken offense to the fact that I am a Democrat and a conservative as well. No, I have no trouble with that. I just wonder what version of non-Dixiecrat ‘Democratic Party’ might be consistent with the positions you take, and (in this case) the candidates you support. A year would suffice, as in “the Democratic Party of 19xx is the Democratic Party I remember from when I was growing up, and that’s the Democratic Party I’d be proud to support if today’s Democratic Party were still like that.” > [@](#): > > He makes it his business to stick his nose into any politicalish thread I participate in to say so Most recent example, prior to this thread, please? Your suggestion that I’ve been following you around is pathetic. I can’t remember commenting on a post of yours in several months. In fact, I can’t remember _reading_ a post of yours in months. But if it makes you feel better to construct your alternate reality, go right ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/58 "2008-11-17T01:58:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Nope. Take 'em ALL down. Lawn signs don’t belong up at Thanksgiving. But what about my “Save the Turkeys!” sign? Won’t someone please think of the turkeys? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/59 "2008-11-17T02:36:55Z")
Speaking as a liberal Democrat who voted for Obama, my response to the OP is mind your own fucking business. People are free to make their own signage rules for their own lawns. First Amendment and all that jazz, dontcha know. We actually believe in that. ---
**Author:** ![ChordedZither](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@ChordedZither](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChordedZither)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/60 "2008-11-17T03:53:57Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Please remove your signs from your front lawns. However, those Christmas lights you’ve still got hanging on the porch from last winter - you might as well leave those now. But let’s try to get them down by President’s Day next year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785.md?page=4)