# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/61 "2008-11-17T14:31:08Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Nope. Take 'em ALL down. Lawn signs don’t belong up at Thanksgiving. Ding. Ding. Ding. We have a winner. The elections (in most places) are over. Losers, soak it up, and move on. Winners - be as magnanimous in victory as your candidate was. That means: **Everyone** take your fucking signs down… Unless you’ve got a bone in the Georgia senate race. ---
**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 17, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/62 "2008-11-17T15:30:05Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Ding. Ding. Ding. We have a winner. The elections (in most places) are over. Losers, soak it up, and move on. Winners - be as magnanimous in victory as your candidate was. > > That means: **Everyone** take your fucking signs down… Unless you’ve got a bone in the Georgia senate race. Or the Minnesota or Alaska races. ---
**Author:** ![VoluntaryPlan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9fc29f/32.png) [@VoluntaryPlan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VoluntaryPlan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/63 "2008-11-17T16:10:24Z")
I’ve had an Obama sign on my window for months. I’m not taking it down until I leave my dorm permanently. This is all the better since I live in England, where he would get 100% of the vote on my campus. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/64 "2008-11-17T16:17:50Z")
Am I the only one wondering where the OP went? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/65 "2008-11-17T16:28:03Z")
No shit, Michigan repubs are sore ass losers, they still have bush cheney signs up, DeVos (HUGE leftover from our governor race, 2 , TWO years ago)signs and now the state road remains littered yes littered i tell you with mcacain palin signs. And who is this Ginster fuck? he is a loser he lost go away now. It is over get over it! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/66 "2008-11-17T16:49:34Z")
> [@Audrey\_Levins](#): > > I find political signage annoying at best, and boring at worst. > > RE: the OP, a significant portion of the country did NOT vote for Obama. > > If they would like to leave their signs/bumper stickers/pins in place, I have no problem with that. I would have no problem with that regardless of which candidate won. > > It’s the same reason that fans of losing sports teams do not remove their fan emblems…whether it’s T-shirts, stickers, signs, etc… > > Just because your team lost doesn’t mean that you stopped supporting them. If anything, you may consider yourself a “true fan” only AFTER they’ve lost. Because then you’re acknowledging that even though they didn’t go the distance, you’re not merely a fair-weather fan. > > The same goes for political candidates. Supportive signage turns into stubborn protest signage. I still see Kerry stickers. Gore stickers. Original Non-W Bush stickers. > > Some of them are merely present because people are too lazy/forgetful to remove them, but some of them are the equivalant of protest signs. Signs of support for the team you believed in, whether or not they won. I am a San Antonio Spurs fan even though they didn’t win the Championship last year; I won’t remove the sticker from my vehicle. > > FTR, I didn’t like either Obama or McCain, and I voted for neither, but I have no problems with anyone displaying their support for either of them. I think it’s a sign of smug poor-sportsmanship to get all riled up if someone doesn’t remove their McCain sign/sticker/whatever. > > Obama won. That should be enough for his supporters. Be gracious in victory as you should be gracious in defeat. > > Or, alternatively, since this is the Pit… > > Shut the fuck up and find something else to bitch about. I agree with this post 100%. Except for I think \*\*yard signs \*\*should come down. Display your support in any way you like, but \*\*yard signs \*\*get battered by wind, they get weatherbeaten, they fade, they become trash. And still people won’t take them down. Leave your signs in your windows where they don’t get ragged; wear your T-shirts; keep your bobblehead dolls on your desk. Just don’t contribute to your neighborhood looking trashy. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/67 "2008-11-17T19:00:21Z")
If it’s my yard I’ll put up whatever I goddamn well please, and so should everybody else. Hell if I had a yard and a McCain sign, i’d consider putting it up based on this thread alone. Since I don’t, I won’t, but I’d consider it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/68 "2008-11-17T19:16:58Z")
Come on, people- he did say “please”. > [@](#): > > I’ve had an Obama sign on my window for months. I’m not taking it down until I leave my dorm permanently. > > This is all the better since I live in England, where he would get 100% of the vote on my campus. You don’t think there’s a single National Front member or Neo-Nazi or some other garden-variety racist on your campus?\* \*this is not to say that everyone who didn’t vote for Obama is a Neo-Nazi or racist or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/69 "2008-11-17T19:33:15Z")
> [@bufftabby](#): > > _I_ wanna be the Fucking President. I think I’d do a real good job. Just ask [redacted], [redacted], or even [redacted]'s brother! Ohh, can I be your Vice? **Vice President of Fucking Santo Rugger**. Has a nice ring to it, I’d say. > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Come on, people- he did say “please”. > > You don’t think there’s a single National Front member or Neo-Nazi or some other garden-variety racist on your campus?\* > \*this is not to say that everyone who didn’t vote for Obama is a Neo-Nazi or racist or whatever. There could be one for every 201 people on campus, and it could still be considered 100%. 😛 [/pedantic] ---
**Author:** ![Lili\_Von\_Shtupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@Lili\_Von\_Shtupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lili_Von_Shtupp)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/70 "2008-11-17T19:53:44Z")
FAIL. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/71 "2008-11-17T20:15:26Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > So am I therefore allowed to punch people who still have Gore/Liberman and Kerry/Edwards stickers on their cars? Being evil, I must give you an unqualified yes. Also, anyone with a Mondale/Ferraro bumper sticker may be beaten to death, as soon as you verify they are not lost in time. ---
**Author:** ![Li\_l\_Pluck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee59a6/32.png) [@Li\_l\_Pluck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Li_l_Pluck)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/72 "2008-11-18T21:52:32Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Hebrew Obama sign??? Awww, I want one. ☹ I sent you a PM. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/73 "2008-11-18T22:24:26Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > An appointment by the supreme court is not an election. > > Shame you you didn’t know that. Your ignorance of the events surrounding the 2000 election is…astounding. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/74 "2008-11-19T17:40:20Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > My apartment is on a street which is sort of a main thoroughfare in my city, with four lanes, and a big wide median, about 50 feet wide, in between. It is THE spot for political signs every two years. I’m talking, if you didn’t know better you’d swear it was the city dump and the only thing anyone threw away that day was paper and wire racks. > > And it’s not just Obama and McCain signs, it’s “Vote Schmalarkowitz for Second Assistant Dog Catcher At Large” and “Please Elect My Gerbil, Bob, For Sherriff”. > > So, yeah, count me in with the I’m sick of all of these frickin’ signs camp. And your damned garage sale signs for the garage sale you had two months ago, too! It’s all just a visual type of noise pollution! ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/75 "2008-11-20T13:12:39Z")
My locality is making a point that they are going to fine candidates who still have signs up after December 1. My thinking: WTF? So the candidate has full control over all of his signs? Hell if I didn’t like “Bob the Dog Catcher” I would just go take about twenty of his signs down, and after Dec 1, start putting them up at random locations around town. And, I’m with another poster. Who are this shithole town councils to tell me I can’t have political signs in my yard? Yes, I think they look tacky, but what is the 1st amendment for if not to protect political speech? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/76 "2008-11-20T22:29:17Z")
I think all election signs should be taken down and thrown away the next trash day following the election. Distinguishing between the winning and losing candidate is childish. FTR, I also think that those lawn geese are stupid. However, if you don’t follow my marching orders, I’ll still let you borrow a cup of sugar. There are other things in life more important. However, if you start putting little outfits on your geese, all bets are off. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-losers-of-the-election-i-have-something-id-like-to-get-off-my-chest/472785/77 "2008-11-20T22:44:46Z")
Okay, my new experiment is to see how long I can keep my Obama sign up until it gets stolen/taken out by the elements/drunkenly mowed over. It must stay up for '12, at least. I encourage everybody else to keep up your signs (especially the losers) and see how long they last. [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=3)