# Why home made Obama signs? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124 "2008-10-22T21:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/1 "2008-10-22T21:07:00Z")
I am seeing quite a few home made Obama signs in yards. Some say “Obama – please!” Why home made? Is the campaign so short of printed material or is there some DIY grass-roots movement? Haven’t seen any home made McCain signs yet. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/2 "2008-10-22T21:25:01Z")
People don’t want to pay for them (they are not free); they get stolen and replaced with home-made ones; they are hard to get even if you DO want to pay for them…etc. Not sure why you haven’t seen any home-made McCain signs but I’m sure they exist. We’ve had several discussions that reveal that the above applies to McCain signs too. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/3 "2008-10-22T21:25:33Z")
_eye twitch_ ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/4 "2008-10-22T22:39:32Z")
I’m still waiting for my Obama car magnet and it has been 4 weeks so maybe they are waiting on the Obama store as well to send out signs. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/5 "2008-10-23T03:15:37Z")
> [@cherry](#): > > I’m still waiting for my Obama car magnet and it has been 4 weeks so maybe they are waiting on the Obama store as well to send out signs. _other eye twitches_ ---
**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:** [October 23, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/6 "2008-10-23T03:27:46Z")
Yard signs don’t vote. The Obama campaign is spending its money on things it thinks are more effective. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/7 "2008-10-23T10:52:41Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > Yard signs don’t vote. The Obama campaign is spending its money on things it thinks are more effective. As for voting, neither do television ads.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/8 "2008-10-23T11:05:01Z")
Here’s a cool one that some members of my family worked on. [OBAMA NOW SIGN](http://obamanowsign.blogspot.com) Fixed Link. . . ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/9 "2008-10-23T12:43:34Z")
**Vern** , that sign is all kinds of awesome. I never put up signs, and I’d put that one up in my yard in a heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![spoike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@spoike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoike)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/10 "2008-10-23T13:33:47Z")
> [@VernWinterbottom](#): > > Here’s a cool one that some members of my family worked on. > > [OBAMA NOW SIGN](http://obamanowsign.blogspot.com) > Fixed Link. . . Wow. That sign is a work of art. There are some really beautiful letters there. It’s very impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/11 "2008-10-23T14:00:12Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > Yard signs don’t vote. The Obama campaign is spending its money on things it thinks are more effective. My dog can’t vote, either, but if he could… I can’t speak for national elections, but in our local elections, it’s rare for a candidate to win if he doesn’t have a plethora of yard signs. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/12 "2008-10-23T14:45:58Z")
> [@VernWinterbottom](#): > > Here’s a cool one that some members of my family worked on. > > [OBAMA NOW SIGN](http://obamanowsign.blogspot.com) > > Fixed Link. . . Okay, seriously, are you close? I’ll happily take a small road trip out to see it. Musicat: It’s never been done before. You really don’t have much to base it on. Lawn signs are good for visibility, but too many folks see plopping down a lawn sign as “doing their part”. I’ve got nothing against lawn signs in theory, but in practice, having to deal with the multitiudes that come in my office and want them, it takes me away from doing important things, like actively working to win an election. More details after the election. ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/13 "2008-10-23T14:59:54Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Okay, seriously, are you close? I’ll happily take a small road trip out to see it. Fairhaven, Massachusetts. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/14 "2008-10-23T15:25:43Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Not sure why you haven’t seen any home-made McCain signs but I’m sure they exist. We’ve had several discussions that reveal that the above applies to McCain signs too. I cannot find the TV news cite, but there is a homemade McCain for President sign in the Portland, Oregon, area that is too big and violates the local ordinance. Complaints have been raised and local authorities told the owner it must be removed. Authorities gave the owners 30 days to remove the sign. It should be gone by late November. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/15 "2008-10-23T15:50:42Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > I cannot find the TV news cite, but there is a homemade McCain for President sign in the Portland, Oregon, area that is too big and violates the local ordinance. Complaints have been raised and local authorities told the owner it must be removed. I encountered that from time to time during my first planning job, when I also had to do sign code enforcement. We gave them seven days, though; if there was a 30 day grace period before enforcement, it would be a loophole around temporary sign regulations. During political sign season, I’d keep track of all the candidates associated with violations and signs pulled from the right-of-way, to counter any accusations of siding with one party. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/16 "2008-10-23T15:55:07Z")
Followup: I’ve said this before, but I live in a very, very blue part of suburban Cleveland – the well-educated, educated, racially integrated, old-money Democratic Heights-Hillcrest area of the eastern suburbs – and McCain/Palin signs outnumber Obama/Biden 2:1. There’s even two Obama offices near my house. I canvassed for Obama, and couldn’t even get a sign. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/17 "2008-10-23T17:47:42Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > I cannot find the TV news cite, but there is a homemade McCain for President sign in the Portland, Oregon, area that is too big and violates the local ordinance. Complaints have been raised and local authorities told the owner it must be removed. > > Authorities gave the owners 30 days to remove the sign. It should be gone by late November. > > 😃 That’s actually pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/18 "2008-10-23T20:53:54Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > People don’t want to pay for them (they are not free); they get stolen and replaced with home-made ones; they are hard to get even if you DO want to pay for them…etc. They aren’t free? I had no idea, as it has never occurred to me to post a sign about politics. How much are they? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/19 "2008-10-24T00:14:47Z")
'tis the season: [http://yeswecarve.com/category/stencils/page/2/](http://yeswecarve.com/category/stencils/page/2/) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124/20 "2008-10-24T03:17:42Z")
Goddammit, I need to get some volunteers to do these for me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-home-made-obama-signs/469124.md?page=2)