Bumper stickers — the ideal place to display your beliefs — because everyone knows that whatever conviction they believed in when they applied it, it is the absolute truth about that car owner. Well, until it peels off, or is covered with something else.
I mean, when I was a kid, I was an average student, so I wondered if I was a summa cum laude, would my mum have stuck something to prove that she was proud of me? Because that’s what bumper stickers are for me — they’re a statement that makes you go, “yeah, I said it!” But it’s election time, it’s time to sell ‘em political bumper stickers!
There’re certainly clever ones — and there’re ones that appeal to toilet-humor types. Which, I would have to admit, I chuckle at from time to time.
If there’re hundreds of designs for bumper stickers in Cafepress alone, it must mean that there’s a market for such. Here’re my top 5 list of political statements on bumper stickers.
“McCain is My Homeboy / Barack’s How I Roll” – It’d have to be a tie between the two. They may poke fun by treating the candidates as pop culture references, but jokes are half-jokes … or half-truths, right? What makes me happy about this one is that no matter how someone shows their support here in this great country, they stick by it. In a bumper and figuratively.
“Stewart/Colbert in 08: The Intelligent Choice” – How many people watch both of their shows? Didn’t they win an award of some sort? Then there must’ve been good reason. They seem to know how to better run this country, while delivering gaffes, misquotes and the truth to us in a more palatable, humorous form. If they made a movie ‘bout this? I’d probably see it.
“More Experienced Than Obama” – (With a picture of Sarah Palin) When she was introduced as McCain’s VP, this was one of her many selling points, well, that plus she could see Russia from her house. Why are they still selling these? Didn’t they prove that she’s more experienced in something else? Seeing it in a bumper now would be ironic. Which is funny, because its sorta ironic how non-ironic the message hoped to be. (Whew!)
“We’re Screwed ’08” – For the pessimist in all of us. Because regardless of who wins in the election, it seems like there’s some research institution that have negative future projections if so-and-so wins. Aside from that, our financial institutions are in trouble — gas prices are high and we have candidates who promise salvation for all that. If they knew how to solve the crises — why wait to be President? (Sad thing is, if they do try to help solve any of the problems we’re facing, it’d be seen as an act of campaigning.)
“THAT ONE” – The now-infamous words that McCain used to refer to Obama during the second presidential debate. Not being sour about it, this sticker owns the title. “We’re THAT ONE. Yeah, I said it!”
[All of these and other great designs are available @ Cafepress --- and no, I don't work for them!]
Bea Scott is in love with life and secretly dreams of traveling to Hawaii and wear a pink grass skirt! Her current crusade is about fossil fuels, bugging officemates and friends to save gas and use biodiesel. Read more from her blog, Hello World Bea.
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