Scraping the ideals off
Even here in Seattle I used to see Bush/Cheney stickers on a regular basis. You'd see them on SUVs and trucks, big-ass Mercedes and soccer mom mini-vans. I always thought they stood out because of the liberal slant here.
This week, stuck in traffic, I realized that I don't see them much anymore. Once in a long while I see a still-bright "W '04" sticker. They really stand out now because one can't help but wonder how they continue to support the chief emblem of stupidity, corruption, and deriliction of duty.
It made me wonder, also, about the crushing individual moments so many people had to go through when they thought, "I gotta scrape that sticker off my car." Finding a razor blade. Going out to the car in front of their house. Spending five minutes scraping off the emblem they held up for all their neighbors to see. Admitting they backed what appeared to be a strong horse - but it turned out to have whatever the horse equivalent of mad cow disease is.
My redneck neighbor around the corner - about 45, with a small construction company - used to have Bush/Cheney stickers on his three company pickups, along with his NRA and "my company is drug free!" stickers. But the republican stickers are gone - replaced with a "Stop Hilary NOW" decal.
There are other things we need to work on stopping right now, neighbor.
This week, stuck in traffic, I realized that I don't see them much anymore. Once in a long while I see a still-bright "W '04" sticker. They really stand out now because one can't help but wonder how they continue to support the chief emblem of stupidity, corruption, and deriliction of duty.
It made me wonder, also, about the crushing individual moments so many people had to go through when they thought, "I gotta scrape that sticker off my car." Finding a razor blade. Going out to the car in front of their house. Spending five minutes scraping off the emblem they held up for all their neighbors to see. Admitting they backed what appeared to be a strong horse - but it turned out to have whatever the horse equivalent of mad cow disease is.
My redneck neighbor around the corner - about 45, with a small construction company - used to have Bush/Cheney stickers on his three company pickups, along with his NRA and "my company is drug free!" stickers. But the republican stickers are gone - replaced with a "Stop Hilary NOW" decal.
There are other things we need to work on stopping right now, neighbor.
posted by C at 7:32 AM
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