Bumper stickers losing popularity as tolerance, vehicle trends evolve

Journal Gazette ^ | 4/24/05 | Cynthia Hubert

[WorkingClassFilth]

My all time favorite during the Clinton years - 'Where is Lee Harvey when you really need him?'

[SAJ]

Martin -- How about a redisplay of one of your classic bumper stickers for LibFree...you know the one I mean, of course (AND, I am getting around to it, but things are a bit hectic just now).

[azsportsterman]

I have a large sticker that proclaims Annoy a Liberal... Work, Be Happy, Succeed because it annoys the peaceful, tolerant, warm, loving, humanitarian ,fascist thugs of the "liberal" left.

[Mr. Silverback]

The main reason, observers say, is the increasing political prickliness of Americans. In a divided society, commuters are wary of announcing the way they feel about the president or the war or religion or any other controversial subject.

I find that very hard to believe. I see way too many political stickers for that to be true.

[RepoGirl]

When I lived in Boston, I never dared voice my political leanings on the bumper of my Volvo. I lived in the Oh-So-Tolerant left-wing paradise of Jamaica Plain and knew that if I dared admit I liked Dubya, I'd find my door keyed or my back window broken out with a brick.

Down here in Florida, I had my W '04 sticker on the back window, right next to my Misfits skull and my Specialized Logo. I used to get some looks in traffic.

[Mr. Silverback]

What? No more "I saw the Thing at Colossal Cave!"

And no more "This ccar climbed Mount Washington" on half the cars in New England.

[boop]

I went into this novelty store in San Antonio and they had a ton of bumper stickers from the sixties. I bought a stack of them. One that I loved was a bright pink one with a peace symbol that said "the sign of the american chicken"

[processing please hold]

My hubby has a bumper sticker on his truck that says, 'Disgruntled employee of the month'.

He's self employed. He doesn't have anyone to bitch too.

[Larry Lucido]

The only stickers I've had on have said Reagan/Bush, Reagan/Bush, Bush/Quayle, Bush/Quayle, Dole/Kemp, Bush/Cheney, and Bush/Cheney.

[SteveMcKing]

"The only bumper sticker I ever special ordered said, "YOUR MESSAGE HERE.""

I saw one that read "BUMPER STICKER". Wish I had bought it now.

[SteveMcKing]

"The only bumper sticker I ever special ordered said, "YOUR MESSAGE HERE.""

I saw one that read "BUMPER STICKER". Wish I had bought it now.

[Larry Lucido]

I would have had Ford/Dole but I didn't have a car then.

[XR7]

[Dan from Michigan]

My next one is going to be for Stabenow's opponent in 08(Unless it's that Nassar Beydoun joker who gave to her campaign)

[Constitution Day]

I had 3 conservative stickers on my bumper and 3 more on the back window of my German car (which I love very much, thank you).

Now that the election is over with, there is only one, on the center of my back glass:

If the mood strikes me, I will certainly add another sticker.

I refuse to be cowed by the fear of vandalism, and I don't give a rat's sphincter if a liberal gets road rage* from my sticker.

*(They're usually unarmed, anyway, and I can outrun them easily)

[Larry Lucido]

I hope you put it on a couple years earlier than that. :-)

[Dan from Michigan]

Doh! I was originally going to say "Draft Sanford in 08" and changed my post with airhead Debbie up in 06.

[concerned about politics]

I don't put bumper stickers on my car because I'm afraid the peaceful, tolerant, warm, loving, humanitarian ,fascist thugs of the "liberal" left will trash my car.

Yeah. They'll key a huge scratch down the side of your car.
They're such nice, friendly people(/s).

[Maynerd]

My all time favorite during the Clinton years - 'Where is Lee Harvey when you really need him?'

My favorite is:

EARTH FIRST! We'll log the other planets later.

[marblehead17]

I've had a Bush sticker on my rear window since the 2000 election and have no plans to remove it. Get some guts people. BTW, I drive a BMW and am not worried about vandalism.