Obama Signs of the Times

By: Great Blue
Published On: 10/23/2008 12:14:34 PM

In Virginia Beach, political sign-stealing is rampant.  Of course, it only makes big news if a Republican sign is stolen, according to the Virginian-Pilot.  It also helps if the victim is Doug McCain.  (He's John McCain's son, by his seldom talked-about first wife, Carol.)

Now it seems our staid, usually Republican neighborhood has become hazardous habitat for Obama-Biden signs.  Funny, but the McCain/Drake/Gilmore signs seem to stay around. In fact, I asked one neighbor with Republican signs in his yard if he had experienced sign theft, and he begged me to steal his Gilmore sign!  Seriously, though, one of our neighbors has lost two Obama signs, another neighbor has lost three, and we've lost one.  Democratic signs along our roads last at most one or two days, while nearby Republican signs are unmolested.

So, we may be down to hand-lettered yard signs by Election Day.  To make these signs attractive, we've come up with some new slogans for the sign-stealing season:

Since sign stealing is a misdemeanor:

Crime Victims for Obama

You Can Steal This Sign, But You Can't Steal My Vote

Since the sign thieves must have a pretty good inventory now:
Insert Obama Yard Sign Here

WANTED: Obama/Biden Sign

We could appeal to the older set with a series of five signs in a row:
Steal My Sign?

That's Fine.

Early Vote?  Just cast mine

It's Obama Time

Burma Shave


We could get more politically pointed:
You Can Have My Sign.  I Want My Country Back.

G. Gordon Liddy the Plumber Stole My Obama Sign

Are we getting overconfident?
Can We Have Our Sign Back?  We'll Need it For the Reelection Campaign!

Then there are hand-lettered yard signs we just can't display, no matter how tempting it is to get bitter or sarcastic.  Barack has asked us to stay positive, so these are signs you won't see:

Stealing My Sign Changed My Mind.  McCain/Palin

McCarthyites for McCain

Get Off My Lawn!  John McCain.

Sign Stealers for McCain/Palin

Were You Wearing Your Brown Shirt When You Stole My Sign?

I Support Joe the Sign Thief

Sign Thieves Will Be Waterboarded

Finally, there is one hand-lettered sign that would sum up the character issue:
One Wife; One House; One Car: That One!  Obama

As we start making the signs, there is one resource holding us back.  Does anybody out there have good handwriting???
Cross-posted at www.vagreatblueheron.wordpress.com

Comments



Nice way to get a laugh out of some mean actions (VA Breeze - 10/23/2008 1:27:16 PM)
Like this the best:

You Can Have My Sign.  I Want My Country Back.

In my neighborhood, we take our signs in at night.



Thanks (norman swingvoter - 10/23/2008 3:46:54 PM)
I am going to keep these handy in case my sign is stolen.