On the off chance that there are some well-written graduate papers on the following two topics, sometime I would enjoy reading articles covering, in a semi-impartial manner:
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July 27th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
I live in a left-leaning town, and today I see more Kerry bumper stickers then I do Obama bumper stickers.
July 27th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Heck, I’ve already seen “Palin ‘12″ bumper stickers!
July 27th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
I’ve honestly seen maybe 2-3 political bumper stickers here…ever. Maybe I’m just not looking. I remember two Obama ones in 2008, and one McCain-Palin one also in 2008. That’s all.
Also, I don’t really understand the first point.
July 27th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I tried putting a Romney bumper sticker on my car.
Unfortunately, it refused to stick to a single position.
July 27th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Just heard that Sen.Bunning will not seek re-election, this seat should remain in GOP hands with either Rand Paul or Trey Grayson as the nominee.
July 27th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
#4, even though I like Romney, I laughed.
July 27th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
When I spent a month in Fort Lee, VA I noticed Southeast Virginia (Norfolk to Richmond) had Bush-Cheney stickers still on the bumpers after the 2008 election. I bet half the trucks and 10% of the cars still sported Bush-Cheney stickers.
That implies a lot of folks in that section of Virginia never put a McCain-Palin sticker on.
July 27th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Here’s the link. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/27/embattled-bunning-wont-run-election/
July 27th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I see a ton of Obama bumper stickers.
Of course, I’m constantly driving around the DC/Bethesda/Gaithersburg area, so…
July 27th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
#4 was actually really funny! Hahahaha.
July 27th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Bumper stickers seem to be in decline — perhaps because politics is increasingly nasty. I have noticed fewer stickers with each cycle. Living in the Chicago area, there was no way I would have put a McCain sticker on my car last year — it would be asking for trouble (at minimum, vandalism to the car).
That said, I still see a few Obama stickers. But, again, I’m in Chicago.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
To clarify my first point: for whatever (innumerable, really) reasons, certain musicians can thrive in one era, when the same musician wouldn’t have succeeded during other times.
I was relieved around the early 2000s as John Mayer and Norah Jones replaced the Backstreet Boys of the late 1990s.
In terms of driving pop culture, certainly major events (war) impact it more noticeably, but I imagine public policy produces subtle changes, as well, and (when looking back) one could find some correlations.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
I’ve still got my Mitt 08 sticker on. Just too lazy to remove, though i doubt i will until i get my 12 sticker
July 27th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
I had a faded Ford/Dole sticker on my old ‘76 Plymouth wagon until my dad junked the car in 1993 when I was in college.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
I will have my McCain 08 sticker on my truck and my Nancy Kassebaum tattoo on my right buttox.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
still*
July 27th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
My grandfather has a Perot sticker on the back of his truck. And I still tell him that he and those like him were responsible for Clinton.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:36 am
I was relieved around the early 2000s as John Mayer and Norah Jones replaced the Backstreet Boys of the late 1990s.
This was also the era of Ja Rule.
Don’t mistake the increase in soft music for a cause other than your own aging and association with different outlets for media.
July 28th, 2009 at 1:01 am
#12, well, I don’t know the connection is, but popular music under Reagan (1981-1989) is the best of any president.
Maybe Reagan really IS the greatest president…;)
July 28th, 2009 at 1:50 am
#19, Kevin:
What about the hair of the 1980s, though?
July 28th, 2009 at 3:53 am
Well, the hair is pretty bad. Bush is the best president of hair.
July 28th, 2009 at 10:24 am
My take on lingering bumper stickers is that the drivers lack etiquette and are poor sports. Once the contest is over, to continue the campaign when you lost is to pout, to continue the campaign after you won is to gloat.
Whichever side you find yourself on, it is poor sportmanship in my opinion to gloat or pout. Peel it off the car and move on.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I leave my Romney stickers on so as to say “Don’t blame me, I voted for Romney”