Can you spot Republicans in a crowd?

[Sannum]

I can! Many times, their eyes are closer together than Dems!

What are other ways to spot Republicans?

[DireStrike]

1. They look like this

[lonestarnot]

3. Tute very tute...do de have teef or are dey just teefs....

[Gemini Cat]

16. That's about right.

Both the males and the females have their heads firmly lodged right about there.

As far as the rest of the people are concerned, I can't honestly tell. They have to open their mouth first.

[lonestarnot]

2. HELL YEAH! They are usually standing in a pile of

:puke:

With this look on their face, persed lips, marginalizing rhetoric, supervisor authoritarian glasses, poop in their pants, smell attracting flies... an so forth

[UdoKier]

4. The lady ones often look like this:

[noamnety]

5. I can't.

I admit it, I can't tell from appearances. I passed a beater redneck truck earlier this week, the guy was wearing a hunting cap, there was a "Militiagan" sticker, and just as I was grimacing, thinking he was a repuke, I saw the "Time for another tea party" letters carefully running across the back of his truck, and a John Kerry sticker.

I didn't talk politics with my neighbors across the street because we get along so well and I was sure they were republicans, but they came over to say they like my Kerry bumper sticker when I first got it.

[yellowdogintexas]

8. You never can tell!!! All during the campaign, when I would

finish my precinct walking, I often ran errands. Since I would be wearing my Kerry T Shirt and several badges at the time there were no questions as to MY affiliation.

The most surprising folks would sidle up to me and say "I like that shirt, where can I get one".... or catch my eye and give me the big
thumbs up. Or just burst out in a very friendly grin!!!!! Sometimes they would just thank me, for working on the campaign.


People I would have "stereotyped" as far right REp Shrub fans.
Like you, I have been surprised by the apparantly Freeper pickup (I live in the land of the pickup anyway) with Kerry stickers all over it, coming up behind me on the freeway and blowing horns and waving because I have Kerry stickers too.

There is a certain look to some varieties of Pentecostal females, the long hair with no style, no make up, etc. and I would assume they were Republicans more so than others.....even so, I have learned not to judge by looks.

Not to mention that every Saturday morning at County headquarters, every stereotype in the spectrum was represented!!!!! It was beautiful.

[mopinko]

11. you can't tell a book by it's cover

some look it, and some do not. i am always covered in buttons, and
i drive this car


so i get quite a few opportunities to get a real measure of people's political views, and i have had many, many, many surprises.

[UdoKier]

31. You know, bondo might be better for covering those rust holes.

Stickers can only hold your car together for so long...

[Just Me]

25. Me, either. Well, except for the radical right-wing.

I swear, they ALL have a common "smirk",...it's the damned truth!!!

[LaPera]

6. Easy; constipated, uptight, hateful, arrogant body lanuage...

intolerant vibes, disapproving looks that reeks greed & selfishness!

[LisaM]

7. They have televangelist hair

or wear a lot of hair spray. That's how I spot them.

[yellowdogintexas]

9. that might be the best clue of all

[Hand]

12. As Jon Stewart observed...

"That's what happens when you don't let gay people touch your hair."
:headbang:

[gassed]

10. Huge mean looking vehicles

the only passenger being a little soccer mom peering over the dashboard, lost in her busyness.

I saw a mini-van at a kwik trip yesterday. It had a small angel dangling from the rear view mirror. On the back bumper there was the standard Bush/Cheney that we saw way too many of...and another bumper sticker that said BOYCOTT FRANCE.

So I'm guessing that there really isn't a dichotomy between being spiritual AND mean spirited?

[LisaM]

21. What did someone like that buy that was French anyway?

LOL, the boycott must be killing them. I on the other hand have always purchased French products, and now I purchase even more of them (namely perfume, wine, and clothes if possible.)

[BillZBubb]

13. Well, here in Texas

if it's a white male, there is an 80% chance he's a Repug. So, 4 out of 5 times I'm correct.

Oh, and the previous poster was dead on about the "just so" hair. That's probably the best giveaway of all.

[Sparkle]

39. Right you are.

At my office, most of the white males are repukes. But I also think a few of them pretend to be repukes but vote dem in private. We are outnumbered here bush land.

[theboss]

14. No, but I'm great at spotting Jews and gays....

This is a ridiculous idea.

[zbdent]

15. Try these on

They help you see . . .

[lectrobyte]

38. I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass

and I'm all out of bubblegum!

Love that movie in the 80's, Livin that movie in the 00's.

[mirounga]

17. Standing in line

They usually crowd boldly in front of the line.

[ip568]

18. Bad precedent

FWIW, How is ragging on how Republicans "look" any different than racist characatures of blacks and other minorities?

[Ron Green]

19. Well, blacks and many other minorities could not change their

appearance, but Republicans could change their politics (and perhaps by extension change the physical manifestations of their politics, too.)

[KamaAina]

20. They're the ones with the ugly rugs

Female repukes are not as easily spotted using this method :-)

[BlueFlu]

22. GOP females usually have bleached hair...

and dress like cheap whores...

[SKKY]

23. They're the fat old ladies with nearly rotting yellow teeth...

...wearing straw cowboy hats with a Purple Heart band aid on their chin to cover the razor nick from earlier in the morning. They're quite easy to pick out actually.

[Vanje]

24. Any question about these two

[Politicub]

26. What I call the Lester Maddox sneer gives them away

Especially when they're talking about minorities or gay rights. Their faces skewer up into some visage that looks like they ate something sour.

[MojoRoad]

27. Yup.

[karl meltdown]

28. I think we spot each other ...

more often than not.

[American Tragedy]

29. Normally I would say that you can't tell

but when I first attended my American Presidency class this semester, this guy came in and sat next to me, and when we exchanged glances, I just knew, and it's pretty clear he knew as well, since our brief conversation pretty much operated on those mutual assumptions.

Eventually he revealed himself to be a freeper, and I informed him that I was a DUer, and our class interactions decidedly deteriorated. We each immediately concluded that the other was insane.

[rockydem]

30. They always look lame to me - they lack grace

Many of them also have a fascistic look in their eyes.

[UdoKier]

32. They totally go overboard on the flag crap.

Not just a flag lapel pin, but flag earrings, T-Shirts, often with slogans like "freedom isn't free" or "Kill'em all, let God sort'em out"

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[Tacos al Carbon]

34. How do you feel about phrenology?

eom

[samtob]

35. No, I was very surprised

during the campaign. People I had assumed were *r's* (upscale home, suv's in the driveway) had Kerry and local dem signs in their yards.

On the other hand, others I had judged by appearances as dems, ended up with * stickers on their cars.

Go figure.

[Ivan Sputnik]

36. Generally have slightly out-of-date

hairstyles and clothes. The blow-dried and hair-sprayed look, for both men and women. Usually have an "up tight", over-groomed look in public. American flag lapel pins. These are all stereotypes, and there are some exceptions, but I've noticed that I can usually pick out the repugs on TV even before they are ID'd or open their mouths.

[Piperay]

37. Horns on the head

and pointed teeth are dead giveaways. :evilfrown: