bleedingheart
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Tue Aug-23-05 11:44 AM
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Should Company Trucks have Political Bumperstickers |
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Today while driving through Irwin PA I see a Cingular truck with a Bush/Cheney sticker. Now I have heard of political candidates who have gotten in loads of trouble using their vans to distribute signs..etc Then I see this truck and it makes me sick.
Funny how a Philly paper is getting lambasted because an ad of their's has a Casey headline...and the Republicans say its illegal...Yet I continue to see company trucks with political bumper stickers endorsing republicans...
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soup
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Tue Aug-23-05 11:48 AM
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1. Guess it depends on the sticker. |
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:evilgrin:
My son's boss loved the 'Kerry 04 a President we can salute with more than one finger' sticker on my son's truck enough that he requested (and was given one) for his company truck. But it's a small local company, does that make a difference?
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pop goes the weasel
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:01 PM
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2. I think it's a terrible idea |
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Putting a political bumpersticker on a vehicle implies that the driver of the vehicle holds the advertised position. On a company vehicle, that may not be the case.
Putting a political bumpersticker on a vehicle also implies that the owner of the vehicle holds the advertised position. Again, that may not be the case.
Sometimes, an individual franchise owner will use a personal vehicle for business purposes. If so, that person should have magnetized bumperstickers and business signs so that there is no confusion. I know that I am less likely to do business with someone who is advertising a political position at the same time as their business. I prefer to do business with people who can put partisanship aside in their individual dealings.
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doodadem
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:29 PM
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3. My company and personal truck are the same |
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since I am a self-employed business owner, and company of--ONE! So my Kerry/Edwards and Quagmire Accomplished bumper stickers will stay put.
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DURHAM D
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:32 PM
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4. Just before the 2000 election I saw a state owned vehicle (NC) |
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with a Bush bumper sticker. I immediately called the Governor's office and complained and gave them the tag number.
A few days later I went by the office where it was parked and the sticker was gone, gone, gone. Don't know who the employee was but hope they were gone, gone gone also.
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NewJeffCT
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Tue Aug-23-05 12:34 PM
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5. Covenant Transport has "It's a child not a choice" |
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on the back of all their trucks. Not sure where they are out of, but I see them on Connecticut highways all the time.
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