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Blarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:09 AM
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Ron Paul signs by the thousands, do you see any ?
I live in the burbs of Chicago and don't see many Obama signs at all, maybe a McCain sign or two...But Ron Paul signs seem to be on every corner in every town, it's freaking amazing...it really is. Cars, businesses, overpasses, homes, street corners, ect...

Whats your town look like ?

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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:13 AM
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1. None. Three Obama signs. Not one other
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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:15 AM
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2. Lots of signs, not many votes
5% of the R votes in Illinois
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Nite Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:16 AM
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3. A lot of Ron Paul
signs in my area. More of his than all the others combined. Have seen a few McCain and Huck, a few Obama, no Hillary. It's weird, I think all his NY supporters live right here!
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:16 AM
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4. NH was inundated with Ron Paul signs...
But not Ron Paul votes!
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Blarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:17 AM
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7. I noticed that.
His supporters are very committed ...or should be committed. :rofl:
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:16 AM
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5. Here in GA I see more of his signs than any other Repug candidate.
That didn't seem to translate into votes, though.

Other signs I've seen are a Huckagoober and a Mittens every now and then.

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Kermitt Gribble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:16 AM
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6. They're everywhere.
Every telephone pole, hanging from the wires, lining the highways every few miles, and many in people's yards. They multiply like Gremlins or something.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:18 AM
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9. They make them out of Kudzu!
That explains their proliferation.
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:17 AM
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8. Several for Paul, a few Obama, and ...
... a Duncan Hunter bumper sticker yesterday at the grocery store. I did a doubletake on that!!


No Hillary, No McCain, No Romney -- interesting, eh?
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:18 AM
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10. There are 8 of them in a row, (with one break), on the
main N-S road in my small city...but most people here just laugh when RP mentioned, and this is a GOP stronghold...:shrug:
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wildbilln864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:19 AM
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11. They're all over the upstate of SC here. nt
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Blarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:21 AM
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Jeeesh
If signs were votes we would all be fucked.
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yy4me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:20 AM
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12. Repub town, no McCain, some Paul. On the other side of the
aisle, some Obama, some Edwards, not seen any Hillary yet.

I would bet the farm that no Huckster signs will ever show up in this NE town.
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:21 AM
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13. Here in Northern Virginia, there are Obama signs everywhere
usually in peoples front yards. You also see an occasional Clinton sign in yards. All the Paul signs are on deserted sections of highway entrance ramps. There are zero McCain signs.
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KarenS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:25 AM
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14. Chandler, Arizona,,,,, tons of them,,,,,
I've been seeing them for months and all are homemade,,,, now there's some displayed that are professionally printed,,,,,

the only other sign I've seen just went up last week and it was for Mittens.

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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:26 AM
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15. More signs than votes
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Edweird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:28 AM
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16. All over South Florida. They appear to be spay painted
with a "revolution/evolution" logo.
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Blarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:38 AM
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18. Yep.
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:28 AM
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17. They're here too.
Funny how he doesn't get any votes. The signs have been up a while and they are the most prevalent too.
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never_get_over_it Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:38 AM
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19. All over the freaking place in where I am in Central FL
and have been for MONTHS - the first time I saw anything for ANY other candidate was mid January and it was a Rudy bumper sticker....

when I went to vote in the primary - Paul signs FAR out numbered any of the other signs - and I don't even think I saw a sign for all the repunks - just can't remember -

I thought oh please please engage me in a conversation - because I know most of these idiots do not have a clue to the ramifications of a Ron Paul world.....

and trust me they aren't holding up these signs because Ron Paul is anti Iraq occupation which is the ONLY thing I agree with him on.....
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tuckessee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:40 AM
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20. Ron Paul signs rule my area as well.
I have seen a good number of Obama bumper stickers. Have only seen one Clinton sticker. No signs for either candidate.

The only other signs I've seen were a couple Huckabee signs at a desolate intersection.

There's not a single McCain sign or sticker to be seen.

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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:44 AM
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21. I've only seen one here in W-S
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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:55 AM
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22. It's the Ron Paul Zombies
Edited on Sun Feb-10-08 11:55 AM by Kittycat
Chiburbs here as well.

They show up on stop sign posts, lamp posts, on side streets and street corners over night.

No obama signs, but the people I've talked politics with are all supporting Obama.
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Trailrider1951 Donating Member (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 11:57 AM
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23. I'm in central Texas
they're as plentiful as bird droppings.
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enough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 12:02 PM
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24. Here in suburban/rural SE PA, Ron Paul's are the ONLY signs we see,
and we see a lot of them (Lancaster County and western Chester County).
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 12:24 PM
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25. I've seen two Ron Paul bumper stickers, and one for Mitt. I think a couple RP signs, too.
But nothing for any other candidate, which astonishes me. This county went 72% for GWB in 2004 and I couldn't drive anywhere without seeing W04 or Bush/Cheney 04 all over the road. I still see at least one W04 sticker every day. But hardly anything for the 08 candidates. They must really be demoralized.
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varelse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 12:29 PM
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26. Lots of them in Santa Cruz
I have to admit I really wasn't expecting to see so many here. On Super Tuesday, a small but very vocal group were positioned on one corner of a busy intersection while Obama supporters claimed two other corners. I've never quite worked up the nerve to approach one of them and ask about the reasons for supporting him, either.
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 12:31 PM
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27. got them all over my neck of the woods
even have a regular gathering at a shopping mall intersection every weekend of the paul-ians

but they keep forgetting to wear their sheets
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 01:50 PM
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28. i'm in northern colorado and they are everywhere
signs and bumper stickers. it would be an overestimation to say i've seen more than a dozen signs/bumper stickers for candidates other than ron paul. there were people with ron paul signs at one of the major intersections of town almost daily in the weeks leading up to the caucuses (that intersection was staked out by clinton supporters on tuesday, though).

ron paul also got the most money from people in my town last quarter (i think it was, might have been 3Q), with clinton coming in second.

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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 01:53 PM
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29. i see them here in norcal, his movement seems to be one of cash and not of votes.
his supporters are not going to the polls for him. so far Paul has 16 delegates.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 01:55 PM
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30. Unless they're on private property, those signs are illegal. That may be why
you don't see them...people who care about not having their towns trashed with illegal signs remove them, as do town and state highway departments.

Redstone
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El Pinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 02:16 PM
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31. There are a few - which is scary and sad...
The only thing encouraging about the Ron Paul phenomenon is that hopefully it will further fracture the GOP and hopefully not attract many democrats.


Paul is every bit as bad as McCain. In fact, he's a little like a more likeable version of Pat Buchanan.

Anti-poor, anti-choice, history of race-baiting. In fact, the ONLY thing I agree with Paul about is the war.


It amazes me that some fairly "progressive" people are supporting this man.
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 02:26 PM
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32. Like Earl said -
"Right on the war, wrong on pretty much everything else."

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