DALLAS - A modern U.S. political ritual that accompanies elections, “the battle of the bumper stickers,” is gearing up again.
In an e-mail to its membership on Friday, the Republican Party of Texas said it had received over 1,300 submissions to its call for a 2008 election bumper sticker slogan.
It said it had narrowed the field down to five and that Texas Republicans had until high noon on July 3rd to vote for one of them. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is unsurprisingly the explicit target of four of them.
The five finalists?
Obama for Change? That’s all you’ll have left in your pockets!
Obama won’t change me — I’m voting GOP
High gas prices? Thank a Democrat this November
Barack Obama? Liberal like McGovern, Prepared like Carter
Barack Obama — The Audacity of HYPE
But with many Americans driving less because of sky-high gas prices, it remains to be seen how much “air-time” bumper stickers will get on the roads this election year.
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Photo: Reuters/Jim Bourg - Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton appear on stage with Clinton endorsing Obama in person and campaigning with him for the first time in the town of Unity, New Hampshire, June 27, 2008.
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McCain: He surrended in Viet Nam, he won’t in Iraq. (?)
- Posted by R ReaganAMERICA McCAN’T GET FOOLED AGAIN
- Posted by MikeObama for Change? That’s all you’ll have left in your pockets AFTER 8 YEARS OF REPUBLICANS MESSING UP THE ECONOMY!
Obama won’t change me — I’m voting GOP - and I thought donkeys were supposed to be foolishly stubborn.
High gas prices? Thank a Democrat this November when they finally hold the oil execs accountable.
- Posted by TimObama for Change? That’s all you’ll have left in your pockets - THANKS TO 8 YEARS OF REPUBLICANS MESSING UP THE ECONOMY!
Obama won’t change me — I’m voting GOP - and I thought donkeys were supposed to be foolishly stubborn.
High gas prices? Thank a Democrat this November … when they finally hold the oil companies accountable.
- Posted by TimWow. P-a-t-h-e-t-i-c.
Brain dead and untruthful.
Why can’t the GOP stop lying???
These slogans are a disgrace to the memories of Reagan and Lincoln.
Shame on the TX GOP!
- Posted by EthanQ“Voted BUSH? Say you’re sorry and don’t ever vote again!”
- Posted by PastafarianVote McCain - Leadership for the 12th century
- Posted by Francois“YOU VOTED FOR DUBYA SO QUIT YER BlTCHIN’ ABOUT GAS PRICES” “WHAT BUSH COULD DO, McCAIN CAN DOUBLE”
“YOU PUT OILMEN IN THE WHITEHOUSE, AND EXPECTED GAS PRICES TO GO DOWN, BUT THEY DIDN’T? DUH!”
“NEED MORE OIL? INVADE CANADA….AND WE’LL ONLY NEED INTERPRETERS IN QUEBEC”
“BRITAIN: TAKE US BACK AND SPANK US, AND GIVE OUR CONSTITUTION TO CANADA, MAYBE THEY WILL APPRECIATE HOW TO USE IT”
- Posted by benighse“WATERBOARDING…WHEN SHOCK TREATMENT JUST ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH”
“THE REPUBLICAN PARTY…THE BRIDGE TO THE 17TH CENTURY”
- Posted by benighse“AT LEAST THE WAR ON EDUCATION IS GOING WELL”
“AT LEAST THE WAR ON THE HOUSING INDUSTRY IS GOING WELL”
“AT LEAST THE WAR ON THE MIDDLE CLASS IS GOING WELL”
“AT LEAST THE WAR ON CIVIL LIBERTIES IS GOING WELL”
“AT LEAST THE WAR ON FORD AND GM IS GOING WELL”
“AT LEAST THE WAR ON HEALTH INSURANCE IS GOING WELL”
“AT LEAST THE WAR ON VACATION TRAVEL IS GOING WELL”
“THE WAR ON IRAQ? WITH MCCAIN ‘08, WE’LL BE OUTA THERE IN 100 YEARS—TOPS!”
“MCCAIN–OUR SCHOOLS CAN WAIT—I’VE GOT ANOTHER WAR TO START”
“MCCAIN–OUR HEALTH CARE CAN WAIT—I’VE GOT ANOTHER WAR TO START”
“MCCAIN–OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES CAN WAIT—I’VE GOT ANOTHER WAR TO START”
“MCCAIN–OUR ECONOMY CAN WAIT—I’VE GOT ANOTHER WAR TO START”
“MCCAIN–OUR AMERICAN JOBS CAN WAIT—I’VE GOT ANOTHER WAR TO START”
“MCCAIN–OUR CURRENT VETERAN’S CAN WAIT—I’VE GOT TO MAKE MORE VETERAN’S”
“MCCAIN–OUR AMERICAN VALUES CAN WAIT—I’VE GOT ANOTHER WAR TO START”
“MCCAIN–BOMB BOMB BOMB BOMB IRAN—SOUNDS KINDA CUTE DOESN’T IT?”
“MCCAIN–MY MOMMA DIDN’T RAISE NO IDIOT, I DID THAT ON MY OWN”
“MCCAIN–IN 2000 I SAID I WOULD RUN FOR THE MANOR HOUSE IN 2008, SO HOW DID I GET HERE?”
- Posted by benighseAll extremely lame!
- Posted by JayAm I just tired? Can this story possibly be true? Is John McCain (who I’m leaning toward) actually having a contest to come up with a bumper sticker to represent his campaign?
- Posted by BillThose are some pretty bad bumper stickers.
–Obama for Change? That’s all you’ll have left in your pockets! - way too long for a catchy phrase on a bumper sticker
–Barack Obama? Liberal like McGovern, Prepared like Carter - Guess they’re targeting an older set here. I’m nearly thirty. Could tell you painfully little about Carter and I’ve never heard of McGovern. But I guess maybe obscurity is the point.
–Barack Obama — The Audacity of HYPE - they really want to sound scold-y here, don’t they? I know the point is to insult the other side, and audacity is a term used from an older generation to a younger or in a patronizing put-down way from a man to a woman (usually in programs that are set a bit back), but I don’t think that’s going to appeal to a younger set.
The GOP one isn’t very good, either, but not so bad as those listed above. It makes fun of his slogan, but doesn’t say anything. Then again, it’s a bumper sticker, and all it really needs to be is catchy.
I think the “High Gas Prices” one is best, but I have to say, I think they all are pretty awful. Better to say why your candidate is good than why the other guy is bad. I hate mudslinging. I guess it doesn’t alienate others as much as is does me, though.
Most disappointing about this article, though, is that it didn’t give me any Democrat bumper stickers so I could be equally surprised at how bad they are.
- Posted by RebeccaPeople who put political bumper stickers on their cars are fools. I disregard any opinion I read in traffic. Period.
- Posted by mateoMcCain..The Real Mr. Magoo..
- Posted by GwMcCain…The Same Ol’ Shee-ite.
- Posted by DeeAre they serious?
The Republican party is so out of touch.
None of those slogans are witty nor truthful.
Desperation apparently does not breed creativity.
- Posted by mwfHow about:
- Posted by SeanMcCain - He’s THAT old.
McCain - Flip flops more than cheap shower shoes
McCain - cuz war is groovy
GOP NEVER AGAIN
- Posted by ed> High gas prices? Thank a Democrat this November
I thought Bush, being the big oil man, was supposed to know how to keep them down? That’s what we were told when we voted for him. Now he wants to blame someone else? Disgusting!
I voted for Bush twice and I’m registered as a Republican, but I don’t plan to make the same mistake a third time.
I plan to “thank” the Republicans this November.
- Posted by Joe