Perplexed by a Bumper Sticker

By: snolan
Published On: 11/9/2008 11:54:42 PM

On the way out do run a few errands, my partner and I noticed this odd bumper sticker on a fairly new Nissan Maxima driven by a young woman along U.S. route 50 in Chantilly, VA.

McCain/Palin sticker with McCain taped over or blacked out

Someone had clearly either taped over or blackened out the McCain portion of this McCain/Palin bumper sticker.  I am left wondering why?  I mean the options are leave your stickers on, or remove them, but to go through the effort to modify them in this manner; it indicates a scary level of rage, misdirected at the wrong loser of the election, and a clueless person to support the worst candidate for the vice presidency I can recall.

My fear is that for 2012 some Republicans will try to nominate Palin to be their presidential candidate.  This would make some of my Democratic friends happy, as she'd be pretty easy to beat; but wouldn't it be better to face a serious candidate who can actually bring something to the table and spur meaningful discussion about the issues?

I am also concerned what sort of mentality goes into deliberately blackening McCain's name on their bumper sticker.  Does the person who did that have guns?  Are they healthy?  Are they so desperate as to try something foolish?  Do they even measure foolishness by the same metrics as the rest of us?  Are they more likely to go "postal" or am I (full disclosure: I have something like nine Democratic candidate bumper stickers on my car).

Comments



Rage? (KCinDC - 11/11/2008 9:57:58 PM)
I think you're overanalyzing the blacking out of McCain's name. My interpretation is that someone had a McCain/Palin sticker and just wanted to update it to reflect their current preference for 2012. It's scary that there are people who actually want Palin to be president, but it's nothing to do with McCain, really.