Out here in the midwest, it’s all lawn signs and bumper stickers proclaiming themselves as either right-wing nut-jobs or liberal weeners. New York, I was expecting something similar. But no. I didn’t see one bumper sticker or a single sign in anyone’s window. I didn’t even see a badge (or button as my new compadres like to say).<\/p>\n
In fact, I only saw two political comments other than the pro-Kerry T-shirt I wore on Saturday. One was another T-shirt with George senior and George junior sporting the caption “Dumb and Dumber”. The other was some graffiti up on a subway poster for a new TV series. <\/p>\n
The poster shows a dad holding a kid up and someone has added a speech bubble to make it look like he’s addressing his son.<\/p>\n
“The neo cons have killed more than 1,000 Americans in Iraq”. Someone else has added the word ‘Jews’ so it says “The neo Jews…”. A third person has added, “That’s only a quarter of the Americans killed on 9\/11.” [As if those facts–Iraq and 9\/11–are actually related, which sadly many Americans actually seem to believe.] A final fourth graffiti contributor has added simply “Grow a brain” although it’s not sure which of the others they’re talking to.<\/p>\n
So there you have it. That’s the extent of grass roots, ‘in your face’ political posturing I witnessed in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n
Only another 34 more days until the Presidential elections…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Out here in the midwest, it’s all lawn signs and bumper stickers proclaiming themselves as either right-wing nut-jobs or liberal weeners. New York, I was expecting something similar. But no. I didn’t see one bumper sticker or a single sign in anyone’s window. I didn’t even see a badge (or button as my new compadres … Continue reading Political Graffiti<\/span>