MyDD :: you must see this picture

you must see this picture

by annatopia, Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 03:33:01 PM EST

Try this on for size MSM--Chris

a dear friend of mine kindly allowed me to snap a few pictures with his cameraphone while we were on lunch today. what was so eye-catching that i just had to capture it for all of you to see?

well, it's a picture of what i consider to be your typical texas bush voter's vehicle. it's a picture that just really captures the mentality that howard dean was talking about. it's a picture that will hopefully give all of you non-texans an idea of what we texas libs have to deal with every single freaking day. it is a picture that perfectly explains why i do not think howard's remark was divisive or offensive.

here it is, your typical bushmobile:

as you can see, they've got their "w04" sticker firmly affixed to the windshield. the other stickers - which didn't really show up well in this picture - are all anti-abortion stickers. the one that stuck out to me was "diapers are disposable - babies aren't!"

but what really just took the cake... what really set me off so much that i made my poor friend flip a u turn and lend me his cameraphone was this:

now... can someone please remind me why calling the GOP the party of white christians is so offensive?

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la-di-da (3.00 / 12)

tip jar, i suppose, for capturing this idiotic vehicle.

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by annatopia on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 03:23:24 PM EST

Re: la-di-da (none / 0)

I think dhonig shouls add GOP bumperstickers to his: The Daily Pulse: An Eyewitness Account

Besides telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest, educate our children and, die, the GOP has done a fine job of getting gov't out of our lives.

by Parker on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 03:53:52 PM EST
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you know... (none / 0)

...i could submit an entire photo album of stickers i've seen on bushmobiles. i saw one last week that said (and i hate this one) "10 out of 10 terrorists agree: vote kerry".

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by annatopia on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 04:02:09 PM EST
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Re: you know... (3.00 / 1)

Whenever my husband and I see big ol' SUV's covered with stickers like this we turn to each other and ask "Wonder how many soldiers per gallon that baby gets".....

by mouse on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 04:54:24 PM EST
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another bumper sticker i want (3.00 / 1)

i saw this on freewayblogger; someone should make a sticker that reads "hummer: 9mpg, 2 soldiers per day". i want one of those, BAD, cause there's lots of stupid hummers here. and have you seen, now they are making an H3?

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by annatopia on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 05:03:38 PM EST
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Re: you know... (none / 0)

First time posting here but there is a sticker in the link below that I have on my car. I like it because it's not just about soldier's lives. And I like it because it asks the question.

http://www.unemployeddemocrats.com/shop/index.php?rec=20&shop=1&cart=39747&cat=2&key words=&match_criteria=

by beq on Fri Jun 10, 2005 at 09:08:03 AM EST
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Re: you know... (none / 0)

"how many lives per gallon"! thank you for that link - i think i'm going to order one of those.

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by annatopia on Fri Jun 10, 2005 at 11:23:40 AM EST
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Re: you know... (none / 0)

That bumpersticker would not even be accurate: 10 out 10 terrorist agree that Bush is the better choice for them.

by risenmessiah on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 06:34:41 PM EST
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Re: you know... (none / 0)

The best one I saw was:

"I voted FOR john kerry, before I voted
AGAINST him."

>:)

by turnerbroadcasting on Fri Jun 10, 2005 at 06:19:24 AM EST
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Re: la-di-da (none / 0)

I love the idea! Send them to me, and I'll add them.

by dhonig on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 04:12:32 PM EST
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Unfortunately... (none / 0)

... such vehciles are not restricted to Texas. Nothing personal but I'd just as soon ya'll kept them thar wackowingnuts down thar in Texas. No such luck, huh.

Will you be Austin for DemFest, June 17-19?

The 10,000 Things

by Andrew C White on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 03:42:10 PM EST

yup (none / 0)

i'll be there from next thursday through sunday.

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by annatopia on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 03:42:57 PM EST
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Re: yup (none / 0)

Excellent! Hopefully we'll get a chance to meet. I'll have my blogname on my name tag just so there's no confusion.

The 10,000 Things

by Andrew C White on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 04:01:34 PM EST
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i'll do the same (none / 0)

although i am fairly sure i'll be the only anna there.

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by annatopia on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 04:02:36 PM EST
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They can't handle the truth in the red states (none / 0)

Or at least some of the more timid Democratic leaders don't think they can handle the truth. Stephanie Miller was doing her show from North Carolina this morning. It was a strange sound to my Left Coast midwestern raised ear, but I heard the sounds of southern state progressives!

From listening to Dean's critics I thought there was a law against people with southern drawls being progressives. They love Stephanie Miller in North Carolina!

by Gary Boatwright on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 03:44:37 PM EST

GOP Jesus (3.00 / 3)

I defend Dean from attacks but I would have preferred he emphasize that Robertson, Falwell, Dobson and their elected breathren are really just men seeking power using religion for personal greed and ambition.

The GOP's crime is not that they are too Christian, it's that they use Christianity for earthly ends that are almost entirely not consistent with the teachings of Jesus.

What would GOP Jesus do?

GOP Jesus would have gone to Rome and cozied up to Caesar. GOP Jesus would have tried to increase divisions among groups in the Roman Empire. GOP Jesus would have pushed for Caesar to acquire more territory. GOP Jesus would increased taxes on the poor and decreased taxes on the rich.

But Jesus didn't do these things. He taught that the individual has a relationship with God, not through the church, the state or his ethnic group. Jesus taught tolerance, especially for those that are shunned by mainstream society. Jesus eschewed getting involved in politics.

Rrrinnggg... Time to change the government.

by Carl Nyberg on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 03:49:15 PM EST

Looks familiar (none / 0)

That looks just like the Michigan Bush voter vehicles, though they're usually brand new H2s.

by fwiffo on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 04:00:00 PM EST

More creepy bumper stickers (none / 0)

http://www.bumpertalk.com/bumpertalk/scan/fi=products/st=db/co=yes/sf=prod_group/se=Political/op=eq/ sf=category/se=Republican/op=eq/sf=inactive/se=1/op=ne/rf=sku/va=banner_text=Political%20Bumper%20St ickers%20:%20Republican/ml=16/tf=sku/to=x/va=banner_text=%20%20Republican.html

http://www.stickergiant.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=vp08

by Renee in Ohio on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 04:03:30 PM EST

ug! (none / 0)

awful, just awful.

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by annatopia on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 04:08:00 PM EST
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Re: More creepy bumper stickers (none / 0)

The scariest one there is Cheney - Ashcroft '08,
Can you even imagine that in your wildest nightmares? head for the f'n hills asap if that ever comes to be.

by buckfush on Fri Jun 10, 2005 at 10:50:44 AM EST
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Borowitz sez: (3.00 / 1)

>Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean apologized today for calling Republicans "pretty much a white, Christian party," saying that he failed to mention that they were "fat and ugly" as well.

>Dr. Dean offered the clarification at a press conference at the DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C., telling reporters, "Any characterization of Republicans as white and Christian is unfair, since it totally omits the fact that they are pretty much the party of the fat and the ugly, too."

>The notoriously outspoken DNC chief immediately drew the ire of leading Republicans who objected to his characterization of Republicans as predominantly white, Christian, fat and ugly.

>Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn) lashed out at Dr. Dean from the floor of the Senate, saying, "Anyone who says that Republicans are white, Christian, fat and ugly is only telling part of the story, and Dr. Dean owes an apology to all nonwhite, non-Christian Republicans who are skinny and attractive."

>But hours later, Dr. Dean continued to stoke the controversy with his response to Sen. Frist's remarks: "I knew I was forgetting something - Republicans are really stupid, too, and Bill Frist, in my opinion, is not even a real doctor."

And for those who like it real, The Rude Pundit is in rear form today.

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/

(may not be work-safe)

by nanorich on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 04:07:33 PM EST

Re: Borowitz sez: (none / 0)

link to Andy.

http://www.borowitzreport.com/archive_rpt.asp?rec=1149&srch=

by nanorich on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 04:08:09 PM EST
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What Christians... (none / 0)

Besides telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest, educate our children and, die, the GOP has done a fine job of getting gov't out of our lives.

by Parker on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 05:20:38 PM EST

Now that's stupid (3.00 / 1)

Which one is not supposed to fit? That's what the GOPers were accusing Dean of saying. I think. That's just fuzzy logic and bad politics.

by Gary Boatwright on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 05:58:50 PM EST
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IIRC, Arabic for God's Official Party (3.00 / 1)

"Hezballah"

Man, I really wish I weren't caught between two groups of reactionary monotheist fanatics.

by paperwight on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 07:01:25 PM EST

Re: IIRC, Arabic for God's Official Party (none / 0)

Yeah? Interesting.

Say, I wonder how this will play with the base. How do you say "the base" in Arabic?

by Kagro X on Fri Jun 10, 2005 at 05:00:27 PM EST
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Re: IIRC, Arabic for God's Official Party (none / 0)

Silly Kagro, he asks a question to which he already knows the answer.

And as every Frank Herbert fan knows, it's Usul.

by paperwight on Fri Jun 10, 2005 at 05:48:50 PM EST
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As a fellow Texan (none / 0)

I can attest to this. GOP/God is everywhere and it is sick.

by Bonddad on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 10:06:01 PM EST

Oh, I can top that... (none / 0)

Don't forget the subtile and understated Bush Fish.

by Davis X Machina on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 10:12:22 PM EST

oh lordie! (none / 0)

i saw one of those on a bigarse SUV the other day up near coppell. it made my jaw drop.

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by annatopia on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 10:38:12 PM EST
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Isn't technology great! (none / 0)

I wonder if this guy is the owner:

Witty comment goes here...

by michael in chicago on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 10:13:42 PM EST

Re: Isn't technology great! (none / 0)

A picture can mislead as easily as
photoshop can be used to retouch it.

Dean's debate distracts.
Dems direly need to deal with downing
Deadly discussion digression
Delivers do-nothing check on dictatorial white house
Diverting discourse from what you can do
to make a difference

Act NOW

http://www.moveonpac.org/tellthetruth

by turnerbroadcasting on Fri Jun 10, 2005 at 06:26:05 AM EST
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Because They're Hypocrites, Scribes and Pharisees! (3.00 / 1)

can someone please remind me why calling the GOP the party of white christians is so offensive?

And it's offensive to real Christians to confuse the two.

Real Christians may witness, but they don't advertise.

by Paul Rosenberg on Thu Jun 09, 2005 at 11:19:54 PM EST

Re: Because They're Hypocrites, Scribes and Pharis (none / 0)

A real christian is usually in some
form of danger and can't.

But then again, this is sort of
like "real men don't eat quiche"
type stuff isn't it.

I guess I agree with you. I can't
seem to recall when the real christians
I met weren't ready to put themselves
in danger for christ.

SUVs? They just crush whatever they
run into. Its not a safety issue
for them to be driving down the
road, its just lining up the pockets
of satannic arab sheiks with american
blood money. Thats probaly the thing.