Posted by The Sticker on June 7th, 2008
In less than one hour from now, Hillary Clinton will give a speech to concede the Democratic presidential nomination to Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton herself indicates that she is not seeking the position of Vice President in the Obama White House. Besides, it would be too tricky for Barack Obama to manage both Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton maneuvering within his own administration
So who will the vice presidential nominee under Barack Obama be? Let’s consider someone who is like Hillary Clinton, but without all the baggage.
Consider Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. Governor Granholm has obvious demographic similarities to Hillary Clinton, without all the baggage that Hillary Clinton would bring.
Besides that, Granholm has executive experience of the sort that Barack Obama needs to balance his ticket. Finally, consider the rancor with which the Michigan delegate problems were resolved. Adding Jennifer Granholm to the Obama for President campaign would go a long way toward Democratic Party healing.
If you agree, show your support for Granholm. Put this Obama-Granholm 2008 bumper sticker on your car, and promote a better choice for Obama’s VP everywhere that you drive.
Posted by The Sticker on June 3rd, 2008
I want to try to put this in a nice way, but it’s a hard thing to tell someone that their time is over. The Age of John McCain is over. John McCain’s political career is finished. The time for John McCain to be elected to anything is done.
I’ll put this in another way: John McCain is history.
It isn’t just because John McCain is old. A person can be old and still remain relevant and be able to contribute meaningfully.
It has to do with John McCain’s place in time. John McCain has failed to update his ideas.
John McCain is a politician of the past. McCain embraces ideas and attitudes that are two generations out of date.
John McCain has no vision for the future of America. His agenda is one of defense, trying to delay progress, to fend off hope, to desperately cling to the old ways of thinking that he and his supporters are fond of.
John McCain is a relic of time gone by, of plans that didn’t work out, of limitations that most Americans have transcended.
The way of John McCain is the way of the failures of America’s past.
John McCain is history. Now is the time for America to do better than it has done. Now is the time for a candidate of the future. Now is the time for Barack Obama.
Posted by The Sticker on June 2nd, 2008
Take a look at the narrow gaze of cable television, and you might think that the only elections being held tomorrow are the presidential elections in Montana and South Dakota. Turn off the tube, however, and look for election information on your own, and you’ll see that there’s a lot going on beyond the presidential election.
Tomorrow in Alabama, for example, there will be a primary election to determine the Democratic nominee for United States Senate to go head to head against Jeff Sessions, the incumbent Republican.
My bet is on Vivian Figures, the most experienced, most coherent of all the Democratic contenders.
Figures is for strong education for all children, for trade that keeps jobs in the USA, for a health care system that serves all Americans instead of just the insurance companies, for an end to the drain of American dollars into the Iraq War. Vivian Figures isn’t a partisan ideologue out to score points. Her ideas for America just make sense.
Find out more at Figures2008.com - the official Vivian Figures for Senate campaign web site.
Posted by The Sticker on May 30th, 2008
If you’re like most Americans, you’ve had it with the ugly attacks against Barack Obama. They’re racist. They’re religiously bigoted. They’re ignorant. They’re ugly and just plain mean.
It’s become clear that the agenda of the Republican Party, George W. Bush and John McCain has failed America. It’s going to take a generation to dig the USA out of the hole that McCain’s dangerous agenda has plunged us into.
There are some people who are so afraid of letting American move on out of the fearful politics of the Bush era that they’re willing to throw anything against Barack Obama in the hopes that something will stick. They don’t care how hateful it is. They’ll say whatever comes to mind.
Stand against the hate. Stand with the presidential campaign of Barack Obama in 2008 with this anti-hate, pro-Obama bumper sticker.
Posted by The Sticker on May 27th, 2008
One of the tragic consequences of the regime of Homeland Security has been the shrinking of human consciousness. The idea of the Homeland, reset the ideal of e pluribus unum to the instinct of nationalism. Under the Homeland, we have abandoned the values of democracy for the security of turf.
When people repeated the motto United We Stand, the we didn’t refer to anyone but Americans. The rest of the world wasn’t included in we any more. We were not part of humanity any more. We became exclusively Americans, and set ourselves apart from everybody else.
It’s time to step away from the Homeland, and return to the United States of America that we used to know. This bumper sticker helps us do that. It takes the Homeland Security motto United We Stand, but brings our focus back out to see the whole Earth, not just the USA.
United we stand only works if we stand with all humanity. Otherwise, we’re not really united.
Posted by The Sticker on May 21st, 2008
As of last night, Barack Obama has the majority of pledged delegates for the Democratic presidential convention. Barack Obama also has the support of most of the committed superdelegates. There are a few small state primaries still to be held - Puerto Rico, South Dakota and Montana are next - but for all intents and purposes, the Democratic primary competition is over. Barack Obama has won.
Now is the time for Democrats who have supported Hillary Clinton for President to reconcile themselves to the fact that their favorite candidate will not be the Democratic presidential nominee. Barack Obama will be.
Clinton supporters of good will can now help in the effort to ensure that John McCain does not become the next President of the United States. It’s time for a show of support for Barack Obama by people who have supported Hillary Clinton. Putting this Clinton Supporters for Obama in 2008 bumper sticker on your car can help.
You also might encourage the Clinton Supporters for Obama blog to continue its efforts.
Posted by The Sticker on May 18th, 2008
Last week, after John Edwards brought announced his unexpected endorsement of Barack Obama for President, the Obama-Edwards presidential ticket was the hot new idea in the 2008 campaign. Everybody was talking about what a great Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards would make. But, at the end of the week, John Edwards made another announcement: He does not want to be Barack Obama’s Vice President (although he didn’t rule out being Attorney General).
Now, another Vice Presidential candidate has risen to the top, becoming the consensus frontrunner to join Barack Obama on the 2008 White House ticket: Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius. Governor Sebelius has gained attention for her strong defiance of right wing activists in Kansas who have tried to shove through legislation to build new dirty coal-fired power plants. Sebelius has vetoed every coal bill they have sent her way.
Barack Obama and Sebelius share Kansas roots, and the Midwestern votes that Sebelius would bring in could wrap up the Electoral College for the Democratic campaign. If Al Gore of John Kerry had just been a bit stronger in the Midwest, after all, George W. Bush would have spent years ruining businesses instead of ruining America.
Grab this oval Obama/Sebelius 2008 campaign bumper sticker to encourage Barack Obama to choose Kathleen Sebelius for his vice presidential running mate in 2008.
Posted by The Sticker on May 15th, 2008
Last night, John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama for President. This endorsement had long been delayed, for the obvious reason that John Edwards was the most sought-after endorsement of the long 2008 Democratic primary season. The endorsement wrests the news cycle out of the hands of Hillary Clinton’. Even more important, however, are the 19 pledged delegates that John Edwards brings along with him. Edwards is practically his own state, politically speaking, and his endorsement wraps up the nomination for Obama.
Will it end there? Will John Edwards fade off into the background now? Don’t bet on it.
After seeing the crowd’s enthusiasm for John Edwards last night, combined with the tidal surge of support for Obama, I’d say that an Obama-Edwards ticket is more likely than ever.
John Edwards fits with Barack Obama, politically and biographically. Both come from modest economic backgrounds, and understand political issues from the perspective of working Americans. Both have rejected negative campaigning and lobbyist influence as well, and that will be a strong point in opposition to John McCain, who has filled his Senate office and his campaign staff with corporate lobbyists. Edwards and Obama also both represent an idealistic vision of a better American future, not a desperate clinging to the past.
If you’ve caught me being enthusiastic about the idea, well, I’ll admit it. Isn’t it time that Americans begin to feel a sense of optimism again? That’s what the Barack Obama campaign is about, really - overcoming fear with hope. With John Edwards on Obama’s team, that hope is all the more believable.
That’s the idea that’s behind this Obama-Edwards bumper sticker - and I’ll add on a note about the Obama Edwards campaign tshirt as well: It’s made in the USA, not in some overseas sweatshop factory that uses outsourced labor to make big profits for some corporate executives on the backs of child labor. This t-shirt fits the moral vision of the Obama Edwards campaign.
Maybe this one in particular is not for you - but please, make sure that when you do buy Obama or Obama-Edwards campaign shirts, they’re made in the USA. Don’t mix hope with despair.
Posted by The Sticker on May 14th, 2008
Hillary Clinton won the primary in West Virginia last night, relying on racist sentiment to do so. This primary showed how ugly the Clinton campaign is willing to get in order to win - even though it’s almost impossible for Clinton to actually get the Democratic nomination at this point.
One of the points of denial Hillary Clinton supporters are clinging to is the desperate hope that somehow, in spite of the rules, the Michigan election in which Barack Obama did not even run as a candidate, would be counted, and Michigan’s delegates would be seated at the Democratic presidential convention.
The truth is that, even if that did happen, Hillary Clinton would lose the nomination. This is getting pathetic.
Michigan Democrats can take action to help end the nightmare. They can show their strong support for the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, making it clear that the Clinton campaign cannot use Michigan as a tool in its power games.
Putting a bumper sticker on your car is one way to make your opinion clear. Here’s one option - simple, direct, elegant. Michigan for Obama.
Posted by The Sticker on May 12th, 2008
The simpleton element of Republican ideology shows itself whenever Republicans start talking about the flag. They have little competitions with each other about who loves the flag the most, and they work up into a fury whenever they see someone who doesn’t have little flags plastered all over their clothes, their cars, and their homes.
What these Republicans forget is that anybody can wave the flag. It’s really not a big deal. Anyone can buy a flag lapel pin. Anyone can stick a big American flag outside their homes. It doesn’t mean anything.
Real patriotism is harder than just displaying a flag. Real patriotism means knowing who your representatives in Congress are, and how they’ve voted on issues that matter to you. Real patriotism means calling up elected officials and telling them what you think about what’s they’re doing in your name. Real patriotism means talking back to power, instead of just worshipping it.
But, Republicans understand patriotism on the level of the symbol, and not the meaning that lies beneath the symbol. Fine. If what it’s going to take for us liberals to get Republicans to pay attention to something more than glitzy superficial patriotism is to wave the flag, then we can wave the flag. That’s easy…
…and that’s the point of this bumper sticker. Republicans can wave the flag, but liberals can wave the flag too.
