On my way home I took an Obama/Biden sign from someone's yard.

[11 Bravo]

She had around half dozen signs, and some local shithead stole ours on Halloween night. I saw her raking leaves in her yard this afternoon, explained my situation, and asked if I could borrow one of hers. She gave me a sign and a hug. Damn it, Virginia! We can do this!

[FSogol]

1. Yes, we can!

[Indpndnt]

2. Good for her! And good for you, too.

Yes, you can do this!

[kstewart33]

3. Great!! nt

[MADem]

4. Coat it with vaseline and cayenne pepper, mixed well and smeared all around the outer edges.

Use plastic gloves to make this happen...then put up a "SMILE, YOU'RE ON CANDID CAMERA" sign underneath your sign (in smaller letters, so only people coming up close will see what it says).

[Bucky]

14. !

very nice

[Oilwellian]

5. I'm in VA as well, and...

live in a very red county. There were Romney signs everywhere...on my rural road alone, there were 10 Romney signs and only 1 Obama sign (not including ours.) I just returned from the store and noticed there were only 2 Romney signs remaining on the entire 5 mile stretch. I find that extremely encouraging.

[renate]

6. Wow!

I love that people are pre-emptively embarrassed by him.

[Oilwellian]

7. LOL...well,

This past week has been a real disaster for Romney. Between the "cut FEMA funding" to the laughable "relief rally" and then the blatant Jeep lie in Ohio, I think even Republicans are beginning to realize he's grossly lacking in character.

[savannah43]

13. Or too stupid to pull off the lies.

An expensive education alone doesn't make someone smart. I hope everyone is really listening to him. I don't think he's crazy--I think he's spoiled and stupid. Not attractive in a person his age.

[nyquil_man]

28. Mitt Romney: The more you know him, the less you like him. n/t

[alfredo]

38. To know know know him is to loathe loathe loathe him.

[clydefrand]

36. Thanks for the video

I live in VA too. I have seen far more Romney signs than for Obama. I don't think the numbers will have anything to do with how many votes Obama will get. I think too many people don't get the signs because they would rather donate their money to Obama...at least that is what we have done.

Those who can't afford to do either will vote for Obama...I so hope I'm right.

Do the signs really cause people to vote for the one who has the most signs?

[Doc Holliday]

15. Better that

than for our country to be retroactively embarrassed by him later on.

[BeliQueen]

10. That's wonderful...

and very funny. Made me laugh for a good minute. May need to tag it to read again later when I need another laugh.

[inamatteroftime]

8. I'm in VA, too, and in 2008 my car was keyed in several places, probably in condo parking garage...

because of my Obama bumper sticker. I'm surrounded by 99% GOP, however, this election I've used a magnetic sign, which I put up when driving around town and take down when I park it overnight! Yes, we CAN!!!

[mimi85]

27. Did the same thing.

It sucks living in such a conservative part of SoCal. My husband is going to help at a local phone bank on Sunday. Of course he can't miss USC Saturday. Jeez, he didn't even GO there, but it's like some sort of sacred day around here.

He figures (after I signed Mr. Technophobe up online) that it would be a great chance to meet some of the few Dems around here. I'm going to try and go. I have so much health shit going on that I'm seriously a barely breathing medical encyclopedia.

Amazingly, we've only seen one Rmoney yard sign around, very strange. I think it's a good sign (pun intended). There were gazillions of McCain/Barracuda yard signs/bumper stickers in 2008. I use our magnetic car sign as well, have to put it on the side of the car, otherwise on one would see it as I'd have to put it on top of the trunk. I doubt big rig drivers would be impressed.

Our one neighbor has a NOBAMA sticker and we can hear him listening to Rush all the time - still a very nice family and great neighbors. We just avoid discussing politics.

[WCLinolVir]

9. Sorry for people having a hard time-

I live in Richmond and we are Obama in my neighborhood. I have to laugh though, the neighbor next to me stole one of her signs from a yard that had three.

[elleng]

24. What about Wayne Powell in your neighborhood? See/Hear anything?

[Cha]

11. Yay, 11 Bravo! GO VIRGINIA!

[freshwest]

25. +1

[SoapBox]

12. I just put Obama signs in my front windows today.

I wanted to wait to take down some Halloween decor.

And what I did was to copy and enlarge, bumperstickers that I got from CafePress.com. I had ordered
a "Foward" one and one that is "Obama / Biden".

I've got 3 windows, so put the Obama / Biden in the center, and the Forward ones on the sides.

Here's hoping that some angry Bagger doesn't toss a rock through them! (...I really, really don't trust the Pukes
and Baggers...they are SO angry.)

[undeterred]

19. They should make "Backward" signs that we can plant on righties lawns.

They'd be so confused.

[SoapBox]

21. Funny!

[defacto7]

16. Ha.... great way to even the score

without doing something illegal.

[Marthe48]

17. We got yard signs at a yard sale

The guy having the sale was the sign guy for the Democratic Party in the next county over from ours. So we got signs for Senator Brown, Charlie Wilson, Lou Gentile and Charlie Daniels. We hope all 4 guys will be representing us soon!

[dotymed]

35. This is my Daughters' first year as a teacher.

I gave her my Obama and "Occupy" signs still in the box. She wants to place them in her classroom (already has) as a teaching aid (History). I hope she doesn't have problems due to these. We are in TN....
In 2008, I had my Obama bumper sticker removed from my bumper w/in an hour of attaching it, in IN.
I have had my Obama sticker on my car for months, here in TN. Rmoney signs everywhere and I am surprised that my car has not been keyed or the sticker removed, yet....
I have noticed that some rmoney signs have disappeared in the neighborhood. I hope it was the owners decision.

[a geek named Bob]

18. coat the edges with a mixture of DMSO and Salvinorin A

Should convince folks not to steal your signs...

[kmlisle]

33. You can also use dog poop on the sign edges

When they grab it they will get a "gift from nature". Had a friend on a busy road do this after losing several signs and it stopped the thievery.

[a geek named Bob]

39. the other advantage to your plan, is that it's probably legal. n/t

[kooljerk666]

44. don't forget to make sure........

you do not accidentally drop thin in Poison Ivy.

Some sign thief could get it everywhere, that would be sad.

[jwirr]

20. Our local committee does that - we all know that we can take them if we need them.

[a geek named Bob]

29. when the storm passed, we had a cookout.

Our power stayed on, we have cooking gas and the taps still run.

We sent some BBQ chicken and some Beans Oaxaca (sp) down to the no power zones.

[proud patriot]

22. my nieghbor just gave me a yes on 37 sign for more exposure

[Tree-Hugger]

23. I've never told anyone

During the 2008 election, it was extremely hard to get signs. Our local offices were always out of them. One night, my husband and I were driving home and we noticed 8 of the exact same Obama signs all clumped together on an interstate off ramp. So, I pulled over and he grabbed one.

Whew. It feels good to get that out.

[FailureToCommunicate]

34. I sure won't hold it against you. And welcome to DU!

[nxylas]

26. I've never quite understood the mentality behind stealing lawn signs

Has anyone ever gone into a polling station thinking "I'm voting for candidate X because I didn't see enough lawn signs for candidate Y"?

[ywcachieve]

30. By your lead-in headline, you give the impression you stole the darn sign.

You've been hanging out at HuffPo too much huh? That's their style of getting someone to click on a thread.

[RedCloud]

31. Obama pulling well in my "RW" neck of Va. (Hampton Roads)

Has the lead in and nobody has pulled out my Obama sign.

[stuntcat]

32. Go Virginia Go!!!

[dangerdoll]

37. ours FINALLY came on 10/30 and oh the commentary on 10/31...

little kids haughtily stating "we're voting for ROMNEY!" and my husband smiling and saying "well I'm sorry to hear that" and giving the kid the boxes of raisins we bought just for the kids we don't like...

grown ups pointing at our sign and giving us the stinkeye and me smiling and saying "yes, we put that up to scare you republicans! isn't it your worst nightmare?"

and then there was the family who didn't say anything, but as they were leaving they turned back and grinned, and the dad waved four fingers in the air, did a fist pump, and yelled "four more years!" to which we yelled back "OBAMA 2012!"

(It's a miracle our house hasn't been egged/toilet papered. Yet.)

You go, 11 Bravo, and *highfive* to your neighbor!

[bullwinkle428]

40. Wow...sounds like redistribution to me!

[plantwomyn]

41. I hope you can

Couldn't get an Obama sign from our county Democratic party headquarters. They don't have any. They told me that the Democrats have ceded Indiana. This was 2 weeks ago. Maybe if the Mourdock's "God intended" moment would have come earlier they may not have pulled out to Indiana. The local call center is calling voters in Ohio.

[Ria51]

42. I'm in Virginia also, on the Peninsula

A few weeks back I turned off the main thoroughfare onto my street and was greeted with three huge billboard signs tacked to a fence touting Veterans For Romney, one for Allen and the other for the local delegate. I almost threw up but needed to make it the three mile stretch up the road to my house so as not to dirty the car but started to feel better as I saw one or two Obama signs. Once home and since we live on the corner I repositioned my sign from the garden to the curb to ensure maximum visibility. The next day I turned the corner onto our street and turned my head as I passed the billboards. Upon driving up the street not only was I delighted to see a dozen more Obama/Biden signs but as I neared my house I looked further up the road and a gentleman whose fence faces the main street was tacking up a giant Obama billboard on his fence. I guess I wasn't the only one who couldn't stomach the Romney banners greeting folks as they turned on our street. Now as you go around the bend from the Obama banner to the end of our street there is nothing but Obama signs in almost every yard.

Sidenote, I do calls at the campaign office and called someone yesterday to ask if they were supporting the President on Nov 6 and was interested in volunteering to get out the vote and the gentleman said to me "of course I am I did not realize anyone else was running.

[PatrynXX]

43. after what I saw on the corner street

was about to cut your head off

Very hard to come by huge Obama/Biden signs. Someone finally did but it got vandalized with graffiti. Which personally think it should stay up there ... just to remind independent voters , hey look. the right don't respect free speech..