Sat Sep 15, 2012, 05:20 AM

Oh My God! - Ron Paul Revolution!

I just started a new job with a construction company and just noticed that "Ron Paul Revolution" is stenciled on the back of the company trucks.

What do I do if they ask me to drive one at some point?

Signed,

Betwixt in Jersey.

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Oh My God! - Ron Paul Revolution! (Original post)	UnrepentantLiberal	Sep 2012	OP
ALL of the trucks? Or just one of the trucks? Is it vandalism or is it the express desire of the	MADem	Sep 2012	#1
I don't know if it's all the trucks.	UnrepentantLiberal	Sep 2012	#3
Ask around. Find out if it's vandalism or a political statement.	MADem	Sep 2012	#4
It's not vandalism.	UnrepentantLiberal	Sep 2012	#6
It still could be vandalism.	MADem	Sep 2012	#7
if it's a good job you want to keep and they ask you to, drive the truck	TeamPooka	Sep 2012	#2
Well, Ron Paul is a fringe candidate with no chance of winning	UnrepentantLiberal	Sep 2012	#5
Find a magnetic Obama sign to cover it over when you drive	IDemo	Sep 2012	#8
And in thinking about it......	kalli007	Sep 2012	#9
A paycheck is a paycheck	SoCalDem	Sep 2012	#10
I thought all the Ron Paul	Dokkie	Sep 2012	#11

Response to UnrepentantLiberal (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 05:24 AM

MADem (85,876 posts)

1. ALL of the trucks? Or just one of the trucks? Is it vandalism or is it the express desire of the

owner of the business?

If the latter, shut up and drive if you want your paycheck.

If the former (vandalism), offer to get out there with a can of paint and cover up the offending scrawl. Be a go-getter. You may get a raise. Who knows?

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Response to MADem (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 05:30 AM

UnrepentantLiberal (11,700 posts)

3. I don't know if it's all the trucks.

I just noticed it on one of them yesterday.

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Response to UnrepentantLiberal (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 05:34 AM

MADem (85,876 posts)

4. Ask around. Find out if it's vandalism or a political statement.

Then act accordingly to best preserve your pay envelope!

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Response to MADem (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 05:44 AM

UnrepentantLiberal (11,700 posts)

6. It's not vandalism.

It was stenciled on the back of the truck.

Anyway, off to work with me.

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Response to UnrepentantLiberal (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 06:36 AM

MADem (85,876 posts)

7. It still could be vandalism.

When I lived in Iran, during the revolution, it was common for the pasaradan and their supporters to run around with stencils and spray paint. The stencils were either drawings of Khomeini (who looked like the Zig Zag guy) or exhortative phrases written in Farsi that praised the revolution/denigrated the Shah. They liked the stencil and run technique because it was very quick, there was a curfew and there were soldiers all over the city. They were "tagging" before there was a word for it, and they loved it when they could hit a tank with a stencil, which happened on the odd occasion.

It could be some Paul-Bots are prosecuting their own "pasaradan-like" campaign.

In any event, nose around, and if the guy who owns the joint is a Paulnut, just tell him you aren't political and take your pay and run.

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Response to UnrepentantLiberal (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 05:25 AM

TeamPooka (3,281 posts)

2. if it's a good job you want to keep and they ask you to, drive the truck

we won't hold it against you.

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Response to TeamPooka (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 05:42 AM

UnrepentantLiberal (11,700 posts)

5. Well, Ron Paul is a fringe candidate with no chance of winning

so I thought of EarlG and found it mildly amusing. At least it's Ron Paul and not Romney. I don't think I'll be driving one in the near future anyway.

I can say unequivocally and without online bragging or boasting that if this was 2004 and it had said "Bush/Cheney revolution" I would have said "no fucking way". I'd sooner have starved than promote those motherfuckers.

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Response to UnrepentantLiberal (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 06:44 AM

IDemo (12,296 posts)

8. Find a magnetic Obama sign to cover it over when you drive

Assuming the Paul message doesn't cover a huge area of the vehicle.

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Response to UnrepentantLiberal (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 07:02 AM

kalli007 (625 posts)

9. And in thinking about it......

A RP Revolution helps us - hurts the Repubs. His supporters are rabid and/or disenfranchised Repubs so he is not taking away from the Dem vote. I say drive that truck! lol.

But I know that it would make me feel weird too.

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Response to UnrepentantLiberal (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 07:24 AM

SoCalDem (99,661 posts)

10. A paycheck is a paycheck

at work, it's usually best to keep politics & religion "off the table" unless you are the boss

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Response to UnrepentantLiberal (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 07:34 AM

Dokkie (1,688 posts)

11. I thought all the Ron Paul

guys worked in IT

. You should be fine even as an Obama supporter seeing as they hate Romney even more than Obama. Also tell em that you think Jesse Benton is a traitor

. They will get it and may even get you a free lunch with the boss

Also try as much as possible to keep away from political discussion because they will try to convert you once they know you are not a libertarian.

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