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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:42 AM

Tennessee Gal (6,160 posts)

Nauseating billboard .......

As I was driving home yesterday, I noticed a large billboard on one of the main roads in my small area of Tennessee.

Wish I could have snapped a picture to post, but I didn't have my camera.

It said in big bold red letters:

OBAMA OR AMERICA
YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH

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18 replies	Author	Time	Post
Nauseating billboard ....... (Original post)	Tennessee Gal	Oct 2012	OP
I wish I could afford a billboard or two	sharp_stick	Oct 2012	#1
I like that idea!	Tennessee Gal	Oct 2012	#2
Another phrase to use	bongbong	Oct 2012	#3
We have one here in Minnesota that says "TIRED OF SOCIALISM?"	Brickbat	Oct 2012	#4
Is it on a high traffic road	pstokely	Oct 2012	#6
Yes, the major north-south interstate.	Brickbat	Oct 2012	#8
When is this magic "So-Shul-ism" going to happen?	HughBeaumont	Oct 2012	#7
People who spend their money on these type things have no	Tennessee Gal	Oct 2012	#5
My boss saw that billboard also.	reflection	Oct 2012	#9
Post the picture if you can!	Tennessee Gal	Oct 2012	#10
I'll ask him if he's still got it on his phone.	reflection	Oct 2012	#12
He no longer has it, BUT	reflection	Oct 2012	#13
WOW! That is interesting, but that is in Roane Co. - East Tennessee.	Tennessee Gal	Oct 2012	#15
Ah, so there is more than one.	reflection	Oct 2012	#17
Yes, we know of two now. I just wonder how many more there are like it around the country.	Tennessee Gal	Oct 2012	#18
An enterprising person with a can of spray paint could make that billboard read	Chiyo-chichi	Oct 2012	#11
On my bucket list	siligut	Oct 2012	#14
We do have both	gollygee	Oct 2012	#16

Response to Tennessee Gal (Original post)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:43 AM

sharp_stick (9,152 posts)

1. I wish I could afford a billboard or two

I'd buy the space right next to the one you saw. It would have a finger pointing at it with the text. This guy is an idiot!

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:46 AM

Tennessee Gal (6,160 posts)

2. I like that idea!

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:17 AM

bongbong (5,436 posts)

3. Another phrase to use

"Romney or the Middle Class: you can't have both"

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:18 AM

Brickbat (14,392 posts)

4. We have one here in Minnesota that says "TIRED OF SOCIALISM?"

I laugh my ass off every time I see it. It's right in the middle of some good farmland.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:15 PM

pstokely (7,520 posts)

6. Is it on a high traffic road

probably cheap ad space

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:27 PM

Brickbat (14,392 posts)

8. Yes, the major north-south interstate.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:17 PM

HughBeaumont (20,435 posts)

7. When is this magic "So-Shul-ism" going to happen?

32 years of corporate rule has given us the evil opposite of Democratic Socialism.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:33 AM

Tennessee Gal (6,160 posts)

5. People who spend their money on these type things have no

idea what they are talking about. Their opinions are based on ignorance, racism, guns, or abortion. Probably a combination of all of those.

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Response to Tennessee Gal (Original post)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:33 PM

reflection (4,844 posts)

9. My boss saw that billboard also.

I know exactly the one you're talking about and where it is. He showed me a picture of it on his cell phone. We both had a good laugh. I'm more liberal than him, but he's fairly reasonable.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:36 PM

Tennessee Gal (6,160 posts)

10. Post the picture if you can!

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 01:37 PM

reflection (4,844 posts)

12. I'll ask him if he's still got it on his phone.

It was approximately 2-3 months ago. Standby

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Response to Tennessee Gal (Reply #10)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:14 PM

reflection (4,844 posts)

13. He no longer has it, BUT

he pointed me to this news piece that talks about it.

http://www.voanews.com/content/voters_in_appalachia_struggling_to_identify_with_presidental_candidates/1500353.html

FF to 1:06, unless you want to see Tea Partiers playing banjos. (No, that is not a joke)

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:53 PM

Tennessee Gal (6,160 posts)

15. WOW! That is interesting, but that is in Roane Co. - East Tennessee.

The one I saw is in Middle Tennessee. It has the same message, but no flags. It is just the written message.

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Response to Tennessee Gal (Reply #15)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 03:28 PM

reflection (4,844 posts)

17. Ah, so there is more than one.

What a waste of money. Has anyone ever been swayed by a billboard?

(On a side note, I drove to St. Louis a few weeks ago and was dumbfounded by the sheer numbers of anti-abortion billboards that littered the highway. I know I saw close to a dozen as I got near the city. I guess they think repetition will make their argument more palatable.)

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 07:38 PM

Tennessee Gal (6,160 posts)

18. Yes, we know of two now. I just wonder how many more there are like it around the country.

I can't imagine spending money on something like that, but apparently there are some fairly well off people around that are filled with hatred.

It is quite sad.

I am being very careful about what I say publicly. In a heavily red state you never know what someone might do.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:42 PM

Chiyo-chichi (2,202 posts)

11. An enterprising person with a can of spray paint could make that billboard read

OBAMA FOR AMERICA
YES WE CAN!

Just sayin'.

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:30 PM

siligut (11,085 posts)

14. On my bucket list

Paint over a billboard. The logistics aren't as easy as they look in the movies.

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Response to Tennessee Gal (Original post)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:54 PM

gollygee (12,321 posts)

16. We do have both

Idiot. These people are acting like he's running for his first term.

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