08-13-2012, 10:32 AM
I mean, to an extent I agree with the utility of all of it, and of course they have the freedom to do what they want so long as they're not causing accidents. But after a certain point it's really amounts to nothing more than advertising and brand recognition. The campaign organizers must know that after the hundredth time some people drive by Tulsi Gabbard's face and go "oh, yeah, that's Tulsi Gabbard" that when they get into the booth, some of them will make a reflex decision. So it boils down to he or she with the most signs, wins, which is a campaign finance issue. If you're overly sensitive (like me) it actually becomes something of an insult to drive by a bunch of signs and people waving at you. They're not actually TELLING you anything at all, except that here's this person; he or she can get (or pay) a hundred people to stand here and wave at you and you're so dumb that this alone might actually make you vote for him or her.