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Anyone else just a little sick of Hannamann's face, and everyone else's on every mile of just about every road? And, anyone else just a little sick of hundred foot long lines of people waving at you? The first time you saw it, it was cute. Hell, the second and third time you saw it, it was cute. How many here just want to glower on the twentieth time? Before everyone jumps on me about free political speech, let me just say that I'm sure these are all wonderful people, but... These displays are not actually conveying any political information except superficial publicity, and in my opinion all the signs are a real blight on the landscape. Last election it was a bit annoying. This election it's gone off the deep end, and I'm wondering what it's going to be like next election. Anyone else feel the same?
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Hopefully the candidates who lost Saturday, or who won their races outright will start removing their signs right away. Now, take a break from waving, and when you resume, STAY AWAY FROM THE KEAAU BOTTLENECK!!!!
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When I first arrived here from England a decade and a half ago I saw all these signs saying Bonk for Hawaii. I loved them but realised a little later that something was lost in translation. "Bonk" meant something different in the UK in those days...
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Each election year we have this discussion. The older I get the more I find them distracting. I have to keep my eyes on the road...they're the only two I have!
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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.
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And that's all American politics is in a nut shell
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Just look to see cleans up thier signs.If they dont have enough aloha to clean them up remeber that the next you go to vote.
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quote:
Originally posted by TomK
When I first arrived here from England a decade and a half ago I saw all these signs saying Bonk for Hawaii. I loved them but realised a little later that something was lost in translation. "Bonk" meant something different in the UK in those days...
People know what it means here too...and Keiko Bonk is actually running for the state legislature this year (on Oahu).
