07-16-2016, 12:59 PM
You're in Texas Sam so I'd think getting keyed would be usually reserved for Bernie voters.
It does bring up an interesting point, who amongst us gets so involved in politics that they'd actually go out and key, egg or otherwise damage a car or anything else and what do they think that achieves? When I was a kid, we'd take down or deface political signs but never do damage to the personal property of others. Back then it was a game to see if we couldn't piss off the opposition.
One of our more memorable stunts was in taking over a very expensive XPressway positioned billboard - one we could never have afforded to buy for our candidate and then turn it into a mockery of the establishment guy - the thing is we did this on a Wednesday night and it took them two weeks to get the sign company to notice and fix it. It wasn't something that would have been approved by our candidate so we just did it. It was exhilarating fun and for all our excesses (3AM rampages trashing opposition signs) it resulted in an election that booted out the old guard and elected a good government guy. A Republican as it were.
It introduced a short-lived era and temporary downturn in local political cronyism.
That only lasted until the good guy drew his last breath. The local political machine has long since gone back into business as usual.
It does bring up an interesting point, who amongst us gets so involved in politics that they'd actually go out and key, egg or otherwise damage a car or anything else and what do they think that achieves? When I was a kid, we'd take down or deface political signs but never do damage to the personal property of others. Back then it was a game to see if we couldn't piss off the opposition.
One of our more memorable stunts was in taking over a very expensive XPressway positioned billboard - one we could never have afforded to buy for our candidate and then turn it into a mockery of the establishment guy - the thing is we did this on a Wednesday night and it took them two weeks to get the sign company to notice and fix it. It wasn't something that would have been approved by our candidate so we just did it. It was exhilarating fun and for all our excesses (3AM rampages trashing opposition signs) it resulted in an election that booted out the old guard and elected a good government guy. A Republican as it were.
It introduced a short-lived era and temporary downturn in local political cronyism.
That only lasted until the good guy drew his last breath. The local political machine has long since gone back into business as usual.