Driving past voting places today I couldn't help but note the prominent groups of voters with sticks covered in signs for their favorite candidates. I personally find this practice futile and obnoxious, with the number of people in this country that don't vote, I believe most everyone who does cast their voice into the collective voice of this country in electing our new leader has decided already who 'their candidate' is. Thus standing around on a November with a little pole covered in signs is, for the most part, useless. People say that seeing signs all over the place does influence people subconsciously. Even if this is the case I would think that it's only practical to put one's signs up in the weeks or months before the election, thus getting 'Obama, greener energy for a Socialist Republic' or 'McCain, lipstick for pit bulls and pigs alike' ingrained in peoples minds before they make up their minds and vote. As I said, I find picketers not only wasters of their own time, but obnoxious. If I drive past a school of town office where voting is taking place and several groups of people I've never scene before smile and wave signs at me, I would think twice before voting for whom ever the signs were endorsing. A candidate who has a bunch of followers who don fake grins and staple a mess of signs to a yard stick and wave to passersby whom they've never met, acting like they're personal friends, is not my idea of a man I'd want in charge. Supports are large part of the image of a candidate, if people think of McCain Supporters as sign waving idiots, I wouldn't want to counted as a McCain Supporter (which I'm not) ands if people think of Obama supporters as bumbling idiots who wave at anyone and anything, I wouldn't want to be counted as an Obama supporter (which I suppose I could be - I would vote for Obama, not as a vote for him but as a vote against McCain)
To sum it all up, If you feel the need to hold a sign or two outside of a voting place, feel free to but I might make a few snide comments as I pass you
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