Politics and marriage
Oct. 5th, 2004 09:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
resonantToday I went down to the Democratic headquarters to get some Kerry and Obama yard signs. (When I first called for signs, they were all out. I don't know if this means the candidates are popular or the Democrats are disorganized, but I'm afraid the latter sounds more likely.)
Up the street from me is a house that has about twelve yard signs. For several local races, they have signs for both candidates. I mentioned this to the woman working in the office, and she immediately said, "Oh, on Sheridan? I've seen that one. It's probably a married couple that can't agree."
"When I was married," she went on, "I put a Dukakis sign out in the yard. And every morning my ex-husband would walk out the door, yank the sign up, fling it across the yard, get in his car, and go to work. And as soon as his car was out of sight, I'd go out and put it back. It got to the point where the lawn was so full of holes that the sign wouldn't stand up no matter where you put it."
Up the street from me is a house that has about twelve yard signs. For several local races, they have signs for both candidates. I mentioned this to the woman working in the office, and she immediately said, "Oh, on Sheridan? I've seen that one. It's probably a married couple that can't agree."
"When I was married," she went on, "I put a Dukakis sign out in the yard. And every morning my ex-husband would walk out the door, yank the sign up, fling it across the yard, get in his car, and go to work. And as soon as his car was out of sight, I'd go out and put it back. It got to the point where the lawn was so full of holes that the sign wouldn't stand up no matter where you put it."