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E-mails SR colleague Carolyn Lamberson: “So I pull up behind the pickup truck (around noon @ Kathleen & 95) and can’t believe what I’m seeing. From the roof is mounted an American flag. OK. Fine. Sitting on the cover of the pickup bed is a toy Woody doll from “Toy Story” – aiming a little plastic machine gun right at me. Uhhh. Then the back of the truck is covered with every possible anti-Obama, pro-NRA bumper sticker imaginable. There’s Obama as bin Laden. “Impeach Obama.” “Gun Control is a Steady Hand. “Proud Member of the Right-Wing Resistence, 2009-2012.” “Sarah Palin – 2012.” The kicker? Continues Carolyn: “All this from a guy driving a Nissan. Now that’s a proud American.” Carolyn was reaching for her cell phone to snap a picture (for you Berry Pickers) when traffic started moving. So she couldn’t get the shot. Alas.
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Liz on March 03 at 1:47 p.m.
I knew I should have been out and about instead of catching up on stuff indoors…
BrandonHansen on March 03 at 2:23 p.m.
Sounds like the same people that we’re saying “Bush isn’t my president” only roughly 10 times worse.
And if Sarah Palin runs 2012, I think I can already pencil in another four years for Obama.
Brandon Hansen
Just South of North
www.justsouthofnorth.com
hmoffsuite on March 03 at 2:33 p.m.
Good for him. I like to see some passion every once in a while. Wouldn’t matter if he was a full blown democrat doing it. i like it. Might like it more if it was the democrat guy though.
DFO on March 03 at 2:35 p.m.
Brandon; thanx for dropping by HBO. It sounds like you have ties to the INland Northwest. Can you tell us a little about yourself?
Rosalind on March 03 at 3:16 p.m.
This is no surprise, but I don’t think this kind of stuff is limited to north Idaho.
cantyoureadthesigns on March 03 at 5:50 p.m.
Most Nissan trucks sold in the US are made in Tennessee and Mississippi, and have been for 25 years. These plants are in Republican controlled states and are HEAVILY subsidized by the “proud American” taxpayers, to the tune of 100’s of millions of dollars.