Bumper Sticker Politics

    Now that the main party nominees have arrived, bring on those -- yawn -- conventions. Bring on, too, the avalanche of slogans, chants, taunts and political paraphernalia. Today, we salute the bumper sticker. Skipping through Urbandictionary.com, we come across two contemporary definitions of bumper sticker:

1.) A lower back tattoo, usually on a woman.

2.) A small free speech zone that can be placed on the back of a car.

   Let's stick to the latter definition. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have their official bumper stickers, "free speech zones" that reflect their campaign brand and colors. Now the e-market is seeing a flurry of new stickers and some, like those on Bumperactive.com, where people can make their own. Bumperactive, one of the pro-Obama sites (or is it PrObama?), seeks to drum up support for its candidate and have a little fun along the way. Their NH design, which no one has purchased as of this morning, is to the left.

   No wonder people drive crazy out there.