It's almost funny that they think they can swing the momentum of this election their way by stealing yard signs of Barack Obama.
Looks so pathetic and desperate by those who will not vote for Barack Obama.
Luckily there are people like Shannon Bennett. She decided to take matters into her own hands.
After the Barack Obama sign was stolen from her front yard, Shannon Bennett painted a more permanent one with 12 cans of spray-paint and her front lawn as the canvas. "I just wanted to be able to say who I support, without being censored, which is how I felt when my sign was taken," said Bennett. She painted a large, red, white, and blue symbol in the front yard, using her old Obama sign as an inspiration.
"The signs cost money and it's coming into my front yard and taking away my freedom of expression," said Bennett. She said she has not received any complaints from neighbors and the makeshift sign has been in the yard for a week. In an election year, sometimes driveways and sidewalks become battle lines, but not in Bennett's Northwest Austin neighborhood.
"I looked out and I was surprised to see it one morning," said neighbor Elaine Goessling. "And I am a Republican, but I was really impressed with how pretty is it."
This is why I love living in Austin. Even though we're literally surrounded by red counties (although even in Texas things are shifting to purple in some areas) we get artistic, creative people like Ms. Bennett.
Keep Austin weird, indeed!
Reported by sadair's diary Daily Kos.
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