Volunteering at the Turkey Festival today in Raeford, NC; I was surprised by the visibility of the McCain/Palin ticket in this largely democratic area. It seems that the repubs had a booth and were giving away McCain/Palin yard signs and stickers to anyone that asked for them. At the Obama table we had plenty of brochures and nothing else.
When I first arrived at the festival, I kept seeing people walking around with these signs, McCain/Palin. You would have thought there had been a McCain rally or something. I later discovered these were free yard signs that had been given out.
Recently, I have noticed a lot of yard signs for McCain in Fayetteville (NC) and surrounding areas, I have not seen any Obama/Biden signs. I have my Obama sign from the primary and that's still in my front yard.
Standing near our "table", handing out brochures and Obama info, many people asked for yard signs, stickers, buttons and the like. We had none, nada, nothing. I asked the coordinator where were these items and was told that these items had to be purchased and she did not have any for resale.
Well, none of us volunteers wanted to tell people this, especially when the McCain booth was giving them away for free. So I just told people we did not have any at the time. Volunteering is cool, but I felt embarassed today. How can we raise millions per month and not give away yard signs, buttons or stickers?
I donate monthly to the campaign and will just continue to use my Obama primary sign, but a lot of people don't have anything. Does anyone know if this is just in NC? Is anyone seeing Obama/Biden yard signs enmasse in their communities?