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There's a strange phenomenon going on right now in Merrimack.
Many people, especially the Republicans, are taking their lawn signs down.
This isn't just the people who have lost their primary and had to have taken them down by yesterday under RSA 664:17, strangely enough, some of those are still up.
In the end, the lawn sign purge made some people I talked to think that the election season was over, that the primary was in fact the election itself.
It's an interesting phenomenon to be sure. I cannot discount the saavy and work ethic of the Republicans for a second, but I don't think this will make a big impact.
However, if you know someone who voted in the primaries who thought that was the big enchilada, please tell them to vote on November 4th.
The larger campaigns sent out cleanup crews and folks like us in Londonderry have made the effort to cleanup the remaining signs on the side of the road.
There is a great upside for us. We on the local Democratic Committee are cheap and we want to recycle the wickets this fall in the state races. We also feel that tax dollars should not be used for highway crews to do the cleanup.
Plus I really don't want to hit that metal with my car or have to look at the litter all winter.
So Democrats, Environmentalists, get out there and show we care for our towns. We are Democrats and we put our boots where our words are.
First, let me state a couple of facts: this is a diary, so it's just a reflection of my thoughts and impressions and not meant to convince anyone of anything; and secondly, I am not "against" any candidates, although I do support John Edwards in this primary. Those are the facts, what follows is purely opinion.
My cranky primary-eve observations, thoughts, and other random notions which I am sure will make an impression on absolutely nobody:
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I volunteer for Hillary in Londonderry and unknown to the campaign, I put out a few hundred signs the other night. We covered the entrances and exits of I 93 exit 4 and 5 as well as major intersections in town.
This morning as I got off at exit 4 northbound here is the scene I was presented. I grabbed the quick photo and also called WMUR who said they would go look. If the Highway guys had done it they would throw the signs in the dump truck.
Now, I don't know which campaign did this but it is the lowest of low life campaigning. It is my assumption that it is rogue, young Obama supporters who have yet to learn the niceties and civility most of us follow with each other. I have friends on every campaign and we respect each other's work and we listen to each other's candidates. Edit Sat. 11:30ish PM: I do not know if it was Obama's people but I do know that there was only one other group of signs in the area. Obama and they were still standing. Today most signs by all candidates in the same stretch of road were gone. Probably taken by highway folks and dumped. The signs I spoke of were not taken they were thrown.
The second part of this diary addresses the Rudeness and theft of the 100 Club Dinner.
332 photos are now swimming around the people powered photo pool over at Flickr. Here are a few of my favorites since my last "Best of Post" on Oct 6th. You can join in the fun too! This comment gives you the basics of sharing your photo in the pool.