Protesters and Activists at Saddleback

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

There may not have been many people protesting the fact of the Saddleback Church forum, but activists outside the church were certainly fired up about the candidates and issues. From stirnaman.photo (hat tip to Sue Salinger), here's a Bush (and, in smaller print, McCain) supporter: [stirnaman.photo / Flickr] Stirnaman.photo also captured this Obama-masked, ...

Homeland-Security Street Art

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Hat tip to Sarolta Cump for all of these Homeland-Security finds. Some of the photos were taken before the presidential race got going, but they present issues that have very much carried through into the campaign. First: John Ryan Brubaker from Portland, Oregon, captured this street commentary a couple of ...

Oregon Democratic Primary

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Oregon Democrats as far away as Melbourne, Australia, have been preparing for tomorrow's primary (hat tip to Ann Raber). Back home in the thick of it, an Obama supporter going to a rally in Medford, Oregon, found artist Remy LeDuc's Obama sign on a blog. The guy in Oregon printed ...

ReLOVEution on a Median

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Somewhere out there in America, on a highway median earlier this month, circax found some Ron Paul supporters loving up the Revolution (thanks, Misa Dayson): [circax / Flickr] It almost looks like they might be having a cookout.

Indiana and North Carolina Primaries

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Democrats in Indiana and North Carolina voted today after days of rallies and knocking on doors. (Republicans voted, too, but...) These two pictures are from the last couple of weeks on the campaign trail. In Indianapolis, Brian Bruner captured what may be the best Hillary hat of the entire election ...

Anti-War Freeway Blogger

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

He dresses in a bright orange "highway volunteer" vest and haunts highway bridges. He's the Freeway Blogger. His mission: to end the Iraq war. His weapons of mass distribution (in addition to the web): cardboard, paint, bungee cords, and wit. Since 2004, he's displayed, on freeways all across the West, ...

Not So Neighborly

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Misa Dayson found this one. It was taken in Pennsylvania and features the "Chappaqua chapter of Women for Obama." In other words: Hillary Clinton's Democratic neighbors who aren't voting for her. [jolly / Flickr] Hopefully these women won't need to ring the Clintons' doorbell any time soon in search of eggs ...

PA Prom for Clinton

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Three days ago, at a Drexel University rally in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton got asked on a date. To a prom. Apparently she politely responded that it might be a little tough to coordinate with her campaign schedule. (Via Ann Raber.) [Noel Dietrich / Flickr] If you look at the original-size version of ...

Pennsylvania: Rival Neighbors

Monday, April 14th, 2008

The Pennsylvania primaries are a week from tomorrow, and it's all about the Democrats. Courtesy of Ann Raber: photographer Nikos G says that Clinton and Obama signs have popped up in windows all over Philadelphia: [Nikos G / Flickr] Imagine the neighborly front-stoop conversation.

Fake Homemade Signs

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Washington-state blogger Joshua Longbrake writes about his experience at an overcrowded, spirited Obama rally in Seattle earlier this month. He has this gem of an observation: It was really fascinating to see the Obama campaign team pass out two types of signs: the first set of signs were professionally made [...] ...