Comments on: An Obama Bumper Sticker for Atheists

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:02:07 +0000

I think it would hurt the campaign… Which is unfortunate, considering how awesome it is…

By: teammarty

teammarty — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:34:12 +0000

The stats I saw were

75% Obama
23% McCain
2% Other

The real disapointing thing in the last election for me was losing the highest “other status to the Muslims. Apperently a lot of them voted for Nader (partly) because of his Lebanese ethnicity.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:42:37 +0000

Jesus Christ on a crucifix! Get this thing off the internet before you ruin EVERYTHING!

By: Alexis

Alexis — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:34:30 +0000

I think I saw that last election on a car with Elect McCain stickers.

By: Matthew Sullivan

Matthew Sullivan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:51:21 +0000

I dislike it from any perspective. it would definitely hurt Obama if this were created by and for atheists, and why would an atheist want to link Obama with non-faith anyway? be an atheist. support Obama (or don’t). it’d be one thing if this were about marshaling the non-believer vote for Obama (but as others have said–not hard).

and from the anti-Obama conservative viewpoint, this is just unfair and false. he is a person of faith, like it or not (that goes for the religious and non-religious alike).

By: beckster

beckster — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:07:24 +0000

I agree with others that the bumper sticker would more likely be on a republican car with them thinking it was an insult to Obama. I think an Atheist for Obama sticker would get the message across much clearer.

By: David

David — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:35:37 +0000

Whether you think it’s a good idea or not, it’s a mischaracterization of Obama. He is not an Atheist, and using his symbol in a “Godless” sticker is not an accurate representation of who he is. In short, it’s lying.

I agree with Stephan that “Atheists for Obama” or something along those lines would be a vast improvement on this.

By: Greetings from Belgium

Greetings from Belgium — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:49:36 +0000

Last sunday European elections. Guy Verhofstadt, a notoir atheist, received the Belgian top-score of votes. Over half a million (on our 10 million inhabitants) namevotes. Atheism is a minor issue over here. Maybe one day the US will think the same way.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:47:48 +0000

It is a rhetorical question, right? When I first saw this, I thought for sure it must have originated in Karl Rove’s spin factory.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:11:27 +0000

Isn’t the “Are You a Good Christian?” ad above the Godless logo beautiful?

12 votes for hurt, 0 for help. I’ll make it 13-0.

Even so, causing the election of a Republican President in 2012 who reverses all of Obama’s economic policies, and causes the total collapse of the US economy, would be totally worth it if atheists started more meetup.com groups. NOT!