GRD Blog - Zach Silverman: 10.08

I saw this stupid little jumble of political signs on the side of the road, and I felt compelled to stop and kick some of them over...er, I mean take some pictures. The arrangement is dumb, and I couldn't help but think about all these supporters of different candidates driving around the area, seeing that someone else had put up a sign and running over and jamming one of their signs right next to it. It's a known fact that when when you put your sign next to another political sign, it cancels it out...leaving you and your candidate victorious. The whole thing seems so juvenile. Hmm.

Poor Kelli Wolk. Not only is her name spelled with an "i," but her sign was too weak to stand up. That and her sign is just boring. At least it's readable...and blue is my favorite color. That's it...she gets my vote.

Then we have Mr. Gilstrap. I've never heard of a gilstrap, but it sounds dangerous...and a sheriff needs to be dangerous. Sounds good. All I know is, the "Elect Elect" at the top makes me want to run out and vote right away. And the yellow insures that you'll see it from minimum 1000 feet away...and upon approach it will scorch your retinas, leading you to blindly swerve your car off a bridge.

Here we have Kelli Wolk's second sign...uh, I mean Earl Giddins...or is that Elect Earl Giddins? What kind of first name is Elect? Wait...I think something's wrong. What's this guy running for? It says something at the bottom, but I couldn't read it driving past it at 45 MPH. Oh well. At least we know that someone named Giddins likes to make signs.

This one for Judge Dorothy Robinson is actually pretty nice. Nice color, good type choices. You can tell when the candidates have more money, because their signs are better. But if that wasn't enough, the sign is absolutely huge! It's about 6 times the size of all the puny signs around it, suggesting that it could kill and eat them if it wanted to. It wouldn't suprise me if people voted for Robinson just because "ooooo...that sign is sooooooo big!"

Deborah Honeycutt's sign is pretty straightforward. Deborah. Honeycutt. Congress. Note the stars...that means she's patriotic. And who doesn't love Honey? Mmm...honey. She's got my vote.

Hunter Hill's sign is pretty good...and just like Judge Robinson's sign, this one is massive. It's one of the best of the bunch. Readable, more creative with the type, good (although predictable) color choices. Pretty nice.

Go Hunter Hill.com is a really lame domain name though...

Judge Frank Cox has some serious connections...he was able to resurrect Lester Beall from the grave to design his campaign sign! Surely with clout like that he'll win in a landslide victory...

In all seriousness, I really liked this sign. It was very surprising to see, especially amongst some of the bland signs it grows next to in the political forest.

And last but not least:

I think this one speaks for itself.

Oh, and notice that he's running for re-election. I wonder how many people voted for him just because of his name...