Bumper stickers in the age of television
When actor and Sen. Fred Thompson announced his candidacy for President on Sept. 5, 2007, he did it on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. As he made the announcement, Leno held up a Thompson bumper sticker. It was an interesting intersection of two very different advertising forms – TV on the one hand and the bumper sticker on the other – and it begs the question: what is the role of the bumper sticker in modern politics today?
Five days after Thompson's announcement, Ken Wheaton of Ad Age wrote, "Even bumper stickers agree: All politics is local...So it's odd that Fred Thompson, one of the two Republican candidates to grab hold of the popular imagination (the other being Rudy Giuliani), will be making his 'official announcement' not from the campaign trail (in the traditional sense of the term) but from the couch on 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.'"
Patti Brown
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My bumper sticker says: "Thought criminal". Of course, my vanity plates say "ACLU". I'm surprised at the number of people who don't 'get it'.
Marty, Thank you for reading the blog and for posting a comment. I need to take a look next time I see your car at your stickers and plate! Have a holly jolly holidaze. Patti