Broke What?

The other day I saw a bumper sticker on a pickup truck. It showed photos of John Kerry and John Edwards and read "The Real Brokeback Mountain".

My first thought was, "cheap dumb shot: compare the Presidential and Vice Presidental candidates with a gay couple, a million laughs, classic right-wing tactic."

Then it hit me: Brokeback Mountain wasn't even released until 2005. Which means this was a campaign sticker designed and issued after the election.

Now why would anyone produce, much less display, campaign material after the fact?

1) Bush supporters are even slower on the uptake than we thought.

2) Force of habit: the real hard core will keep on campaigning for 2004 to keep warmed up for when the 2008 campaign begins in December of 2006.

But I really think it's

3) A vain attempt to assuage lingering guilt over the stolen election.

//The Magic 8-Ball says, "You know how to find out."\\