I think we can all agree that the most important thing about any political debate is not who's right or wrong, but who has the best signage. With that in mind, I am pleased to present the jvg.com Protest Sign Awards for March 22-23, 2003:
MOST CONSONANT | Winner: Anti
"Bush: Don't bag Baghdad for your bad dad."
Go ahead, say it three times fast.
MOST GENITAL | Winner: Anti
"Don't follow that Bush, find your own."
Poses the question: Which is better, war on Iraq, or women masturbating? Where's the polling data on that, CNN?
MOST MUSICAL | Winner: Anti
"Brahms not Bombs."
I suppose the opposite position would be "Bach not Iraq".
MOST UNDERREPRESENTED | Winner: Anti
"Corporate Lawyers Against War"
One guy in a suit. The Daily News was interviewing him.
MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD | Winner: Anti
"Bush is a fucking idiot."
The best the pro-Bush folks could come up with to counter was "Bush is NOT a fucking idiot."
MOST EDUCATIONAL | Winner: Pro
"Iraq is French for Hollywood."
See, I didn't know that, because I never studied French.
MOST ROMANTIC | Winner: Pro
"Saddam and Bin Laden Love War Protesters."
Remind me to make this one into a bumper sticker and put it on my SUV.
FIGHT THE REAL ENEMY AWARD | Winner: Pro
"$ for Freedom, Not the Board of Ed!"
This on the heels of the announcement that the administration will be holding a nationwide bake sale to buy bombers.
(Gathered by jvg.com reporters on the scene in NYC, and other news media)