Election porn goes New Wave

Amidst all the election porn washing up on front porches in Portland this election season, a few interesting items have turned up. The younger voters have been getting in the mail some strange-looking items from an outfit that really wants them to vote. 

It started out with a carrot:

And then turned to a stick:

The cynic in me figures that this must be coming from some political organization that has checked the young people's party affiliations and thinks it knows how they will vote. Of course, the return address doesn't really tell you who it is.

Another fascinating item left by the mailman is this steaming heap of hypocrisy from the ACLU. "We're not making any endorsements, but..."

Give me a break.

The mailman hasn't been the only one on the porch. Some poor soul working for the local political machine was out in the rain hanging these on the doorknobs:

Nothing can be more of a turnoff for me than the little collection of logos at the bottom. "The organizations you trust." In a pig's eye.

And as if that weren't bad enough:

It almost makes me want to not rank Cruz. Given the socialist alternatives, I guess I have to. But she's clearly second-fiddle (or lower) to the guy who left this card:

My kind of candidate. Refreshing almost. Nabil is numero uno by far.