Even without an election, the Americans do rather like a bumper sticker
writes a bemused
David Millward in the Daily Telegraph.
They can be anything from a proud parent letting everyone know their
child is an “honor student” – whatever that is – to one with a
child serving in the military.
It all seemed rather alien to me when I arrived in the US a couple of
years ago. British motorists are rather more reserved. There may be the
odd football sticker, or a window sticker saying 'baby on board', but
that is about it.
Perhaps we Brits are too buttoned up. But telling fellow road users
that one is a woolly liberal , tree hugger or gun-toting fundamentalist
Christian conservative does appear to be a peculiar manifestation of the
American character.
By virtue of the language in his observations,
David Millward proceeds to demonstrate rather conclusively that he leans to the left…
