My McCain-Palin sign is gone. Did the wind take it? Or was it taken by an Obama socialist? You decide.

Tuesday around these parts it was massively windy. I kept looking out my office window, which overlooks my front yard, to keep an eye on my McCain-Palin sign. It’s one of those plastic deals, kind of like a heavy garbage bag, stretched over a wire frame. There are two wire “feet” that poke into the ground. My fear was that the wind would take the sign. As I watched, I saw that little sign nearly bend over to the ground–but it never came out. I’ve checked the National Weather Service’s official records and they report on Tuesday the highest sustained wind speed was 25 miles per hour, with the highest gusts up to 35 mph. Pretty stiff wind! But the sign held.

On Wednesday morning as I walked the dog, I stopped to pull the sign out and re-stick it so it stood tall and straight, and was re-anchored in the ground. Good as new and the wires were plunged into the ground as deep or deeper than before–new holes to be sure it was solid. The winds of Wednesday were quite a bit less than Tuesday with sustained speeds of 21 mph and the highest gust recorded at 26 mph. So the highest gust on Wednesday was only 1 mph more than sustained speeds on Tuesday. I watched the sign and although it swayed a little, it held fast.

Thursday morning when I took the boys to the bus stop, I didn’t notice anything unusual. But by mid-day, I looked and the sign was gone. Poof. Into thin air. I don’t know if it happened overnight Wednesday and I didn’t notice it until mid-day Thursday, or if it happened while I was taking the boys to the bus stop. Just not sure.

I went outside and searched high and low, thinking the wind must have taken it and it would be caught in the nearby treeline, about 50 feet away. Nothing. And it’s a pretty heavy treeline with lots of brush. I checked my (and my neighbor’s) back yards. Nothing. Across the street in case the wind direction had changed. Nothing. The neighbor’s back yard on the opposite side of where the wind was blowing. Nothing. The sign is just gone.

Then I saw a report on Fox News of McCain-Palin signs being taken in other states–especially around Chicago. Some of the filth doing it were caught on video. Makes me wonder…

What do you think? Is your sign still standing? Heard of any disappearing signs? Maybe the socialist slime all around me has finally driven me over the edge? Leave me a comment.

Oh, and here’s just one example of a loser stealing a McCain sign. Enjoy the video!

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