The "Bernie Shave" Campaign Technique |
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We need to make Bernie's name and his great ideas known to every American.
Here's a fun and easy way you and a few of your friends can do it!
Create you own "Bernie Shave" event.
In the 1950’s an upstart company selling shaving cream made
it big with a very inexpensive advertising campaign consisting of small,
roadside signs that read in a series, usually rhyming, and always ending with
the name of the product: "Burma
Shave". These signs were nailed to fence
posts along the roadside across the country and travelers looked for them for
entertainment. They were very effective
and cheap.
A variation of the Burma Shave idea that can be done by any group of 5 or 6 (or more) "Bernie Shavers". Just create a set of small signs that can be read by passing cars and
will convey one of Bernie’s ideas. Begin and end with a “Bernie Sanders” yard
sign if you have extra Bernie Shavers. (See detailed instructions for
making the signs below.)
- Each sign is to be held by a person.
- Find a stretch of road where you can safely stand on the side (on a sidewalk or behind a guard rail is best) and where most traffic will traverse the entire array of signs.
- Separate signs by at least 100 feet if possible, further if traffic is high speed.
- Wearing safety vests or any other attention grabbing garb is also recommended.
- Hit the high traffic period and stay there for an hour or so.
Here
are some examples of poems but you can easily create your own. Each line is a separate sign:
Billionaires think
They own our system
Vote for someone
Who hasn't kissed 'em
Bernie Sanders (yard sign)
Billion dollar bailouts
Not even a “thanks”
It’s about time to….
Break up the big banks
Bernie Sanders (yard sign)
Let Wall St. Gamblers
Pay a small fee
So college grads
Can
leave debt free
Bernie Sanders (yard sign)
Billionaires (and Corporations)
Have bought our system
Here’s how we
Have bought our system
Here’s how we
Can
best resist ‘em
Bernie
Sanders (yard sign)
Those
who work
Eight
hours a day
Should
be able to live
On
their pay
Bernie
Sanders (yard sign)
It’s quite ironic
One must confess
When the only candidate
Who’s not B.S.
IS……….
Every day
She earns
her way
Equal work
for
Equal
pay!!!!
Bernie Sanders (yard sign)
40 hours a week
At any trade
Should earn a living
On what you’re paid
Bernie Sanders (yard sign)
Here’s one that’s a bit longer for a
bigger group:
When everyone’s
A billionaire
They can choose the
president
And I won’t care
But ‘til the day
That comes to pass
The billionaires
Can kiss my
Bernie Sanders (yard
sign)
Keep the message simple and reflective of Bernie’s stated positions. No
profanity, of course. But have some fun doing this. Remember we are representing the lone
rational and honest candidate in this race.
We need to emulate his level of professionalism. But waving and smiling
at passing cars is highly encouraged.
Try to make eye contact.
Move. And have fun! We'd like to see "Bernie Shave" sign teams popping up all country.
How to Make "Bernie Shave" Signs
1) 16” X 24” is a good size because you can cut a
4’ X 8’ sheet of stock, be it thin plywood, white paneling, or whatever, into
12 signs with zero waste. White paneling
is available at the big box hardware stores for about $15 per sheet or $1.25
per sign.
2)
At 16” X 24” your lettering can be 4” high and
still allow for three lines of text on a single sign. An example of a single
sign would be:
a.
Billion
Dollar
Bailouts
b.
Use strips of 1” masking tape horizontally with their
top edge at 5” and 10” down from the top of the board as writing lines.
c.
Pencil in your letters lightly then go over them
with a heavy marker
3)
Find an “artsy” person to do the lettering. We have found that wide tipped (30 mm)
permanent markers, e.g. Sharpie “Magnum,” which costs $4 to $6 available at Staples
and art supply stores, work well even on plastic surfaces and are very visible
as well as waterproof and scuff resistant.
4)
Consider putting a hole in the sign board and
using a loop of cord to create a strap to help hold the sign. Alternatively, a stick handle could be
attached to the sign to hold it.