Penguin would you have e-mailed State Farm if the sign was instead one advocating O'bama? Just curious. From the surface it almost seems as if the only reason you e-mailed State Farm was because you did not agree with the sign's message, not because it is not a good idea for that branch of State Farm to mix business with politics.
If it was a mis-quote of any person I would have done it. My voting record speaks for itself; I am not party line. In the last election I voted mostly republican (I think I only voted for 1 dem). Irrespective, if a business puts themself out for scrutiny, then they will be scrutinezed. All I did was e-mail State Farm asking about their policies and then directed the photos to them. I did nothing else. If someone wants to put up a business with some pro-obama stuff, I'll e-mail them as well. Obviously it was against SF policy to do so, so he had to remove it. Nothing I did was below the belt. Heck, I'd expect the same if on my business cards I had a political message.