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John Madden creates signs of the times.

Comments (0) By Adam Cayton-Holland Thursday, Jan 6 2005

The worst response Madden has ever received happened one afternoon along Eighth Avenue and Colorado. A man about Madden's age parked his car, got out and walked over to the sign-flyer. The man proceeded to verbally berate Madden for nearly fifteen minutes, standing toe-to-toe with him, nearly bursting with rage. Madden asked the man to leave; he continued to yell. He walked around the block; the man followed. Madden began to fear that the man meant to do him physical harm. Finally, he came across a pay phone and started to dial the police. The man quickly fled.

"It was crazy," Madden says with conviction, as if he may just be an expert on the subject. "I don't do this to get into fights, and I'm not trying to raise money or anything. I do it because it's fun. I get good exercise in, and I get to bug the liberals. I love it!"

Radical sign-flyer John Madden.

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If Madden could impart one message to the citizens of this state, it would be to always vote Republican, as he did in the most recent election. "Democrats are dangerous," he says. "Look at Hillary Clinton. She's a communist, she's a murderer. She murdered Vince Foster. She murdered Ron Brown. These people can't be trusted to run the country."

He stops again and thinks for a moment, staring at the blinding reflection of the sun off the gold dome of the Capitol. His thick glasses capture the concentration in his eyes. The desert-ready strips of fabric hanging from the back of his hat flap wildly in the wind.

"It's not about me," he says with finality. "It's about saving this country from the Democrats, from the communists. It's about saving this country from people like your boss over there at Westword -- that communist Patty Calhoun."

John Madden, fighting the good fight.