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apples and oranges

(1,451 posts)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:44 PM Oct 2012

What are your republican friends saying about Romney now (post-Sandy)?

Are they still standing by him? I no longer associate with republicans but I'd love to know what they're thinking about all the dishonest jeep ads and his flip flopping on FEMA.

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What are your republican friends saying about Romney now (post-Sandy)? (Original Post) apples and oranges Oct 2012 OP
Libya DUgosh Oct 2012 #1
They think he is going to lower their taxes, end abortion, eliminate ACA, MichiganVote Oct 2012 #2
Yes, I'm afraid my first post on DU.... ColinCambridge Oct 2012 #3
Welcome to DU! Generic Brad Oct 2012 #6
Welcome to DU rightsideout Oct 2012 #9
Welcome, welcome Tutonic Oct 2012 #10
welcome to Du my friend. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #17
what Republican friends Carolina Oct 2012 #4
I don't know . . . rightsideout Oct 2012 #5
I don't have any, don't care. morningfog Oct 2012 #7
Me either! nt ncgrits Oct 2012 #8
Same here. femmocrat Oct 2012 #16
I don't know any Republicans any more Warpy Oct 2012 #11
***Crickets*** JB126 Oct 2012 #12
OMG, Libya is *still* the top news story on FoxNews.com! reformist2 Oct 2012 #13
I just came from an online class ejbr Oct 2012 #14
No changing this mind! Alleycat Oct 2012 #15
Friends? xfundy Nov 2012 #18
I don't have many, Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #19
 

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)
2. They think he is going to lower their taxes, end abortion, eliminate ACA,
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:48 PM
Oct 2012

and be a white guy in the office again.

ColinCambridge

(2 posts)
3. Yes, I'm afraid my first post on DU....
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:48 PM
Oct 2012

....(after reading for years), is to say my father-in-law STILL thinks that Romney "understands" the economy FAR better than the President, and anyone that disagrees with him is "just plain ignorant." Needless to say, we're not discussing politics again until after the election.

rightsideout

(978 posts)
9. Welcome to DU
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:55 PM
Oct 2012

Sounds like my father too. He voted for Obama in 2008 but now calls him a silver tongue snake and won't vote for him again.

rightsideout

(978 posts)
5. I don't know . . .
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:50 PM
Oct 2012

I kicked them all (well mostly) off FaceBook yesterday. There are just a few left and NONE of them have said a thing

One posted something up about an IRS form with the new ACA info on it complaining about information people have to put in the form in 2014.

My take is they will ignore the Sandy thing and post other things up as a distraction.

Kind of like the way they have completely ignored taking out bin Laden.

Warpy

(111,261 posts)
11. I don't know any Republicans any more
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:59 PM
Oct 2012

but a couple of people have pointed to the "I Voted" sticker on my bag and said "I need to go do that."

I live in a very, very blue area. I am not worried about how any of them votes.

ejbr

(5,856 posts)
14. I just came from an online class
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 10:02 PM
Oct 2012

with a freeper who has no qualms about being for Mitt. He still thinks he's gonna win. No one else talks (types) politics, so he is left to make his one line assertions alone whenever the possibility of showing his true stripes appears. I look forward to seeing his mood on Wednesday. Not because he is voting for Robme, although that may be enough, but because he is obnoxious.

Alleycat

(1,117 posts)
15. No changing this mind!
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 10:05 PM
Oct 2012

I was on facebook earlier, a Republican friend of mine posted this today:

(before we lost power due to "Sandy" we watched the movie "2016" what an eye opener. If you have a chance to rent and watch this movie before election day it might just help you see where this great country of ours is headed. watch it before you vote. the first part is a lot of background and a bit boring but the middle and end are great. it will absolutely make you wonder.)

My response:
Or you can watch the news of the destruction in NJ and get a dose of reality. The reality of what a President should do in the midst of destruction. Caring, compassion, making sure that the Federal Gov. is doing all it can to help all our citizens in times of need. Now is not a time for bipartisan bickering, it is a time to come together and be American. This is no movie!

She will vote Republican only because they are a Republican. Doesn't matter who. For the life of me I can't figure out why because she is voting against her own best interests.

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
18. Friends?
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 12:01 AM
Nov 2012

I don't even talk to most of my family anymore. Low-info, redneck, Faux-tuned. The screeching got too loud, and I don't miss them. At all.

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