A friend of mine just bought a townhouse and it wasn't the highest bid

[demnan]

She and her husband happened to come in and the seller was there and talked with them. The seller worked for Ted Kennedy but was relocating to the Mass. area. He liked them and decided to sell them the home because they were Democrats. He said, "our neighbors here wouldn't want any Bush lovers moving in."

My friend is estatic. She and her husband were giving a deadline for leaving their rental. The settlement will fall two days before.

[Nite Owl]

1. That is a nice story.

Really put a smile on my face on this rainy day. :)

[GOPisEvil]

2. Good for them!

:thumbsup:

[lavenderdiva]

3. Great story... thanks for sharing it! n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Wow, cool!

[Generic Guy]

5. I am glad for your friend

but, I can't help but think if they refused to sell the house to democrats we wouldn't be saying how wonderful it is. We would be screaming discrimination and no doubt rightfully calling the ACLU.

[Lex]

6. Being Democrat or Republican isn't a protected class so the ACLU

wouldn't care.

[Generic Guy]

7. Oh I see so we can now

discriminate based on political affiliation. Sorry but, that is how the right wingers act. I thought progressives were for fairness for everyone.

[northzax]

8. true, but this is DC

politics is all we got.

[Lex]

9. Legally, yes--which is why the ACLU wouldn't give a rip.

As to what you do personally, that's another story.

[Midlodemocrat]

10. It isn't discrimination to sell to the person you like.

I did it with my car. I wasn't discriminating, I just wanted it to go to someone who would care for it.

[Generic Guy]

11. So if you were house hunting

found a house you wanted and, submitted the winning bid only to find out that the seller decided not to sell to you because you are a Democrat. You would be ok with that right? I know I would be furious if that happened to me. On the other hand if they decided to sell to a friend or relative I would be disappointed but that I could accept.

[Midlodemocrat]

13. I doubt very strongly she would tell me, but frankly, I would be okay

with that because I hate living among repukes. If they didn't want me there, I certainly wouldn't want to live there.

[Generic Guy]

15. I guess you have never encountered discrimination then.

I am of Mexican decent and I have been denied things because I was a "dirty wetback". That is why I am so against discrimination of any kind.

[Kerrytravelers]

12. Don't really know how much of a crime it is since the owners basically

took a financial loss. If they had distributed a political questionairre to a multitude of buyers and charged more for the rethugs, then you have a case. By taking a financial loss, basically, they did nothing wrong.

Think of it this way: It was their final act of beautifying the neighborhood! :toast:

[Generic Guy]

14. Ok then I am wrong

It is ok for us to discriminate based on political beliefs. So when the right wing does it we have no room to complain then.

[SOteric]

17. I don't believe it's a matter of discrimination.

It's not automatically discrimination to make a choice.

The seller's are able to make choices they feel are appropriate for their home and for the neighbours whom they may very much like and hope to remain friends with.

To express a preference is not to discriminate against all who do not meet the preference, or those whose relationship to the preference is unknown.

I don't believe for a minute that if I'd lived in a home for a decade or so, formed close relationships with all of my neighbours and grew to like and even socialise with many that it would be wrong to select the next occupant of my home from a pool of acceptable bids. It's one thing to say they weren't the highest bid, it's another to say that from the pool of bids that were acceptable, they felt these people to be the better fit.

Would you think it discrimination if the neighbourhood were predominantly of colour and the homeowner chose to sell to a Democrat with an acceptable bid rather than a Neo-Nazi or the KKK with an outrageously high bid? I would not. Not because Neo-Nazi's don't have rights, they do. But because I have a responsibility to my friends and neighbours with regard to their lives, children and sense of safety within the community.

[demnan]

16. You know what?

maybe it wasn't exactly fair to the point. But these kids weren't playing in a fair field after all. Housing in the D.C. area is so pricey that young couples don't really have a chance against wealthy investors. That's why I'm happy that partisan politics won out over greed just this once.