Holy Christ...I am not going to survive this week. A Repuke just made a joke

[renie408]

about registering to vote from a park bench here in Dayton. You got to love those Republicans...so sympathetic to their fellow man. I bet JESUS would have just laughed his ass off over that one!!!


I haven't killed anybody yet, which is a plus. But GOSH, they just can't figure out why I don't want to go to dinner with everybody at night. GO FUCKING FIGURE.

[crim son]

1. I'm sorry for your pain.

Try not to let it affect your view of humanity, because these people aren't actually human.

[renie408]

2. I have spent the last two days in a room full of Republicans.

It's ugly in here. UGLY. They have one focus: making themselves money. Fuck everything else. And they are not shy about telling you that. They pretty much say, "I want to make money and keep it." Period. That is the kind of thing I would keep to myself, even if I thought that way.

[Chorophyll]

10. It's interesting.

There used to be a few semi-reasonable Republicans around. You might have disagreed with them, but you wouldn't necessarily be disgusted by them. Those days are over. There's no one left in that party but the pathologically greedy and the pathologically hateful.

I hope you have a better day today. :pals:

[crim son]

25. I respectfully disagree.

My boyfriend is a repub who never voted for the shrub and who (obviously, or I wouldn't date him) wants Obama. I guess what IS true, though, is that the definition of "republican" has changed. The boyfriend just isn't willing to admit it.

[Chorophyll]

31. No doubt there are some reasonable Republicans out there.

But they must feel pretty alienated at this point. Excuse my earlier hyperbole.

[crim son]

33. Oh, you are absolutely excused!

I've used the same hyperbole in front of the boyfriend! We're all angry and frustrated and I believe we've earned the right to vent. :)

[pipi_k]

24. The apple seems to have fallen a mile away from the tree...

My FIL (whom I never knew, as he passed away some years ago) was a Republican.

But, from all I've heard of him, he was a decent Republican. An honest and honorable man. I'm sure that if he were alive today, he would be appalled by this current crop of so-called "Republicans". In all honesty, I don't even know if I can call them Republicans...to do so would put such a stain on the Republican party that used to be made up of men and women who must truly have wanted to better the country rather than line their own greedy pockets.

Anyway...there's one thing I don't understand...or maybe I do.

Why many people (most of them "Republicons") insist on being as rude and obnoxious as possible in discussing or broadcasting their views. I myself have quickly learned the wisdom of the old saying, "Don't discuss religion or politics"...and I refuse to discuss them with people who are racist, misogynistic, homophobic pigs. My peace of mind and blood pressure just can't handle the stress anymore.

Maybe religion has something to do with why these people feel they have a right to inflict their nastiness on anyone within earshot. You know...preaching...witnessing...or whatever people want to call it.

Honestly, I wish they'd just shut the hell up instead of assuming we want to hear their disgusting opinions.

:mad:

[crim son]

34. You know, I sincerely believe they are obnoxious assholes

because they believe their opinions will be best heard if shouted. And, the shouting may scare away any further questions which republicons probably can't answer.

[bobd0]

3. It's pretty hard not to allow it to affect your view of humanity but if these peoople somehow "win"

another election it will be impossible not to let it affect my view of America. If we wind up with President McCain and VP Palin after the last eight years of Bush/Cheney I'm going to have to question what kind of nation America has become and make some tough decisions on whether I want to live in a nation that repeats the same insanity every four years for the same insane reasons.

[zanne]

5. If, by some miracle or misdeed, McCain wins....

We'll have four more years to fight for change.

[renie408]

9. If they win, I plan to run amok. n/t

[zanne]

11. Oh no! Not amok! nt

[renie408]

13. Oh yes....amok. n/t

[crim son]

23. I absolutely understand.

And I'm very nervous hearing McCain "guarantee" a win on Tuesday. We heard the same shit in 2004 and look what happened.

[zanne]

4. Lock yourself in your house if you have to!

I don't want to read "DU'ER KILLS CO-WORKER OVER OBAMA REMARK". That would be bad.

[renie408]

6. Sadly, I am at a business training seminar. n/t

[Lerkfish]

7. there aren't that many park benches in Dayton to account for all the Obama votes

LOL!

[randr]

8. Tell him his president has made park benches

likely abodes for many veterans.

[renie408]

12. Good point. The weird thing is that you can tell that these people think they

are GOOD people. Especially the guy with the snotty park bench comment. He has that whole 'salt of the earth' thing going on. His wife is like Betty Fucking Crocker. It is completely bizarre how they go from being as friendly and nice as can be to joking about HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVING ON PARK BENCHES. And I would be willing to bet they all blame the homeless people for being homeless. I know that in their brains, if you don't want to be homeless, you should just work harder.

I dunno, the whole thing is just depressing. Even though I live in SC, most of the Repukes down there are religious Repukes. They are different from money Repukes. I can't put my finger on it, but they are 'nicer' somehow. They seem less selfish or something.

[pipi_k]

29. Park benches and....

cardboard boxes, underneath bridges, in little tents alongside rivers and streams, etc.

Veteran's hospitals

and nearly 4200 who will never be able to vote again because their permanent "residence" is under six feet of sod.



It honestly surprises me that kids are still joining the armed services knowing how those who have gone before them have been treated like absolute shit by this administration.

:(

[HughMoran]

14. I'm feeling the same way

I hope the wrong person doesn't cross me or it may be curtains for them.

[Smuckies]

15. I won't survive either

;(

[Vogon_Glory]

16. They'll Never Get It....

I doubt most Repuds will EVER get why so many of us across the political spectrum are voting Democratic these days. Most of them have never traveled abroad (Except maybe to a couple of tourist enclaves), most of them have never read history (Except for maybe a book about World War II), and most of them lack the very nasty sorts of imaginations that would clue them in to what the US could become if they got their political wish-lists fulfilled.

I am voting Democratic because I believe that the Democratic Party offers the best possibilities for sustaining and nurturing an orderly society that not only provides a place for people to better themselves, but also provides protection against the well-armed, well-financed criminal gangs that have turned so much of today's Latin America into a playground for kidnapping rings and violent blackmailers. The programs to create and sustain such a society DO cost money, but much, much less than blackmail or ransom payments do.

Democrats and progressives may rightly remember "Law and Order" as right-wing code-speak for suppressing minorities from back in the 1960's and 1970's. But GENUINE law and order is something that Democrats and progressives can offer Americans (Remember--crime rates went DOWN while Bill Clinton was President) that right-wing tax-cut and budget-cutting fanatics and gun lobbyists can't.

[bobd0]

17. You're talking facts and common sense. That doesn't work in America. Americans only want to run amok

[Ishoutandscream2]

18. It's very ugly here at my work as well

A whole building full of repukes - and I work in public education!! They are so desperate, and lashing out. Most of these people are fairly bright, which surprises me when I hear some of their wing-nuttery. They are coming out of their ultra-rightest closets, so to speak.

[mrcheerful]

19. The smug self righteous assholes among us have never learned one life lesson

there but for the grace of the fates go I. It always amazes me that they have a belief system based on self will, everything that happens to them was their own doing, no one helped them, they forget mom, dad for 18+years paid their way, many grew up as welfare kids, ( their minds allow them to say they never got welfare because it was in moms name not theirs ) The good jobs they have someone took the chance and gave them a chance at being able to do the job, the food they eat came from someone else's labors, in fact everything they have came from the labors of others.

Their wages are paid by someone else, their homes were bought with someone else's money, same with the car they drive and their toys. In truth, the only things they are actually doing is getting up in the mornings, going to work and doing a good enough job to allow them not to be fired. Their food is cooked by others, their homes are cleaned by others and it's others that make all the repairs on homes, autos and toys.

Often they find themselves living from pay check to pay check, but they manage to pay enough on their bills to squeak by that week. Yet not once do they ever admit that everything in their life is depended on other's. I have had the chance to refuse one of the smug and not work on his motorcycle, he came to me asking for the repair in the hopes that it could be done cheaper, I took great joy to learn after I refused, the shop he took the cycle to charged him 600% over what I would have charged him. He made the mistake that just because I am disabled doesn't mean that my SSDI means he could demand me to work for free.

Yeah, the smug assholes who whine about cheap illegal labor from Mexico, who then hire said illegals they bitch about taking Amurican Jobs yep hopefully when Obama and the Dem's take over these smug self righteous assholes will learn to be grateful, then crawl back under the rock they slithered from.

[yellowcanine]

20. Many Republicans think that homeless people should not be allowed to vote.

Even though the Constitution says nothing about a "fixed address" being a requirement for voting.

[Courtesy Flush]

21. I have a rift with one of my best friends

After receiving a series of anti-Obama emails from him, two of us told him we support Obama. He wanted to know why, and claimed he was interested in an open political discussion. Well, it was anything but. He wanted to know specific reasons why we supported Obama, and when we provided them he dismissed them all as lies, and accused us of falling for Obama's charisma. I assured him I was voting Democrat regardless of who the candidate might be, but he persisted.

I tried to de-escalate the tone several times, but he kept escalating it right back. Finally, he accused ME of harassing him, and said our friendship was nearly at an end.

You'd have to know this guy to understand how perplexed I am. He's the nicest, gentlest man I know. A real gentleman, and one of my favorite people. But this election has turned him into something I don't recognize.

The kicker is that his wife has invited us to a surprise birthday party for him this weekend. I would have really looked forward to this any other time, but I REALLY don't want to go.

[Kukesa]

22. I'm right there with you, kdsusa.

And I really understand how/what you're feeling. I have friends I'm avoiding because of our differences in this election and my choice of candidate and I miss them. However, the last time they screamed ACORN at me and I tried to explain, I realized this just might be a lost cause.

Hopefully, we'll all heal.

:hug:

[Courtesy Flush]

26. Thanks for that

I was expecting people to say "good riddance. Who needs a freeper for a friend?" But it's not that simple. Good friends are hard to come by, and politics is no reason to lose one.

[pipi_k]

28. Oh, damn..that sucks

So what do you do...not go because of the tension? Or go and risk being ignored?

And if you don't go, will the guy have even more cause to write you out of his life?

Not an easy spot to be in :(


I guess I'd probably just send him a card and (maybe) a gift and not go to the party, but that's just me. I don't know if I'd be able to act "normal" after a confrontation like that...

[Vogon_Glory]

30. He'll Have To go Through The Wising-Up Process On His Own

A lot of today's right-wing self-described "rugged individualists" are impervious to reasoning. They've got their ideas, they find people who validate them (examples: right-wing message boards, right-wing talk show hosts), and the idea that their ideas might not be congruent with the way that life actually works has never occurred to them.

Some of those people may SAY that they're interested in open political discussion, but they're more interested in imposing THEIR ideas on you.

I don't think that you can really reach those people, especially if they aren't willing to periodically re-examine their ideas. The only way they CAN be reached is to go through a life-changing experience, like a serious illness in their family, a severe accident, natural disasters, and even then they STILL might not get it.

Off-Topic, I believe that one of the reasons that so-called "Movement Conservatism" thrived in the 1990's is because Bill Clinton's rear-guard defense of New Deal and Great Society programs prevented so many of the right-wingers from facing the consequences of right-wing policies being put into practice. After eight years of Buckaroo Bush and the Duck Soup Posse and the cumulative effects of twelve years of Republican congressional control, only now are SOME of the right-wingers going through the getting-of-wisdom,

Some of those right-wingers, though, will NEVER wise up.

:argh:

[Myrina]

27. Same here.

Its getting to the point where I am forcibly watching AMC and The Food Channel nonstop because the fever-pitch on the newschannels is causing a knot in my stomach the size of a basketball.

I work with a bunch of idiot fundie Pubs too and the tension in the office is palpable (even moreso than normal).

:( Wake me up on January 21st, when President Obama moves into the White House.


(yes, I already voted, so I can mentally check-out for awhile)

[Sebastian Doyle]

32. You should remind him that Jesus was homeless.

Jesus spent his three years of public ministry traveling from town to town and crashing at friends' houses. Would the conservatives who claim to be His followers have denied Him the right to vote?