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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:24 PM Original message |
So I get a Dem-slamming email from my hubby's elderly aunt |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder if Auntie remembers her ass was saved by FDR |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:36 PM Original message |
Oh, you know repubs. Their memories are short |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. As long as the fucker still votes, she needs to hear it. n/t |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. While my assessment of her isn't quite as harsh |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Aunty does need an intervention, but I am still mad |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. She's probably print handicapped |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. She has AOL. |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:29 PM Original message |
If she had the nerve to send it to you, and something tells me she |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. I can't believe that she is just sending stuff on without checking the facts first |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. All of my Republican friends. |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. That seems to be in their DNA |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Exactly...n/t |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. I have an OLD (well late 60's /early70's) GOP friend |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. See? It's AOL again!! |
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DKRC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
40. Every single Repub I'm related to did that |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Nice! |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
52. My wife's uncle! n/t |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not to worry; your response was polite. She may think twice about... |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Or she may decide that we aren't worthy to associate with |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. ONe thing to do is call them on the "Democrat" term. You can respond with something like, |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. See, the last time her email was against the "retched" ACLU |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't give anyone much slack unless they are much older than I am. |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Oh, she and her hubby still vote |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. My mom was in her 80's when she died, and other than her illness, there |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Thank you! I am still a bit worried |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. I can understand how you're feeling, but |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I hope so. I really do. What happened to thoughtful discourse? |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Same here |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I have completely broken with family and friends over politics |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. Old Folks & Elderspeak |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. True. I shouldn't think that. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. she's the one who sent the email |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Well, she is family and I am the in-law |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. well, you won't break through her denial |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. My late father used to do that. I'd snopes him |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. My dad was a racist, KKK supporter |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. So true. It's as if now YOU'VE said something inappropriate. |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I feel that way too: "little tightening of the stomach" when I see my inbox |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. Snopes.com, Factcheck.org, and Politifact.com |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. Use the "reply all" feature |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. Dear Auntie, |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Oh, my gosh! I didn't even think about that! She is so on SS and Medicare |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. send her this |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Can we update that and have Joe Republican getting fired? |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Joe lost his job, but thanks to some |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Beautiful!! |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Beautiful!! |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. What a classic!!! |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. I've told off two of my cousins |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That's why I am thankful for DU |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. You might like this: |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Nice! I sent the email on |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. Hubs & my grandparents were ALL proud democrats... |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. You are lucky. My family is all repubs - the crazy kind |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
50. Does she return her Social Security checks uncashed? |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-15-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
54. Delete Unread.......it's easy. |
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