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cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
Tue May 16, 2017, 11:03 AM May 2017

My Elderly Husband Nearly Started a Riot at the Polling Place

this morning. He referred within the Republican committeeman's hearing to our president as "that lying sack of shit." Words were exchanged, partisans of both sides yelled at each other.

I think my husband won because the Republican's parting shot was "I'll pray for you."

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My Elderly Husband Nearly Started a Riot at the Polling Place (Original Post) cyclonefence May 2017 OP
Kudos to your plain spoken husband! Lars39 May 2017 #1
LOL GallopingGhost May 2017 #2
:::SNAP::: irisblue May 2017 #3
Yep, hubby DEFINITELY won that round!!!! hamsterjill May 2017 #4
Good job! flamingdem May 2017 #5
Ha! Good for him! He won! n/t Greybnk48 May 2017 #6
Yay for him, and you. kairos12 May 2017 #7
K & R!!! 50 Shades Of Blue May 2017 #8
I only refer to him as the lsos--El Esos--The other randr May 2017 #9
When someone says that to me, murielm99 May 2017 #10
I say that I will do a science experiment for them, and let's see who gets results. nt NCjack May 2017 #25
Good one! spooky3 May 2017 #30
They should pray for themselves.... yuiyoshida May 2017 #11
Because when they say they will "pray" for us bdjhawk May 2017 #12
Ewww! bucolic_frolic May 2017 #13
Praise for your plainspoken man! nolabear May 2017 #14
Any republican Scarsdale May 2017 #15
Electioneering within your polling place is illegal. LeftyMom May 2017 #16
As a fellow election judge, I concur. Mister Ed May 2017 #27
Message deleted by DU the Administrators cyclonefence May 2017 #29
My last word to Republicans in situations like that is "Learn Russian." TeamPooka May 2017 #17
I'm thinkin' they need to pray for us all... HopeAgain May 2017 #18
What is prayer? Teacheral May 2017 #32
Was just a joke HopeAgain May 2017 #33
"I'll pray for you" is the evangelical equivalent of "And STAY away!!!" (nt) ehrnst May 2017 #19
my reply "fortunately God doesn't take advice from idiots". grantcart May 2017 #22
HA! ehrnst May 2017 #24
Bravo to your husband! Vinca May 2017 #20
be sure to tell us when those prayers start kicking in rurallib May 2017 #21
Ugh... at a polling place? demmiblue May 2017 #23
I always have a verbal response ready when I cannot take more of the ignorance. gordianot May 2017 #26
bravo AllaN01Bear May 2017 #28
I don't see how they can defend Cha May 2017 #31
"Send some cash in to Pat Robertson for me." lpbk2713 May 2017 #34

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
4. Yep, hubby DEFINITELY won that round!!!!
Tue May 16, 2017, 11:09 AM
May 2017

The "I'll pray for you" is code for "I've treated someone badly and now I want to try to redeem the idea that I'm really a nice person".

murielm99

(30,736 posts)
10. When someone says that to me,
Tue May 16, 2017, 12:33 PM
May 2017

I thank them and tell them I can use all the prayers I can get.

Right now, the county and the world need those prayers, too.

bdjhawk

(420 posts)
12. Because when they say they will "pray" for us
Tue May 16, 2017, 12:42 PM
May 2017

all they mean is that they will pray that we come to agree with them!

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
15. Any republican
Tue May 16, 2017, 12:56 PM
May 2017

ALL of them had better start praying for themselves. They have been duped by a con man, with little intelligence, and even less CLASS.

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)
16. Electioneering within your polling place is illegal.
Tue May 16, 2017, 12:58 PM
May 2017

If he did that in my polling place I'd have asked him to leave.

Mister Ed

(5,930 posts)
27. As a fellow election judge, I concur.
Tue May 16, 2017, 02:01 PM
May 2017

What he did is illegal within a polling place. Anywhere else, hey, give 'em hell. But the polling place is sacred, and no place to nearly start a riot.

gordianot

(15,237 posts)
26. I always have a verbal response ready when I cannot take more of the ignorance.
Tue May 16, 2017, 01:51 PM
May 2017

Trump makes pointed comments easy. In addition situational awareness dictates the necessity to have counters ready on short notice and to size up the situation with a plan. This is resistance which is serious.

You have to remember Trumpsters do not expect resistance and resort to intimidation when challenged.

AllaN01Bear

(18,191 posts)
28. bravo
Tue May 16, 2017, 02:04 PM
May 2017

some of these so called "christians " remind me of pharsies ( for those who study the bible , you know what that means )
im a plain speaking engine and i belive in plain speaking and i speak as i find , speak up.

Cha

(297,196 posts)
31. I don't see how they can defend
Wed May 17, 2017, 06:50 AM
May 2017

your husband's plain spoken truth.. trump is a lying sack of shite.

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