Reply #11: So true. [View All]

[asthmaticeog]

That line about people being conservatives until it affects them personally, I mean. My uncle, great guy, justifiably adored by our rather huge extended family, was a dedicated "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" conservative until I was in a REALLY bad way several years ago and I sucked up major amounts of pride and asked him for a hand. God bless his soul, he helped me out bigtime, and I surely wouldn't be where I am now if he hadn't. A couple of years after that, he got on a "bootstraps" rant, and I gently prodded him about where the money for his college education and his business startup loan came form. He was a WWII vet, so of course it all came from the G.I. Bill, along with a bit of help from his relatives. When he said that, my aunt (his wife - fabulous lady - they deserve each other, for real, very lucky couple, about to celebrate their 60th anniversary - holy shit!) pointed out that his very own bootstraps weren't actually his own (not that I object to that at all - we should STILL be so generous to vets - thank conservatives we aren't). He's since changed his tune.