Reply #9: I've Often Found That The Only Way To Reach A Republican.............. [View All]

[ChoppinBroccoli]

..........is to FORCE him/her to live the life he/she wants to force on others.

Unfortunately, that only ever happens in rare circumstances, so it's hardly a solution. And then you've got people like my friend, who continue to spew the Republican Party line, even when it when it hurts him and his family DIRECTLY.............and he KNOWS it. You may remember a while back that I told a story of my friend who was a teacher that voted against his own school's levy because his "taxes are high enough," even though the levy's failure would probably mean his job would be harder, at best, and at worst, he would be fired. Well, now this guy has gone back to school to get a PhD, and has dragged his wife and children off to another State in order to do it. Because the PhD program is so hard, he can't work, and his wife doesn't work either (stays home raising their 2 children, and now they're pregnant with a third). So how do they make ends meet? Well, I just found out. THEY'RE ON THE FRICKIN' DOLE!!! They receive government assistance checks and food stamps. You'd think that he would have changed his tune about the "lazy poor," right? WRONG!!! He recently went on a tear on his Facebook page about all the "entitlement babies" in Wisconsin complaining about tightening their belts. The way he sees it, he is the "one righteous man" on the dole, and everyone else is exactly what he believed them to be all along. Really, there's just no reaching some people. I can honestly picture him listening to Rush Limbaugh rail about all the lazy people living off of the government and him shouting out, "Yeah!!!" for every talking point, then pulling up to his mailbox and getting his government assistance check out and striding happily into the house.

Oh, and to add just a little bit of "flavor" to the story, I just found out that he's also one of these wackos that is convinced the American financial system is on the brink of collapse, and he's been going out and spending every dime he has on silver. I can smell a sucker who watched that stupid "End of America" video they're advertising on right-wing radio like a fart in the car.