93 yr-old great grandma leans over the turkey and says . . .

[AVID]

"We got a problem here in the america, and its called them Muslims. Houston is crawlin with 'em. You read the Koran, boy, read it well . . . you are an infidel and they want to kill you."

Thus started the short slide into the breaking of standard family gathering etiquette - don't talk politics.

Did I shut up? Hell no. The ten others did (about 5 to 5 Rep/Dem split). Just out of spite I noted, "Yea, we got a problem up North too, and its called fundamentalist christians. We're crawlin with'em. You got a divorce fifty years ago . . . and to them you are still destined to eternal damnation."

Then I played foosball for two hours.

[donheld]

1. I'm very proud of you for standing up like you did

:yourock:

[Straight Shooter]

2. Houston is "crawlin" with them?

What? Muslims are bugs?

Bwahahahaha. Love your response.

Families. Can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em.

[WindRavenX]

3. Same thing here...

...a lot of relatives making racist comments...lots of fundies...:scared:
I nearly exploded from holding in my anger. :(

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. I hope the prayer team is ready

they will need them to try to avoid the economic collapse and the dollar going down the drain

I am sure you had no stomach to splain to them that them chinese just dumped half of their foreign currency reserves, yep them T'Bills

[Digit]

5. Sorry you had to go through that.

When it is larger than just your guy loosing, when it is your country at stake, it is difficult to keep quiet.
Take a mental break and do something nice for yourself.

[BikeWriter]

6. Hey, neighbor, you did good! :-)

I'm down on Galveston Bay, myself. Thank goodness for more Democrats!

[RedTail Wolf]

7. My wife's 90 year old Grandma

Matriarch of the family, said grace today. She asked for the blessing of the food and thanked God for us being there together safely and then added.....Bless the poor boys and girls fighting for Bush. Help those poor people that we are killing. Keep them all safe from harm and this President. Amen

My Repugnant relatives almost gagged. Especially her oldest son. He was a Ranger!
She's 90 and speaks her mind! Her, my wife, myself, and my daughter were the only Dems at the table of 15 people. They were all red faced and angry. My wife raised her glass and said "Amen Grand Ma!"

Oh, the Hallmark moments!


RedTail Wolf

[d_b]

8. My father busted out with the

"Thanks for giving us a president that eveyone can agree with" and something about fighting evil over in Iraq. :puke:

That was grace.

[AVID]

11. yes - that was the tone of the 5 republicans

its time to stand together in a united front - show the world we stand together

[pa28]

9. I've never read the Koran. I'm guessing granny never has either.

[Deja Q]

10. Tell Granny about the Christian Bible stories that do nasty things to they

who don't believe in Jesus, God, a pillar of salt, Adam and Eve being the first two humans yet none of us practices incest, and so on... :crazy: