LucasD
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Sat Sep-03-05 06:58 PM
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Just stopped over to visit my parents. My mom was glued to Faux "news" and immediately told me what a great job Bill O’Reily was doing. How he "told it like it is". “No one could have stopped the flooding in New Orleans, or gotten those people out. Why didn’t the people leave when they were told to!?”
I didn't feel like another argument, so I bit my tongue.
I walked into the kitchen, and on the kitchen table was a copy of AARP Magazine with a huge photo of Condi Rice on the cover!! The caption read: "How Condi got tough!".
My mother is being brainwashed from every angle.
Thank God my father is still middle of the road and we can at least talk about issues.
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Sat Sep-03-05 07:00 PM
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1. Welcome to DU! I'm sorry that your mom has been duped... |
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My mother-in-law has drunk a little kool-aid in her time too... :) Hopefully, things will change... I have hope! :)
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Shredr
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Sat Sep-03-05 07:00 PM
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2. I can relate -- only it's my dad |
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Edited on Sat Sep-03-05 07:02 PM by Shredr
The retired Army colonel who's completely brainwashed by Rush/ O'Reilly/ AARP/ etc. I can't even talk politics with him or we will have no relationship. My mom's tired of being the intermediary.
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Sat Sep-03-05 07:02 PM
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6. Heh -- sounds like my family |
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Sat Sep-03-05 07:01 PM
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4. Welcome to DU *hugs* We have ALL the info you need to pass on to |
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your Dad. Your mom will just have to wait. ----------------------------------------------------- Save New Orleans, then save this country! http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/electionreform.htm
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Sat Sep-03-05 07:02 PM
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my mother is too. She listens to the teevee 'preachers' and o'liely. it's sad. she told me how 'sinful' the city was. we had a fight. she's old and sick and now I feel bad. it sucks.
welcome to du. :hi:
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Sat Sep-03-05 07:04 PM
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I'd not be able to handle that - glad you can...
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Sat Sep-03-05 07:06 PM
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8. I know exactly how you feel but with me it's my Dad. |
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He said the other day that Bushit has done the best he could do and "even Bill Clinton said that Bush had done all he could do." I thought it was strange that he invoked Bill Clinton because only a few weeks ago, he was telling me again what a big liar BC is. So, when he told me that even BC said Bush had done all he could do, I said, "Bill Clinton said that? Well, we all know what a liar he is, right?" :sarcasm:
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Sat Sep-03-05 08:06 PM
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When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping. Nice Ferragamos, Imelda.
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