Rush-listening co-worker is pooping a brick!

[ProfessorPlum]

I just got done overhearing a loud discussion in the hall between my co-worker who blasts Rush out of his office every afternoon, and some other neanderthal. He sounded pretty damned worried. Some highlights:

"Kerry scares me to death!"

"I've got kids!"

"He said he'd have to check everything with the UN first!" (Obviously, one of Rush's lies has driven itself into his brain.)

Whatever. Too bad for you, buddy. With my vote, I'm bringing you better government whether you can recognize it or not.

It's like the Matrix anymore. Which reality do YOU live in?

[calico1]

1. Hahahha! You should tell him

"Don't forget. Kerry will also make you speak French only and become gay!"

[hatrack]

7. And that's not the worst part

Kerry will send crack commando squads of gay black men to his house to dress him and do his hair!! :evilgrin:

[flygal]

22. and don't forget the free manicures for everybody ;)

[hatrack]

27. Did I mention the free Gay Foot Massages for his children?

Using scented oils, vibrating Ekornes chairs and Broadway show tunes?

[myrna minx]

33. Queer eye for the fascist guy.

We will all be forced to eat brie, exfoliate, and listen to Cher 24/7. Oh the HUMANITY!

[Zero Gravitas]

8. dont'f forget

the forced abortions and bans on eating red meat, the bible and football.

[kayell]

17. And corrupt the purity of his precious bodily fluids!

Bwaahaahaaaa

[magatte]

32. very good

very good indeed.

[elperromagico]

24. "Better find a guy you can tolerate,

because Kerry's gonna make you marry him."

:evilgrin:

[klook]

2. There's only one objective reality

These morons you're describing live in a facsimile thereof.

[kmla]

3. Pooping a brick? Ouch.

He'll probably feel better when he's done, though. Releases all of the built-up pressure on his brain...

[Liberal Veteran]

4. You should have calmly said...

"Dude, talk radio is going to be the death of you. You listen to so much propaganda and actually believe it that I worry for your health. Perhaps you should try just turning it off rather than listening to someone make wild claims if it's going to cause this type of stress in you."

[BattyDem]

5. "He said he'd have to check everything with the UN first!"

WTF is wrong with these people? No US President or Presidential candidate has EVER said that! Did they buy their brains at Wal-Mart? :shrug:

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

11. Kerry talked about unilateral action requiring a "global test"

He meant universal acceptance by the US population and world leaders.

It was spun as something else, but most people didn't buy it.

OTOH, if you listen to Rush, you probably would.

[BattyDem]

18. I know he said that ...

but anyone who actually heard him say it knows what he meant. But Bush supporters don't trust their own ears - whatever Rush says is the only reality they know. :eyes:

[Don Claybrook]

20. Oh, this guy will be "taken care of", don't worry

It's my understanding that the UN is sending a black helicopter to pick him up today.

[Pig_Latin_Lover]

6. "I've got kids!"

That line wins every argument.

[ProfessorPlum]

12. Yeah, I loved that one too

I'm bringing your kids better government, too.

But will he thank me? No.

[Sara Beverley]

19. His kids will be strapped with a lot of debt thanks to Bush.

I wonder if he knows this?

[meganmonkey]

37. But if his kids turn out to be gay, they can get married!!!

When KERRY WINS IN A LANDSLIDE!!

[mark0rama]

34. Are they of a draftable age? *NT*

[Dulcinea]

38. I have kids, too.

"Why should they have to pay down Boy George's deficit?" is what I always say.

[requiem99]

9. With my vote, I'm bringing you better government...

whether you can recognize it or not.

AWESOME QUOTE.

[Borgnine]

10. I'm pooping sunshine right now!

It must be a good sign for us.

[meganmonkey]

42. LOL

That's a sentence I'll probably never again see in print.

:P

[AntiCoup2K4]

13. Sneak into his office and change his radio to Air America

...and see how long it takes him to tell the difference.

[ProfessorPlum]

15. I wish it were broadcast here

I can only get it streaming.

[unfrigginreal]

14. I don't know how you resisted

I would have told him that I heard Kerry was going to take all guns off the street, invoke affirmative action in tax hikes, remove all mention of God from currency and the pledge of allegience, etc.

[ProfessorPlum]

16. I could never have done it with a straight face.

Besides, I depend on this guy to keep my computer and network connections up and running. I gotsta maintain the peace around here!

[salvorhardin]

21. I'll never understand

how anyone with even a inkling of technical ability (which at least implies the ability to think logically) can get sucked into Limbaugh's alternate reality.

[ProfessorPlum]

26. Yes, that's odd, isn't it?

But, I've heard there are a lot of rightwing IT folks in the world. Maybe they can't think logically about history, social contracts, economics, fairness, equity, etc. But they can sure as hell hook up an ethernet connection.

[kurt_cagle]

39. The IT Split

I'm in IT, and while this is obviously anecdotal, I've found that political persuasion tends to split based upon specialties:

Database/Network Administrators - Conservative
System Architects/Analysts - Progressive
Application Developers - Libertarian
Web Developers - Progressive
Multimedia - Progressive
Support - Progressive/Libertarian

The split makes sense - Admins are generally not tasked with creating new code, rather they are involved in keeping the data/networks safe, and consequently up and running. Most app developers are fiercely independent, dislike any political parties, and are typically very competitive. Architects have to see the whole picture, and as a consequence their mindset reflects progressive viewpoints (a Republican says - "Look at how good things are now", while a progressive Democrat will say "But because you're doing this now, it will affect this, and this, and this in the future."). Web and multimedia people tend to be artists or come in with an artistic background, though I've seen exceptions to this. Support has to deal with everyone else's crap, so they consequently tend to be the most jaded, politically and otherwise.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

40. I'm a rare white male liberal computer professional

It isn't about being intelligent, it's whether or not you can deal with life having so many gray areas.

Bush, Rush and the rest make everything black and white, whether it actually is or not.

There is also the desire for order that comes with being as logical as most programmers. I'm more creative and don't mind some chaos. Many in my profession prefer fascist order to any kind of disorder.

[ProfessorPlum]

43. So your thesis is that Bush appeals to people who are used to binary?

Kind of makes sense . .

[MrBenchley]

Tell him French will be the new US language

and then keep saying stuff like "bon jour" and "sacre bleu" to him all day...

[drmom]

23. Ah, let 'em be scared! If they can't understand what Kerry really said...

...they deserve to be scared!

[AspenRose]

25. Considering the incidence of voter fraud among minorities & immigrants....

I'd WELCOME UN oversight at these elections! If you neocon dunderheads aren't cheating and intimidating people, then you have nothing to fear.

Punk.

[ProfessorPlum]

28. That reminds me!!! He also said

"The Democrats are crying and whining and bringing on all of these UN inspectors to monitor the voting fraud in this election, and THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE DOING IT!!!"

He sounded very upset by this crazy action by the Democrats.

So, he can hold in his head these three beliefs at the same time:

1. Democrats want UN monitoring for this election
2. Democrats are committing all the voter fraud
3. Having UN monitoring would stop them from committing voter fraud

Yet, he doesn't seem to be able to figure out that Rush is feeding him a line of bull on this. Typical Freeptard.

[txindy]

29. This whole thread is the funniest thing I've read all day! ROFL!!

:toast: :toast:

[quaoar]

30. Tell him

that the good news is President Kerry is sending another 100,000 troops to Iraq.

The bad news is it's an all-Republican army.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

35. Tell him president Kerry is reinstating the draft

but it only applies to kids whose parents make 100K or more per year.

[NAO]

31. Remember to tell him the UN troops are on their way

In case there's any resistance to a Kerry victory.

Secretary of Defense Hillary Clinion has already surrendered to France.

[eataTREE]

41. Indoctrination of your children into the "gay lifestyle" will follow.

The program will be run by the Fab Five from Queer Eye.

All firearms to be confiscated immediately, will be melted down into Goddess sculptures.

Abortion clinics to open at all McDonald's restaurant; they will be giving away free Happy Meals to every woman who has a procedure done. As for the Happy Meals themselves, they will feature the new McTofu Burger, as the consumption of meat will henceforth be illegal.

Gosh, this is fun!

[philaguy]

44. We Can't ALL Be Gay

But if you aren't gay, and you get pregnant, then you'll get two choices - abortion, or giving it to a gay married couple.

[yardwork]

36. I'm nominating this thread for the front page

because it's better to laugh at the freeptards than kill them.

"Obviously, one of Rush's lies has driven itself into his brain."