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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 11:41 AM
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My wife told me I think about the chimp* too much
She doesn't appreciate the danger we're in right now. I think most of the country is like her, they just aren't that concerned. Maybe I am a little extreme in my hatred of this cocksucker, his family, deadeye and his family and the rest of these people, but I don't believe so.
I tell her that this isn't an ordinary time and that these aren't ordinary people, they require watchfulness and deserve every grain of hate.
Sometimes it gets frustrating, knowing that were right on the edge and there are people close to me who could give a damn as long as they can watch tv things must be okay.
Does anyone else have a close family member that feels the same way?
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 11:43 AM
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1. Does she think it's affecting your sex life? nt
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 11:44 AM
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2. prior to the election, my hubby said the same. this effects my childrens
future,..... i turned and said quietly. what greater cause is there. what priority is greater in my job as a mother?

i asked him

the weight of what i said, not in defense but gravity reached hubby. shifted his eyes. he became active and informed and is concerned
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 01:16 PM
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13. Sorta same here, but now Hubs is on board, bigtime.
It was "DU's fault" LOL

Now he tries to tell me what to POST! Sometimes I even take his advice.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 11:47 AM
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3. She's probably a closet Bush supporter.
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 11:50 AM
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5. Oh no
She just isn't as vocal, or as educated to tell the truth, to know how much the constitution means and the level of it violation. she hates the chimp also just not as much as me.
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slor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 11:48 AM
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4. Not to get too personal...
but is it altering how you relate to her? Are you spending less time with her? I got the same remark from my wife about a year ago, and I cut back on my time here, and the on the cable news shows. Following the BFEE was consuming me, and I while I have not taken my eyes off of these bastards, I am doing things that I enjoy, and I do feel better.
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 11:56 AM
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6. Well, no not really
this is just not the time to look away and the closer to november we come the more my thoughts are on the country.
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petersjo02 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 12:03 PM
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7. My husband says I'm obsessed with Bush and
I suppose I am. We went camping for a week--no TV, no Internet. I was much happier than I am at home without the distraction. I had hoped there would be some major anti-Bush development by the time we got back, but it seems to be same old stuff--except for the torture bill progressing through Congress. As far as husband goes, he thinks like I do, but I think he doesn't appreciate the time I spend "away" from him surfing the net.
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 12:07 PM
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8. Sounds familiar
That's about the situation here.
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bluedog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 02:19 PM
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17. same here
my husband says" theres "nothing" you can do about it"......amd then says........people voted for bush and thats that...........his family and his boss are all strong republicans...........My husband is a registered Democrat....but don't know really how he votes.....
so I use the net when hes watching tv....or talking on phone or sleeping and working..........
in other words.......not to cause a spat over bush ........
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 12:07 PM
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9. Your wife's probably right
Most people just want to live their lives. We exaggerate the danger posed by these buffoons quite a bit, and most of the so-called "sheeple" pick up on that hysteria and think it's over the top. DU is a strange crowd: everything gets intensified past the point that most folks would credit. So, I agree with your wife. There are other things in life.
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kerry-is-my-prez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 12:21 PM
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10. How can you say that we exaggerate the danger?
And to call them buffoons is like calling Hitler a "goofball."
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 02:02 PM
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14. QED
Others do the work for me...

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Faux pas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 01:03 PM
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11. How can anyone 'think about * too much' when he's invaded
every aspect of our lives? I wish I never had to think about him at all.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 01:07 PM
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12. My wife doesn't like him but
thinks myself and my sons obsess about him too much as well.
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yorkiemommie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 02:12 PM
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15. yes
my Nascar watching dh.

i even left today's LA TIMES article about the war on the counter and it hasn't been moved. Par for the course in this house. I'm tired of trying to educate and tired of screaming. Maybe he'll wake up if his grandsons enlist.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 02:17 PM
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16. Sounds very familiar. Cat yak! Ask them that when we're all
Edited on Sun Sep-24-06 02:18 PM by lonestarnot
looking at one another through the bars of the corporate owned prison/work camps. Ask them then if they thought you were overly obsessive about bushitler and cronies back then.
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 02:35 PM
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20. LOL! I have done that, and in almost those exact words! eom
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 05:11 PM
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21. GMTA!
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 02:26 PM
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18. Your post could have been my post. The inside joke around
Edited on Sun Sep-24-06 02:28 PM by Texas Explorer
here now is "Don't get me started!" whenever I go on a rant that usually falls on exasperated, un-caring ears. I even tried a tribal dance move while ranting just to get someone's attention.
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 02:29 PM
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19. I've heard that from friends before
Edited on Sun Sep-24-06 02:30 PM by proud patriot
but not my family ...My husband roots me on and tells me
to "go get 'em" :-) My son understands that my reading is
important for his and everyone's future . My son has become
an extremely good reader scored 2 grades above grade level
in his STAR testing last year :-) . My dad gave me my first
brand new computer for Christmas this last year telling me
"you are doing God's work so you need the best" :loveya:
Even my republican grandparents say they are proud of my
letters to the editor. They get the same local paper I write
to. :-)

I hope you are able to convey just how extremely important
this is to you . Let her know about your destiny and passions .
Let her know you sleep at night because of the hard work you
do fighting the bushco bastards. She'll understand . At the same
time be aware of her feelings and at parties or other gatherings
that aren't political spend time with her relaxing without the
"anti-bush" vibes . It's good to be away from it and take breaks.

I've been at it so long , it is now work to me at times . Breaks
have done me a world of good as well as my family .

PEACE
pp
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