I got "hopey-changeyed" today, too.

[GaYellowDawg]

I see that another DUer got one of Palin's pathetic punks shouting at them. Me, too. I was hoping I'd be the first! This also happened at a traffic light - the guy pulled up behind me, hit his horn, swung into my lane as I was the only one at the light at the time, and rolled down his window.

"Hey asshole! How's that hopey-changey thing working out for you?"

"It's working great! I paid less in taxes this year. How about you?"

(double take)

"Yeah, you paid less, too, didn't you? Come on, you can admit it! I can tell! Guess hopey-changey worked for you, too, didn't it?"

(snarl)

Light turned green and he TOOK OFF. I laughed the whole way home.

[RainDog]

1. great comeback to these fucking morans. n/t

[peacebird]

2. LOVE IT!!!

you ROCK!

[babylonsister]

3. Excellent answer!! nt

[proud patriot]

4. excellent

:evilgrin:

[City Lights]

5. Well done! nt

[derby378]

6. I hate to bring this up...

...but I think I paid more in taxes last year. The last 12 months have been a bit rough.

[EFerrari]

7. Very nice!

LOL

[Cha]

8. Brilliant brah!

B-)

[Glimmer of Hope]

9. Nice! I bet they feel stupid as they should

[Cha]

10. Didn't even aknowledge his asshole remark!

:rofl:

[GaYellowDawg]

11. Yeah...

I knew instantly that he'd get a kick out of it if I acknowledged it. So I didn't. I'm sure it annoyed the hell out of him.

[tabatha]

12. Good for you --- very effective.

[gratuitous]

13. Almost makes me wish I drove

I'd love one of these dimbulbs to pull up beside me. But does it really surprise anyone that these yahoos are completely unprepared for any kind of intelligent response? If you needed any proof that we're smarter than them, here it is.

[Zambero]

95. That Dimmy Bulby stuff is just not working out for them!

[quiet.american]

14. You rock. Perfect. nt

:yourock:

[onehandle]

15. In Buckhead, right? That was me.

Kidding.

;-)

[MindandSoul]

16. Great!

[ChoppinBroccoli]

17. In The Interest Of Being Prepared...........

..........I think everyone here at DU should put our collective heads together and come up with a quick response to these jerkoffs that we all agree is hands-down the BEST response possible. I like the one about the taxes going down. I'm sure that would take them off guard because they've spent the last 2 years moaning about how high their taxes are going to be (some of them even insist that their taxes ARE much higher now). I was thinking of something along the lines of giving them a heavy, relieved breath and saying, "Oh, SOOOOOOOOO much better than when the Republicans were in power!!!" Then thanking them politely with a friendly smile and a wave and driving off. That's the key. ANY response has to include the friendly smile to let them know that they failed in their one and only goal (to get under your skin). Maybe we could put all the best responses up in a poll and have everyone vote on which one we think is the best. That way we can all be prepared for our opportunity to shoot down the Failin Flunkies.

[GaYellowDawg]

23. I have to admit...

I had that response planned and got lucky enough to use it.

[Plucketeer]

69. Good one, for sure

How about hollering back: "You got that written on your left hand?"

[ThoughtCriminal]

25. I think I'm going to ask about their "Dopey Derangey Thing"

There are countless fun replies, but this one seems to fit well and rhymes enough.

[Clintonista2]

66. Oh my god, I had that *EXACT* same reply in my head the other day

I was actually coming into this thread to post it LOL.

[tavalon]

39. Here's mine

Answer a question with a question: How's that batshit insane thing workin' out for ya?

[loudsue]

45. LOL! I like it.

But that might send them off on a shooting spree.

[FredStembottom]

59. Seriously!

Let's all be careful out there!:hide:

[GoCubsGo]

60. Better yet...

"How's that dopey-crazy thing workin' for YOU?"

[Liberal In Texas]

77. Mine's going to be "How's that crazy looney thing working out for YOU?"

[Demoiselle]

50. I have another suggestion...

How about pretending not to hear them . (Huh? Pardon me? What did you say?) And then, after they've blown a gasket from yelling it at you, giving them a blank (albeit friendly) stare and an uncomprehending (also friendly) shrug, all the while smiling sweetly. This only works, of course, if you keep on smiling the whole time, benignly. (Hopey Changeye? What's that..I'm sorry, I don't understand you...)
With any luck, they'll pop something vital as they peel away.

Make em work very very hard. Or not. Just a suggestion.

[droidamus2]

68. How about

Better than that dopey nopey stuff you guys are trying!

[Beartracks]

87. I agree, a well-thought-out but NON-insulting response...

... is the way to go. The OP played it very well -- and accurately, too :) -- without simply throwing an insult in retaliation.

He/she got the best response from the moran because the dude was TAKEN ABACK! He was:
1) taken aback that the OP responded instead of hiding;
2) taken aback that the OP described a positive and unexpected scenario (e.g. lower taxes); and
3) taken aback that the OP was polite and concerned for HIS welfare.

If you're just snippy and insulting, it supports (in their minds) what their leaders and idols and opinion-makers have been telling them about Democrats all along. If you're polite and unashamed and sincere, you might make them think.


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[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Hopey changye... GOOD for you

[BlooInBloo]

19. pwned.

[kenfrequed]

64. err... but I don't like Cats

They tend to be lazy, selfish, smelly, demanding, and my neighbors yowl a lot. Come to think of it cats remind me of Republicans (like my neighbors).

[Name removed]

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[GaYellowDawg]

22. It really wasn't that bad.

He just decided to pull up beside me at the red light and holler at me instead of staying behind me and honking. I never felt like I was in any kind of real danger. The whole thing was a lot more funny than it was alarming.

[Hekate]

24. Do I understand you to say you would actually murder someone at a stoplight?

Just for being a jerk?

Oooookay.

Hekate

[Hepburn]

21. Exellent...

...:applause:

[newtothegame]

26. Probably not the BEST ARGUMENT. Less taxes in a $1 trillion deficit yr doesn't exactly sound good.

[GaYellowDawg]

28. Probably not. However...

... you don't exactly have to have a good argument for a Palinite. The reason they love a speaker who uses "hopey-changey" is because "thinky-thinky" isn't their strong suit.

[verdalaven]

29. Too funny for 5:49 AM

:rofl:

[obxhead]

61. +1

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ProfessorGAC]

31. You're Kidding, Right?

Taxes went up for people like me, so most of the cuts were revenue neutral, intended to spread the wealth, unlike the Bush cuts.

Revenue to the gov't did not actually go down by all that much, compared to the prior fiscal year.
GAC

[Statistical]

33. What taxes went up? n/t

[Posteritatis]

65. It's the only one most conservatives care about, though. (nt)

[soleiri]

27. Awesome response

I'll admit, my initial thought when reading this was,

Did a grown fucking man just use the phrase "hopey-changey?"

I can't even type the words without my IQ going down 10 points.

[HughBeaumont]

30. Some grown men will say whatever they're told to say.

Be it from SarUH Bailin' or Fox "News".

[blueamy66]

38. That will be my comeback.

"Did you really just say hopey changey? Outloud? Really?" Then I'll laugh at them.

[tavalon]

40. Logical fallacy

No one who would parrot such a stupid question can be catagorized as adult. They may look like adults but there is no way they are adults-just three year olds in big bodies.

[NoSheep]

32. Nice job!!!

[NoSheep]

34. Just posted this on my Facebook page-I credited you GaYellowDawg.

Excellent response! :toast:

[malaise]

35. Love it

More people should put on the Obama bumper stickers and stick it to them. :yourock:

[NoSheep]

36. Just posted this on my Facebook page-I credited you GaYellowDawg.

Excellent response! :toast:

[lunatica]

37. Nothing confounds them more than a cheerful grin and an answer

in an excited positive, "Hell yeah! It's working quite nicely!"

[pgodbold]

41. Cosmic, string theory, hug to you.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

42. We need to educate them

[AzNick]

43. They don't realize we would take a bullet for Obama

They don't realize that even if we do not agree with all his decisions we did not turn against him and still support him.

Yes, I would take a bullet for the man and I am sure most of us would here.

[h9socialist]

44. Next time, offer to use your tax savings to buy them a bucket of grits!

"That's the thing about 'possum innards, they'z just as good the second day!"

-- J. D. Clampett
Tea Party Role Model

[bongbong]

46. Clueless Morans

The morons who follow Mooseburger's bidding have absolutely NO followup if you just cheerfully tell them it's working great for you. It's because they haven't been told what to say in response, and it just shows you how robotic they are.

At the risk of coming up with a robotic pre-planned response for the morans, I suggest that in addition to the cheerful rejoinder, you can add "You don't know how to respond to that, do you? Why don't you call up Rush and ask him what you should say. Then your programming will be complete."

[Deep13]

47. proposed alternate response:

Hopey changy? If you want to know if I regret voting for Obama, just like an adult. Only an idiot would saw "hopey changy."

[Shining Jack]

48. Excellent.

:evilgrin:

[beac]

49. Bravo! Glad you had a smart (and accurate!) comeback at the ready.

I'm stealing yours if it happens to me, BTW. :)

(And I live in a rural'ish area, so I'm guessing I'll get my chance!)

[Faygo Kid]

51. Other DUer was me. Glad to have company. I think.

I have a feeling that many more Palinistas will confront many more of us as commanded.

[The_Commonist]

52. Well played.

I don't drive, and I live in New York City, so I don't expect to have that happen to me.
That's the best response, however.
Gotta combat that kind of stupid with a smile...

[DirtyDawg]

53. Fact is....

...what's gonna happen on one of these, is that the response will be 'You'd better 'hopey' that I 'don'tey' pull the trigger on my 'Maggey' (as in Magnum)...asshole!' Which is exactly what they'd do to us if the roles were reversed.

The Daily Show bit the other night, said it all...When they say 'we're gonna kill you' is a metaphor for working to elect Republicans'...we say 'We've got guns too, is a metaphor for 'We're gonna fight you with weapons if you start something'.

[andym]

54. "Just great" "The Stimulus saved the country from another Depression"

"Just Great. Government's working better than ever."
"Just great" "Government saved the domestic auto industry. Now we can continue to buy American" (very good if you have domestic vehicle and Palinite is in a foreign car.

[jtrockville]

55. I got: "YOU VOTED FOR THE WRONG PERSON"

in the grocery store parking lot today. My reply: "And I'm VERY pleased!" *big grin*

[Jackpine Radical]

82. Voted for the wrong person? Yup, but

Eugene Debs wasn't running last year.

[Autonomy]

56. LOL K&R

[JuniperLea]

57. That's what happens when you let idiots do your thinking for you!

Well done! They can't think past the talking points to the reality at hand.

I've never put a sticker of any kind on my car... but I do have a big, round, blue Obama/Biden magnet on my refrigerator... dare I?

Oh HELL yes!

:rofl:

[Ikonoklast]

58. I'll never get to experience that, from anyone.

Next to mt DU sticker, below the Obama sticker, is one of these:

[BlueIdaho]

62. Reality meets right wing bullshit...

Excellent!

[HughMoran]

63. Yep - I love reminding my low-information coworker about the tax cut and 1st time homebuyer credit

He's desperately trying to buy a house to cash in on the credit. I remind him who gave him the tax cut and homebuyer credit (he sometimes repeats anti-Obama talking points.)

[Mad_Dem_X]

67. "It's working great!" Perfect response!

They feel so brave when they're in their big ol' vehicles, don't they?

[digidigido]

70. How about "better then the war crimes and torture in my name thingy"

[MrMickeysMom]

71. This is good.... I'll put that one in the "vault" for a possible encounter...

... I haven't had anyone yell anything that I could hear over my Beatles CD so far.

[sinkingfeeling]

72. I might just say, "Are you speaking English? When did you arrive in the country?"

[inna]

73. Saw this sticker in the other thread:

Not a bad idea, actually.

[deaniac21]

74. sounds made up

[texastoast]

75. Bitter?

:P

[deaniac21]

96. No. I've just lived long enough to know better. There are so many

keyboard warriors. Easy to spot.

[Lucy Goosey]

76. I can't believe they are actually using the phrase "hopey changey"

Do they even know those aren't words?

That teabagger might as well have said, "I fear change, and also I am incapable of independent, critical thinking, so I'll just say exactly what the pretty Alaska lady told me to say"

[Faygo Kid]

78. It's actually pretty funny to hear out of some self-professed alpha male.

I just can't believe some of my fellow older white males are such a-holes. But then again, they've had years to grow into it.

[unapatriciated]

79. lol, we got more back this year too.

I may disagree with some of his policies and think there is a few things that need fixing in HCR, but in no way do I want teabaggers or the R's in control.
So yes I will have no problem letting them know, that things are better and the right has nothing to offer. DU is like family we may disagree and argue about who has the best way of doing things, but make no mistake we will have each others back.

You should try living in Marietta and working in Roswell. At least you are closer to little five points.

[Nightjock]

80. Outstanding!

I love it on two beautiful levels.
Shut em up and taught them at the same time! Once in a while one of these lamebrains will get zinged, do some research instead of watching Faux, and maybe realize they have been lied to by Republicans! And one less zombie!

I think flat out insults is stooping to thier level. There are times to wrestle with them in the mud but I prefer the way you did it.

Awesome, awesome, AWWWWE-SOME!

[Danascot]

81. I saw a bumpersticker today

"I'll give your president the same respect you gave mine."

I thought about engaging the driver but thought better of it. Plus it's so wacked I wouldn't know where to begin.

[rfranklin]

84. Gee, I never called Bush a nigger...

And I never asked for his Texas birth certificate.

[Beartracks]

86. Wow, that's ALSO a grade-school attitude! n/t

[Turbineguy]

83. Yes. Definitely

more constructive than "Sieg Heil Shithead!"

[gulliver]

85. That would make a good ad.

Add the fact that stocks are up, and the new job report tomorrow is supposed to show job growth. I think the hopey-changey things working just fine thanks. Now, about that Republicany-Economic-Disastery thing we got rid of...

[rufus dog]

88. So cool!

Went to my spouses work and was hoping to run into a lady who I know would use it on me, unfortunately she was not there. My set response was "hopey changey? I tell you what, we can try to have an intelligent political discussion once your gal Palin gets one of her kids to graduate High School on time."

[jbeing]

89. Anyone Have an Idea about

how many tea partyers there actually are? It seems like they get so much attention (especially from the MSM) for such a small number.

[AtheistCrusader]

90. If you don't value your safety, blow him a kiss.

Because ahahahahahahahaaaaaaa

Edit: Assuming you're male.

[Union Yes]

91. F'n awesome! knr nt

[krabigirl]

92. lmao, I would have flipped him the bird, kudos to you for not sinking to his level :)

[MadMaddie]

93. Fantastic!

[Grassy Knoll]

94. How's that " Shouldn't have children after 40 warning " working out 4 U ?