4 right wing co workers

[B Calm]

jumped me today at work about how the republicans were going to kick democrat asses this November.

I looked at them (all of them are about my age) and said, I'm 59 1/2 years old and looking forward to retirement. Republican politicans are all running their campaigns on giving the wealthy another huge tax cut and then raise the social security retirement age to 70. I said, only a damn fool would shoot theirselves in the foot just to be able to say my party won!

Not a peep out out of any of them as I walked out.

[ZombieHorde]

1. *High five* nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. THAT'S telling them!

:woohoo: :yourock:

[bushisanidiot]

3. Well done!!

It's amazing how many republicans will not sit down and do the math and realize that their party is actually working AGAINST them, not FOR them. The "gop" only pushes hot-button issues because they know it will get their sheep to the polls.

Too bad that they don't think for themselves and choose, instead, to follow father Beck, brother Limbaugh, and sister Hannity.

[Ganja Ninja]

4. That's what it all boils down to.

"We won, you lost." As long as they can say that they'll die happy.

[MedicalAdmin]

20. I blame organized sports.

Hell, some public schools will cut teachers before the football team loses a single dollar.

Our priorities are screwed up by a worship of high states sports starting at a young age.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

35. I was JUST thinking along the same lines!!

The sports mentality in general. Tribalism. Us against them. Thrash your enemy.

Bad philosophy when applied to Life.

[Soylent Brice]

5. this is what we need more of.

don't let any of their bullshit slide.

[Scuba]

6. Good stuff. Thanks.

[HughBeaumont]

7. . . . sitting in a tree, S C R E W I N G . . .

. .. First themselves, then the nation,
Then their jobs are done by Malaysians!

[geardaddy]

8. I love it!

[CatWoman]

9. Bravo, B!!!!

:applause:

[cilla4progress]

10. Why are we letting THEM drive the narrative?

And how do we take it back from them? How do the Obama White House and Congressional Dems take it back?

[librechik]

12. Maybe if we had our own 24/7 news channel--wait that would be wrong, maybe even illegal!

Doesn't stop the Pukkkes from running Fox. Or vice versa.

[Selatius]

23. That, and pro-Republican elements have controlled talk radio for decades now. nt

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

11. Good work !

I live in a predominintly blue town in a blue state. The guy around the corner has his McCain/Palin bumpersticker on his pickup along with his "Remember in November" and "2%" stickers. He's a firefighter, a union member, a working class guy. I can't help but wonder every time he drives by, why he would vote against his own interests ?

[Historic NY]

38. Wait until they change his pension....its happening all over.

[Arugula Latte]

47. What's the "2%" a reference to?

[LiberalFighter]

51. Where I live firefighters usually support Republicans.

They may be union but for the most part they don't associate with us trade unionists. Firefighter and police union officers or their members don't show up to CLC meetings.

[JHB]

55. It'll be interesting to see if the campaign against public sector unions changes that n/t

[LiberalFighter]

57. I doubt it as those that are in the state or local government

are usually determined by their respective government. If anything happens it will be piecemeal.

[DirkGently]

13. Well done. Let's hope no damn fool Dems collaborate with

Republicans to cut Social Security, either. We've got enough bullet holes in our shoes to last a lifetime already. :)

[red red red]

14. Love it! n/t

[Initech]

15. There it is in a nutshell. The pukes have turned it into an "us vs them" game.

[B Calm]

16. It's always been a game with these willful ignorant idiots.

[Initech]

18. Like we're in some bizarre new section of Disneyland. Punditworld.

[Swamp Rat]

17. Your right wing co-workers are imbeciles

[onethatcares]

19. 59 and 1/4 here and your response was great

I didn't realize just how close it was that magic 62 number, sure it might not be a lot, but it's better than waiting til I'm 70 to cash out at the table.

Mama never said to hold the cards too long.

[B Calm]

21. Thanks! 1951 baby too. . .

[klook]

22. Nicely done (n/t)

[gristy]

24. Good job. One suggestion. Next time...

If there is ever a next time...

Stand your ground. Just stand in front of them after making your statement. Make them either respond if they can, or turn away in frustration/embarrassment.

[GreenTea]

25. "Giving the wealthiest (2%) another huge (deficit raising) tax cut".

[bobburgster]

26. "Not a peep out out of any of them as I walked out."

Nice job!......way to make them think about what they support.

[Enthusiast]

27. K&R You told it right, B Calm!

They vote against their own best interests every election.

[paparush]

28. OH SNAP!

Well done. Good to see that speaking Truth to Whackos can still be effective.

[TheCowsCameHome]

29. Tell them to enjoy working until age 70 and beyond....

but you certainly don't want to.

[zanana1]

30. I'm surprised they didn't come up with something witty...

Like "You're wrong times two"!

[geckosfeet]

31. Way to be B.

[lunatica]

32. Give them hell

Tell the truth

[NJmaverick]

33. K & R!

[silverlib]

34. K&R from anothe 1951er!

[B Calm]

52. Al Franken was born in 1951 too.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

36. PERFECT reply!

Wish I were that quick on the draw!


I wouldn't mind some updates on those four--- You just might have managed to change a brain cell or two!

[Historic NY]

37. Crackkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk....sounds like a homerun.

[USMCMustang]

39. Ditto

It is almost a daily experience. I simply ask them where the surplus went. If I start showing them facts w/references, they usually get loud and start spewing crap from Fox and Glenn Beck.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

40. That goes to show that you don't need a prison cell and blinding white lights

to brainwash people.

Constant repetition in a total information environment will do the trick.

[USMCMustang]

44. 100% Correct

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”

Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels - Hitler's propaganda minister

[RoccoR5955]

41. They say that government is the problem, then get in office, and PROVE it!

That's what I tell them. It usually shuts them right up.

[Zambero]

45. Rachel Madow made a similar comment...

To paraphrase her recent remarks:

Conservatives say government is the "problem".
So the next thing you know they want to be put in charge of the "problem".
At which point there's a DEFINITE problem!

A self-fulfilling prophecy perhaps?

[madmax]

42. Bravo - that had to hit a nerve

Hopefully your words will be in their heads when they vote.

^5

[Brewman_Jax]

43. Good job!

like I tell my freeper dad when he starts complaining, I remind him who he voted for and when--and what benefits they TOOK AWAY or made him ineligible for.

[defendandprotect]

46. Good job -- amazing how well right wing propaganda works until someone stops to think

about what it's really saying!

[Jester Messiah]

48. Nice one!

Unfortunately, your unwelcome introduction of sense-making to the discussion will soon be dismissed and forgotten, though probably not forgiven. Logic and reason has no place in Republican hearts or minds.

[Crowman1979]

49. Their RW robot brains must have malfunctioned.

They couldn't process a talking point to counteract with your facts. Which cause their brains to go ERROR ERROR ERROR RUN AWAY RUN AWAY RUN AWAY! LOL

[barbtries]

50. sounds very good

you may have just turned 4 votes the right way.

we all need to VOTE. if we all VOTE, the republicans will not kick ass. if we all stay home, they will. imo

[B Calm]

53. Well it took 24 hours for one of them to reply. Yesterday

one of them told me that SS was going broke and the republicans were trying to save it.

I told him Republicans have for years wanted you to believe that, but only because they think that it's a welfare program. I explained how republicans would love to see millions of desperate, hungry, and willing to work cheap or starve baby boomers. Even though he didn't believe it, I explained that it was solvent until the year 2032 and if we raised the cap it could go on forever.

I believe he'll choose to stay willfully ignorant, but I'm certain he'll not turn down this socialist program when it's his turn to collect.

We work for a company that makes auto bumpers for new automobiles. They laugh at me when I remind them that President Obama saved our jobs with the wildly popular Cash for Clunkers program and that saving American manufacturing jobs never was on the republican agenda.

Thinking now about putting a bumper sticker on my pickup saying "President Obama Saved My Job", just to piss them off.

[mwb970]

54. Your friends are supporting those who would rape them.

But they will never see the truth, trust me. People like this are no longer reachable. They are so emotionally invested in hatred for the government (i.e. Obama) and for anyone different from them (especially Obama) that there is no longer a way back for them. The only silver lining is that the very worst of them turn out to be old white men with anger management issues, not the #1 group on the Longevity List. Clearly, there is no other way to get rid of them.

[B Calm]

56. I know. . . One of them has a sticker on his pickup that says Socialism or Freedom

you decide, and one of the others has a piss on liberals decal on his back window. The one with the piss boy decal also has an assault rifle tattooed on his right arm.

Crazy bastards. . .