A tea partier just knocked on my door

[proud2BlibKansan]

Some woman just knocked on my door and said "Good afternoon, do you have a minute?" My dog was barking like mad. I am home alone and she is very protective when no one else is here. The lady had a brief case and was trying to hand me some written material so I figured she was selling something.

So over the barking and through the screen door, I said "Sorry I don't buy anything from folks who knock on my door."

She said "Well I'm not selling anything. I am just a hard working American and I am here to ask you to vote in the upcoming election to take back America."

This is when I figured out she must be one of the teabaggers who I just read in the local paper are out this weekend to GOTV in my area. I have a Democratic representative in the state house and a Democratic congressman in DC. So any taking back would be FROM the Democrats.

I said "I am very happy with my current representation and don't think we need to take America back from anyone or to anywhere."

My dog started barking even louder. The lady said "Wow. She is very protective, isn't she?"

I said "That depends. Are you door knocking for Republicans?"

She said "Yes."

I said "Well she's a smart dog. She hates Republicans and she hates tea partiers even more."

The woman turned to walk away. I grabbed ahold of my dog by the collar, opened my door and said "Please mark this address off of your list. We are a strong Democratic family and highly allergic to tea."

She left without even saying goodbye. :)

[livetohike]

1. Way to go!

I love asking the teabaggers what are they taking America back from and to?? Usually, I am met with a blank stare.

[Catshrink]

3. They're taking it back from that uppitty Black man in the WH.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. And this lady was an African American

!!

[Bozita]

34. Gotta wonder if she was a volunteer or a paid worker

[proud2BlibKansan]

35. Good question

[MadMaddie]

45. Wha?

Seriously?

It's interesting that folks like her didn't have a problem with Junior.....

[66 dmhlt]

48. GET OUT!!! And here I was SURE she looked like this ...

[BlancheSplanchnik]

51. WOA!! That's even sadder!

Like feminists who collaborated with conservative kkkristians over the pornography issue, or Jews who ally themselves with evangelicals over the Israel issue, or Log Cabin Republicans....


PS Gooooood going, you rocked! And your little dog too!

[Enthusiast]

80. Yeah, but they're not really

racists. They just don't like the uppitty pary. :sarcasm:

[bobburgster]

74. My English Mastiff would have loved to meet her....

She is a sweet, friendly dog, but she does not take kindly to strangers waltzing up to the house.

You did well to address her that lady point blank.

[Bozita]

2. You were a reality check for her.

Good work!

[Taverner]

4. RAWK!!!!

[napi21]

5. Ohhh, I wish I could have that opportunity! You did GREAT!

I have 2 dogs, and allbeit they are small, they are VERY LOUD and to any strangers would sound like they would rip them to shreds! I'd LOVE the chance to tell a teabagger to get lost!

[Bluzmann57]

6. Great line to tell her about the dog!

Maybe should have told her it was time for the dog to run. And since it's private property... :evilgrin:

[lunatica]

7. I hope she gets a lot more of that kind of reaction

And I hope that more than one demands to know what they mean by 'taking back America'.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. I am precinct chair so I know the neighborhood fairly well

She isn't going to get many takers in about a 6 block area here. LOL

[SalmonChantedEvening]

8. And you wonder why I adore you.

:P :loveya:

[givemebackmycountry]

38. "We are a strong Democratic family and highly allergic to tea."

Proud...
You are a SERIOUS piece of work.

:hi: :hug: :fistbump: :yourock: :applause: :rofl: :patriot:

[proud2BlibKansan]

90. Thank you

According to some here, I was rude. :eyes:

[Hawkeye-X]

100. Nah. You were right on the mark!

Proud of you, P2BLK!

[CountAllVotes]

9. put a "No Soliciting" sign in your window

If anyone comes around soliciting bullshit you can say, "Didn't you notice the sign in my window?". You point to it and say, go away as you are soliciting bullshit and that is not allowed in my house! :rofl:

:D

:kick:

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. It's against the law here

So we generally don't get many. The Jehovas Witnesses are more likely to door knock here.

[CountAllVotes]

22. you are very very lucky

They come around here a few times a month - either the JJ's or the Mormon's take your pick. They are quite stupid.

I really wish these people would give it a break and find something useful to do with their lives rather than attempt to sell religion door-to-door.

[druidity33]

26. i find

they don't have much to say when i tell them i'm quite happy with my faith. When they ask inevitably what faith i belong to, i tell them i'm a druid (actually i'm still bardic, but they don't know what that is)... really you can't imagine the looks i've gotten. I've had one JW literally turn and run from my doorstep. The best was when i had a very young JW who was obviously interested and his partner (older, more experienced door knocker) was highly disapproving of the questions he started asking... she left in a huff and i think he may have gotten in trouble for being inquisitive...

:)

[DebJ]

54. I actually had 2 JW come to my house every week for almost

3 years. I didn't convert, but I did enjoy our conversations one night per week. I love to debate, and the older gentleman who came to my door also did, and he was fairly well-educated. I quite enjoyed it.

[keroro gunsou]

85. the mormons that work my area

are pretty nice too. most often it's a older/younger team, hey, it works on cop shows... i enjoy with them, and the older man who i've had the most contact is always amazed that i'm able to turn the conversation away from what he wants to talk about to what i want to talk about. i figure he knows i'm not interested, but i'm giving them and excuse to sit and rest, since my neighborhood is fairly large and my house is on the end of a rather long street. my favorite comment was after he first met me he said with a tongue as silver as mine i could be a great car salesman.... my reply was with a heart as black as mine, better make it a used car salesman :evilgrin:

one or two more visits and i think i'll have him converted to being a packer fan.... :evilgrin:


editted to avoid the wrath of the grammar/punctuation nazis

[Erose999]

123. You can call their church and ask to be placed on their "do not visit" list.

They used to bother my mom. She didn't buy what they were selling, but she was too nice to turn them away. At first it was 2, then 3, etc. and on each visit they would stay longer. On their last visit they brought 7 people to her house and stayed for an hour and a half. After I called and asked them not to visit we never saw them again.

[AlbertCat]

97. i tell them i'm a druid

I tell 'em I'm an atheist and their jaws drop.... like they can't believe I nonchalantly put that out there.... like I'm supposed to keep it a secret. Then I say "bye" and close the door in their stunned faces.

[proud2BlibKansan]

105. My dad used to tell them he was Catholic

And they walked away. Worked every time.

[donquijoterocket]

119. atheist

I've always found that if you tell them you're a member of a competing superstition, or a none it only encourages them to visit more often and try harder when they do, figuring you're in desperate need of their brand of salvation.I usually claimed either Buddhism or Taoism and would quiz them on their knowledge of either at the least it prevented them from running their spiel and maybe helped convince them I wasn't desperate.I also usually tried to outpolite them it throws them off their game disrupting their trained routine.

[pinboy3niner]

30. I was tempted to suggest that you make and display your own sign:

Teabaggers and fundie proselytizers:
Don't even THINK of knocking here!


But I couldn't bring myself to projecting such hostility (and besides, the sign and your "Welcome" mat would certainly give mixed messages).

Better to deal with it as you do, as it comes. And who knows--maybe you can do some proselytizing, too. Turnabout, as they say, is fair play... :)

[Mister Ed]

58. That's similar to the plaque we post at our door:

NO SOLICITORS
Religious or otherwise

We are happy the way we are

If that changes, we will call you


We've had it forever. Can't remember where we got it.

[MsPithy]

62. Good for you!

That is like the bumper sticker I saw... "Born Just Fine the First Time!"

We get quite a few religious folk knocking on our door and I always ask, "Will my dogs go to heaven, too, so we can be together?" Sometimes they say yes, and I know they are lying. If they say no, I say, "You have nothing I want or need, please go away and don't come back."

[sallyseven]

110. They are annoying also.

On sign add Tea baggers not welcome. Get lost stupid.

[Hannah Bell]

11. :>)

[RKP5637]

14. Great!!!

:yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

[Cattledog]

15. You should have pulled a gun on her!

I'm sure she's pro gun. :evilgrin:

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. I'm a peace activist. Not my style to use a gun to make a point.

:)

[unblock]

68. then why did you open the door?

you could have continued to talk through the screen door, but chose to open the door and restrain a barking dog by the collar.

i would characterize that as highly threatening, and unnecessary, and not remotely "peaceful". it's the equivalent of taking the gun from your holster and aiming it.



aside from that, i loved the story!

[Hubert Flottz]

77. A dog owner knows when the dog needs to go outside.

Prolly just needed to pee. It's his/her yard!

[unblock]

108. i'm a dog owner and we do NOT let her out when there are strangers in the yard

same goes for most wild animals around here that wander into the year, such as racoons and deer.
she has to hold it until the coast is clear.

[proud2BlibKansan]

88. To tell her to take our address off her list

I thought I covered that in my OP. :shrug:

I wasn't done talking to her and she walked away.

[unblock]

107. i thought you were talking to here through the screen door at first

why did that work at first but not when she was walking away?

:shrug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

109. Cause my dog was barking and I didn't think she could hear me.

[TheEuclideanOne]

118. You are 100% right

If it were me, I would have let the dog use her as a chew toy. Can't think of a better way to get the point across that the dog does not like Teabaggers, no offense.

Seriously, though, is that the only thing you took from that story? Geeze Louise, you sure know how to be a buzzkill. If anything, I did not really pick up on that aspect of their interaction, but IMHO that adds to it. I hope that I get the opportunity, although my dog is a Pekinese, but he hates Teabaggers too.
:)

[unblock]

120. as i said, aside from that, i loved the story

so no, it was not at all the only thing i got from it.

[EFerrari]

16. Fun!

:woohoo:

:rofl:

[ChoppinBroccoli]

17. Three Words

Release the hounds!!!

[seabeyond]

19. ah, see, i would have walked out to porch, offered a seat and zoom in for a chat

the people try to back away, get away, and i talk and talk and talk....

(religions)

i would have so much to say to some woman representing all these stupid women, and how much it hurts the rest of us women.

[AC_Mem]

20. You, and your dog

are my heros today!

[pinboy3niner]

21. Another comeback: "I DID take my country back--in November, 2008."

I soooo envy you! When I got a knock on my door this morning, it was only a neighbor bringing me a piece of my junk mail that wound up in her mailbox.

There are times when, in a really perverse mood, I WISH a 'bagger or a fundie proselytizer would knock on my door. At those times it's probably best that they haven't come by--for both our sakes! :)

:hi:

[Patiod]

41. +1

"I DID take my country back!"

[lib_wit_it]

57. Best snappy retort I've heard in ages! MIght make a good sign for Oct. 2nd.

[Curmudgeoness]

23. How rude of her not to even say goodbye. After riling up the dog

and making you answer the door. Where are manners these days?

[janx]

24. HA!

Great story. I live alone and my dogs bark that way too. K&R

[murielm99]

25. I have so many Democratic candidate signs in my front yard

that any teabagger who came here would have to be illiterate. Of course, many of them probably ARE illiterate. But the bright colors should get their attention.

If that doesn't work, I have an eighty pound dog who should get their attention. She is a Lab/Dobie mix. She is protective, too, and she has a deep, loud bark. No one needs to know that she loves people.

My husband works second shift. I don't open the door for strangers.

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. I have an anti war sign in my yard

You'd think that would be a hint that tebaggers won't be well received at this house. LOL

[keroro gunsou]

86. best sign ever

my (insert dog breed) is smarter than your tea-baggin' candidate.

[ibegurpard]

27. ha! i hope they come to mine

no dog but I'll bite them myself.

[jwirr]

39. Be careful they may be rabid.

[malaise]

29. Bwaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahah

Freaking perfect - a heavy dose of Fugg You! :yourock: :rofl:

[felinetta]

31. Loved your response! Love your dog, too. Give her/him a hug from me.

[xchrom]

32. High fives to you and your dog. Good job! Nt

[handmade34]

33. should have invited her in for.....

a cup of "COFFEE"

[pinboy3niner]

111. Ha! Made me think of an old movie--"Arsenic and Old Lace"

Of coure, I wouldn't suggest that anyone resort to chemical remedies--but the notion is humorous, nevertheless. :)

[madmax]

36. Fabulous!!

:yourock: And I love your little dog, too. Sound like my Maxx ;)

[Roland99]

37. I'd have had to ask why they want to take America back to the Dark Ages

[Faygo Kid]

40. Looking forward to being with you on Oct. 2.

We'll be there in DC. Also on Oct. 30. We are really starting to get pissed off, after being apathetic because of the relentless and empty worship of "bipartisanship."

[proud2BlibKansan]

42. Same here!

Can't wait!!

[SheilaT]

43. Good for you!

I'm inclined to agree with those who suggest asking probing questions about what they want to take America back from or back to. Really engage them and see if there's any chance they'll start to get it about how much they are being lied to and misled by the "Tea Party".

Also, the "hard working Americans" need to understand how much they are being shafted when the top one or two percent gets such huge tax breaks, and so many in the supposed middle class are genuinely struggling.

[DebJ]

55. Yes I would LOVE to have that conversation one-on-one

about the tax breaks. When the teabagger would no doubt say, rich people need tax breaks to create jobs, I'd love to ask okay then WHERE ARE THE JOBS???

[Omaha Steve]

44. Good for you (and your dog)

K&R!

[zeemike]

46. She probably thought you meant it like a joke about the dog.

But my experience has been that it is true, that dogs can sense feelings and moods and your dog probably learned long ago how you felt about some people that gave off a certain vibe....and that persistent barking was telling you that something was wrong.
dogs may be dumb animals....but then just what does that mean.

[defendandprotect]

47. Was she clad in furs and jewels ... or did she look like she might need health care + S/S some day??

[carlyhippy]

49. High 5!!! Yeah woot woot LOL

that is too funny

[MilitarismFTL]

50. Ha... that woman is a terrible canvasser.

I got so many tea partiers to write letters to their senator to take money from wall street bankers to pay back government deficits over this past year it was just embarrassing... to the tea partiers, of course. ;)

[BlancheSplanchnik]

52. Ohhh, tell more!!

Sounds like a separate OP to me! :7 :thumbsup:

[Jim_Shorts]

53. NOW THATS FUNNY

Good job!

[TwentyFive]

56. You set the standard. A classy response.

You were polite, but got right to the point and shut her down. You set the standard in my book. Thank you.

[Taverner]

59. Teabagger, remember, teabagger

:evilgrin:

[mckara]

60. Don't Let the Doorknob Hit You Where the Dog Should Have Bit You!!!!!!!

[donheld]

61. You and the Dog

:yourock:

[pengillian101]

63. I bet I am in the minory, but I hate ANY doorknockers at our homre.

We live extremely in the woods on a dead-end dirt road way up north in MN.

Leave us alone!

[southerncrone]

64. No surprise that you've "taught" your dog well, proud2BlibKansan.!!!

:fistbump:

[kooth]

65. Someone's Knockin' At The Door ...

Right on! Way to go!

[countmyvote4real]

66. I’m not saying I would have invited her into my home, but I can’t resist a “cat toy.”

I understand your impatience with these idiots and you’re probably right to disengage any further contact for your personal sanity and well-being. When I feel up to it, I like to let them ramble and poke holes in their talking points. Send them on their way more confused than judgmental.

Love your dog.

[jmowreader]

67. Your dog was barking? Hmmm...

Since dogs bark in the presence of terminators...

and your dog barked in the presence of a teabagger...

the only logical conclusion is teabaggers are actually terminators.

Thanks for the heads up!

[iamjoy]

69. A Better Way to Handle It

although the comment about the dog was clever, and it's great that you sent her packing, a better way to handle it would be this"

Teabagger: I am just a hard working American and I am here to ask you to vote in the upcoming election to take back America

Democrat: I'm a hardworking American too. And I'm so upset by some of the stuff I see happening in this country. But I don't know how we can fix it.

At this point, the teabagger will probably think you are on their side, or can be brought over to it. She will launch into her sales pitch (and they are indeed selling something).

Listen to the pitch, but at some point say, "Hmmm. That sounds very interesting, but..."

Like a good salesperson, she may try to overcome your objection, mistakenly seeing it as an opportunity. Let her try. Then, at the end say, "You know, I'm more interested in taking our country forward than back. I don't think I'll be voting for your candidate(s), but thank you for stopping by."

By this, you have taken up some of the teabagger's time, preventing them from visiting as many houses/talking to as many voters.

I dunno, maybe it's not really better. You'd be wasting your own time too. And it's kind of mean. But then, so are some teabaggers.

[Pryderi]

99. I've had it done to me when I've canvassed and just did it to a canvasser the other day

I figured the 10-15 mins I tied him up in knots with questions cut the number of doors he was able to get to.

[MrsBrady]

70. somebody is wasting their time by going to hard dem houses for Tea Party GOTV

It's only smart to canvas houses that are either unknown or independents. Knocking on the door of a member of the opposite party OR someone who already votes in your same party is a big time waster...as far as neighborhood canvasing goes.

There are times when going door to door might be appropriate, but it's already known to not be terribly effective.
Besides you just piss them off, as she did you, when she knocked on your door. Preaching to the choir is also not time well spent.

If they are wasting their time. Fine by me.

[proud2BlibKansan]

95. Exactly

We use targeted lists when we canvass. Someone just sent this woman out cold with no list. No way would our address be on any GOP canvass list.

We had a GOP state rep about 5 years ago and he knocked on my door one time. He introduced himself and then said "I know you are a strong Democratic family but I'd like to leave a brochure with you that lists what I have accomplished since being elected". I took the brochure and he said thank you and he left. That's the only other time in the 17 years we have lived here that any republicans have canvassed our house.

[MrsBrady]

101. If it's the candidate himself, my party or not, it's admirable

Was it the State rep himself?

edit: not going to vote for him, but admirable.

[proud2BlibKansan]

102. Yes the man was the candidate

This lady yesterday was not running for office. I know who's on the ballot in my area. No women. So she couldn't have been a candidate.

[jennied]

71. I don't mind a cup of tea, myself. Damn Teabaggers have ruined the name of tea for us.

But way to go!

[DesertFlower]

72. i love it.

[The Wizard]

73. When they knock on the door

or call on the phone I engage them for as long as possible, and request they send more literature. This prevents them from speaking to more people and costs them time and money. It's called burning their resources.

[krkaufman]

75. Well, kudos to her for being out there.

That's where the "enthusiasm gap" is going to make a difference, they may be able to sway some people to their side for the November elections.

[indimuse]

76. LOL! bravo!

way to go! :)




knr!

[saltpoint]

78. Nicely done. By you and your quadroped.

Please pet your dog for me, proud2BlibKansan.

[Enthusiast]

79. Good!

A lady showed up at my door asking that I vote for her husband. I don't remember what county office he was running for. I asked if he was a Republican. She said he was. I said I don't vote for Republicans. She left. :fistbump:

[Nordmadr]

81. Way to be courteous. No wonder people have a hard time getting

volunteers; knowing others are trying to be rude and discourteous so they can pull frat boy high fives after chasing someone off. Just because you don't agree doesn't mean you need to be an a$$hole.

[Obamanaut]

83. +1. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

89. And I found it rude to be bothered by these people on a Sat afternoon

Republicans don't canvass at our house. In this state we have lists of voters identified by party affiliation. There are 4 registered Democrats at this address. Plus I am an elected precinct chair. No one canvassing for the GOP - and especially not a tea partier who wants to take our country back - has any business knocking on our door. It's a complete waste of their time.

I have worked on campaigns for years. You have targeted lists. No one goes out knocking on any door just cause it's in a particular neighborhood. Candidates and party workers prepare walk lists. We never knock on GOP doors. Never.

Candidates have a hard time getting volunteers because canvassing is hard and time consuming work.

[Hawkeye-X]

103. -1

Dude, she did just fine.

The teabagger targeted the wrong person, and paid for it as a consequence.

From what I understand, p2blk said that no GOP candidates would target her. It's painfully obvious that the teabagger was not prepared to deal with the concept of people who are satisfied.

[proud2BlibKansan]

112. Thank you.

[Gman]

82. Good job!

:toast:

[pjahn]

84. Kind of rude

So you tell this lady you hate her and expect her to say good-bye. Door knockers are annoying but boorish behavior ain't gonna win no hearts and minds.

[proud2BlibKansan]

96. Enjoy your stay here

however brief it may be. :hi:

[Nordmadr]

124. They may be new, but you are still rude. N/T

[Lasher]

87. Wong door, ha ha ha!

I mean, arr har harrr! Today is talk like a pirate day. Good fer ye, matey!

[JoePhilly]

91. I would have done my best to get her to spend an hour or 4 talking to me ...

thus reducing the number of doors she reached ... and certainly making her feel dumb.

[ckimmy57]

92. Great response

:toast:

[ThatsMyBarack]

93. Good doggie!

:applause: What breed? Got a pic?

[proud2BlibKansan]

98. English Springer Spaniel

[Hawkeye-X]

104. I saw a cute springer in Manhattan as part of the Petco promotion

Wish I could adopt, but unfortunately, the wife doesn't like dogs very much (she'll be tolerant as we get older) due to her fear of German Shepards that was mean to her when she was a kid (it lived right next door)

[proud2BlibKansan]

106. Best dog I have ever had. Seriously.

Had nothing but mutts before her. Then a close friend who was disabled and could no longer work decided to start breeding Springers. So as a favor to her, I bought one. And she has literally blown us away since the day we brought her home. SHe was 8 weeks old, we showed her the door, she scratched on it, went outside and peed. She has never once had an accident in the house. Never chewed on anything either. When she picked up something as a puppy, we took it away and said no. That was it.

This dog is amazing. The vet said they call them velcro dogs because they are so loyal to their humans.

Other than a tendency to get fleas, she's never been a problem. We also have to watch for ear infections. But they are no big deal.

I can't recommend this breed highly enough.

[DawgHouse]

94. I don't open the door for anyone unless they have cookies! n/t

[mistertrickster]

113. I live in Kansas too. We need to engage the right-wing, not turn them off.

Just my opinion, but most of these "hard-working Americans" would be on our side if they had someone they trusted giving them our side.

Smart come-backs are easy and satisfying, but they don't win elections or change people's minds.

I don't see how insulting people helps our cause. Remember how it makes us feel when we're on the other end of it . . .

[pinboy3niner]

115. P2BLK wasn't out of line at all

What is insulting and offensive is someone coming to the door and declaring she's working to "take back America."

A wingnut who is motivated enough to do volunteer canvassing is a true believer--not someone whose mind is going to be changed by a few minutes of conversation.

I'm a firm believer in civil discourse, but I feel no obligation to give my time to any Tom, Dick or Harry political opponent who knocks on my door and disturbs my dog and my peace.

[proud2BlibKansan]

117. Amen

As a nearly lifelong resident of this state and this area, I refuse to try to engage these crazies. They tried to ruin our schools 10 years ago by taking evolution out of our Science curriculum. We didn't engage them, we educated the citizens of Kansas and the crazy anti-evolution school board members were voted off the board. Sanity returned to the Science standards.

Engaging a lunatic at my front door through the screen over a barking dog isn't going to accomplish anything. I felt (still do) that my best plan was to make her go away quickly.

[mistertrickster]

121. Have you ever canvassed door-to-door because you wanted a better country?

I have.

The CON believes we live in a participatory democracy. She was getting out and doing something. I respect that.

As opposed to keyboard jockeys . . .

[pinboy3niner]

125. The 'keyboard jockeys ' remark is an unjustified cheap shot.

As a matter of fact, I have done canvassing, as well as phone-banking, computer entry of those reports, and a variety of other campaign tasks--none of which is especially relevant, by the way.

I also happen to respect inividuals who have the motivation and commitment to volunteer their time to work in political campaigns, as we have. But that doesn't mean that I have to listen to any tripe that someone wants to deliver at my door. And no matter how admirable it may be that some individual is volunteering time to work for for her Republican cause, the 'take back our country' meme is offensive and and often has some ugly connotations.

P2BLK conveyed her disinterest in hearing the spiel without being threatening or using any profanity, thus saving her time and the canvasser's. I've seen some rude political discussions--as I imagine you have, too--and this doesn't even come close to qualifying.

There is no justification for blowing this up into more than it is, or for over-reacting. And that view seems to be supported by the contributions to this thread.

[proud2BlibKansan]

116. Because I live in Kansas I will NEVER vote for Republicans

The smart ones switch to the Democratic party. Like our governor.

I've done plenty of engaging Republicans. They come to our legislative forums and make rude comments. They invaded our health care rallies last summer. They invaded town hall meetings. My congressman was forced to cancel his townhalls because he was getting death threats.

The right wingers who are participating in the political process in this state want to control women's health care decisions, applauded the murder of Dr Tiller (and in case you haven't noticed, no one is taking his place), don't believe in evolution, want to deport all the 'illegal aliens', do not support sensible comprehensive health care for all Kansans and are now opposed to school funding.

I see no reason to reach out to these lunatics. I applaud the sensible moderates who switch to the Democratic party. But the far right crazies are just that - crazy.

[mistertrickster]

122. I counter-protested the Fundy-Cons at Tiller's clinic. I know crazy. I've seen it

up close and personal.

It's just that I also go door-to-door for candidates and causes too, and I get a lot of abuse in the process.

You are saying it's alright for them to do it to us since we do it to them.

I disagree.

[vanbean]

126. Bingo. Right on. And we should say "tea partiers". Why stoop to the level of saying "Democrat Party"

instead of "Democratic Party". You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

[NotThisTime]

114. Nice!

[Vidar]

127. I admire your dog.