My Encounter with a Democrat about Ted Cruz and The Tea Party

Me | 03-25-2015 | Me

[Kickass Conservative]

No Starbucks for me either. I’m waiting for the new Dunkin Donuts to open up. It’s a block before the Starbucks on my way to work. Just what I need, DONUTS!

Starbucks is way past their Liberal Expiration Date.

[OldSmaj]

Talking sense to a Liberal is like barking at the Moon.

But...but I thought that was the language of liberals...or is that muslims?

Sigh...I can never keep it straight.

[Kickass Conservative]

I would have paid good Money to be there.

Liberals are nothing but Spoiled Children in Adult Bodies.

When I’m somewhere and they have CNN or PMSNBC on, I just laugh when I hear something stupid, which means I laugh all the time. When it gets to be too much, I get and leave.

[Kickass Conservative]

Today’s Liberals would have no problem Marching all us Conservative Types into Concentration Camps if they could get away with it. Of that I have no doubt.

While we laugh at what they say, they seethe with anger over every word we say. That is the difference between us.

[G Larry]

What she meant was:

“I’m a liberal who pretends to be Catholic, so as to shield my heresy.”

[goodnesswins]

Depends in how badly you need the job.... I’m past needing a job so I pretty much say the truth these days...Lol...age does have its advantages

[vladimir998]

“I’m Catholic and liberal,” [she said]

Then you’re not Catholic.

[be-baw]

I’ve never understood the appeal of Starbucks. I hate their coffee and can’t think of any reason to go there.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Here’s the thing. She told you flat out she’s liberal. There is no GOP candidate she would vote for. Cruz is just the one she really won’t vote for. She won’t vote for Bush or Walker or Rand Paul either. She will however vote for whatever POS liberal the Dems nominate. In fact she will walk through a rainstorm to do it. We never had her vote anyway.

[DariusBane]

Stay friendly and agree with your clients no matter what they say. Avoid discussing politics or religion. Those are the cardinal rules of sales. If your customer is a reformed Rastafarian Methodist just compliment the dreadlocks.

[petercooper]

Well I was out with some big libs last night. They’re off Walker for now, and focused on Cruz. Clearly agitated about his candidacy, they brought up- “too inexperienced”, “Top 1%” (wife working for GS), “Canadian born”, and “bashes Obamacare but gladly uses it”. I was clearly outnumbered, and tried to just give them the facts, but these idiots got their marching orders from CNN to destroy him. Considering he’s the only one with the balls who’s been trying to stop Obama, I say they have their work cut out for them.

[Varda]

I live in a “conservative” area and even here what your son saw, I see also (I teach middle school CCD). Young people either are hostile to America or indifferent.

My nieces (from New York) were surprized during their college year abroad to find young people from other countries were proud of their countries. All the American kids were proud of their state or city but not of country.

Conservative/patriotic ideas are in the extreme minority.

[CatherineofAragon]

"She comes back in about a minute later with one of the sales guys and starts whining that she's offended by FOX news and we won't let her change the channel and Fox news lies and...........................................bla bla bla bla bla. "

This would have been my cue to respond, "We're ALL offended by your infantile outbursts, but we're adults who understand there's no law against being offended. Now grow up and drop it."

[VRW Conspirator]

First, like others have stated, keep your opinions in check while at your occupation. Look at a dollar bill of any denomination and know that the face on the bill is the party that you subscribe to.

Second, I just about quit arguing with liberals. Now, I just want to discourage them...fight emotion with emotion. For instance, I might say that “Obama lied to us and Hillary Clinton has too.”

FWIW

[VRW Conspirator]

Good summary.

[2ndDivisionVet]

[Nowhere Man]

First, like others have stated, keep your opinions in check while at your occupation. Look at a dollar bill of any denomination and know that the face on the bill is the party that you subscribe to.

Yeah, true. You never know who is on your side. Too bad we don't have a secret sign, handshake or something. Still, I will keep it in check. One exception, Jim Quinn, the talkshow host, is a customer of mine so I know he is a friendly. B-)

Second, I just about quit arguing with liberals. Now, I just want to discourage them...fight emotion with emotion. For instance, I might say that “Obama lied to us and Hillary Clinton has too.”

Yeah, another good point. I think Frank Zappa made a good point where one of his quotes basically said that people who will not agree with you will never will (barring some revelation or a "come to Jesus moment" if you will, like being mugged by reality) so basically it is a waste of time.

[Nowhere Man]

Hubert Humphrey was one of the last, good Democrats. Sure on some things, I would disagree with him on but I feel more confident and better if he was President than the nimrod in the White Hut we have now.

[Nowhere Man]

Thanks to all of yunz for weighing in and giving me advice as well as a way to blow off steam. I know now for sure that when you're working on the clock, that is not the arena to have political debates or discussion and I will be more careful in the future.

That said, I just wanted to bring up a point where I find it quite disturbing where some or many have a seething hatred for people who are different from them and worse, for people who founded this country. Being a South Park Republican type, I don'r mind a little satire or lampooning in good humor but when it goes deep into the hatred, Michael Moore thought processes, it is a different animal altogether. Sure we might have disagreements at times such as libertarian and conservative, but we need to remember we can work together and even compromise at times while we remember the who the real enemy is. I keep thinking of the saying where, "when they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak up because I was not one and so on." Lastly, I feel sorry for the world that has been laid down for that lady's grand daughter (and us too) because of her refusal to see the truth beyond her "programming" and hatred.