This made me laugh.
Her unprofessionalism is stunning. Medical professionals are supposed to treat each patient with respect and neutrality, regardless of their race, sex, political affiliation etc. If my dentist went off on a political rant, regardless of their views, I’d find another dentist. I have no idea where my dentist or doctor stand politically, and I doubt they know my political views, either.
Heck, the guy who cuts my hair is a gay Morrocan guy. I guaranty we do not agree much when it comes to politics- but he never brings it up (and neither do I) because he wants my business and does not want to annoy me. If a hair-dresser can figure this out, it shouldn’t be so hard for a dentist.
Orders from Der Skinner!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4325478
I started asking him things like "Do you know about his support for Kenyan Odinga?" "Do you know that his tax hikes on small businesses will increase prices and unemployment?" "Do you support his socialist redistribution plans - such as giving 'tax breaks' to people who don't even pay taxes?"
He never heard of any of that. He just thinks "Bush has messed up and they have to go."
I started to try to convert him, but it was impossible to talk facts and knowledge with a person who has zero of both as a starting point. Facts and knowledge aren't even factors in his political decision making. It's all emotional.
Then I realized, he lives in NY, so changing his mind wasn't even going to matter. And then I remembered further that he spent time in prison and under house arrest for mob-related gambling charges. He's probably not even able to vote anyway, that's why he stated he was "pulling" for Obama rather than voting for Obama.
I had better things to do with my time than teach calculus to a carrot.
Into the top 90 like a typical white grandma in a walker.
Free clue, DUmmie: When they're smiling and nodding, they're not agreeing with you, they just want to get away from the psycho.
It never occurs to him that she might be dismissing him with a wave of her hand because he thinks Andrea Mitchell is a right winger and Obama is a centrist. That's like having someone tell you that Warren Buffet is homeless. Why arue at that point?
I LOL reading the part about Andrea Mitchell, “certainly no friend of socialists”.
Unbelievably, I went right into attack-mode WHICH I NEVER DO - and I said, "Please listen to me...please just stop and listen to me. Please. This morning no one less than andrea Mitchell, married to Alan Greenspan and certainly no friend to socialists of any stripe, told your fellow-traveler Joe Scarborough that this quotation was taken out of context and that he was describing arcane points of law. Obama's a centrist Democrat, for crying out loud, he doesn't even believe in Gay Marriage. What does it take to get through to people like you. Look, I know you're going to vote for McCain and that's fine, but do it for reasons which you and everyone else with a brain, feel are legitimate. And what's more, I know you well, and you would NEVER EVER vote for the black guy."
REAL STORY IF HE WAS REAL DUMMY
"I had just been interrupted from my hour morning coffee break to answer some stupid phone calls from patients wondering about why I was devoting so much time to the Obama campaign instead of my office. I informed them it was because of that son of a bitch in the White House. I walked into the room to check out an old bag who had just had her dental prophylaxis. She is a pain in the ass, and right from the get-go she said to me, and this is a quote, "We're finished as a country if Obama's elected." My usual reply to these sorts of statements from patients has always been, You stupid piece of sh!t, why the f*ck to you say that?"
With a smirk that would rival George Bush, she replied, "Because he's a socialist and wants to spread the wealth around."
Naturally, I went right into attack-mode WHICH I ALWAYS DO WHEN OBAMA IS INSULTED- and I said, "You goddam old f*cking repuke, you f*cking listen to me!...(I slapped the sh!t out of her, got out my drill and immediately started in on her front incisor without the Novocaine just like in the Dustin Hoffman "Marathon Man" scene) and said "stop and listen to me, you mother-f@ckin' stupid Rush-listening Repig. "This morning no one less than Andrea Mitchell, the same fair and balanced MSNBC reporter who married to Repuke Alan Greenspan, the economic genius gave that idiot f*ck in the White House the best economy he ever before he screwed it up, told your fellow-Rethug Joe Scarborough that this quotation was taken out of context and that he was describing arcane ass-licking points of law. Obama's a-a-a-a God! Don't you f*cking get it, a$$wipe? I know you're going to vote for the repig, McCain, and that's what is costing you this pain on your front tooth you're screaming over. What's more I know you're just a goddam racist neocon and you would NEVER EVER vote for the black guy!"
conservative:I'm not voting for Obama because he's a socialist
liberal: you awful racist you!!!
This guys talks politics with animals?
Today yours truly will be on the Internet/radio program “Issues, Etc.” as part of a Pastors’ Roundtable discussing the Seventh Commandment, “You shall not steal.”
You can listen live today, 3:00-4:00 (Central), by going to the program’s Home Page:
http://www.issuesetc.org
And you can listen later, any time, by finding Thursday, October 30, archived at the On-Demand Page:
http://www.issuesetc.org/ondemand.html
And, yes, I am thinking of talking about “redistribution of wealth” as a form of stealing.