Posted on 10/21/2011 5:29:02 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
I met a typical Democrat on the bus last night. Here’s a little context: I live and work in Los Angeles and am a woman in my mid-40s. I’m about as attractive as a woman in her mid-40s can be when she cuts her own hair and needs to lose about 10lbs. In other words, I’m okay enough. I wear skirts and make-up. But I’d had a long day, so I doubt I was in top form.
I got on the crowded bus downtown, and a heavy-set black man in his 60s offered me the seat next to him. (No, he’s not the person I’m about to describe. He was a bystander.) I sat down gratefully and we began to chat. He’d been a custodian for years, in schools and colleges, and we talked about kids-these-days and the state of the economy. Well, he did most of the talking. But that was okay; I was tired.
Soon, I became aware that an elderly white man in thick, dark glasses was paying attention to our conversation. He entered into it and the two men began to discuss the politicians whom they held responsible for society’s decay. Of course, they were both ardent liberals, but the white fellow was far more voluble on the “idiocy” and “stupidity” of men like Reagan, Bush, Schwarzenegger, etc. Oh, they were the stupidest creatures alive, he stated smugly. The other fellow did not disagree. Soon his stop came and he left us with a pleasant goodbye.
The minute he was out of sight, the old white man’s smile turned to a faint sneer. “That type always lives in the past,” he told me with assurance. Not he, however. He lived in the present. He always had something going on. He was in the entertainment business! Yes! He had deals in the works right now. He had money in his wallet right now. Lots of it. (I cautioned him about announcing this on a public bus in L.A., and he chuckled but continued.)
After establishing himself as a man of means and vision, he began hitting on me. He was funny, he told me. To prove it, he launched into a stream of dirty jokes. Then he tried to give me his telephone number. Have I mentioned he was 40 years older than me, and I am no spring chicken myself? But a woman needs a man, he informed me, and if I didn’t have one, that was a shame, a real shame. Did I like other woman? No? Well then, take my phone number, come on, take it.
He told me a few more dirty jokes and I soon noticed that a pretty little Latina teenager had taken the seat next to me and was listening to his blandishments with cringing embarrassment. I pointed out that she was very young and probably shouldn’t hear such things, but he assured me that teens today knew more about sex than I did. Then he turned to her and started in on her, letting her know that he found her, too, sufficiently attractive to warrant the blessing of his notice. He assured us both that he was very interested in sex. And money. And he had lots of money.
He told a few more jokes, tried to press his phone number on me, and finally gave up when his stop came (to the immense relief of the young girl next to me, and myself.) After he left, I mused: that is a typical liberal male. Chauvinistic, arrogant, obsessed with sex, pushy, and possessing a tendency to vastly overrate his own intelligence, wit, and appeal. When I got home, I took a bath.
I had to look it up to even know what the ticket is. I’m the Texas equivalent of an atheist: I don’t watch sports. I think there are 3 of us in Dallas.
if you are born and raised in appalachia, you are raised on country music. lol
my grandpa to this day keeps his radio on WHOK-95.5 (classic country local FM powerhouse) all day long when he is working outside or around his house.
Thank for sharing—hope neither can go to the trouble of going to the polls. Heh. Also, my compliments on your writing—enjoy your style.
I was raised on standards like Dean Martin, Perry Como, Frank Sinatra etc. However, you wouldn’t catch me listening to it myself. As I’ve said before, I’m more of a Nine Inch Nails kinda guy.
It is interesting though that I don’t associate Ohio with country music. When I think of Ohio, I think of Drew Carey and that sort of environment. Of course I live in a neighborhood that’s officially called Little Saigon, and it’s nothing like you’d associate with Texas.
Dang, I’m 52 and if a nice young woman hits on me I have to ask “how much?” lol
John Glenn made the argument years ago that the first Presidential primary should be in Ohio because we better represent the country as a state. I think he is right.
We have a little bit of everything. SE Ohio, where I grew up is old coal country in the appalachian foothills (culturaly like WV and E KY). The town I live in now is a bit closer to Columbus and a little bit more mid-upper middle class, but still quite rural.
We have a lot of hispanics and blacks in the cities of course. Western Ohio is farm country much like Indiana and Illinois. the Northeast is more blue color factory and what used to be steel country.
Is it common for guys with “a lot of money” to ride the bus in LA?
Does that make Lakewood San Francisco?
I had no idea Bill Clinton lived in LA.
Gross...
Hope you’re ok. ;)
LOL..Not Lakewood. But they do call Columbus “the little San Francisco of the midwest”. The local tv stations have an odd what seems to be a preference to hire openly gay weather guys. no joke.. *shrug*
I turn on the local weather and either see a gay guy.. or C cup + plus young women who you can tell are not there for their forecasting skills. LOL
Are the self-designated or appointed FReeper basher?
: o /
Usually I argue, but... he was old. I just can't take on a really old person. It seems cruel, even if they are total jerks.
No, no, totally serious! It's called "Los Americans" and it's one of those unintentionally funny creations that moves along at a soapy clip. Dad lost his job. Grandma drinks. Son has knocked a girl up. Dad just met hot white woman. Wife is jealous. Son's girlfriend's mother beats her... it's one of those so-bad-it's-good things.
Actually, there are quite a few. They are quiet, but they are here. We even had a Beverly Hills Tea Party gathering last month, and hosted Ben Shapiro and several other speakers. It was a nice turn-out. Couple hundred very quiet, well-mannered people who listened to the speakers, nodded, clapped, and did not litter.
Man, your page made me laugh! When I saw the little economy-sized Batmobile....
I was just being sarcastic :). Republicans used to be able to win elections out there on a regular basis. Especially in the surrounding areas like Orange County, then demographics and other cultural and economic factors kicked in and that was the end of that.
It’s not just a trend there. The same thing happened around Chicago, Seattle, Detroit and im afraid Houston and Dallas are next within 20 years. I just ordered Pat Buchanan’s book “Suicide of a Superpower” where he goes into to a lot of this.
It is hard to believe for a me..a guy who is young enough to be your son lol (born in 1986) that George Bush the father carried Cali and Illinois in 1988.
So sorry for the encounter but, Good Heavens, I enjoyed your telling of it!
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