Thanks for all the help, everyone! This isn't the only issue that came up...she talked about health care, the war, the economy, etc. Every time I started to make my point she interrupted me and went on to something new. I left there with my blood pressure up.
I got so many replies on this thread that I have no idea how I'd ping everyone with my thanks. I never have understood how to do that. Somehow I don't think that typing "all" into the box pings everyone on the thread who replied to me. That sure would be a nifty feature, though. :-)
Candi
Just point and laugh when you see her again and say to the friend with whom you're working out: "There goes that woman who believes that GWB cut the VA budget in the blue states! C'mon, let's ask her for the budget numbers and SEE what she says TODAY!" A few moments later, "Yep, what an idiot to have the genius to get the Democrats in Congress for those parts of the country to vote against their own VA hospitals!"
I like the idea of another poster to tell her that you wrote GWB and asked him to give the PBS, NEA, and EPA money to the VA and increase military pay. (Only if you're not squeamish about seeing her head explode!)